So opening day is upon us! And if Spring Training told us anything, it's that we're all still trying to get a feel for this team. There was a heated battle for the a 1B spot, and to the loser went a ticket to AAA. Well, Bartolo Zamora ended up beating out Raul Ramirez for a bench spot. We also decided to start Juan Aguilar over Bryan Freake, as we felt having four lefties in the starting rotation severely limited our options in the pen. We think Aguilar will do just fine! We also decided to move Broderick MacDonald into the closer role. He has a nasty fastball and an excellent changeup!
The 1989 predictions came out, and I wasn't that happy with them. As can be seen, it has us finishing under .500 in a very competitive division.
Although we're young, I like our talent, and think we did very well in the later rounds of the draft! Time will tell, and maybe it's a first time GM way of thinking, but I can see us playing at least .500 ball, maybe better.
The American Conference predictions are as follows:
And it appears the owner feels the same way:
And fortunately, none of our players made this list:
Finally, time to get down to business, and share with you all the opening day events that happened, and also how our first ever game went!