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nday • March 23, 1998 9 JjWlhtTHE Battalion S * PORTS JRTICK htinued from Page 7. lou will once again challenge for the Manag- f the Year award as he leads a new group of youngsters iris W‘dger Ifkf klrad Fullmer* J 7 98 EXPOS winj avg. .234 .300 Cabrera* .262 ite Unit- 036 Vidr0 249 H Pf j |r .'/lark Grudzielanek .273 7 .P. Santangelo .249 ^’Tondell White .270 0 ga 1 *Vladimir Guerrero .302 nd M; McGuir e -256 pg i . Imer in 19 games with Expos; Cabrera .u , AAA Ottawa W-L ERA IP the m Cafes Perez 12-13 3.88 206.2 th ’ CaH Pavano* 11-6 3.12 161.2 ' Dustin Hermanson 8-8 3.69 158.1 4- 4 3.13 95 2-5 5.94 50 W-L SV ERA 5- 8 27 3.78 4-6 1 3.24 HR 7 3 2 2 4 5 28 11 3 RBI 37 8 14 17 51 31 82 40 17 SB 2 0 1 1 25 8 16 3 1 polerl. ’Marc Valdes ’ Mike Johnson series lid pc. ’ Ugeth Urbina L ... ’AnthonyTelford sert h AAA Pawtucket (Red Sox) Ixas AS into battle with the World Series cham pion, the NL East champi on, a playoff- hungry Mets team and Philadelphia, who had the best record in the NL East after the All- Star break last season. If Montreal’s fresh faces can learn quickly enough from Alou, it could repeat its 1994 pcore brmance when Montreal was in first place when 3igh:' strike hit. That team was full of young, unproven nt also, but was dismantled before 1995. it me mportant Additions: RHP Carl Pavana. lose, j jig Losses: Mark Lansing; OF Henry Rodriguez; psix-arrin l leicher; R1II’ Pedro Martinez. |e $> Rejected Record: 80-82; 3rd in NL East. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 68-94; 5th in NL East is an interesting team. They ral- 1998 PHILLIES ,y . Philadelphia , h 11asi season ^ lost a 44-33 - ord after H All-Star or f ak and have • ona fide Cy Ks ing award Rg Header and aseirTnimous NL ,v; okie of the ir award U , iner. |lu6rhe key to ladelphia’s licess at the 1 ofil997 was a! solidification ar ts starting ro- ■ )rc ( 1 : ion. Led by y^rt Schilling, I — C—Mike Lieberthal 1B—Rico Brogna 2B—Mark Lewis* 3B—Scott Rolen SS—Desi Relaford* LF—Gregg Jefferies CF—Doug Glanville* RF—Bobby Abreu* AVG. .246 .252 .267 .283 .267 .256 .300 .250 HR 20 20 10 21 9 11 4 3 10 RBI 77 81 43 92 53 48 35 26 39 SB 3 12 3 16 29 12 19 7 4 SUB—Wendell Magee* .245 *Lewis with Giants; Relaford and Magee with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Glanville with Cubs; Abreu with Astros W-L 17-11 0-2 3- 2 4- 4 LHP Curt Schilling RHP Mark Portugal RHP Mike Grace RHP Tyler Green RHP Garrett Stephenson 8-6 W-L RHP Ricky Bottalico 2-5 RHP Jerry Spradlin 4-8 ERA 2.97 4.61 3.46 4.93 3.15 SV 34 1 IP 254.1 13.2 39 76.2 117 ERA 3.65 4.74 the Phillies could surprise some people in September and play spoiler for some teams’ playoff hopes. Lenny Dykstra is back this season after missing all of 1998, but he is already ailing this spring and will probably not make opening day. Look for Dykstra to be dealt to a contender who needs a solid substitute later in the season. Important Additions: OF Bobby Abreu; OF Doug Glanville; 2B Mark Lewis. Big Losses: 2B Mickey Morandini; SS Kevin Stocker. Projected Record: 79-83; 4th in NL East. FLORIDA MARLINS 92-70; 2nd in NL East; World Series Champion First-to-worst. What a joke. So much for battling to defend your World Series championship, why not just hock the trophy in a deal for another one of your star players. Not only was Florida not even one of the five best teams in base ball last season, but they aren’t even going to al low the league the chance to prove it. The Marlins were built for one reason, and theysucceeded. But now they are in trouble. It was no se cret Florida was going to break up its team af ter 1997, cham pionship or not, and what they have left won’t even get them a winning record, let alone a playoff berth. What Florida does have, however, is a stellar group of young players either on its roster or in the minors. They won’t produce this season, but the future looks bright in Miami. Florida rode the coat tails of baseball’s second-best pitching staff last season, but this year’s probable ro tation has less combined innings pitched in the Ma jors than most teams’ No. 3 starter has in one season. Important Additions: IB DerrekLee. Big Losses: OF Moises Alou; RHP Kevin Brown; LHP Mark Leiter; RHP Robb Nen; 1B Jeff Conine; OF Devon White; IB Darren Daulton. Projected Record: 77-85; 5th in NL East. 1998 MARLINS AVG. HR RBI SB C-Charles Johnson .250 19 63 0 1 B-Derrek Lee* .259 1 4 0 2B-Craig Counsell .299 1 16 1 3B-Bobby Bonilla .297 17 96 6 SS-Edgar Renteria .277 4 52 32 LF-Cliff Floyd .234 6 19 6 CF-Todd Dunwoody* .260 2 7 2 RF-Gary Sheffield .250 21 71 11 SUB-Jim Eisenreich .280 2 34 0 *Lee in 22 games with Padres; Dunwoody in 19 games with Marlins W-L ERA IP RHP Livan Hernandez 8-3 3.18 96.1 RHP Rafael Medina* 4-5 7.56 66.2 LHP Felix Heredia 5-3 4.29 56.2 LHP Jesus Martinez* 7-1 6.21 84 RHP Antonio Alfonseca 1 -3 4.91 25.2 W-L SV ERA RHP Jay Powell 7-2 2 3.28 RHP Oscar Henriquez* 4-5 12 2.80 “Medina with AAA Las Vegas (Padres); Mar- tinez with AAA Albuquerque (Dodgers); Hen- riquez with AAA New Orleans (Astros) - Jeremy Furtick is a senior journalism major 1 You’ll really like US More than 90% of our students were recommended by a friend. Class time that counts 2 We spend more time in class to make sure we cover the exam exhaustively. You won't have to spend hours working on your own. 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