rls' Anaheim Anteaters

			Jackson, Austin
			Sizemore, Grady
	Saunders, Michael				Winn, Randy
					Stanton, Mike
		Rollins, Jimmy		Figgins, Chone
				Ellis, Mark
				Velez, Eugenio		Berkman, Lance
						Kotchman, Casey
			Pineiro, Joel			Miranda, Juan
			Shields, James
	Morton, Charlie		Kendrick, Kyle
	Marmol, Carlos		Scherzer, Max
	Wagner, Billy		Parra, Manny
	Franklin, Ryan
	Gregg, Kevin
	Boyer, Blaine
			Mauer, Joe
			Santana, Carlos
			Ramirez, Max

Strengths: Catcher - Once-MVP Mauer and rising star Santana ensure security at the position for a long time.

Weaknesses: Left Side of Infield - Figgins' move to second and Rollins' injuries have left gaping holes.

Unexpected: Center Field - One's looking like a cornerstone, other's looking like the enigma; the surprise is that the former is Jackson and not Sizemore

magnum's South City Magnums

			Upton, Justin
	Cruz, Nelson				Markakis, Nick
	Ramirez, Manny				Werth, Jayson
	Hinske, Eric
		Ramirez, Alexei		Weeks, Rickie
		Brignac, Reid		Frandsen, Kevin
Sandoval, Pablo
Wood, Brandon
Gordon, Alex			Santana, Ervin
			Cain, Matt
	Hendrickson, Mark		Verlander, Justin
	Jurrjens, Jair		Niese, Jonathon
	Ziegler, Brad		Huff, David
	Feliciano, Pedro
	Storen, Drew
	Rodriguez, Francisco
			Doumit, Ryan

Strengths: Outfield - Still this team's strength, though they don't really have a center fielder to speak of.  Oh well, forgive, mash, and forget.

Weaknesses: First Base - Tony Clark's done, Villalona might have bigger issues, and Hinske's a part-timer at best.

Unexpected: Pablo Sandoval - Looking less kung-fu and more panda by the day.

jrnyfan01's Pike's Place FishHeads

			Morgan, Nyjer
			Taveras, Willy
	Church, Ryan		Byrnes, Eric		Ordonez, Magglio
	Blanks, Kyle				Sullivan, Cory
		Everett, Adam		Barmes, Clint
		Janish, Paul		Casilla, Alexi
Alvarez, Pedro						Giambi, Jason
			Carmona, Fausto
			Gonzalez, Gio
	Sonnanstine, Andy		Blackburn, Nick
	Strasburg, Stephen		Eveland, Dana
	Albers, Matt
	Boggs, Mitchell
	Perez, Oliver
	Motte, Jason
			Soto, Geovany
			Mathis, Jeff

Strengths: Catching - If anything, C is the one position they won't have to worry about.  Soto's bounce-back is well-timed.

Weaknesses: Infield - Not a regular among them.  Alvarez will be, and Barmes has gotten more PT due to injuries, but there will be stamina issues here.

Unexpected: Magglio Ordonez - Not dead yet!  Then again, with a broken ankle he may as well be, but there was quality until then.

AL East

brygold's Boston Somersets

			Stubbs, Drew
			Maybin, Cameron
	Holliday, Matt		Ellsbury, Jacoby		Milledge, Lastings
	LaPorta, Matt				Snider, Travis
	Cust, Jack
		Reyes, Jose		Kendrick, Howard
		Tulowitzki, Troy
Lopez, Jose						Barton, Daric
Longoria, Evan						Helton, Todd
			Sabathia, CC			Clement, Jeff
			Lincecum, Tim
	Cecil, Brett		Pelfrey, Mike
	Buchholz, Clay		Sanchez, Anibal
	Matsuzaka, Daisuke		Correia, Kevin
	Beckett, Josh		Volstad, Chris
	Broxton, Jonathan
	Rodney, Fernando
			Barajas, Rod
			Schneider, Brian

Strengths: Starting Pitching - CC and Lincecum.  'Nuff said.

Weaknesses: Catching - Clement's not a catcher anymore and Barajas isn't all that good.  Waiting on Conger's arrival to save this unit.

Unexpected: Lastings Milledge - finally appears to be settling down and may have won out his platoon situation.  Needed for this makeshift outfield.

crustydoc's Hudson River Rats

			McDonald, Darnell
	Podsednik, Scott				Ross, Cody
	Gerut, Jody				Kubel, Jason
	Montanez, Lou
		Scutaro, Marco		Kennedy, Adam
		Hardy, J.J.		Castillo, Luis
Jones, Chipper						Pujols, Albert
Blum, Geoff
			Wainwright, Adam
			Wolf, Randy
	Wellemeyer, Todd		Price, David
	Hunter, Tommy		Lackey, John
	Contreras, Jose		Kuroda, Hiroki
	Fulchino, Jeff
	Hoffman, Trevor
	Palmer, Matt
			Nieves, Wil
			Hanigan, Ryan
			Hester, John

Strengths: Corners - Chipper and Albert in the infield, Ross/Kubel/Pods in the outfield.  Only complaint is Chipper's decline.

Weaknesses: Up the Middle - CF, 2B, and C all in serious need of a booster shot.  Long-term answers not present.

Unexpected: David Price - Post-hype breakout season.  Pretty much knew it was coming, just didn't know when.

maddove117's Washington Whips

			Rasmus, Colby
			Cameron, Mike
	Coghlan, Chris				Hart, Corey
	Willingham, Josh				Sweeney, Ryan
		Cabrera, Orlando		Hudson, Orlando
		Andrus, Elvis		Sizemore, Scott
Rolen, Scott		Izturis, Maicer				Teixeira, Mark
Tuiasosopo, Matt						Votto, Joey
			Halladay, Roy
			Myers, Brett
	Batista, Miguel		Richard, Clayton
	League, Brandon		Latos, Mat
	Laffey, Aaron		Hammel, Jason
	Durbin, Chad
	Crain, Jesse
	Lindstrom, Matt
			Suzuki, Kurt
			Torrealba, Yorvit

Strengths: Infield - Particularly loaded at first, but the infield starters are all solid, though Hudson's injuries are concerning.

Weaknesses: Bullpen - There are players here, and enough innings for sure.  But are any of these guys, um, good?

Unexpected: Joey Votto - NL MVP candidate unexpectedly the projected starter at first, which is saying something since the other option is Teixeira.

DodgerDon's Sarasota Manatees

			Gutierrez, Franklin
			Wise, Dewayne
	Crawford, Carl				Rios, Alex
	Nix, Jayson				Reimold, Nolan
	Buck, Travis
		Santiago, Ramon		Tolbert, Matt
		Wilson, Josh
Beltre, Adrian						Huff, Aubrey
						Scott, Luke
			Lester, Jon			Salazar, Oscar
			Romero, Ricky
	Tallet, Brian		Wilson, C.J.
	Bard, Daniel		Kazmir, Scott
	Bailey, Andrew		Dickey, R.A.
	Okajima, Hideki
	Lewis, Jensen
	Wright, Jamey
			Cervelli, Francisco
			Laird, Gerald

Strengths: Outfield - Crawford, Gutierrez, Rios probably one of the best defensive outifelds, and they can hit fairly well too.

Weaknesses: Infield - There's Beltre and backup, backup, backup...

Unexpected: Bedard - Well, not really unexpected, but his innings would really have helped.

AL Central

chazzzzzz' Saint Paul Saints

			Span, Denard
			Fowler, Dexter
	Lewis, Fred		Brantley, Michael		Hamilton, Josh
	Granderson, Curtis
		Bartlett, Jason		Uggla, Dan
		Cedeno, Ronny		Rosales, Adam
Headley, Chase						Youkilis, Kevin
Polanco, Placido						Helms, Wes
Ramirez, Aramis			Lee, Cliff
			Saunders, Joe
	Gorzelanny, Tom		Sheets, Ben
	Duensing, Brian		Hanson, Tommy
	Troncoso, Ramon		Peavy, Jake
	Jenks, Bobby		Masterson, Justin
	Rogers, Esmil
	Daley, Matt
			Navarro, Dioner
			Whiteside, Eli

Strengths: Third Base - After being a weakness last year, 3 full-timers man the hot corner this year.

Weakness: Catching - Eep....

Unexpected: Starting Pitching - Sheets and Peavy both done for the year at this point, so the staff will rely more than it wanted to on Masterson and the Gorz.

eman7400's Wisconsin Winchesters

			McLouth, Nate
			Francisco, Ben
	Pierre, Juan				Bruce, Jay
	Ibanez, Raul				Raburn, Ryan
		Gonzalez, Alex		Pedroia, Dustin
		Escobar, Yunel
Zimmerman, Ryan						Loney, James
						Dunn, Adam
			Dempster, Ryan
			Weaver, Jered
	Ohlendorf, Ross		Nolasco, Ricky
	Harrison, Matt		Gallardo, Yovani
	Corpas, Manuel		Bannister, Brian
	Nippert, Dustin		Robertson, Nate
	Balfour, Grant
	Belisario, Ronald
			Molina, Bengie

Strengths: Shortstop - Escobar and Gonzalez were traded for each other, but on this team they provide good present and future options.

Weaknesses: Up the Middle - Aside from the aforementioned SS, C and CF are in trouble right now, and Pedroia's going to be a half-season player due to injury.

Unexpected: Nate McLouth - Was he overrated? Perhaps.  But good lord he's terrible this year.

evil_twin's Minneapolis Millers

			Hunter, Torii
			Gwynn, Tony
	Kearns, Austin				Jones, Garrett
	Kotsay, Mark
		Pennington, Cliff		Cano, Robinson
		Aviles, Mike		Keppinger, Jeff
Punto, Nick				Beckham, Gordon		Konerko, Paul
				Schumaker, Skip		Ryal, Rusty
			Hudson, Tim
			Arroyo, Bronson
	Francisco, Frank		Liriano, Francisco
	Meche, Gil		Garza, Matt
	Ross, Tyson		Duke, Zach
	Downs, Scott
	Papelbon, Jonathan
	Jepsen, Kevin
			Molina, Yadier
			Buck, John
			Castro, Jason

Strengths: Second Base - Cano, Keppinger, Beckham, and Schumaker makes for a very solid batch of players.  Just wish there was a way to use them all at once.

Weaknesses: Third Base - Punto's an amazing defender, but he's somewhat injury-prone and a part-timer, and just not enough to handle the position by himself.

Unexpected: John Buck - All-Star?  Really?  Guess the guy deserves it for a career year offensively.

ooooohdoggie's Chicago Noble Statesmen

			Gonzalez, Carlos
			Crisp, Coco
	Heyward, Jason		Ankiel, Rick		Choo, Shin-Soo
	Griffey Jr., Ken
		Uribe, Juan		Guzman, Cristian
		Greene, Tyler		Cora, Alex
Encarnacion, Edwin						Lee, Derrek
Vizquel, Omar						Gload, Ross
Viciedo, Dayan			Hernandez, Felix
			Hamels, Cole
	Janssen, Casey		Kennedy, Ian
	Adams, Mike		Cook, Aaron
	Lincoln, Brad
	Davis, Doug
	Rhodes, Arthur
	Weaver, Jeff
			Posada, Jorge
			Quintero, Humberto
			Baker, John

Strengths: Outfield -  Choo, CarGo, and Heyward are the makings of a great outfield for many years.

Weaknesses: Infield - Either old and declining or not yet established, there's not much here to get excited about yet.

Unexpected: Carlos Gonzalez - Really establishing himself as a upper-tier outfielder with his breakout.

AL West

Peekay's Baltimore Wired

			Ethier, Andre
	Soriano, Alfonso				Bradley, Milton
	Thames, Marcus				Parra, Gerardo
	Duncan, Shelley				Joyce, Matt
		Ramirez, Hanley		Sanchez, Freddy
		Abreu, Tony		Getz, Chris
Infante, Omar				Aybar, Willy		Howard, Ryan
Lowell, Mike						Powell, Landon
			Johnson, Josh
			Niemann, Jeff
	Bailey, Homer		Zito, Barry
	Gregerson, Luke		Leake, Mike
	De La Rosa, Jorge		Blanton, Joe
	Hanrahan, Joel
	Thornton, Matt
	Romo, Sergio
			Paulino, Ronny
			Johnson, Rob
			Varitek, Jason
			Towles, J.R.

Strengths: Starting Pitching - Not as great as last year, but Johnson and Niemann are what you want at the top, and Zito and Leake should have the advantage the majority of their starts as well.

Weaknesses: Third Base -No better than last year.  Lowell's been drafted into service lately, which may allow him to platoon with Infante, but that's not the sort of combo most teams would be satisfied with.

Unexpected: Mike Leake - Tailed off some of late, but if, before the season, we had talked about potential impact rookie starting pitchers, he wouldn't have been mentioned.

knowHIM's Cleveland Canolis

			Cabrera, Melky
	Damon, Johnny				Abreu, Bobby
	Willits, Reggie				Kapler, Gabe
					Dickerson, Chris
		Escobar, Alcides		Rodriguez, Sean
				Carroll, Jamey
Callaspo, Alberto				Baker, Jeff		Morneau, Justin
Peralta, Jhonny						Ortiz, David
Reynolds, Mark			Maholm, Paul			Marte, Andy
			Sanchez, Jonathan
	Clippard, Tyler		Garcia, Jaime
	Lohse, Kyle		Wakefield, Tim
	Carrasco, D.J.		Kawakami, Kenshin
	Oliver, Darren		Porcello, Rick
	Gutierrez, Juan
	Howry, Bob
			Wieters, Matt
			Hernandez, Ramon
			Jaramillo, Jason

Strengths: Corner Infield - As Morneau's injury stretches on, Ortiz may have to play first more than intended, but all of the 3B/1B options can hit.

Weaknesses: Outfield - Aging Abreu and Damon haven't many ABs left in them, and there aren't any other options readily available

Unexpected: Rick Porcello - For all the promise of his rookie season, he's even gone so far as to get demoted this year.  Still a bright future, but this year's surely a bump in the road.

deer454's Pacific Fire

			Kemp, Matt
			McCutchen, Andrew
	Matsui, Hideki				Suzuki, Ichiro
	Murphy, David				Matthews Jr., Gary
	Anderson, Garret
		Theriot, Ryan		Phillips, Brandon
				Lugo, Julio
Stewart, Ian				Belliard, Ronnie		Cantu, Jorge
Freese, David						Hafner, Travis
Valencia, Danny			Jackson, Edwin			Atkins, Garrett
			Slowey, Kevin
	Zambrano, Carlos		LeBlanc, Wade
	Villanueva, Carlos		Paulino, Felipe
	Coke, Phil		Chacin, Jhoulys
	Betancourt, Rafael		Norris, Bud
	Lidge, Brad
	Cashner, Andrew
			Olivo, Miguel
			Rodriguez, Ivan
			Shoppach, Kelly
			Moore, Adam

Strengths: Center Field - Many teams would kill to have McCutchen or Kemp, and they've got both.

Weaknesses: Shortstop - Theriot?  Scrappy guy.  Gardenhire would love him.  From me, that's not really a compliment.

Unexpected: Starting Pitching - Not any one of them in particular, but as a whole, they're struggling to find some consistency.

colts25's Milwaukee Suds

			Upton, B.J.
			Heisey, Chris
	Gomes, Jonny				Hairston, Scott
	Quentin, Carlos				Venable, Will
					Hermida, Jeremy
		Furcal, Rafael		Iwamura, Akinori
				Valbuena, Luis
Kouzmanoff, Kevin				Gonzalez, Alberto		Ishikawa, Travis
Harris, Brendan						Garko, Ryan
			Hernandez, Livan			Tatis, Fernando
			Westbrook, Jake
	Galarraga, Armando		Garcia, Freddy
	Berken, Jason		Davies, Kyle
	Snell, Ian
	Olsen, Scott
	Soriano, Rafael
	Sherrill, George
			Kendall, Jason
			Zaun, Gregg

Strengths: Relief Pitching - Soriano is a very good option, and Snell and Galarraga will provide quality innings, if they don't make the rotation.

Weaknesses: First Base - Nothing of substance to speak of.

Unexpected: Jonny Gomes - He's not dead yet!