2007 Team by Team Preview - Warpigs

Hooterville Warpigs

Starting Pitching:
Lackey, E.Santana, Vazquez, Cliff Lee, Harden (47 IP) - very mediocre

Bullpen:
Liriano, C.Cordero, Duchscherer, MacDougal - Liriano will provide 121 innings of excellent relief; the others are useable

Catcher:
V.Martinez - excellent hitter; pitiful arm

Infield:
Pujols (1b-1) - another great card; balanced; gains about 100 BA points in the clutch; has a 1 on defense
Carroll (2b-2, 3b-3, ss-4) - good OB, especially vs lhp
C.Guillen (ss-3, 1b-3) - nice hitting card; better vs rhp; is a 2, but will have a high e-rating
Atkins (3b-4) - huge bat; poor defense
S.Drew (ss-3) - 209 good at bats; lefty hitter, but had better numbers vs lhp
B.Upton (3b-4) - not much help this year, but still young

Outfield:
M.Ramirez (lf-4) - excellent power and OB; poor defense
Murton (lf-4) - will not get as much playing time with Ramirez on the team, but has a really good card and is only 25.
Granderson (cf-2) - won't help much offensively; low e-rating
Swisher (lf/rf-3) - good OB and power on both sides of the card; will probably be the everyday right fielder
Duffy (cf-1) - his 314 at bats offer no help on offense, but he's a 1 in CF with some speed
Church (lf-2, rf-3, cf-4) - can hit rhp a little, but has limited AB's (196); more likely to be a defensive replacement in LF and a pinch-hitter.
Cruz (of-3) - recently acquired to help out on defense and against lhp

Designated Hitter:
Hafner - solid on both sides of the card; good OB and power; Murton or Ramirez may get a few games at DH to keep Hafner from running out of at bats.

Uncarded Guys:
None. The well is dry.

Draft Status:
Picks 13th; no first; missing a 7th and 8th as well

Outlook:
The team to beat in the BUD, but probably doesn't have the pitching to advance too far. The offense (Pujols, Hafner, Atkins, Ramirez, VMart, Guillen, Swisher) will have to carry the team this year.

And then there were two... the Tweeners are next - then the Nads to close out the previews.