23 SIDEARM REVIEW: #14 MISTY MOUNTAIN SMEAGOLS

 

                    SMEAGOLS CLIMB TOUGH AL WEST MOUNTAIN

FRONT OFFICE 

Mark Bloch has provided 15 years of consistent leadership at the top of Misty Mountain, resulting in 9 playoff appearances but no trips to the World Series.
Bloch gets credit for an unique franchise name.  


ROTATION 

Burnes  593
P. Sandoval 655
L. Lynn  703
Junis 757
Ashby 752
Feltner 792

BULLPEN 

Doval 624
P. Evans 430
Pressly  516
Romano 531
Vesia 528
Schmidt 648
Varland 766
C. Morris 709

LINEUP 

Bethancourt c 692
Abreu  1b  824
N. Gordon 2b 743
C. Correra ss 834
Jo. Ramirez 3b 869
Benintendi of 772
R. Greene of 682
Kemp of 641
Mountcastle dh 729

BENCH

Allen of 531
Molina c 535
Stassi c 375
Toglia  1b 653
Clemens if 505

ANALYSIS 

Burnes is a CY Young candidate.   Sandoval looks like a #3 but the rest of the rotation is unimpressive.  Sad to see Lance Lynn depreciate in value.  Smeagols hope Junis and Ashby turn the corner.  Clarke Schmidt could become a #2 starter.

Awesome bullpen.   Doval, Pressly and Romano are all MLB closers.  Evans is an outstanding pickup.  Vesia is a sleeper.

Jose Ramirez , Carlos Correa and Jose Abreu lead a formidable attack but Misty needs Riley Greene and Benintendi to improve to balance out the attack.  When Clemens makes your roster you know you are hurting for depth.

Misty Mountain needs a new neighborhood.  The AL West is a very tough division and the numbers say the Smeagols finish 4th in the AL West.