2019 BOLD Reds Predictions

[marcshoe]

If the money is right they do. Folks love Miami

Baseball folks? Like all they guys saying "Please get me out of here!"?

[marcshoe]

Joey Votto returns to form to win his second MVP, leading the team to a surprise World Series win.

Kevin Mitchell comes out of retirement and joins the club August 14. August 15, the clubhouse guy kicks him out, since he didn't ask anybody for permission but just did it on his own.

The Johnny Bench Music and Mayhem hour wins an Emmy.

Gray-Castillo-Wood-Mahle become the best top-four rotation in the division. Roark is solid, but nobody notices.

Thom accidentally bites off his tongue trying to pronounce 'Roark' precisely.

[Kilgore_Trout]

Tucker Barnhart shaves his beard completely. He starts the season hot. I mean 10,000 suns hot.

A month goes by and C. Trent makes a joke to Tucker during a post-game interview that he looks like he's grown a foot. Tucker laughs nervously and says his wife made the same comment just the other day.

Tucker keeps hitting. Meanwhile, JT Realmuto struggles in a very un-JT Realmuto kind of way.

By the ASB, it's evident that Tucker has grown at least 2 inches. He's lean, he's ripped, and he won't stop hitting. He starts the AS game while Realmuto stays home with a wiry, messy beard.

Tucker cools ever so slightly in August and September and ends up with a .301 / .385 / .529 with 28 HR's. He finishes third in MVP voting. Realmuto puts up a sluggish .246 / .319 / .385 season and stops speaking to the press. His beard is as thick and dry as bone.

Right around the end of the season, some scientist discovers that we actually do live in a Matrix, and wouldn't you believe it, every so often a glitch in the software swaps DNA among unsuspecting lifeforms. Scientists study Tucker and JT and find that yes, this indeed happened to these two lucky (or in JT's case, unlucky) individuals. The next great philosophical question of the post-Matrix world is: When did the creator become a Reds fan? And why?

[Cherokee]

David Bell wins NL manager of the year

[Kirito-Sama]

(Tucker Barnhart fanfic)

This was a trip and I loved every minute of it.

[Bruce Berenyi]

Robert Stephenson pitched 9 innings and only walks 8, when asked about his control, he used his advanced degree in Latin and replies res ipsi loquitor the deed speaks for itself

[brian5562]

Peraza is an All-Star. Scooter battles injuries and Senzel plays 80+ games at second. Mason Williams handles CF the best of the bunch. Scooter gets healthy for the Wildcard game and hits a walkoff to advance to the divisional round. Reds loose in hard fought seven game series to the braves.

Puig finishes 2nd for NL MVP.

[InsaneinthBrame]

Desclafani is the ace of the staff.

Gray is the new Redszone whipping boy replacing Bailey

Schebler is the starting CFer for most of the year. Senzel's CF experiment flops.

Iglesias gets traded and Finnegan becomes the closer.

Siri has monster year jumps into top 50 prospects.

[drowg14]

Desclafani is the ace of the staff.

Gray is the new Redszone whipping boy replacing Bailey

Schebler is the starting CFer for most of the year. Senzel's CF experiment flops.

Iglesias gets traded and Finnegan becomes the closer.

Siri has monster year jumps into top 50 prospects.

I think this is definitely the year Siri makes that leap, or flames out. Just a feeling I get. I'll double down on your top 50, he'll be top 25!

Also, Greene ends the year at AAA, and Puig hits 60 bombs.

[reds77]

Desclafani is the ace of the staff.

Gray is the new Redszone whipping boy replacing Bailey

Schebler is the starting CFer for most of the year. Senzel's CF experiment flops.

Iglesias gets traded and Finnegan becomes the closer.

Siri has monster year jumps into top 50 prospects.

This might be separate post worthy. "Who is the RedsZone '19 whipping boy?"

[PuffyPig]

This might be separate post worthy. "Who is the RedsZone '19 whipping boy?"

I already assumed it would be "InsaneinthBrame".

[Ren Deagle]

Matt Kemp and Robert Stephenson are traded to the Giants for Will Smith.
Puig collides with Senzel in the third game of the season. Senzel out for 10 weeks.
Puig is then moved to CF and manages to take out Winker for two months.
Despite this, Puig is loved by Cincy fans and makes the All Star team. He has the best 1st half of anyone in the NL.
Austin Jackson turns out to be the best free agent signing the Reds have made in the last decade.
3 starting pitchers manage to pitch 180 innings this season.
At the trade deadline, the Reds ship Wood and Roark to the Yankees for Clint Frazier, Chance Adams,and Jonathan Loaisiga.
Gennett and Puig are also traded.
At the deadline, the Reds somehow acquire Sicnarf Loopstok and Makesiondon Kelkboom. Thom Brennaman develops permanent vocal paralysis trying to say their names and just like that, two Brennamans have retired.
Senzel takes over at 2nd and Reds fans wonder why the Reds didn't trade Gennett during the off season.
Jose Siri and Taylor Trammell get called up in August and suddenly 2020 looks a lot brighter.
Tony Santillan and Vladimir Gutierrez join the rotation in September and suddenly it looks like the Reds can develop pitching
Joey Votto has one of his best seasons ever.
And last, a miracle. Homer Bailey pitches better for the Royals than any starter on the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, by the way, finish last in the NL central.

[Bruce Berenyi]

Tim Adelman throws faster than chapman following his new offseason workout regimen

[Red in Atl]

Tucker Barnhart is going to channel JB and have his best hitting year, surpassing Realmuto, as best hitting catcher in baseball and bounce back defensively to win his 2nd GG.

[marcshoe]

Matt Kemp and Robert Stephenson are traded to the Giants for Will Smith.
Puig collides with Senzel in the third game of the season. Senzel out for 10 weeks.
Puig is then moved to CF and manages to take out Winker for two months.
Despite this, Puig is loved by Cincy fans and makes the All Star team. He has the best 1st half of anyone in the NL.
Austin Jackson turns out to be the best free agent signing the Reds have made in the last decade.
3 starting pitchers manage to pitch 180 innings this season.
At the trade deadline, the Reds ship Wood and Roark to the Yankees for Clint Frazier, Chance Adams,and Jonathan Loaisiga.
Gennett and Puig are also traded.
At the deadline, the Reds somehow acquire Sicnarf Loopstok and Makesiondon Kelkboom. Thom Brennaman develops permanent vocal paralysis trying to say their names and just like that, two Brennamans have retired.
Senzel takes over at 2nd and Reds fans wonder why the Reds didn't trade Gennett during the off season.
Jose Siri and Taylor Trammell get called up in August and suddenly 2020 looks a lot brighter.
Tony Santillan and Vladimir Gutierrez join the rotation in September and suddenly it looks like the Reds can develop pitching
Joey Votto has one of his best seasons ever.
And last, a miracle. Homer Bailey pitches better for the Royals than any starter on the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, by the way, finish last in the NL central.

If this happens, he is definitely not allowed to wear the blue stuff. No horrible CGI on the diamond.