Blue Jays 2016 Bold Predictions Thread

[dineke]

someone on the roster gets arrested for murder

[Angrioter]

someone on the roster gets arrested for murder

 

Lawrie was traded bro.

[KingKat]

I love that gif

 

I love anything from the original Planet of the Apes.

[Boxcar]

- Marco Estrada makes 32 starts and carries an ERA under 3.75

- Aaron Sanchez pitches 60+ games in relief with an ERA in the low 3s

- Gavin Floyd makes at least 10 effective starts

- Tulo hovers around league average offensively and spends significant time on the IR

- Edwin signs a reasonable 4 year contract before the end of the season

 

Apparently you don't understand what a bold prediction is

[GD]

One of Bautista/Edwin is traded by early May

Russell Martin is leading off by mid April

JA Happ pitches like a borderline #2

Osuna starts off the season with a big ERA/xFIP differential and the team uses it as an excuse to send him down for service time (not really bold whatever)

Darwin Barney gets 300 PA

One of the AAAA outfielders gets 450 PA and actually plays well

Dalton Pompey suxxxxxxxxxxx

[Boxcar]

Mark Teahen unretires and takes over the full time second base role

[Angrioter]

I love anything from the original Planet of the Apes.

 

Malditos simios asquerosos!!

 

Love that movie so much

[GD]

Mark Teahen unretires and takes over the full time second base role

 

David Eckstein unretires, takes over 2nd, and outhits Ryan Goins

[Abomination]

Stroman wins the AL Cy

Bautista hits 50 home runs

Sanchez makes 30+ starts and puts up at least 3 WAR

Colabello gets the majority of the starts at 1B and is above average defensively

[TilsonBritoFan]

Jays win 125 games this year.

 

Tulo puts up 11 WAR

 

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[GD]

Stroman wins the AL Cy

Bautista hits 50 home runs

Sanchez makes 30+ starts and puts up at least 3 WAR

Colabello gets the majority of the starts at 1B and is above average defensively

 

okay calm down

[burlingtonbandit]

- Stroman has an ERA under 3.

- Pillar has a 4 WAR season

- Tulo has a 5 WAR season and plays in 140 games

- Drew Hutchison makes 25 starts this season and has an ERA under 3.8

- Aaron Sanchez has a significant arm injury

- EE regresses and has a wRC+ of 120 or lower

-Colabello makes more starts at 1st Base than Justin Smoak

[skicross1]

Stroman is undefeated before the all star break carrying a sub 2 era

Collabello seizes the job at first and smoak is traded at the deadline for bullpen depth

Saunders has bounce back season and bats 250 with 15 hrs balancing out a righty heavy lineup

Donaldson struggles early and tulo picks up the slack moving into the two spot by mid may

Bautista or edwin get traded at the deadline for a pitching prospect

[JuniorFelix]

Happ wins 15.

Saunders.

[Cyborg]

Donaldson and Tulo outWAR Bryce Harper.

[BTS]

One of Bautista/Edwin is traded by early May

Russell Martin is leading off by mid April

JA Happ pitches like a borderline #2

Osuna starts off the season with a big ERA/xFIP differential and the team uses it as an excuse to send him down for service time (not really bold whatever)

Darwin Barney gets 300 PA

One of the AAAA outfielders gets 450 PA and actually plays well

Dalton Pompey suxxxxxxxxxxx

 

All but bolded, while improbable, are not improbable enough. The Darrells will be displeased.

[King]

Donaldson quits baseball to become an actor after his stint on Vikings.

[Boxcar]

Donaldson and Tulo outWAR Bryce Harper.

 

Combined?

[GD]

All but bolded, while improbable, are not improbable enough. The Darrells will be displeased.

 

Aren't I borderline Norman at this point anyway

[Olerud363]

I don't think you understand what we're doing here

 

Kevin Pillar -> Hitting lead off = more patient = .310 .370 .450, because of his defense and because he gets more plate appearances than anyone else he leads major league baseball in WAR

 

Osuna struggles in the bullpen, gets sent down in late May, re-made into starter, back up July 14th, goes 10-3 2.90ish, a la Juan Guzman Style.

 

Justin Smoak age 29 -- in 2020 they say "we need to find the next Bautista/EE/Smoak all three blossomed at the magic age 29"

[BigCecil]

Bautista makes 25 starts min @ 1B

 

Tulo's wRC+ > 150 again but he only plays 100 gms

 

Pompey breaks out - 120 wRC+, swipes 30 bases and takes over CF for Pillar who is injured diving for ball.

 

Saunders WAR > 2

 

Travis shoulder plagues him 2016.

[Virgil_Hiltz]

Kevin Pillar will draw 10 walks this season.

 

I'll take my grandson to Jays home game and will need to take at least $300 for concessions stand 2 hot dogs and drinks and still wont have enough money.

[ValiantJaysFan]

Buck Martinez stumbles into work and calls an entire game drunk while talking in his sleep. Pat Tabler does not miss a beat.

[BTS]

Buck Martinez stumbles into work and calls an entire game drunk while talking in his sleep. Pat Tabler does not miss a beat.

 

This has already happened hundreds of times.

[KingKat]

Buck Martinez stumbles into work and calls an entire game drunk while talking in his sleep. Pat Tabler does not miss a beat.

 

You're supposed to predict something improbable.

 

Edit: Too slow

[ValiantJaysFan]

You're supposed to predict something improbable.

 

Buck Martinez spends the entire season sober.

[Spanky__99]

Jays face the Bucs in the World Series, go to a Game 7 and Martin hits a walk off dinger for the Championship!

[Cyborg]

Combined?

No.

[Frenchsoup]

-Edwin hits 45+ bombs

-Travis gets to 4.5 WAR

-Roemon Fields plays in a game at the major league level before Pompey

[Cyborg]

- Sean Reid-Foley starts the playoff clinching game.

- Vlad reaches A+

 

 

And most bold of all... both Saunders and Tulo never go on the DL.