My team is worse than Dublin by a good margin at basically every position.
I have one good pitcher, one decent pitcher, then two veterans who will underperform to a consistent 4.50 ERA, and a youngster who will probably throw like 4.90 again. I think Weed/Young/Ping/Gamble will outperform my top 4. My bullpen does not have a consistent sub 3 era pitcher in it, so who knows what will happen with it. Last year it was one of the best in the division but the year before it was 8th.
My catcher has lost his bat in entirely and is now defense-only. I have 4 1B for 2 positions, so I'm playing Jephson at 3rd and have some weird platoon with Wan-Fu and Von at DH. Neither of whom, mind, have nearly good enough of a bat to compare to some of the better DH in the division. Due to this, my second baseman is actually a natural 3rd baseman (also keep in mind Sean Blake who was in my long term 2B plans is now total garbage). SS is fine so no issues there
My outfield consists of two power bats at the corners who will probably lose me 2-4 WAR just based off of their defense. Granted, they have all-star bats so it may not be a big deal, but this goes back to the issue of having too many DHs. In addition, my two options for Center Field, either have no bat whatsoever(Calk) or have a barely passable bat and can't really play the position (O'Brien).
I have some talent, but there is so much accumulation of talent in the division that I find it improbable I get over 90 wins this year. There's some pretty significant holes that have come from most prospects not working out as they should (W-Fu, Knowles, O'Brien) or old veterans ready to fall off a cliff (Seguin, Kidwell, Paz, heck, maybe even Inonu). Now this may not happen this year, I could get another playoff appearance, but I do think my team is a ticking time bomb and won't last past 2057 (conveniently when Redbeard's contract is up and I get my picks back
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