One thing that bothered me about this past baseball season is the amount teams that went broke mid summer. I can’t understand it. Most top players will never run out of money. I don’t know if it is lack of game plan or they panic over a particular player that paints some teams in a corner. On the other side of the fence, I see too many teams that never spend enough money. Every team has different needs and there will be time to make some aggressive moves.

It's been awhile since I've been in the batter's box. Well sort of....I did my first ever WCFB mock draft. I actually had some butterflies when the gate opened. The clock for the draft was set at one minute. For a online draft, a minute is very fast and you didn't have a lot time to search the player cue. The draft was made up of players who are in the fantasy baseball industry and a few high stakes players.

The Red Sox don't look like the offensive power house of past years, but they will be loaded at starting pitching. The starting lineup has a chance to put up some runs, but David Ortiz has to find a way to be the elite hitter he once was.

The Yankees will be the favorites to win the World Series again this year. They traded for Curtis Granderson and Javier Vazquez in the off season. Granderson will enjoy the short right field porch as he hit 28 homers against righted handed pitching last season. He's a pull hitter and Yankee stadium will be the perfect park for him. They signed Nick Johnson to play DH. Johnny Damon is still a free agent, but he could end up play in New York again this season if he's willing to take less money.

I spent last summer in San Diego. I remember sitting in the stands behind home plate. There was a lady sitting behind me that was so excited about Tony Gwynn Jr. and David Eckstein being on the team. I told her both players were stiffs and the Padres were wasting time putting them in their lineup. They were better off giving at bat to younger players and let them develop at the major league level. She gave me the old story of we only have a $35 million dollar payroll and we can't compete with the big boys with deep pockets. I pretty much told her that was horseshit. I thought the Padres had some nice young players and I liked some of their midsummer trades. I thought they had some key pieces and they were an improving team. We had some fun banter back and forth, but she kept beating me over my head with her program every time Gwynn and Eckstein got a hit. Of course I went to one of the highest scoring games of the year. Coming from Boston, I was really surprised the San Diego fans were happy to have two below average major leaguers on their team.