Comments on: The ReclinerGM’s 2009 MLB Preview: NL East’s Everyday Eight

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:44:57 +0000

Pretty good comparasions. I don’t know if I’d have Millegde over Victorino.. at least not yet. But overall, good comparisons

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:01:03 +0000

Living in DC, every Phils-Nats or Mets-Nats game is a “home” game for the visiting team. That won’t change this year.

If you ever want easy tickets, go to a Marlins-Nats game. You can sit wherever you want. Brutal fan base down here.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:38:48 +0000

haha – they might be in the bottom 3, but a lot of people think they are going to be in the playoff hunt. they very well might.

I think the Nats are going to be a huge pain in the ass for us this year.

By: J Dubbz

J Dubbz — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:35:40 +0000

Pete…Great analysis. Really gets the heart pumpin in anticipation of this season and opening day in T minus 2 days. I think the bottom 3 of the NL East teams will suprise people this year if they can stay healthy and their pitching be half decent. I also love the fact that the Atlanta Braves are now in what we can all refer to as the “bottom 3″ of the NL East. Suck on that Bobby Cox.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:03:41 +0000

Interesting comparisons…at least a breath of fresh air from the ESPN.com trolls. I’ll accept your Mets/Phils analysis as very accurate.

Two things I have issue with: I’m sorry, but I really liked Jorge Cantu last year for the Marlins (.277/29/95/.417 OBP) – I would put him ahead of Dunn by a notch because of Dunn’s lower OBP (.386 combined, and that’s with 120 BB) and can’t forget about Dunn’s 50+ K’s over Cantu, either.

Also, I really liked your pick of Kelly Johnson over Dan Uggla…even if Uggla didn’t tank at the plate after the break last year, he really is not a good fielder. Now, if you pull up the numbers, their fielding pct. is almost identical (in fact, Uggla’s is higher by .001), but I just remember Uggla making more than a few “errors” that weren’t scored as such last year.