| The NL absolutely BLOWS.
Pedro left Boston not because of just the money, its because he gets to face 7,8 and 9 hitters in the NL constantly.
Same reason Roger didnt come to Boston or NYC.
Here's this for food for thought too. Not only are the best lineups in the AL, but they also have to start piling on the best pitching to try to get out the great lineups.
Most of the best young arms are all in the American League. Harden, Haren, Santana, Lirano, Kazmir, Lester, Beckett etc etc, whereas the NL has guys that are perhaps trying to pad their stats towards the end of their careers. Clemens, Glavine, Smoltz, Maddux.
The best young pitcher that I can think of in the NL is either Jake Peavy and Dontrelle Willis, both are also being talked about getting traded to the AL in the next week.
How's this for food for thought.
Bronson Arroyo in his best year won 14 games for the Sox, Not bad, but not great either. He gets traded to the Reds, has 9 wins right now and is on pace to have an ERA under 3. Weird, wild stuff. |