Hello again readers, and thank you for voting in this week's poll! I asked everyone to vote on who they thought the Yankees will have to watch out for the most in 2008. The results of this poll did not surprise me in the least bit, but I was hoping for more of a mix. The Red Sox finished first in the poll, being one of two teams that received any votes. The other team the readers voted for was the Detroit Tigers, who finished in a close second.
I expected the Red Sox and the Tigers to get the most votes in this poll, but I was slightly surprised to see that the Indians (the team who ended the Yankees' season last year) did not get one single vote. The Indians are a very young team with quite a bit of talent as they proved in '07. A year ago they were right on the cusp of being in the World Series, and I predict they will be just a big factor in the A.L. again this season.
I also thought maybe I would get one of you crazy readers out there to vote for Seattle. The Mariners are back, featuring some good young ball players coupled with two very solid young arms. If everyone stays healthy, and the young guys don't make too many stupid mistakes, the Mariners could make a serious run in the American League.
I put the Angels on this poll before Kelvim Escobar's injury... with him on the shelf, I don't see them being much of a contender.
Overall, I really believe that the Yankees could have to end up worrying about all of these teams, minus the Angels of Anaheim. Everyone else has the talent or experience, or both to give the Yankees a serious run for their money.
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I completely agree with the rant about LaTroy. LaTroy is leading the chase for the Luis Vizcaino Reliever Award, the award that goes to the Yankees reliever who: is signed for too much money (thank god it is only for 1 year), is supposed to be the setup man (you know Joba won’t be there all season), is trusted way too much by Joe, and has a mediocre to terrible ERA giving the Yankee’s bullpen a bad name. I’m glad that the roll of my eyes that occurred when Hawkins was signed is now starting to feel like an appropriate response. While he has pitched two games, he has a long way to go to get out of my doghouse. (Note: I said the same thing about Barnburner Farnsworth and he has never gotten out of there. They can both take the same taxi out of NY at the end of the year. I would certainly pay that fare.)
**Does Mussina realize that he is a free agent after this year? For his sake, he needs to pick up his resume in order to avoid the retirement talk. We need you, Moose.
**How about the Yankees scores from the beginning of the year? 3-2, 2-5, 3-2, 4-13, 3-6, 2-0...wow. Where is the pop of this offense? It may be early, but, yikes. Thank god we have that 1-2 punch in the bullpen right now.
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