Shocking Predictions

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:16 am

Let's see your Shocking Predictions for this coming year. Here's mine...

1. Brandon Wood hits 20+ hr

2. Jason Heyward hits .300+ in over 350 at bats

3. Drew Stubbs steals 30+ bases

4. Nyjer Morgan wins the NL sb crown

5. Wade Davis is more valuable than Matt Garza

Auction King · Post by **Auction King** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:23 am

1) Julio Borbon hits over .300, scores 100 runs, steals 50 bases and finishes in the top 10 in the AL MVP race.

2) Francisco Liriano wins 15 games and strikes out 180+ hitters.

3) More than 50% of the people that win their NFBC league own Jose Reyes.

4) Geovany Soto hits 20+ home runs and comes close to Brian McCann's numbers

5) Someone tries to tank HR and RBI in the main event and comes up woefully short in the overall standings.

Roy's Outlaws · Post by **Roy's Outlaws** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:03 am

1 Carlos Beltran comes back in mid May and is back on the DL for the season by the All-Star break.

2 Strasburg Wins13+ games and k's 185 in 160 IP

3 Carlos Zambrano Wins 15 and 200+k's

4 Tampa Bay wins the wild card in the AL

5 Logan Morrison wins the NL Rookie of the Year

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:07 pm

Originally posted by Auction King:

1) Julio Borbon hits over .300, scores 100 runs, steals 50 bases and finishes in the top 10 in the AL MVP race.

forgot about borbon. good one.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:09 pm

1. Jose Reyes gets blood poisoning, dl'ed for 59 days

2. Justin Duchscherrer changes his name to Justin Duke. Says he got the idea from a guy in a fantasy baseball league.

3. After having a great first half of the season, Josh Hamilton is arrested at a Quentin Tarantino party with cocaine in a pouch hanging out of his backpocket. Hamilton swears he has no idea how the drugs got there.

Meanwhile, Jules is in second place in three different leagues.

The common denominator of the first place teams?

Josh Hamilton

4. Opening Day, Jason Bay crushes a ball and goes into his home run trot. The ball is caught 10 feet in front of the fence.

Immediately after the game, he calls his agent and demands a trade back to Boston.

5. Milton Bradley says that Seattle is racist.

He wants out.

Another GM eyes him.

Looking at the 'talent'.

Bradley has exceeded 20 home runs once in his career and never stolen 20 bases. He is 32.

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:23 pm

St. Louis defeats Cincinnati for the NL crown

Tampa Bay defeats Texas for the AL crown

St. Louis defeats Tampa Bay in the World Series..

[ March 01, 2010, 06:52 PM: Message edited by: Kentucky Reign ]

MGBMARTY · Post by **MGBMARTY** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:29 pm

Will stay in AL West

1. DITTO on Borbon

1. Sheets is this years Carpenter

2. Rodney and Fuentes switch roles within 1st 3 weeks

3. Rangers win division with Vlad putting up 26-110 RBIs batting clean up

4. Suzuki has numbers better than McCann

5. My man from last year N Cruz gets over 500 ABs hits 36 Hrs ankle healed 22 Sbs as the Rangers set SB record Borbon Andrus Kinsler Cruz Young and give Vlad 3.

IMO

Marty

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DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:52 pm

Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

St. Louis defeats Cincinati for the NL crown

Tampa Bay defeats Texas for the AL crown

St. Louis defeats Tampa Bay in the World Series..

Minnesota and Colorado play in the World S(now)eries

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:57 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

quote:Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

St. Louis defeats Cincinati for the NL crown

Tampa Bay defeats Texas for the AL crown

St. Louis defeats Tampa Bay in the World Series..

Minnesota and Colorado play in the World S(now)eries [/QUOTE]might take a while to finish that one dough...what do you think? mid-march?

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:59 pm

Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

quote:Originally posted by Kentucky Reign:

St. Louis defeats Cincinati for the NL crown

Tampa Bay defeats Texas for the AL crown

St. Louis defeats Tampa Bay in the World Series..

Minnesota and Colorado play in the World S(now)eries [/QUOTE]might take a while to finish that one dough...what do you think? mid-march? [/QUOTE]It could be moved to Vancouver where it's warmer

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:16 pm

1. Childs finishes out of the overall top 10

2. Gekko wins and is humbled

3. Walla Walla wins, flies to a Caribbean island and tells Uncle Sam to stick it

4. Sportsbettingman wins, he wonders who is trying to 'punk him'. He mails back the check to FanBall vowing not to be part of this conspiracy against him

5. Jules wins. The NFBC is never the same. Jules and 'E' ride the talk show circuit, while Greg fields calls from women scrambling to join the NFBC to be like Jules.

The NFBC grows to 750 participants the next year

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:17 pm

1) Albert Pujols has surgery on his elbow, misses second half.

2) Joe Mauer hits 10 homeruns in 525 at bats in 2010, but two in the last week of the season. Pundits project on that week and predict 50+ HR out of Mauer in 2011.

3) Francisco Liriano wins the Cy Young in 2010.

4) Rajai Davis steals 25 bases but is caught 35 times. Suspended in late September for chasing Ricky Henderson around the parking lot with a fungo bat, but never catches him.

5) Chicago White Sox vs the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. Sox lose, but Beckham named Series MVP for Chicago.

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:24 pm

getting back on the thread..

a) strasburg KO's 19 in one game

b) mauer gets hurt, becomest the biggest flop of all the first rounders, and 6% of NFBC participants vow to never draft a catcher in the first round again.

c) lincecum has TJ surgery in midMay...see part b) above

d) pujols admits to steroids

e) the Pirates win 81 games

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:27 pm

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

5) Chicago White Sox vs the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. Sox lose. I know a Cowboy fan who has predicted that the Cowboys would win the Super Bowl 27 years in a row.

Red Sox Nation · Post by **Red Sox Nation** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:28 pm

1 - Mark Reynolds becomes only 50 HR hitter in MLB in 2010

2 - Jose Reyes puts up monster season and moves back into top 3 overall in 2011.

3 - Curtis Granderson hits 40 bombs in that little league field

MGBMARTY · Post by **MGBMARTY** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:30 pm

Just for you Wayne

1. Chipper is out for season after 4th pre-season game.

2. Hanson who I love cracks under pressure and gets Vottoitis.

3. McCann's vision does not clear up and he is busted foe smuggling 5 lbs of weed in Florida.

4. B Wagner does not remember how to close anymore and becomes this year's Fuentes LH closers hate them without the saves.

5. Heyward becomes Alex Gordon

Good Luck in Vegas

Marty

RedRyder · Post by **RedRyder** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:34 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

3. After having a great first half of the season, Josh Hamilton is arrested at a Quentin Tarantino party with cocaine in a pouch hanging out of his backpocket. Hamilton swears he has no idea how the drugs got there.

Meanwhile, Jules is in second place in three different leagues.

The common denominator of the first place teams?

Josh Hamilton

Wouldn't that be something? That good for nothing ex-husband of mine inadvertently helping me to three league wins!

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:55 pm

Pirate fans have reason to smile - 82 wins !

[ March 02, 2010, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: Quahogs ]

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:56 pm

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

1) Albert Pujols has surgery on his elbow, misses second half.

you know i was thinking the same thing a few weeks ago, back when poodles said he will likely nevr need TJS. that was the kiss of death.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:27 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

1) Albert Pujols has surgery on his elbow, misses second half.

you know i was thinking the same thing a few weeks ago, back when poodles said he will likely nevr need TJS. that was the kiss of death.

[/QUOTE]Even though I read "Gekko"...I always seem to see "Sun-tzu" instead!

"All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him."

"A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective."

I've got the appear to be incompetent down pat if you need lessons! (it's authentic!)

wahooblue · Post by **wahooblue** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:51 pm

How Bout These

Nick Johnson hits 25 hrs. with NYY thanks to the short porch

Roy Halladay is the N.L. Cy Young winner

Jason Heyward ATL. N.L. R.O.Y.

Alex Rodriguez NYY puts up numbers not worth his salary 280, 80 runs,30-3-25-88-10 and spends time on the D.L. plus he hooks up with Madonna again.

Russel Branyan puts up better numbers than Troy Glaus

Pablo Panda Sandoval is second in N.L.MVP voting to Albert Pujols.

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:14 pm

[ March 01, 2010, 09:16 PM: Message edited by: Ryan Carey ]

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:15 pm

The key word WB is shocking

Here's a couple -

1) Adrian Beltre hits 35 HR's and drives in 110+ runs. He chips in 15 sb's too in addition to winning the Gold Glove.

2) Mike Lowell returns to Florida after Cantu gets switched to 1B (Morrison and Sanchez both flop). He knocks the Red Sox out of the postseason with a 3-run bomb off Papelbon in Game 7 of the ALCS. The Rays go back to the series where they lose to the Phillies in 5.

3) The Mets injury curse moves to the Bronx. CC Sabathia misses 6 weeks with an oblique strain

, Jorge Posada's back gives out forcing him to miss most of the second half, Petitte's shoulder blows out again and AJ Burnett blows out his elbow while trying to land a shaving cream pie on Nick Swisher. The Yankees miss the playoffs but Robinson Cano does win the batting title.

4) Rich Hill leads the Cardinals in W's with 16.

5) Starlin and Jason Castro finish 1-2 in the NL Rookie of the Year race.

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Red Sox Nation · Post by **Red Sox Nation** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:17 pm

Originally posted by Ryan Carey:

The key word WB is shocking

Here's a couple -

1) Adrian Beltre hits 35 HR's and drives in 110+ runs. He chips in 15 sb's too in addition to winning the Gold Glove.

2) Mike Lowell returns to Florida after Cantu gets switched to 1B (Morrison and Sanchez both flop). He knocks the Red Sox out of the postseason with a 3-run bomb off Tim Wakefield in extra innings of Game 7 of the ALCS. The Rays go back to the series where they lose to the Phillies in 5.

3) The Mets injury curse moves to the Bronx. CC Sabathia misses 6 weeks with an oblique strain

, Jorge Posada's back gives out forcing him to miss most of the second half, Petitte's shoulder blows out again and AJ Burnett blows out his elbow while trying to land a shaving cream pie on Nick Swisher. The Yankees miss the playoffs but Robinson Cano does win the batting title.

4) Rich Hill leads the Cardinals in W's with 16.

5) Starlin and Jason Castro finish 1-2 in the NL Rookie of the Year race. Florida Marlins in the ALCS. That would be shocking!!