From: doctor8@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason Abner Miller)
Subject: Re: Expos or Phillies?X
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:10:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.215920.2356@cc.umontreal.ca>, iacurtop@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Iacurto Paul) writes...
> 
>Who will have a better team in 93: the Expos or Phillies?
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>Mail answers at iacurtop@ere.umontreal.ca
> 

Let's take a quick look, using my own inimicable comparisons


>                 EXPOS                   PHILLIES
>C                Tim Laker               Darren Daulton

	I don't know anything about Laker, so I'll leave definitve comparisons
to the experts, but Daulton had a tremendous year, so I'd have him ahead.

>1B               Greg Colbrunn           John Kruk

	I really like the Mighty Mighty John Kruk, think he's a great hitter,
and I don't recall Colbrunn as being a great prospect.  Anyone else know
about Colburnn?

>2B               Delino Deshields        Mickey Morandini

	Easy.  Delino, if he keeps hitting like he did in '92

>SS               Wil Cordero             Mariano Duncan

	Cordero.  This is a laugher.  Mariano's a nicely talented veteran,
but I'm gonna go with Rany's favorite player for once.

>3B               Tim Wallach             Dave Hollins

	HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Well, it certainly ain't Wallach!

>LF               Moises Alou             Wes Chamberlain
>CF               Marquis Grissom         Len Dykstra
>RF               Larry Walker            Stan Javier

	Expos have the clearly superior outfield.  Dykstra's getting old
and is oft-injured, and the other guys are nobodies right now. 

> 
>SP1              Dennis Martinez         Terry Mulholland
>SP2              Ken Hill                Kurt Schilling
>SP3              Chris Nabholz           Tommy Greene
>SP4              Mike Gardiner           Danny Jackson
>SP5              Ken Bottenfield         ???

	Hmmm ... Don't know how long Martinez is going to be so great, and
I don't know if Schilling was a fluke or not.  I'd say Expos here, but
I don't know for sure.

>R                Mel Rojas               Mitch Williams
>R                John Wetteland          ?????

	Also, don't forget Jeff Fassero, who was very impressive last year.
I really don't like John Wetteland at all, and I think he's headed to become
another Randy Myers (post -'90, that is).  Others like him, but I personally
think he got lucky to have so many saves.  Remember how bad his numbers were
the first half.  But I don't know everything about him; feel free to 
correct me on him (except Rany, who I've argued this with already).
	The Phillies pen looks like a joke.  Plus, they have Dave West now.
I like the Expos team - some very young players who already have good
M.L. numbers under their belts, and the N.L. Least is probably their's to lose.
Who on the Phillies is great except for Daulton, Kruk, and HOllins?  They
don't impress me, and I don't think they impress anyone else here.
	I'll leave the other rookie evaluations to our resident minor-league
experts ...
	But any team is a great team which doesn't have Frank Tanana.
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