American League West

1. Oakland A's Manager: Ken Macha (1st season) 2002 finish: 103-59, 1st Schedule | Team directory Billy Beane resisted the siren call of the Red Sox to remain with the A's, who gave the rest of baseball a startlingly early heads up when owner Steve Schott announced this spring he would make no attempt to re-sign MVP Tejada. That's business as usual, of course, for the A's (RIP, Jason Giambi). Macha, denied the chance to interview for the Sox job last spring, inherits the game's best young pitching, while welcoming a good new bat in Durazo.				Lineup		HR	RBI	Avg.
				2B	Mark Ellis	6	35	.272
				1B	Scott Hatteberg	15	61	.280
				SS	Miguel Tejada	34	131	.308
				3B	Eric Chavez	34	109	.275
				RF	Jermaine Dye	24	86	.252
				DH	Erubiel Durazo	16	48	.261
				LF	Terrence Long	16	67	.240
				C	Ramon Hernandez	7	42	.233
				CF	* Chris Singleton	9	50	.262
				Rotation		W-L	ERA	K/9IP
				RH	Tim Hudson	15-9	2.98	5.74
				LH	Barry Zito	23-5	2.75	7.14
				LH	Mark Mulder	19-7	3.47	6.90
				LH	Ted Lilly	5-7	3.69	6.93
				LH	John Halama	6-5	3.56	6.24

2. Anaheim Angels Manager: Mike Scioscia (4th season) 2002 finish: 99-63, 2d (4 GB, AL wild card, AL champion, World Series winner) Schedule | Team directory How do you improve the team that has become the model for its rivals because of its unselfish play, disciplined hitting, and brilliant bullpen? By keeping that team intact, which is what Disney did by allowing GM Bill Stoneman to raise his payroll from $62 million to $84 million. Aaron Sele, who missed the postseason, is still not back from rotator cuff surgery, but Angels will benefit from a full season from rookie sensation Francisco Rodriguez and Lackey. And Sox castoff Eckstein tied in the MVP voting (11th) with Nomar Garciaparra.				Lineup		HR	RBI	Avg.
				SS	David Eckstein	8	63	.293
				CF	Darin Erstad	10	73	.283
				RF	Tim Salmon	22	88	.286
				LF	Garret Anderson	29	123	.306
				3B	* Troy Glaus	30	111	.250
				DH	Brad Fullmer	19	59	.289
				1B	Scott Spiezio	12	82	.285
				C	Bengie Molina	5	47	.245
				2B	Adam Kennedy	7	52	.312
				Rotation		W-L	ERA	K/9IP
				LH	* Jarrod Washburn	18-6	3.15	6.07
				RH	Kevin Appier	14-12	3.92	6.31
				RH	Ramon Ortiz	15-9	3.77	7.79
				RH	John Lackey	9-4	3.66	5.73
				RH	Mickey Callaway	2-1	4.19	6.03

3. Seattle Mariners Manager: Bob Melvin (1st season) 2002 finish: 93-69, 3d (10 GB) Schedule | Team directory Pat Gillick went fishing for Jose Contreras, but his biggest offseason moves were retaining stars Olerud, Martinez, and Moyer. New manager Melvin has a tough act to follow in Lou Piniella, and will be mixing some new kids into the rotation; if they do as well as Joel Pineiro (14 wins as a rookie last season), M's will be formidable. Closer Kazuhiro Sasaki is coming off elbow surgery, but LH setup man Arthur Rhodes had a dazzling K/BB ratio of 5.80 (81 Ks, 13 BBs).				Lineup		HR	RBI	Avg.
				RF	Ichiro Suzuki	8	51	.321
				LF	Randy Winn	14	75	.298
				2B	Bret Boone	24	107	.278
				DH	Edgar Martinez	15	59	.277
				1B	John Olerud	22	102	.300
				CF	Mike Cameron	25	80	.239
				C	* Dan Wilson	6	44	.295
				3B	Jeff Cirillo	6	54	.249
				SS	Carlos Guillen	9	56	.261
				Rotation		W-L	ERA	K/9IP
				RH	Freddy Garcia	16-10	4.39	7.28
				LH	Jamie Moyer	13-8	3.32	5.74
				RH	Joel Pineiro	14-7	3.24	6.30
				RH	Ryan Franklin	7-5	4.02	4.93
				RH	Gil Meche	Minors in 2002

4. Texas Rangers Manager: Buck Showalter (1st season) 2002 finish: 72-90, 4th (31 GB) Schedule | Team directory For five straight years, the Rangers have ranked 11th or worse in ERA, and there is little reason to believe Showalter will reverse that trend in his first season as manager. After losing a league-high 15 games when leading after the sixth inning, the Rangers upgraded their bullpen with the addition of ex-Sox closer Ugueth Urbina and setup man Esteban Yan. Blalock and rookie Mark Teixeira are clamoring for playing time; Everett has been supplanted in center by Glanville and is on the block.				Lineup		HR	RBI	Avg.
				CF	Doug Glanville	6	29	.249
				2B	Michael Young	9	62	.262
				SS	Alex Rodriguez	57	142	.300
				1B	Rafael Palmeiro	43	105	.273
				RF	Juan Gonzalez	8	35	.282
				3B	Hank Blalock	3	17	.211
				DH	Carl Everett	16	62	.267
				LF	* Kevin Mench	15	60	.260
				C	Einar Diaz	2	16	.206
				Rotation		W-L	ERA	K/9IP
				RH	Chan Ho Park	9-8	5.75	7.48
				RH	John Thomson	9-14	4.71	5.37
				RH	Ismael Valdes	8-12	4.18	4.60
				LH	Doug Davis	3-5	4.98	4.22
				RH	Ryan Drese	10-9	6.55	6.68

(* Player is injured and may miss start of season.)