I would have to say that Torre and the
Dodgers will have more wins than Girardi and the
Yankees. I think that the
Dodgers are a pretty good team to start out a new season as manager with.The
Dodgers have only really been missing a Manager with the smarts enough to know what to do in those situation which only experence will help you out in. The
Dodgers pitching isnt to bad with starters like Brad Penny who went (16-4 with 135 so in 208 innings), Chad Billingsley who was (12-5 with 141 so in 147 innings) Derek Lowe who had a rough year but should pitch better this season was (12-14 with 147 so in 199 innings) and Randy Wolf who was ( 9-6 with 94 so in 102 innings) Not bad starting four. There closer Takashi Saito went ( 2-1 with 39 saves and 78 so in only 64 innings) not to shabby for a closer huh?Thats there pitching, there lineup is not so bad either with players like Pierre ( 64 steals) Furcal ( 25 steals ) Martin (19 hrs & 21 steals) superman Jeff Kent (20 hrs) Gonzalez ( 15 hrs) Either ( 13 hrs) Garciaparra ( 7 hrs) and Hillenbrand ( only 1 hr) Still there line up isnt bad. On the other hand the
Yankees lineup this year we all know asnt anything to write home about at the start of the season except for A-ROD who we all know is not a Yankee anymore. The
Yankees lineup was great after the All-star break.With probaly the most EXPLOSIVE lineup in all of baseball they should have been hitting like that all year long.Well thats why there the highest paid team in all of baseball with players like Damon ( 12 hrs 27 steals) Jeter ( 12 hrs 15 steals) Cabrera ( 8 hrs 13 steals) Abreu (16 hrs 25 steals) Cano ( 19 hrs 4 steals) Posads ( 20 hrs 2 steals) Rodriguez ( 54 hrs 24 steals) Matsui ( 25 hrs 4 steals) Giambi ( 14 hrs 1 steal) not a bad lineup at all huh. There pitching staff was Pettitte who was (15-9 141 so in 215 innings) Wang who was there ace (19-7 104 so in 199 innings ) Musssina who went (11-10 91 so in 152 innings) Clemens who was (6-6 68 so in 99 innings ) and Igawa who was (2-3 53 so in 67 innings) and the closer Rivera who was ( 3-4 with 30 saves and 74 so in 71 innings) Not a bad pitching staff at all either.So if both manager were getting the same teams as last year back then it would be hand down that Girardi would have more wins. But thats not the case at all, well it sort of is for Torre who will be returning most all of his team. As for Girardi he will be losing some big time hitters and pitchers.I think it will be to hard for Girardi to try and make up 88 hrs 27 steals for the hitters leaving and a record of 24-19 with 283 so in 385 innings and 30 saves for the pitcher leaving. That will be a god awful task to complete.So with that being said there is now way Girardi and the
Yankees will be able to match the win total of Torre and the
Dodgers.So i would say that the
Dodgers and Torre will Probaly finish in first place in there division,the
Yankees and Girardi will probaly end up either 3-4 in the divison behind the
RED SOX ,Baltimore or Toronto maybe behind all three of those teams but should finish ahead of Tampa Bay, but you never know the could end up the Cellar Dwellars if Tampa can put together a team of so sorts ( dont see that happening at all though).So the answer to your question is Torre and his
Dodgers.......
