The 2009 MLB Postseason starts off this weekend with many exciting matchups around the league. The Winner of a close pennant race The Minnesota Twins will face off against the best rated team in the MLB, The New York Yankee’s. The Yankees have left the Twins winless against them in the regular season as they take the series 7-0. For the first game the Twins will put rookie right handed pitcher Brian Duensing against the Yankees 19 game winner C.C Sabathia. For game two the Twins will have there best pitcher Nick Blackburn against former Blue Jay A.J Burnett. For game three the Twins will have there most seasoned pitcher, Carl Pavano against long time Yankee, Andy Petite. The Twins Throwers will have a tough time against the Yanks hitters as Derek Jeter leads in both Batting average and on base percentage and Mark “Tex” Teixeira leads in both Home Runs and Rbi’s. The Twins also put up impressive hitting stats as Catcher Joe Maur leads the Twins in Batting average. In other leaders columns Michael Cuddyer leads in homers as Jason Kubel leads in RBI’s. It should be a very exciting series to watch.
The N.L Match up for the A pool will be between the Rockies of Colorado and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are the Winners of the N.L East and had to beat out tough teams such as the Florida Marlins and the Atlanta Braves. The Rockies however, have had an even harder division to deal with then the Phillies. To even get into the playoffs they had hold off second place wild card finisher, the San Francisco. The Rockies were also very close to getting into the playoffs as the #1 seed but in there way was the LA Dodgers. On The hitting attack for the Phillies will be RBI leader batting second Shane Victirino. Ryan Howard leads in homeruns and RBI’s like usual. The Rocks have Todd Helton leading the team in Batting average while seasoned Rocky Troy Tulowitzki.The probable’s for the playoff series will be game one; Rockies righty Ubaldo Jimenez against a red hot Cliff Lee. Game two will have last years World Series MVP Cole Hammels against a smoking Aaron Cook, three and four pitchers will be, well no body knows as both clubs haven’t yet decided who there going to go with. Either way the series should be a tight matchup.
The A.L B pool series will consist of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against World Series fever team the Boston Red Sox. Over the past couple of years the Angels have had a tough time defeating the Sox in the postseason as in the 2008 first round of the playoffs, the BoSox were able to defeat a heavily favored Angel team. The regular season series between the two teams were evenly split 3-3. For game one the Sox will send leftie Jon Lester against a playoff familiar pitcher John Lackey. Game two will be the best as Red Sox #1 pitcher Josh Beckett takes the hill against Angels junk ball pitcher Jered Weaver. Both teams hope to be able to finish off the other team going into game three, so the Sox will have Clay Buckholz against the Angels recent addition from The Tampa Bay Rays, Scott Kazmir. The Red Sox have a famous lineup as first basemen Kevin Youkilis (The Youk) leads the team in Batting Average as Jason Bay leads in both Homeruns and Rbi’s. The Halo’s have an equally potent offense as Eric Aybar leads the team in Batting Average, perhaps the most underrated 1st basemen in the A.L Kendry Morales leads in both Homeruns and Rbi’s. Maybe this year The Halo’s will have a better time knocking off the pesky Red Sox.
The final round one series could be the most exciting one in recent playoffs. The N.L’s best record Los Angeles Dodgers face off against World Series favorites The St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers have proved themselves worthy of a title as the fought off both Wild Card winner Colorado Rockies and The San Francisco Giants on route to a 2009 N.L West pennant. The Cardinals title should also be noted that it wasn’t without a couple of bumps and bruises because they had to finish off teams the likes of The Chicago Cubs and The Milwaukee Brewers. For the hitting attack the Dodgers a decent hitting offense as Andre Ethier leads the team in both Home Runs and Rbi’s. Matt Kemp leads the club Batting Average. The Cardinals also have a stellar hitting offense; due mostly to the part of M.V.P canadite 1st basemen Albert Pujols leads the team and much of the N.L in Batting Average, Home Runs, and Rbi’s. The first game will consist of a righty vs. leftie matchup as St. Louis sends out #1 pitcher Adam Wainwright to the mound against the Dodgers 21 year old Clayton Kershaw. Game two will have probably the greatest impact as recent addition to the Dodgers Vicente Padilla against a decent Joel Pineiro.The possible decider of the series will have Dodgers ace Chad Billingsly facing off against a TBA for the cardinals. This series could be one of the greatest of all time.
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