2018 Predictions Thread

[thewupk]

Braves will win 79 games. I predict they are squarely below .500 most of the year but make it up with a strong September in garbage time. Also giving myself a +5 window if Acuna and Albies go gangbusters.

NL East Nats
NL Central Cubs
NL West Dodgers
NL WC: Brewers over Mets

NLDS: Cubs over Brewers, Dodgers over Nats
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
AL WC: Angels over Red Sox

ALDS: Astros over Angels. Yankees over Indians
ALCS: Astros over Indians

WS: Dodgers over Astros

Seems like more than just Acuna and Albies went gangbuster so that win total was off

Looks like I'll have 7 of the 10 playoff teams correct though

 

[NinersSBChamps]

i believe you win the most negative nancy award...richly deserved i might add

Negative or non homer? There is a big difference. Most everyone didn’t expect the Braves to be good or win the east. People are wrong all the time and I was in this case.

 

[Heyward]

Braves 83-79

AL East: Yanks
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
NL East: Nats
NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs

NL WC: Rockies over Brewers
AL WC: Angels over Red Sox

NLDS: Cubs over Rockies in 4, Dodgers over Nats in 5.
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers in 6.

ALDS: Astros over Indians in 5, Yankees over Angels in 4.
ALCS: Yankees over Astros in 6.

WS: Cubs over Yankees in 7.

8 of 10 playoff teams isnt bad, thought the Nats would eventually turn it on but never happened.

 

[zbhargrove]

Negative or non homer? There is a big difference. Most everyone didn’t expect the Braves to be good or win the east. People are wrong all the time and I was in this case.

The difference is that you just go super contrarian to get a rise out of the board. Has nothing to do with homerism. Again... how did bashing all our prospects end up for you?

 

[Julio3000]

I didn’t get in this thread, but I think I had us pegged at 78 in another one. What did I miss? Acuña being an MVP-caliber player in the 2nd half, team defense (thanks Dansby, Ron Washington, and better analytics), Folty taking a step forward, Newcomb’s big first half, Neck Boogie, and Anibal the Canibal (I expected Ani to be good but not nearly the presence he ended up being).

 

[CyYoung31]

Braves win 90 games and clinch the NL East after the Nats greatly underachieve again.

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Rockies
NL WC: Brewers and Dodgers

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
AL WC Yankees and A’s

Nailed it again.

 

[NinersSBChamps]

The difference is that you just go super contrarian to get a rise out of the board. Has nothing to do with homerism. Again... how did bashing all our prospects end up for you?

I don’t recall bashing a single prospect. I do remember saying the team needed real MLB players and not simply relying on unproven supremely overrated prospects by the folks here.

 

[BeanieAntics]

I don’t recall bashing a single prospect. I do remember saying the team needed real MLB players and not simply relying on unproven supremely overrated prospects by the folks here.

Well you were super-duper wrong on that front. If not for the "prospects" like Folty, Acuna, Albies, Camargo, Swanson, Touki, Soroka, Sobotka, Minter, Newcomb, etc. this team would be nowhere this year. I never got the whole "we don't need prospects, we need real MLB players" line of thinking. Every single MLB player started out as a prospect. Sure, the attrition rate is high, but prospects turn into stars all the time and that is exactly what happened this year.

Mr. Kim Jong Wrong.

 

[nsacpi]

Well you were super-duper wrong on that front. If not for the "prospects" like Folty, Acuna, Albies, Camargo, Swanson, Touki, Soroka, Sobotka, Minter, Newcomb, etc. this team would be nowhere this year. I never got the whole "we don't need prospects, we need real MLB players" line of thinking. Every single MLB player started out as a prospect. Sure, the attrition rate is high, but prospects turn into stars all the time and that is exactly what happened this year.

Mr. Kim Jong Wrong.

And a lot of so-called real major league players have bad seasons in any given year. Its ok to cite uncertainty about rookies. But there is a lot of uncertainty too about established players. Guys like Bartolo Colon.