| padres 2005: 82-80 (1st) manager: bruce bochy, 12th year stadium: petco (42,500) batting studs c-mike piazza 251 avg, 19 hr, 62 rbi rf-brian giles 301 avg, 15 hr, 83 rbi lf-ryan klesko 248 avg, 18 hr, 58 rbi pitching studs rhp-jake peavy 13-7, 2.88 era rhp-chris young 12-7, 4.26 era rp-trevor hoffman 1-6, 2.97 era, 43 sv 2006 prediction: 84-78 (san diego has just enough offense and pitching to win this division again) giants 2005: 75-87 (3rd) manager: felipe alou, 14th year stadium: sbc (41,584) batting studs lf-barry bonds 286 avg, 5 hr, 10 rbi 3b-pedro feliz 250 avg, 20 hr, 81 rbi lf-randy winn 306 avg, 20 hr, 63 rbi pitching studs rhp-jason schmidt 12-7, 4.40 era rhp-matt morris 14-10, 4.11 era rp-armando benitez 2-3, 4.50 era, 19 sv 2006 prediction: 83-79 (bonds will have team grumpy old men in contention until season's end) dodgers 2005: 71-91 (4th) manager: grady little, 3rd year stadium: dodger (56,000) batting studs 2b-jeff kent 289 avg, 29 hr, 105 rbi rf-jose cruz 251 avg, 18 hr, 50 rbi 1b-nomar garciaparra 283 avg, 9 hr, 30 rbi pitching studs rhp-darren lowe 12-15, 3.61 era rhp-brad penny 7-9, 3.90 era rp-eric gagne 1-0, 2.70 era, 8 sv 2006 prediction: 81-81 (the dodgers will contend up until the last week of the season) diamondbacks 2005: 77-85 (2nd) manager: bob melvin, 4th year stadium: chase (49,033) batting studs lf-luis gonzalez 271 avg, 24 hr, 79 rbi 3b-chad tracy 308 avg, 27 hr, 72 rbi rf-shawn green 286 avg, 22 hr, 73 rbi pitching studs rhp-brandon webb 14-12, 3.54 era rhp-orlando hernandez 9-9, 5.12 era rp-jose valverde 3-4, 2.44 era, 15 sv 2006 prediction: 76-86 (about the same as last year) rockies 2005: 67-95 (5th) manager: clint hurdle, 5th year stadium: coors (50,449) batting studs 1b-todd helton 320 avg, 20 hr, 79 rbi lf-mark holliday 307 avg, 19 hr, 87 rbi 3b-garrett atkins 287 avg, 13 hr, 89 rbi pitching studs rhp-jason jennings 6-9, 5.02 era lhp-jeff francis 14-12, 5.68 era rp-brian fuentes 2-5, 2.91 era, 31 sv 2006 prediction: 66-96 (this franchise is starting to look like kansas city's and pittsburgh's) |