Monday, March 31, 2008

Rating the 2008 Cubs

On a 1-10 scale, my ratings of the Cubs' players:

C - Geovany Soto 6
1b - Derrek Lee 7
2b - Mark DeRosa 6
SS - Ryan Theriot 6
3b - Aramis Ramirez 9
LF - Alfonso Soriano 9
CF - Felix Pie 4
RF - Kosuke Fukudome 7

SP - Carlos Zambrano 9
SP - Ted Lilly 7
SP - Rich Hill 6
SP - Ryan Dempster 6
SP - Jason Marquis 5
CL - Kerry Wood 7
RP - Carlos Marmol 10
RP - Bobby Howry 9

I weight these players at 50% of the value of the starting eight and the top pitchers:

RP - Michael Wuertz 8
RP - Carmen Pigniatello 6
RP - Jon Lieber 6
C - Henry Blanco 6
OF - Reed Johnson 6
OF - Daryl Ward 8
IF - Mike Fontenot 4
IF - Ronny Cedeno 5
RP - Kevin Hart 4

Cubs total score: 113+27 = 140

I predict the Cubs will win 86 games this year, and finish second to the Milwaukee Brewers.

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