Position Players - Starters
C - Tom Norton - excellent game management skills and plenty of power. Underperformed last season, but this is his walk year so management expects a big year from him.
1B - Jeffrey Abbott - hits for average with a little pop. Last season was hist first in the majors with a BA under .300. If age is catching up with Abbott, rule V pickup, John prinz appears ready to take over 1B
2B - Yamid Maranon - Management traded veteran 2B Al sanchez and blue chip C prospect Brett Perez to get Maranon during the off-season. Hopefully he'll prove to be worth it.
3B - Hayes Carasone - The Spouses expect big things from Carasone this season.He's got speed, a good eye and decent power. On top of that he is capable of gold glove type D at the hot corner
SS - Wes Kelly - Kelly was acquired during the off season to make the routine plays at short. The Spouses expect a .260 - ,270 average and 12 -15 dingers from him.
LF - Patsy Wheeler - veteran and team leader Wheeler should provide his capable D and a .280 average and 30 or so homers
CF - Jeff Brooks - Brooks was the favorite for the ROY award last season until he ran out of gas about 3/4 of the way through the season. Still his final numbers were impressive. .269 batting average, 34 homers, 46 steals, 100 runs scored and 96 RBIs. His gold glove caliber D in CF doesn't hurt either. The scary part is(at least for oppsoing teams) he's only going to get better
RF - Zephyr Roosevelt - another steady veteran presence, Roosevelt has plenty of talent to go with his cool name
Bench - Jacob Dale, Jeff Nixon, Fred Wilson, Harold bennett and John Prinz provide a versatile and good hitting bench.
Starting Pitching
Howard Barkley - Barkley has yet to live up to his potential. he has nasty stuff, good control and is durable. He has yet to put it all together and have the type of season the Spouses hope for from him.
AJ Davis - Davis was the Cy young favorite at the all star break last season. After partying too hard when he made the all star team, he had an awful second half.
Rob Cambridge - another guy who has trouble living up to his ratings
Justin Sadler - he performed exactly as expected last seaason. Hopefully he can be a very good 34 starter again this season
Vic Rogers - see above...same applies to Rogers
Bullpen
Peter Thomas is a dependable long reliever. He'll keep his team in the game if a starter falters early
JT Witt - Witt needs to perform better this season or he'll be looking for another job
Jorge Owen - a tough, dependable set up guy. Especially tough on right handers
Earl Miller - the Closer job is his to lose. has all the talent in the world, but he blwe 33% of his save opportunities last season, which is not impressive. The Spouses are hoping he'll be better with some experience under his belt.
Erubiel Beltre - if Miller can't cut it, beltre will be ready to reclaim his closer job.
All in all, the Multiple Spouses are looking to contend this season.
There are also rumors of a blockbuster deal in the works to bring a #1 starter to the Spouses
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