The biggest shock this year has been Alex Rodriguez, he was traded to the Yankees. The Yankees now have the two best shortstops. A-Rod was moved to third, but is still an excellent player. After winning MVP last year New York has great expectations for this season.

The Cubs are lucky to have these two pitchers. Kerry Wood (left) is a great pitcher that can strike out almost anyone. Last season he had 266 strikeouts, the best in the league. Mark Prior (right) is a power pitcher that had an excellent ERA last year of 2.43.

Dontrelle Willis (left) and Josh Beckett (right) were a big part in the Marlins World Series Championship last year. Willis is a 22 year old, high kicking lefty that won Rookie of the Year in 2003. Beckett is a 23 year old that was World Series MVP in 2003.

Another great set of pitchers is Barry Zito (left) and Mark Mulder (right) of the Oakland A's. Zito is a lefty with an amazing curveball that held opposing batters to a .219 batting average. Mulder is also a lefty with great endurance and an excellent splitter.

Barry Bonds is one of the most feared hitters in the majors. Although he is conceited and thinks its all about him, he can crush the ball. He has 8 golden gloves, but he is not the greatest of outfielders. He is an excellent batter but not a good outfielder. He is breaking records all the time and is still not done. He holds the current homerun record of 73 homeruns in one season. Bonds career average is not .300. I don't like Barry Bonds very much but some people do. I think that if you can hit the ball as hard as he does you should be able to get base hits and have a better average.

 

 

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