| Team Profile/History - Another of the original GM's, Tyler has had a tough year, sticking close to Detroit until being brushed aside by the White Sox as they seized the divison. Lineup - Bonds is, frankly, Terrifying. Alou and Everett will lose a lot of punch next year but it's a pretty solid lineup feturing one of the best sluggers in the game as well as one of the premier leadoff men. Bonds would be MVP if not for two things. One, KC is out of it, Two, he was traded mid-season. Bench - Trammell was quite the hitter once upon a time, but now Damian Miller may be the best offensive option off this bench. Defense - Alou isn't much of an OFer, Everett might be better in RF than Moises... Simon may also be a liability at 1B, not bad otherwise around the diamon. Rotation - Some god youth in Millwood, a HUGE question mark in El Duque though. How old is he? How injured is he? How good is he really? Bullpen - A pretty solid (and full) bullpen. Kim is a heck of a closer and seems to have recovered from the WS last year (getting a ring certainly helped I'm sure). Minors - No 'Sure things' stand out, but Ellis is certainly proving to be a useful player. Overall Grade - B-/C+ I'm not scared by any means (ok, Bonds scares me but I'd walk him every time). No glaring weaknesses or strengths (excluding BB), though improved SP would make it easy for this team to take the pitching poor AL Central. Over/Under Over - Barry Bonds - Filthy numbers, abslutely disgusting, those types of things should just not be allowed. Under - Kevin Millwood - He'll be much better next year. Prescription - A legit Ace and a hot #2 would hand KC the division next season. |
| Lineup Luis Castillo Randall Simon Barry Bonds Moises Alou Vinny Castilla Shawn Wooten Carl Everett Gary Matthews Ron Belliard Rotation Kevin Millwood Miguel Batista Orlando Hernandez Vicente Padilla Scott Eyre |
| Minors Raul Casanova Mark Ellis Jorge Fabregas Chad Fox Ricky Gutierrez Mike Jackson Alex Sanchez Termel Sledge Jayson Durocher |
| KANSAS CITY ROYALS *NOTE - This analysis is strictly the opinion of the Red Sox GM, and was done as objectively as possible and strictly for the fun of it |
| GM Tyler Fyock RECORD 72-66 3rd place on 9/05/02 |
| Bench Damian Miller Jason Lane Bubba Trammell Abraham Nunez Bullpen Jose Cabrera Byung Hyun-Kim - CL Matt Herges Valerio de los Santos Jesse Orosco Shane Reynolds Rick White Ed Vosberg |
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