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Originally Posted by Mister Coaster
The A's definately can repeat, but it will be a tough race vs. The Angels.
Look at the Angles...
Outfield, Anderson (who finally looks to be healthy again) Matthews, and Guerrero. All are power hitters and good at fielding as well.
Figgins (when he returns) is the second best leadoff guy in baseball, and plays any position except pitcher or catcher. If Caberera can come back to his 2005 form, thats good, Kennedy was getting old, Kendrick is a natural 2nd baseman, should fit. Kotchman at 1st shows promise, he even cracked a homer to dead center last night, not a bad start for a player who "doesn't have homerun power."
Then there's pitching, once Colon and Jered Weaver are back, I defy anyone to show me a better 5 man rotation. And the bullpen is rated #1 in the AL.
They are a tough lineup, I'm looking forward to a great season. Look out Oakland!
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You talk about Anderson, Figgins being healthy, along with Colon and Weaver, as well as Cabrera returning to form and 2 young guys living up to potential in Kendrick and Kotchman. While that is great, I see too many if/and/maybes with them. And with Matthews I say oh well, he isn't anything special, a journeyman OF who is with his 8th team and I think the Angels way overpaid to get him, he had one good year and they dropped some serious coin on him, now he has that HGH stuff hanging over his head, not good..
With the A's you get a decent albeit declining guy in Piazza to replace a guy who was in the exact same boat he is now in Thomas, Crosby is an injury issue as with some of the guys on the Angels, outside of that, they are returning the exact same team. I just see many more question marks on the Angels than the A's but I do agree it is a 2 team division one of those two will win it.