2007 Team by Team Preview - Buckeyes

Grand Prairie Buckeyes

Starting Pitching:
Schilling, Hensley, Glavine, Maddux

Bullpen:
Gordon, Medders, Riske

Catcher:
Navarro, Valentin

Infield:
Overbay (1b-2) very good vs rhp
Grudzielanek (2b-2)
J.Wilson (ss-2)
Mora (3b-3)
D.Bell (3b-2)
Koskie (3b-2)
Graffanino (1b/2b-3; 3b/ss-4)

Outfield:
Michaels (lf-2, rf-3)
Roberts (lf-2, cf-2)
Cameron (cf-1)
Nixon (rf-3)
C.Wilson (rf-3)

Designated Hitter:
F.Thomas - lots of homers and walks; good card on both sides

Uncarded Guys:
None

Draft Status:
Picks 12th. Doesn't own a pick in the first 3 rounds; first pick is #60. Owns no extra picks. Doesn't have any taxi spots.

Outlook:
The positives: Frank Thomas will have a good card. Overbay is very good vs rhp. The defense is solid, especially up the middle (although J.Wilson and Gruz didn't get the 1's they could have gotten). The first 3 starters are decent if not great. And seriously... that's it. No offense. No bullpen. And no early picks in the draft. But the funny thing is, in the hands of any other owner, this is a 100 loss team; maybe 120 losses... but this is not any other owner. It's the Buckeyes. Pencil them in for the post-season.

Next up is the FFTs followed by the Oilers.