No respect.

[DirtyKash]

Has anyone gotten the new Baseball Preview edition of Sports Illustrated? I open up the mag and SI has their rankings for this season. The Padres are 18th overall, which is stupid. SI is stupid. Tom Verducci is stupid. Stupid stupid stupid.

Here's how it goes:

1. Yankees
2. Red Sox
3. Braves
4. Cardinals
5. Twins
6. Angels
7. Giants
8. Marlins
9. Cubs
10. Indians
11. Astros
12. Mets
13. Dodgers
14. Rangers (WTF?)
15. Athletics
16. Phillies
17. White Sox
18. Padres

Stupid. The Padres are much better than the Giants, Marlins, Cubs, Indians, Astros, Mets, Dodgers, Rangers (LOL), A's, Phillies, and White Sox. They should be top 8 at least if not higher.

I'm going to cancel my subscription (though it's free).

[HollywoodLeo]

while we're on the subject of disrespect towards the Padres, here's another one for you.

the Sporting News' top 50 players

1. Barry Bonds, LF, Giants
2. Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
3. Vladimir Guerrero, RF, Angels
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, Yankees
5. Randy Johnson, LHP, Yankees
6. Curt Schilling, RHP, Red Sox
7. Johan Santana, LHP, Twins
8. Eric Gagne, RHP, Dodgers
9. Carlos Beltran, CF, Mets
10. Ichiro Suzuki, RF, Mariners

11. Todd Helton, 1B, Rockies
12. Miguel Tejada, SS, Orioles
13. Derek Jeter, SS, Yankees
14. Scott Rolen, 3B, Cardinals
15. Roger Clemens, RHP, Astros
16. Jason Schmidt, RHP, Giants
17. Manny Ramirez, LF, Red Sox
18. Gary Sheffield, RF, Yankees
19. Mariano Rivera, RHP, Yankees
20. Bobby Abreu, RF, Phillies

21. Ivan Rodriguez, C, Tigers
22. Miguel Cabrera, LF, Marlins
23. Adrian Beltre, 3B, Mariners
24. Brad Lidge, RHP, Astros
25. Ben Sheets, RHP, Brewers
26. Eric Chavez, 3B, Athletics
27. Roy Oswalt, RHP, Astros
28. Tim Hudson, RHP, Braves
29. Jim Edmonds, CF, Cardinals
30. Pedro Martinez, RHP, Mets

31. Jim Thome, 1B, Phillies
32. Mark Prior, RHP, Cubs
33. Carlos Zambrano, RHP, Cubs
34. Lance Berkman, LF, Astros
35. John Smoltz, RHP, Braves
36. Chipper Jones, 3B, Braves
37. Aramis Ramirez, 3B, Cubs
38. Vernon Wells, CF, Blue Jays
39. Torii Hunter, CF, Twins
40. Mark Teixeira, 1B, Rangers

41. Oliver Perez, LHP, Pirates
42. J.D. Drew, RF, Dodgers
43. Edgar Renteria, SS, Red Sox
44. David Ortiz, DH, Red Sox
45. Carlos Delgado, 1B, Marlins
46. Jimmy Rollins, SS, Phillies
47. Jason Varitek, C, Red Sox
48. Mark Buehrle, LHP, White Sox
49. Andruw Jones, CF, Braves
50. Roy Halladay, RHP, Blue Jays

So, Jimmy Rollins, JD Drew, and Mark Buehrle are on this list, but Mark Loretta and Jake Peavy are excluded?

[Steak]

DK: If it makes you feel better, I pick the Padres to go all the way.

I am assuming you will be a Padres fan, right.

[Kobe]

Disgusting.

I'll admit I'm a bit of a homer. Although I'm a big anti-homer... but the Padres are far better than the 18th best team in the league...

I know we have our question marks in the lineup, regarding production from Giles/Klesko/Nevin..

and the no. 5 spot in the rotation, Adam Eaton.. etc.

But thats just ugh..

The Padres will prove people wrong in a hurry...

[riverdunesrat]

MUCK THE FEDIA !!!!!

[padrefanforever]

Media is built of fools..........let them have us as the underdog......all I know is that Vegas has us as 8-1 to win the NL........not the NLWest, the NL........odds makers don't have the luxury of being biased so I'll stick with that.

[love_that_reefer]

Padres might be underdogs but everyone and their mom knows they are contenders even if it doesn't look that way to some dumbass SI article. If SI says it, I bet the other. Padres are the one team that scares me in the NL West, even if they did have a losing slugfest with Colorado Nady looked great.

[Kobe]

DK: If it makes you feel better, I pick the Padres to go all the way.

I am assuming you will be a Padres fan, right.

DK a Padres fan?!

Not sure if we can handle such a thing

[realmofotalk]

LOL Mark Loretta LOL

[DirtyKash]

Loretta's 2005 was terrible, in hindsight. Nicely done, Leo.

[Kingdom]

Plus he jinxed Peavy a little. Leo has powers

[hatreserve]

why arent the dodgers on that list. they should be the first and foremost team you put on any list.

[HollywoodLeo]

The list is from 2005

[Witlon]

Oliver Perez was on that list.

Aye.