Tuesday, March 31, 2009

30 Questions for the American League East

Several posts have been floating around the blogsphere with a series of questions about the upcoming season. Some have focused from team to team, and some on individual players. This is a very normal process of anticipation which all baseball fans feel right now. Not wanting to miss out on the fun, we'll do our own list of questions by division for the next six nights, which will take us to the start of the season! Yesssssss...

1. Will Oriole fans be just passing the time until Matt Wieters comes up and then the real fun starts?

2. Will the Orioles find any pitching at all beside...umm...Guthrie?

3. Can Halladay stay healthy for Toronto and win a Cy Young he seems able to grasp every year?

4. Is Vernon Wells still a star?

5. Will sending David Price to the minors cost the Rays two valuable games in the American League East?

6. Evan Longoria has gotten lost in the shuffle this spring. Will his performance continue to soar and make us all remember how good he can be?

7. Will the post season have any lag affect on the Rays' young pitching?

8. Can Josh Beckett challenge Halladay for the Cy Young and have that big year we've all been expecting?

9. Will David Ortiz, J. D. Drew and Mike Lowell hold up?

10. Will Lugo's absence cost him his starting job once he returns?

11. Is Andy Pettitte's fantastic spring a tease or does he have one more really good year in him?

12. Will Jorge Posada hold up?

13. Will the Orioles finish ahead of Toronto in the standings?

14. Will John Smoltz even matter with the Red Sox so loaded with pitching?

15. Will the Yankees stay patient if Gardner starts slowly?

16. Is Matt Joyce the next big star for the Bay Rays?

17. Will the Rays have trouble finishing games without a clear stud closer?

18. Melvin Mora is 36 years old. Can he make it through the year healthy and put up anything for numbers?

19. Will Felix Pie prove Lou Piniella wrong?

20. Is Nick Markakis destined to be another Mike Sweeney? A great player stuck on a losing team?

21. Will 38 year old Greg Zaun have enough Geritol in his locker to get him until June?

22. Can Derek Jeter make it through the year without getting hit on the hands at the plate which ruins his game?

23. What will happen when A-Rod comes back?

24. Who will break down first, Jason Varitek or Jorge Posada?

25. Does Mariano Rivera have one more dominant year in him?

26. How patient will the Yankees be with Joba Chamberlain as a starter?

27. Does David Purcey's spring give Blue Jays' fans a little hope after days Halladay pitches?

28. Does Scott Rolen have anything left in the tank?

29. Will every series between the Red Sox, Yankees and Bay Rays feel like the playoffs?

30. Which one of those teams will end up on top of the division?

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