2011 Review:
The 2011 season was one to forget for the Rockies. After an impressive season from ace Ubaldo Jimenez in 2010, the pitcher completely crumbled. He looked like a shell of his former self.
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2011 Review:
2011 was a strange year for the Cardinals. They went from out of the playoffs in August to winning the wild card on the last day of the season. They capped that by winning the World Series.
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2011 Review:
The biggest surprise of the first half of the 2011 season was the Pittsburgh Pirates. It looked as if they were going to end their streak of consecutive losing seasons (18 seasons at that point).
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2011 Review:
The most important part of 2011 was Jim Crane purchasing the team. There really wasn’t much on the field that went well.
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2011 Review:
2011 was a step forward for the organization. Stephen Strasburg came back from Tommy John surgery. Mike Morse had a breakout season. The middle infield looked legit.
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2011 Review:
Coming into 2011, the Phillies were the team to beat. They had an offense led by Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. The rotation was loaded with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels. Everything was golden.
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2011 Review:
Let’s look for positives…Jose Reyes won the batting title (even though he sat out the final game of the season to preserve his small lead). Jason Isringhausen got his 300th save. Not too much else positive to report though.
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2011 Review:
2011 was a season to forget for Florida Miami. Josh Johnson got injured (surprise), Javier Vazquez was ineffective for half a season, and Hanley Ramirez had the worst season of his career.
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MLB Preview – Atlanta Braves
2011 Review:
2011 started well for the Braves, but became forgettable at the end. Going into September, they all but had the Wild Card locked up. A combination of hot play from the St. Louis Cardinals and horrible play from the Braves led to an almost historic collapse; they were lucky the Red Sox were taking the spotlight for the same thing in the American League.
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Atlanta Braves
2010 Record: 92-74
747 RS, 640 RA, Pythagorean Record: 96-70
Manager: Freddi Gonzalez
GM: Frank Wren
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