What are your team's three biggest problems coming into 07?

[Porter]

Seattle Mariners

1) Will the damn offense be better this year?

2) How long before we makeup new curse words for Horacio Ramirez, Jeff Weaver and Miguel Batista?

3) Can Ichiro resign this season?

[websoulsurfer]

Padres:

Can the team score runs?

Scoring Runs?

Can the geriatric pitchers (Hoffman, Maddux, Wells) keep going?

[DravenX]

For the Braves, it's the clear lack of a leadoff hitter, a gap in LF and 2B, and no clear starter after Smoltz and Hudson, other than James, who had a good year last year and I wonder if he'll go into a sophomore slump.

Well they believe Kelly Johnson can fill that void and I'm sure he is capable but it's just another question to answer.

[love_that_reefer]

Giants
1. Bullpen- No one really stood out as a set up man or even a decent reliever in ST. Guys I'm not really worried about is Kline and Correia. Sanchez, Hennessey, Taschner and Chulk haven't looked good whatsoever.

2. Pedro Feliz- He will be the same ole Feliz we are all used to, piss poor average and even worse OBP. He defense declined last year to make things worse. Sabean did a good job of bringing in Aurilia and Klesko which will make it easier to keep Feliz fresh.

3. Lack of power- Besides Bonds there is no real power threat....again. Durham won't have another season like he did last year when he tied Bonds for the lead in homers. Feliz is really not a power guy despite what people say in the Giants org. and stats prove it. Molina brings a little but i don't see another player hitting more than 25 homers besides Bonds.

[love_that_reefer]

Washington Nationals:
2) Nook Logan and Cristian Guzman are expected to start a majority of the games at center field and shortstop respectively, and are also expected to bat 1/2 in the order. If either of them posts an OPS above .650, I would be shocked. If they aren't 1 and 2 in the league in outs, I would be shocked. If they still have their jobs at the end of the season in spite of their incompetence, I will be depressed. Ryan Zimmerman, Austin Kearns, and Nick Johnson when he comes back are going to be robbed of any chance of producing runs for the team because nobody will be on base in front of them.

Maybe someone's listening as both were placed on the DL today

[McKain]

Thankfully.

Looks like both will be out for 2-3 weeks which means Casto should get a solid amount of playing time.

Too bad the rotation sucks.

[browntown653]

It's gotta be RONNIE BELLIARD TIME

[Halladay_is_God]

Jays
1. Bullpem - its young and missing Bradon League at the moment, BJ Ryan is the closer so no need worry there its the rest of them that worries me. Jason Frasor was named the setup man and that scares me more than anything this season, and the Jays don't have a lefty specialist so Scott Downs will have to come and do that along with being the long man. Shawn Marcum, Casey Janssen, and Victor Zambrano were named to the bullpen to open the season, a gut of starters from last season being forced into the bullpen, doesn't look good, the final spot belongs to Jeremy Accardo who was good last season for the Jays.

2. Injuries - my main concern is Frank Thomas and Troy Glaus, normally people would say Burnett and Halladay first but I think they both they will a good healthy season. Chacin and Rios also needs to come back strong after a injury riddled 2006 season. The Jays really can't afford any injuries to their starters with barely any prospects waiting in AAA, Adam Lind, plays LF and 1B, is there but that's it. But no one cares about Clayton so he can get injured all he wants,

3. Consistency - I'm talking winning streaks and more important the #3-#5 starters of the rotation, Ohka and Towers won the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation, they need to step up and actually win games unlike the pitchers last season, thank you Josh Towers for losing 10 games with a 8+ ERA last season.