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Mike King's MLB Pre-Season Power Rankings

By Mike King, published Mar 08, 2007

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Welcome to my baseball power rankings! I will try to pump out a new version weekly throughout the regular MLB season. This will be my first addition. I know it's really early, and so should you. So, relax if you feel the rankings are off a bit. It's all just a huge guess at this point. I may have one more pre-season ranking before the actually season starts. If I do I will put it out near the very end of Spring Training. For now, enjoy the rankings!

Welcome to my baseball power rankings! I will try to pump out a new 'POWER RANKING' version weekly throughout the regular MLB season. Check back on a regular basis if you enjoy this. This will be my first addition of the 2007 season. I know it's really early, and so should you. So, relax if you feel the rankings are off a bit. It's all just a huge guess at this point. I may have one more pre-season ranking before the actually season starts. If I do I will put it out near the very end of Spring Training. For now, enjoy the rankings!

#1 (#)Detroit Tigers(0-0)- If you don't love pitching, then you don't love the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers are primed to make another run. Will Kenny Rogers keep pitching well? That seems to be the only question going into the season. The Tigers get to start the year with Sean Casey in the lineup, add in Gary Sheffield and you have a more potent Tiger offense this year. They could be dangerous!

#2 (#) New York Yankees(0-0)- Breaking News!! The Yankees have one of the best hitting lineups in the majors! Amazing! Seriously though, the Yanks are going to score tons of runs...The pitching staff has underwent a make-over from last season. The Yanks parted ways with Randy Johnson, and added a familiar face--Andy Pettite. Yep, that Andy. Kei Igawa appears to be the X-factor. He is a 27 year old left from Japan who was 13-9 with a 3.11 ERA last year. His banner year was in 2003, he finished 20-5 with a 2.80 ERA. Jeff Karstens looks set in as the #5 man.

#3 (#) Chicago White Sox(0-0)- Freddy Garcia and Galvin Floyd swapped teams. Unfortunately, for the Sox, they got Floyd and lost Garcia. Other than that, the White Sox will bring out nearly the same exact team, which was a solid one to begin with.

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David Funk

Very nicely done, Mike. I also agree with where you have the Cubs to start, and your argument about them. That offense they have will be much better, and that could really benefit the pitching staff. I would not be surprised to see them move up very quickly in your rankings. Great work as usual!

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Posted on 03/09/2007 at 4:03:00 PM

Mike King

It cut off my last part about the Mets. It's a myth that the Mets pitching was bad last year. They were #3 in the NL in ERA (4.14). This year they won't have Pedro till' the all-star break, although he might not be back all year. They also lose there team high 15 game winner, Steve Trachsel. He will be pitching for Baltimore. Thanks for checking out the rankings. I will change them weekly as the season gets underway. And I may post one more after my trip to Arizona where I will be watching Spring Training.

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Posted on 03/09/2007 at 12:03:00 AM

Mike King

Lee Andrew: Thanks for the reply. Let me defend my rankings... I have the Cardinals in the top 5 because they are defending WS champs. That's really the only reason they are in the top 5 for my pre-season rankings. I am giving them credit for that. As the season goes along I will drop them quick if they do not live up to the top 5 ranking. Onto the Braves. The Braves lost LaRouche as you mentioned. It's not that big of a deal. He strikeouts way too much. He is as fast as a sloth on the base paths. And he can't face left handed pitching as he is a career .221 hitter vs. the southpaws. Atlanta replaces him with a former first round pick, Scott Thorman. The kid is a beast. Something like 6'4 230 pounds. Bobby Cox says you can hear his swing all the way in the dug out it's so quick. I will be the last person to doubt the Braves in replacing LaRouche with a farm system product. Finally, the Mets. It's actually a myth that the Mets pitching was bad last year. They w

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Posted on 03/09/2007 at 12:03:00 AM

Lee Andrew

Cardinals #4? That's crazy. Apparently you haven't been watching the past three seasons when the Cards went from a 105 win team to a 83 win team. I don't see any reason why they would improve when Rolen and Edmonds are a year older and there isn't any young talent other than Pujols. Also not choosing the Mets first in the East is obviously just Mets hating. The Braves added a nice pitcher (But also lost a nice hitter) it isn't enough to catch up. The Mets pitching staff isn't great, but it wasn't great last year, how'd that do for them?

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