2018 Bold Predictions thread

[jays4life19]

Well, at least i got the Cooper one right.

[Brownie19]

Who's your pick to when the World Series now J4L?

[jays4life19]

Who's your pick to when the World Series now J4L?

 

Giants.

[jays4life19]

But in all seriousness i think it's going to be the Dodgers and Indians in the world series.

[TheHurl]

Had some random Bold Predictions Article posted to my social media feeds. Saw there was very little bold in it...

http://www.sportsbreak.com/mlb/15-bold-predictions-for-the-2018-mlb-season/

 

but it sparked my reminder that this thread wasn't up yet. I will post some time later.

worst prediction in the thread

[Olerud363]

- Stroman has a season derailed by injury and is worth fewer than 2 fWAR.

- The bullpen is once again a strength and top-10 in the league.

- Morales gets 550+ PA and has a wRC+ over 110.

- One of Solarte/Diaz has a 3+ win season and steals a starting spot going into 2019.

- Tulo is once again worth fewer than 1 fWAR

 

Boldness 2/5 - nothing here is all that bold

Accuracy 4/5 - pretty much nailed Stroman and Morales. Diaz was ~2 WAR but you were close. Tulo did not play any games at all so was worth 0 WAR.

[Olerud363]

Jays finish with 75-80 wins after a subpar season from Donaldson, Smoak and Morales. The offense is once again bottom 5 in the majors

 

Starting pitching is th strenght with bounce back season from Stroman and Sanchez but the team has too many issues scoring runs

 

Martin, Tulo, Travis, and Grichuk all struggle with injuries. Shapiro is under pressure from fans to bring up Vlad in September but doesn't do it. Bichette drops off the map a bit but Pearson gains huge. Tellez bounes back huge

 

At seasons end all of Alford Hernandez Jansen and Urena are regular contributors.

 

Boldness 2.5 - nothing all that bold

Accuracy - 3.5/5 - nailed Donaldson, Martin, Tulo, Travis, nailed the Vlad situation, Bichette dropped off a bit, but not a huge amount (almost everything was the same except for singles and he made strides defensively).

[Olerud363]

- Solarte & Diaz are fat and both suck

- Aaron Judge hits fewer than 30 HR

- Luis Severino needs TJS

- Josh Donaldson misses 50+ games and gets less than $100M in free agency; does not re-sign with Jays

- Vlad Jr "disappoints" in AA with a sub.-800 OPS and eats himself off 3B

- Jays finish at exactly .500 and make no meaningful trades in either direction at the deadline

 

Boldness - 2.5/5

Accuracy - nice one on Judge, Vlad had an amazing season, and I think you will agree that you are happy to be wrong on that,.

[Olerud363]

Devon Travis finally gets 600 PA and puts up a 6 WAR season, finishing behind only Altuve in 2B WAR

 

Boldness 5/5

Accuracy 0/5