"5 Things to Watch For" - Revisited

by sothball on Apr 5, 2009 10:18 AM PDT

In this post on 2/26/09, WiHaloFan posted the 5 things to watch for in Spring Training '09;

1) Will the real Kendry Morales please stand up?

2) The opening day shortstop will be?

3) Abreu or Rivera in leftfield?

4) Who gets traded?

5) Who's the 5th starter?

As of today, the answers in order appear to be;

1) At this point, it appears the real Kendry will translate his minor league success to the majors. He looks and acts ready for the challenge.

2) Not sure this is fully answered. Wood is currently out of the picture, but Aybar and Izzy appear to be in the same flat-footed tie as last year. Aybar has a slight edge and will probably see more starts at SS, but Scioscia will likely give a fair number of starts to Izzy.

3) Abreu would appear to be the winner, but not by much…about the same as SS position.

4) We now know the answer to the trade question…nobody!

5) The fifth starter question will be deferred for a month or so. At that point all three current candidates (Moseley, Loux, and Adenhart) could be supplanted by Lackey, Santana and Escobar.

Feel free to revise and/or correct with your own views.

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Question #2

I think Wood will be up there replacing Aybar because they will need to score runs and Aybar will not be producing. Also, I like Abreu out there with Rivera DHing. Also the 5th starter will be Escobar or Weaver when it is all said and done.

Give the young guns a chance...if they suck wellll...

by angelskid2210 on Apr 5, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks for reminding me...

1. Kendry Morales had a great spring and will do fine in 2009…270 – .280 avg, 15-20 HR.
2. Rotation of Aybar and Izturis, with Aybar getting the most playing time.
3. I agree with you, same situation as SS, Abreu and Rivera splitting time…Abreu getting the majority.
4. I missed this, much to my surprise no one was traded probably because the three pitching staff candidates did well this spring. If one can’t continue to produce though, someone’s getting shipped out.
5. Again, I agree with you. With the injuries all three make the team.

Thanks for going back and taking a look at this.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Apr 6, 2009 7:09 AM PDT reply actions