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What's up with that lineup for the Rays? I have the Rays pegged for 85 wins this year, but that's a pretty big stretch with Longoria at AAA and Gomes on the bench.

Well, a lot of our hopes this year were pinned on the front 3 of the rotation of Kazmir, Shields, and Garza, but that's been delayed because of Kaz's injury. Additionally, with Bartlett now manning SS and upgrading the bullpen, the Rays addressed their biggest needs in the offseason. Really, that's what cost us a bunch of games last season.

That said, yes, the lineup doesn't look that great after the first four of Aki, Crawford, Pena, and Upton, which is very formidable. Rocco's injury put us in a hole at RF and Longoria, who I thought could hit 30 HRs as a rookie, being sent down takes a lot of potential punch away from the hitting.

We'll see how the season goes down.

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Lineup facts:

RAMON HERNANDEZ - 19 catchers have started an opener for Baltimore. Ramon becomes the 14th to start at least two (remember - Bako started last year)

MILLAR - 20 players have started for the O's at 1B. Millar becomes the 10th man to start at least twice (he started a 3rd opener as the DH)

ROBERTS - 22 second baseman have started an Orioles opener. With his 5th start, Brian now trails only Dauer & Davey Johnson.

MORA - 18 third baseman have started for the O's. With Mora's 5th start at that position (plus one each in CF & LF), he trails only Brooks & Cal

LUIS HERNANDEZ - 13th different O's shortstop & 2nd from Venezuela (Luis Aparicio)

SCOTT - will become the 32nd different opening day left-fielder

JONES - will become the 21st different opening day CF

MARKAKIS - 33 different right-fielders & Nick will become the 11th guy to start two

HUFF - becomes the 25th different DH starter (his 2nd opening day, as he played 1B last year)

GUTHRIE - 32nd different pitcher. No one ever had fewer than his 7 career wins (Larsen in '54 also had 7) or 12 career decisions

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Well' date=' a lot of our hopes this year were pinned on the front 3 of the rotation of Kazmir, Shields, and Garza, but that's been delayed because of Kaz's injury. Additionally, with Bartlett now manning SS and upgrading the bullpen, the Rays addressed their biggest needs in the offseason. Really, that's what cost us a bunch of games last season.

That said, yes, the lineup doesn't look that great after the first four of Aki, Crawford, Pena, and Upton, which is very formidable. Rocco's injury put us in a hole at RF and Longoria, who I thought could hit 30 HRs as a rookie, being sent down takes a lot of potential punch away from the hitting.

We'll see how the season goes down.[/quote']

I hope the O's can rack up a few wins against them early in the year, because the Rays could be pretty nasty in the second half with Longoria, and David/McGee/Niemann/(or even Price) rounding out the rotation.

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Lineup facts:

ROBERTS - 22 second baseman have started an Orioles opener. With his 5th start, Brian now trails only Dauer & Davey Johnson.

MORA - 18 third baseman have started for the O's. With Mora's 5th start at that position (plus one each in CF & LF), he trails only Brooks & Cal

Two surprises for me:

1) Bobby Grich must not have played here very long if only Dauer and Johnson have more than 5 starts on OD.

2) Would have thought Doug Decinces would have been ahead of Mora.

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I hope the O's can rack up a few wins against them early in the year, because the Rays could be pretty nasty in the second half with Longoria, and David/McGee/Niemann/(or even Price) rounding out the rotation.

With Price's injury and him being delayed to start the season, I doubt we see him this season.

I do expect the Rays to finish (finally) ahead of the O's this year, but not by much. With Kaz's injury and Longoria being sent down, that takes away some potential early season wins and I've adjusted my win total for the Rays this year from 78 to 72. I think the O's win anywhere from 65-70 games. Believe it or not, you might (and probably do) have the better lineup than us without Longoria in there.

The Rays season, plain and simple, will come down to whether or not Garza is the real deal (I think he is) and the bullpen is improved enough to the point to where it's not a complete detriment. If not, they could be looking at another 66 win type season.

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Two surprises for me:

1) Bobby Grich must not have played here very long if only Dauer and Johnson have more than 5 starts on OD.

2) Would have thought Doug Decinces would have been ahead of Mora.

Grich started 4 times at 2B & DeCinces started 4 times at 3B.

Something I'd forgotten about, and had to doublecheck to believe, occured in 1978.

Earl Weaver started DeCinces at 2B, and Eddie Murray at 3B! The O's got rocked 11-3, and both were back at their usual positions for the vast majority of the year.

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With Price's injury and him being delayed to start the season' date=' I doubt we see him this season.

I do expect the Rays to finish (finally) ahead of the O's this year, but not by much. With Kaz's injury and Longoria being sent down, that takes away some potential early season wins and I've adjusted my win total for the Rays this year from 78 to 72. I think the O's win anywhere from 65-70 games. Believe it or not, you might (and probably do) have the better lineup than us without Longoria in there.

[b']The Rays season, plain and simple, will come down to whether or not Garza is the real deal (I think he is) and the bullpen is improved enough to the point to where it's not a complete detriment. If not, they could be looking at another 66 win type season[/b].

What are your thoughts on the Young/Garza trade? I feel like your team sold low on Young. I think he'll be a really good player.

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Hell yeah. Heeeell yeah.

I also laughed my ass off at them playing "Loser" when introducing the Devil Rays.

I'm so happy baseball is here.

You'll get yourself in trouble if you keep calling them the Devil Rays.

I was really waiting for Hunter to mess up and call them the Devil Rays, since he did it in the opening ot ths how.

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