which lineup is better?

[Blackout]

line up a:

C-Russell Martin
1B-Justin Morneau
2B-Brandon Phillips
SS-Jose Reyes
3B-Alex Rodriguez
CF-Ichiro Suzuki
LF-Manny Ramirez
RF-Magglio Ordonez
DH-Hideki Matsui

SP Webb
SP Haren
SP Peavy
SP Wang
SP Bedard
CL Wagner

or

line up B

C-Victor Martinez
1B-Albert Pujols
2B-Chase Utley
SS-Hanley Ramirez
3B-David Wright
CF-Grady Sizemore
LF-Carl Crawford
RF-Adam Dunn
DH-Pronk (Hafner)

SP Beckett
SP Halladay
SP Santana
SP Sabathia
SP Zambrano
CL Mo

[Colorado Express]

I'll go with B's hitting and A's pitching...B will get my vote!

[Blackout]

why A's pitching?

[stejay]

I voted team A. I think they would have too much for team B. Thats my opinion anyway.

[Colorado Express]

why A's pitching?

...because outside of Santana (and possibly Beckett), my next five pitching choices would be from team A.

[Bothrops Atrox]

I'd give a slight edge to team B, though it is close.

[keystone]

Which lineup

Does defense count?

[Cubsfan97]

Team B, I compared the positions and chose which Id rather have, and team B won 9-6. It was quite close a call though.

[keystone]

The pitching favors Team A in my book, and even though I like David Wright as a batter, I don't like him as a fielder -- 26 errors last year or something outrageous -- so that led me to team A, also.

So, if it's true that good pitching stops good hitting, A is better.

[Brooklyn]

B has the better lineup and pitching.

[keystone]

which lineup

What do you like about B's pitching, Brooklyn?

[Brooklyn]

What do you like about B's pitching, Brooklyn?

There is a clear edge in closer, Mo over Wagner.

I think Santana is the best pitcher in baseball, so they have the better number 1. Ranking the starters 1-10, I might have them something like this:

Santana (B)
Webb (A)
Peavy (A)
Halladay (B)
Beckett (B) - extra points for post season dominance
Zambrano (B)
Bedard (A)
Haren (A)
Sabathia (B) - dropped because of his terrible start, but he is the raining Cy Young winner
Wang (A) - I'm not sold on him. His wins are inflated because he plays for the Yankees. I'd have him higher if it weren't for his poor post-season.

Based on this, you can probalby see why I went B over A.

[NYMets523]

For team B, Dunn should be the DH. Make someone else their RF.

[keystone]

If the vote is for this moment in time, it'd be hard to rank Johan Santana over Brandon Webb. As time goes on, though, you might be right, Brooklyn.

Zambrano is solid, but I'm not all that impressed with Halladay's ERA over his career. Sabathia? Like I said, maybe later!