86 wins.
86 wins.
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--Bronson Arroyo
81
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
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- - Fletch
83-79 with Harang back to 10 wins (10-15) but 10 wins
85-77
School's out. What did you expect?
94 wins.
time for the karma bank to pay interest.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
83 wins.
85 wins.
Hope isn't a strategy
I'm going to go with 87 wins also.
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83 wins. And I think that's conservative, as:
Better offense
10 Rolen > 09 EdE et al.
10 Stubbs > 09 Taveras
10 Cabrera > 09 Janish, AGon
10 Bruce > 09 Bruce
10 Phillips = 09 Phillips
10 Hernandez/ Hanigan = 09 Hernandez/ Hanigan
10 Gomes, Dickerson < 09 Gomes, Dickerson
10 Votto < 09 Votto
Better defense
10 Rolen > 09 EdE et al.
10 Stubbs > 09 Taveras
10 Gomes, Dickerson > 09 Gomes, Dickerson
10 Bruce = 09 Bruce
10 Phillips = 09 Phillips
10 Votto =09 Votto
10 Hernandez/ Hanigan = 09 Hernandez/ Hanigan
10 Cabrera < 09 Janish, AGon
Better starting staff
10 Cueto > 09 Cueto
10 Bailey > 09 Bailey
10 Chapman/ Leake/ Wood > 09 Owings/ Lehr/ Maloney/ Wells
10 Arroyo = 09 Arroyo
10 Harang = 09 Harang
If they stay healthy, this team has a chance. If not, they don't. Pretty simple.
84 wins.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
80 wins. The pitching gives me concerns. I'm comfortable with Arroyo and Bailey right now. I'm not as comfortable with Harang, Cueto, and Wood. I also think the bullpen could slide back.
The offense should be a little better, the defense solid again.
If the starting pitching holds up better than I expect, then the team could contend in the division. Hope it does.
I'm very positive on the organization over the next several years, just skeptical about 2010.
Well I guessed 78 last year and hit it on the head however relative health would have resulted in 2-3 more wins at least i'm guessing. So with that in mind and some general optimism about the progression of the unit as a whole I am gonna go with 85 wins. This what my mind says, my gut says somewhere in the 87-88 range. But I'll stick with 85.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Wow, I thought I was being optimistic with 80.
If this team wins, say, 84 games, it will still be a mediocre team with no chance at the playoffs. But it will be the first winning season in a decade and the team will use it as a reason to keep Baker, and the cycle of mediocrity will continue. So I am HOPING for 94 or 74 and really not much in between.
God, I have been a fan of this team too long.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
86 wins.
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