The Multiple Spouses look to repeat as division champions.
The key additions were Catcher Don lee and pithcewr Clay Grifffith, both of whom were signed as free agents.
Key losses were pitchers JT Witt, the dissapointing Howard Barkley and Erubiel Beltre. Also released were highly overpaid 1B Jeffrey Abbott and catcher Tom Norton.
Here's the preview:
Free agent signee Don lee will see the mojority of time at catcher. The Spouses look for him to match his career averages of .327/.398/.526
The departed Jeffrey Abbott will be replaced by John Prinz. Prinz is a very similar player to Abbott but his salary is about 5% of what Abbott's was.
Yamid Maranon should duplicate his numbers of .283/.361/.440 from last season and play a dependable 2b
Shortstop Wes Kelly looks for a repeat of last season. he shouild hit over .300 with 20 - 30 stolen bases
Third base will be split between Hayes Casarone and Fred Wilson unless one of them shows he deserves the job right off the bat.
Team leader Patsy Wheeler mans LF and another .336/.416/.618 season would make the Spouses happy.
Returning MVP and gold glove CFer Jeff Brooks is looking to improve on his batting average and stolen bases from last season
RFer Zephyr Roosevelt got off to a very slow start last season but finished with very respectable .315/.406/.539 numbers. He's in his contract year so he's looking to improve on all those numbers for a large payday next year.
The starting pitching is dependable, with no "aces". AJ Davis, Vic Rogers, Justin Sadler and Clay Griffith can all eat a lot of innings and keep the team in most games. Late season callup Samuel martin performed very well in his short stay last season and will be given every chance to earn a starting job this season.
The bullpen is probably one of the strongest in the league. Long relievers Peter Thomas, Brian Baker and Stephen O'Brien are all durable and dependable. Setup men Rigo Piniero and Earl Miller will handle the 7th and 8th inning before giving way to Jorge Owen who was spectacular last season with 53 saves and a WHIP under 1.00
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