Who will have the better year with the bat, Miguel Cabrera or Ryan Howard?
Ryan Howard had a tremendous season last year, and he deservedly got a lot of media attention for his exploits. Anytime a player hits 50+ homers and drives in nearly 150 runs, he’s going to get the attention he deserves. Howard was fantastic, but I’m not sure his season was much better than Miguel Cabrera’s, all things considered. Cabrera posted a .998 OPS last season despite playing in one of the worst hitter’s parks in baseball while Howard bettered that mark by 86 points playing in a much friendlier environment. Personally, I expect Howard’s performance to decline a little simply because it’s hard to maintain that type of production, and I think Cabrera will make up that gap in 2007. 8) What are the Nationals going to do about their outfield? Austin Kearns is the only lock to be in the Nationals’ outfield on Opening Day; left and center are still up for grabs. Despite the fact that the Nationals have had a hard time scoring runs the last few seasons, Ryan Church has not been given c
