2010 asbcr predictions....
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From: RJA on 12 Mar 2010 12:59 On Mar 12, 9:26 am, David Short <David.No.Sho...(a)Spam.wright.Please.edu> wrote: > So they made the first spring training cuts yesterday and the dream of a > Danny Dorn platoon in leftfield is now officially dead. It's time to put > down some thoughts. Anybody can play. The idea is to put down some > thoughts about what we think will happen and then look back at the end > of the year and laugh about how the common wisdom was wrong. > > Is this reds team a playoff team? I'm gonna say they fall a bit short. > Take a stab at a final record. 62 and................100! Kidding. Where's the 100 club this year? I'll say 83-79 > Who plays in the world series? Yankees and Dodgers. > Who is the worst team in baseball? Pittsburgh. > Who gets more at bats Hanigan or Hernandez? Hernandez. > Joey Votto 30 Homers or less? If healthy, more. More. > Yonder Alonza has received a ton of attention for a guy with a handful > of professional at bats. Was it a waste of a draft pick or is he going > to have a good major league career? Good career with someone else in exchange for something worthwhile. > Brandon Phillips 30/30? Negative. > At the end of the year will you be glad the reds brought in Orlando > Cabrera to play shortstop or should they have just put Paul Janish there > and lived with his bat? Glad. > There doesn't seem to be any doubt that Scott Rolen will be effective if > he plays. The only question is how many games will he play. So, How many? 130 > The reds have several candidates for the reserve infield roll, rank them > by at bats as infielders in > 2010...Miles/Janish/Sutton/Valaika/Frazier/Francsico Miles, Janish, Sutton, 0, 0, 0 > Do the same for the potential left fielder.....Chris > Heisey/Gomes/Balentien/Dickerson(as a left fielder)/Frazier(as a > leftfielder)/Francisco(as a left fielder) Gomes, Dickerson, Baletien, 0, 0, 0 > As of this writing the only true centerfielders on the roster are Drew > Stubbs and Chris Dickerson. Who ends the season as the reds centerfielder? Dickerson > Jay Bruce...bust or superman? Superman in time. > Chapman...spring training Hype or the real deal? How many wins? Real. 10. > Rank by wins Harang Arroyo,Cueto or Baily Cueto, Bailey, Arroyo, Harang > Rank by starts Owins, Maloney, Lehr, Wells, Leake Maloney, Owings, and goose eggs > Does Volquez pitch in 5 games this year? Yes > The reds have three promising setup men with different degrees of major > league success. Bill Bray, Jarred Burton, Nick Masset...Which one has > the best year? Masset > Other than those three and Cordero, which reliever has the best year in > the reds pen. Rhodes > At the trading deadline, are the reds buyers or sellers? Sellers > Does Dusty Baker manage the reds in September? Yes > Is Walt the GM at the end of the year? Yes > Any question you care to add? I like the predicting numbers idea.
From: RJA on 12 Mar 2010 13:01 On Mar 12, 10:35 am, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > Can we wait until one week before the season starts? Things will be > clearer by then and some things we predict won't seem so ridiculous... This roster is set with the exception of the 5th starter. It won't matter.
From: HTP on 12 Mar 2010 13:29 On Mar 12, 7:35 am, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > Can we wait until one week before the season starts? Things will be > clearer by then and some things we predict won't seem so ridiculous... I make it a habit to answer these questions approximately on the eve of opening day. Data, data data....
From: HTP on 13 Mar 2010 01:08 On Mar 12, 4:07 pm, "Bob Braun" <oxin...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "David Short" <David.No.Sho...(a)Spam.wright.Please.edu> wrote in message > > > Will the reaction to the move to AZ be positive or negative at the end of ST > 2010? > Players will say they liked the facility. Fans will hate the move. It will > prove to be one of the Reds biggest business blunders. By the end of ST > 2012, the Reds will be looking for a team to take over their lease in AZ. I seriously doubt it. > > And quite honestly, I haven't read or heard one bit of Reds news this year. Then how do you know who Chapman is? > I simply don't care yet. Yet you're here. Who gives up on thier lifelong love affair with a baseball club simply because they moved thier spring training site? Now, if we can just get KevinM, LanceF, and Locutus to show up - it'll be like old times! ( :)---|--\----| > > Please listen to my radio station.........www.airpower104.com any Nick Drake? eh, i'll check it out anyway. Better not be any popups.
From: HTP on 13 Mar 2010 01:09
On Mar 12, 8:53 pm, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote: > I got halfway through this, trying to sit on the fence. Then I changed my mind > and started all over again. At the end of the year you can all laugh your asses > off at me. I'll probably laugh my own off at myself. If not then it will have > been a fun year anyway, > > >Is this reds team a playoff team? > > This is the year the Reds' improved pitching propels them into contention.. The > new pitching coach Price makes a difference in Harang. Arroyo is Arroyo. Cueto > takes another step, Chapman knocks the league on its ear, Volquez comes back in > August to put the icing on the cake, and in the bullpen Cordero, Masset, Rhodes, > and Herrera will be lights out. > > Heisey wins the LF job and is Rookie of the Year, batting .298 with 20 dingers. > > They'll beat the Braves, surprise winners in the NL east, in the NLDS and lose > to the Dodgers in the NLCS. > > >Take a stab at a final record. > > 91-71 > Yeah!!!! |