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Prediction Thread!

haven't seen this posted yet, but I caught a little bit of mike and mike in the morning and both peter gammons and steve phillips of espn picked the crew to take home the nl central division crown this year. i didn't catch much of what else they said, but i did hear that.

maybe a prediction thread is in order?

[editor's note, by battlekow] That's a damn fine idea.

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The Crushers will go 162-0, but still finish third behind the Astros and Cardinals.

by battlekow on Mar 30, 2007 10:34 AM CDT   0 recs

Seriously
I'm feeling 85 wins and a second-place finish behind the Cardinals.  TLR and crew have me permanently spooked.

by battlekow on Mar 30, 2007 3:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Predictions
  •  Bernie Brewer will take off his head and reveal that he is, indeed, Bud Selig after all these years.
  •  The Chorizo will win 30% of the encased meat races at the stadium, followed by the brat, hot dog, italian, and polish bringing up the rear.  (seriously, that's a lot of running meat, I remember when the hot dog was the new guy - I still hate him)
  •  The Blue Jays will once again pick up David Cone for their final push to the playoffs, edging the Brewers by four games.
  •  Seriously, I think the Brewers will win the wild card, Fielder will put up a similar line to last year, Hart will do the same as Fielder (but steal more bases), Hall will improve slightly and will draw comparisons to Torii Hunter, Damian Miller will run into outs on the base paths, Ben Sheets stays off the DL and the Brewers statistically will have the best five starters in the majors, Turnbow isn't with the team by the end of the year, and Gallardo/Braun will be in the lineup come August.  And Brian Anderson will do a great job calling the game, but will pick up Schroeder's crutches by July.
  •  Still an all, the team will try not to do too much with it and just take it to the other side.  No sense in clogging up the bases or swinging for the fences.

by nmc on Mar 30, 2007 11:03 AM CDT   0 recs

All ESPN predictions
Here are all the ESPN predictions from the site:

Peter Gammons- 84-78, 1st NL Central
Jayson Stark- 81-81, 4th NL Central
Jerry Crasnick- 88-74, 1st NL Central
Buster Olney- 82-80, 2nd NL Central
Rob Neyer- 80-82, 3rd NL Central
Tim Kurkjian- 81-81, 4th NL Central
Steve Phillips- 85-77, 1st NL Central
Keith Law- 86-76, 1st NL Central
Jim Caple- 90-72, 1st NL Central
Eric Karabell- 80-82, 3d NL Central

Interesting that two people have us with 81 wins at fourth, and one has us with 85 wins in first.  I think the consensus is, it's gonna be close at the top.

Remember, you can't spell Jenkins without a "K"

by Stoa on Mar 30, 2007 11:28 AM CDT   0 recs

Olbermann
Also has them finishing first.

by nmc on Mar 30, 2007 11:38 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ESPN Projections
Anyone check out the player projections on ESPN?  I don't know how they are coming up with their numbers, but here's a sampling:

Fielder:  .274, 33, 103
Hall:  .255, 25, 85
Weeks: .289, 13, 49, 27 SB
Jenkins:  .275, 17, 64
Mench:  .269, 14, 56
Hart:  .261, 21, 79
Estrada:  .293, 10, 71
Hardy:  .260, 14, 47

Sheets:  3.53, 14 W
Bush:  3.25, 16 W
Capuano:  4.16, 12 W
Suppan:  3.99, 11 W
Vargas:  4.99, 10 W (thats 63 W from the starters if you're counting at home)
Cordera:  3.39
Turnbow:  4.82
Cappellan:  4.22
Villanueva:  4.26
Gallardo:  4.06
Aquino:  4.08

Makes the bullpen look kinda sickly...

by Infield Fly Rule on Mar 30, 2007 12:30 PM CDT   0 recs

87 wins
NL Central ends up being most competitive and strongest division in all of baseball.

Brewers    87-75
Astros     85-77
Cardinals  85-77
Reds       80-82
Pirates    77-85
Cubs       71-91

Bring Back The Old Logo!

by jacob on Mar 30, 2007 2:29 PM CDT   0 recs

Deadspin
For what it's worth:

01 Brewers
02 Cards
03 Cubs
04 Astros
05 Reds
06 Pirates

by nmc on Mar 30, 2007 4:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Eh, I'm an optimistic
kind of feller. I will say 91-71. This has to be the year, right?

by iluvlamp on Mar 30, 2007 5:13 PM CDT   0 recs

here we go
brewers 85-77
cardinals 81-81
astros 79-83
cubs 75-87
reds 73-89
pirates 73-89

-rickie weeks hits .310 with 25 homers
-ben sheets and chris capuano both win 15 games
-prince fielder and bill hall each hit over 30 home runs

am i a homer-optimist? you bet. but i honestly believe that if the rotation stays healthy and the offense plays true to form, there is no way the crew is not in contention in september.

by Griswald on Mar 30, 2007 7:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Robothal
List here

01 Cards
02 Brewers
03 Cubs
04 Astros
05 Reds
06 Pirates

No playoffs for the Crew.

by nmc on Apr 2, 2007 10:50 AM CDT   0 recs

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