Recommendations: April 13, 2008

For teams that are struggling, here are my recommendations:

Cleveland Indians

Focus: Bullpen

Best Options (In Order)

1. Craig Breslow
2. Masahide Kobayashi
3. Jorge Julio
4. Jensen Lewis

Avoid for Today

1. Joe Borowski
2. Rafael Perez
3. Rafael Betancourt

Washington Nationals

Focus: Batting Lineup and Bullpen

1. Nick Johnson, 1B
2. Lastings Milledge, CF
3. Johnny Estrada, C
4. Cristian Guzman, SS
5. Ronnie Belliard, 2B
6. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
7. Wily Mo Pena, LF
8. Felipe Lopez, RF
9. Tim Redding, P

Best Options (In Order)

1. Jesus Colome
2. Saul Rivera
3. Ray King
4. Chris Schroder
5. Luis Ayala

Avoid for Today

1. Jon Rauch
2. Joel Hanrahan

Reason why Nationals lost: I could not have foresaw the Nationals using struggling starter Jason Bergmann to come out of the bullpen. However, he came out and gave up 4 runs. Also, Jesus Flores should have gotten the at bats yesterday because he's a solid player and getting sent down today with Bergmann to make roster spots available.