The "Big Seven" are Morris, Izzy, Woody, Renteria, Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen.
How these guys hold up and perform this year will determine the fate of this team. If anything happens to any of them, and the team is forced to rely on others, like Sanders, Carpenter, Marquis, Suppan, Kline, etc, then this team will have problems.
If all of them stay healthy and perform at their very best, this team should win 95-100 games.
If they all stay healthy and perform at a more realistic level, they'll win 90-94 games.
If one or two of those guys get hurt and/or struggle, they'll win between 81 and 87 games.
If three of those guys get hurt and/or struggle, then they will finish below .500.
I'd be the most concerned about Woody, Morris, Edmonds, and Izzy, in about that order.
I'll revisit this after the season is over and see how close I came to being right.
How these guys hold up and perform this year will determine the fate of this team. If anything happens to any of them, and the team is forced to rely on others, like Sanders, Carpenter, Marquis, Suppan, Kline, etc, then this team will have problems.
If all of them stay healthy and perform at their very best, this team should win 95-100 games.
If they all stay healthy and perform at a more realistic level, they'll win 90-94 games.
If one or two of those guys get hurt and/or struggle, they'll win between 81 and 87 games.
If three of those guys get hurt and/or struggle, then they will finish below .500.
I'd be the most concerned about Woody, Morris, Edmonds, and Izzy, in about that order.
I'll revisit this after the season is over and see how close I came to being right.
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