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Projected Lineup (2003 stats) Pos. Player Avg. HR RBI SB SS David Eckstein .252 3 31 16 1B Darin Erstad .252 4 17 9 CF Garret Anderson .315 29 116 6 RF Vladimir Guerrero .330 25 79 9 3B Troy Glaus .248 16 50 7 LF Jose Guillen .311 31 86 1 DH Tim Salmon .275 19 72 3 C Bengie Molina .281 14 71 1 2B Adam Kennedy .269 13 49 22 Projected Rotation (2003 stats) H Player W-L ERA WHIP RH Bartolo Colon 15-13 3.87 1.20 LH Jarrod Washburn 10-15 4.43 1.25 RH Kelvim Escobar 13-9 4.29 1.48 RH Ramon Ortiz 16-13 5.20 1.51 RH John Lackey 10-16 4.63 1.42 FANTASY BASEBALL Sign up Today! • NEW! Baseball Commissioner Full service league management tool. $99.95 per league • NEW! Fantasy Baseball Conquer your league and take home the pennant. $19.95 per team • NEW! Salary Cap Challenge Select your dream team with a $75 million budget. $9.95 per team

An active winter under new ownership makes Anaheim the favorite to win the AL West. The Angels now have a solid rotation and power-laden lineup to go with their lights-out bullpen from last season.

Vladimir Guerrero's back ailments apparently stemmed from of a lack of conditioning last season. Now healthy and in outstanding shape you can pencil him in for a .325 average., 40 home runs and 125 RBIs. And since the Angels are one of the few AL teams who like to steal bases, he'll top 20.

Although Darin Erstad is switching to first base this season, years of all-out dives and running into outfield walls has taken a toll on him. His power and batting average have dropped dramatically since his breakout 2000 season and there's no reason to believe he'll bounce back big-time.

Shortstop: David Eckstein has had a stranglehold on the spot but his numbers slipped badly enough (.252 batting average, .325 OBP last season) to open the door to a challenge by phenom Alfredo Amezaga.

Speedy utilityman Chone Figgins (223 stolen bases as a pro) can play second, short and the outfield. He'll also be Anaheim's primary pinch runner and could easily steal 20 bases.

Manager Mike Scioscia has the luxury of two power arms in Brendan Donnelly and Francisco Rodriguez. The virtually unhittable Donnelly (1.58 ERA, three saves) is the most likely to get saves this season although "K-Rod" is being groomed as Percival's eventual replacement.

Not far removed from a corked bat incident which earned him a lengthy suspension in Triple A, Jose Guillen's meteoric rise probably had a lot more to do with Cincinnati's cozy Great American Ballpark than most people think. He'll have solid stats, but won't warrant more than a third outfield slot on a fantasy team.

Adam Kennedy, Bengie Molina, Tim Salmon, Scot Shields

Jeff DaVannon, Shane Halter, John Lackey, Aaron Sele