Wandy's ERA is high but he's either really on or really off. He wins the close games.

I will submit that Eckstein will be worth about 110% his usual value when he plays in MMP, because of the short porch. I can easily see Eck hitting gopher balls up in there.

I don't think there is a huge edge in any category in this series. Very similar ballclubs. Hou has more veteran leaders though. And TLR has a lot more experience than Garner, but Garner has a very unorthodox managerial style that is very much hit-or-miss. I don't think managers like having to manage against a guy like Garner just because of this. And nobody wants to manage agaisnt Tony just because of his track record.