Celsior said:
Red Sox's probably have a better offense right now, if it stays healthy.
If the yanks get Lee, we would have the better starters and bullpen.
The Sox's pen sucked last year other then Bard.
Yanks still need to sign a DH
Who is out there?
Yankees offense is better:
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if A-Rod and Tex are healthy all season long and hit the way they always do. You can't fuck with .280 to .300, 30 to 40HR, 90 to 120 RBI, .370+ OBP that is strong against any pitching type in that heart of the order.
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if the Granderson that plays in 2011 is more like the second-half and playoffs Grandy than the first half one. Long fixed that swing, and it was right from about mid-July on. It needs to stay that way.
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if Jeter bounces back and proves that last year was an anomaly. I feel personally that Jeter played hurt all year since for much of it Posada, Rodriguez, Swisher and Teix were out...so he wanted to gut it out to help the team stay in the hunt in a tough year.
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if Cano and Gardner are legitimately the hitters they were last year. Cano seemed to learn how to hit with RISP and how to take pitches. Gardner learned to take what pitchers gave him the other way. If these weren't flukes, that's huge.
Red Sox offense is better:
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if Ortiz is really back. He was pretty much finished in 2009, and he seemed reborn in 2010. If Ortiz is actually back to Ortiz, that is a problem for the AL BEast.
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if Drew has one more year in him. He, like Ortiz is aging and I wonder how much of that bat is left.
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if they stay healthy. Ortiz, Drew, Cameron, Ellsbury, Pedroia, and Youkilis all missed a lot of time last season. If they're all nicked up again, the power of that offense can't really get going.
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if Gonzalez can adjust to tougher AL pitching. A-Gon is a monster, but the AL East is straight fucking gangsta.
Red Sox pen is hot trash, but I don't expect Theo will let that remain a problem for the entire season. Yankee pen is still strong, but they need for Logan to not be a fluke, one more long man/mopup guy (since Aceves and Moseley are gone) and they need for Chamberlain to bounce back to be the 8th inning stopper since Wood is gone.
