Hard to pass up the Greinke teams but they just don’t feel as deep as I’d like and I’m not sure they’ll hold up against those 80s teams.

So once again, I’ll dive headfirst into a division of death.

2023 Padres

One more post 2008 Padres team and you push the top 2 picks into the NL Central.

League Numbers:

League 1: NL: Mets / AL: Angels --> MLB142176
League 2: NL: Astros / AL: Rangers --> MLB142177
League 3: NL: Padres / AL: Brewers --> MLB142178
League 4: NL: Expos / AL: Royals --> MLB142179

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Posted by footballmm11 on 3/1/2025 12:48:00 AM (view original):

So really it's Soto, Cano and Hader versus Arrieta, Tatis and Melancon. While Arrieta is awesome, the offensive gap is huge while the pitching gap is mitigated since 2022 still gets Darvish and Snell. Will be interesting to see how it plays out since we'll be in the same division!

I agree the offense is upgraded on the 2022 roster, but 2021 also has Darvish and Snell. So shouldn't the comparison be between Arrieta and the 300-400 innings of somebody else?

Yeah, I guess I what I was trying to (poorly) articulate is this:

2021 rotation: Arrieta, Arrieta, Snell, Darvish, Lamet (+ relievers)
2022 rotation: Snell, Snell, Darvish, Darvish, Lamet (+ relievers)

So really, Arrieta is replacing one Snell and one Darvish. So 2022 doesn't get Arrieta but they can take a clone of Snell + Darvish, which had been kinda "wasted" by 2021.

Had they only had, say Darvish and not Snell, now 2022 would have to "replace" the Arrieta innings with, say, Joe Musgrove x2 an that would be a bigger gap.

All that said, the difference between Arrieta (two seasons under 2.00 ERC#) and the worse clone of Snell (2.57 ERC#) + Darvish (2.37 ERC#) is still pretty big.

1976 brewers.

can someone Sitemail please

No need to sitemail. I looked at those Hank Aaron Brewers - they should be fun.

we’ll take the 1990 Padres. I hadn’t realized Fred Lynn finished his career with them.

1979 San Diego Padres

I am still at my son's baseball games. You guys can just keep picking. I don't think it matters at all for me.

Posted by bigsteve12 on 3/1/2025 6:22:00 PM (view original):
I am still at my son's baseball games. You guys can just keep picking. I don't think it matters at all for me.

I'm next. I'll go with the 1978 San Diego Padres.

I strongly considered the 2008 Brewers with CC, Sheets and Gagne. I figured someone would take a chance on them.

1996 Padres