Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

If the Angels bat Garret Anderson 3rd and Vlade Guerrero 4th - then I think there is a good chance that Vlade will break the AL record for intentional walks this season. If I were a manager and I got Anderson out - why would I pitch to Guerrero? Who do the Angels have to protect Vlade in the batting order? There is going to a lot of pressure on whoever bats behind Vlade this year, whether it be Casey Kotchman, Dallas McPherson or Anderson because besides Vlade that line-up is pretty weak... Speaking of the Angels - how strange is it that Bengie Molina is ripping the club for the way he was treated on the way out the door while at the same time his brother Jose Molina is trying to win the catcher job Bengie vacated?... The Astros really need Roger Clemens to come back because their 3rd, 4th and 5th starters are barely Triple A quality. Brandon Backe, Ezequiel Astascio and Wandy Rodriguez? Please. If Roger decides to play elsewhere or retire - the Astros might be a good trading partner for the Red Sox to unload David Wells (is Houston West Coast enough?)... The A's may have the deepest roster in MLB but is there such a thing as being too deep? Joe Kennedy and Kirk Saaroos are wasted in the bullpen and you know Jay Payton will not be a happy camper doing part-time work. Plus Bobby Kielty has trade value as a 4th outfielder who can really hit lefties. I have a feeling that Billy Beane is watching the injury reports from other teams very carefully this spring... Who needs a back-up catcher? The Blue Jays have 24-year old catcher Guillermo Quiroz who is out of options. Bengie Molina and Gregg Zaun are above him in the depth chart. However, Zaun is 35 and Molina is on a one-year contract. Would it make more sense to trade the veteran Zaun and protect the future with Quiroz?... The average age for the Braves starting outfield is just 25.7 years. This is a franchise that is set up to win long term... This is just a guess on my part but I think if the Brewers are to sign Carlos Lee to a long term contract then they will have to trade Geoff Jenkins to afford the deal. The Brewers would have no trouble finding takers for Jenkins (I bet Toronto would make a decent offer for him)...