84 Wins and a Central Division crown in the worst division in baseball...or the most competitive depending on how you look at it.
84 Wins and a Central Division crown in the worst division in baseball...or the most competitive depending on how you look at it.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
85-77... good enough to win the Central.
Mark me down for one of these.
At best we're a .500 team, and I don't think we're worse than last year, so while I wanted to go with 76 or 77, I'll give this team an optimistic benefit of the doubt and go with 78 wins.
This team still has too many weaknesses to compete, let alone win.
79-83 our interleague schedule is pretty tough, and that can't help overcome the improvements I think have been made to the pitching staff.
80-82.
So much unknown, so much could go right or wrong.
Boringly, will split the difference at 81-81, and would not be suprised to see it +/- five from there. Anywhere from 76-86 wins.
88 wins
78 wins
Win some, lose some, some get rained out.
78 sounds about right.
83-79
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“I’m a normal guy blessed with the ability to hit a baseball.” - Sean Casey
86 wins due to a better bullpen, better starters, lousy division and no Narron. Wild Card is Dusty--and if they don't win 86, I say fire him.
90 wins.
NL Central champs
I'd like to defer until the fringes of the roster are settled (and more importantly whether Votto starts at 1B), but where is the fun in that?
76 wins. This bullpen could be horrific again with the wrong decisions/usage patterns, the offense--after park adjustment--will be below average even with a boost from EE, and improvement from the starting pitching won't be quite enough. There are too many bad pitchers on the staff (Stanton, Fogg, Affeldt) getting innings and Cueto and Volquez can't be expected to pick up all of those guys' slack.
I agree with the earlier sentiment: if Dunn or Harang miss any time whatsoever the wheels could come off.
78-84
could be about 84 wins with a more optimal lineup and roster configuartion... But I guess it could be 72 wins if Dusty didn't know how to manage the clubhouse ...
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