Major League Changes

okay, another off season baseball post, but with all thats happened across the Pacific can you blame me?

I already talked about two major Korean players returning to the KBO, so I don't need to say much about that. I am already excited for a Daejeon road trip to see Park pitch.

Yu Darvish, the best pitcher to come out of Japan since Daisuke Matsuzaka signed with the Texas Rangers for a $60 million, 5 years contract. Unlike other Japanese pitchers I think he has a real chance in the major leagues. He's big, he has power and he has been the best pitcher in the last 30 years in the second best baseball competition in the world. That being said, Texas is where good pitchers go to die, so it's hard to say how he'll do. Though as I said, I think he'll succeed. Elsewhere in the AL west the Angels have picked up Pujols and may have a team that will knock Texas off of it's AL Championship pedistool. It's finally made the west coast interesting in baseball and although it's WAY too early to make predictions I am excited for this season. As to my Pacific Northwest "hometown" Seattle Mariners...... I think they are in a lot of trouble. Contract extensions with Ichiro have broken down, Pineda was swapped for an unproven hitter and again we're hearing about young up and comers.But with all respect to this team, I haven't seen another Alex Rodriguez or Ken Griffey Jr. in this batch. Add to that all the games against Texas and the Angels and..... well if they don't lose 90 I'll be happy.

I guess the other big news is Fielder is in Detriot and the Yankees have solved their pitching problems. The Phillies still look good but I'm thinking this year is the AL's. Withh the improvements to the AL and KBO I'm excited for April.