2013 Bold Predictions Thread

[Bobbob1313]

Barry Bonds has four of the eight highest OBPs in Major League history.

[emkayseven]

ehe

[Namaste]

ehe

[Mainge]

I'll predict Stanton's OBP to not be significantly higher than last years.

He's doing that because our lineup is a piece of shit, especially behind Stanton.

But our lineup was a piece of shit last year, especially behind Stanton, and he didn't put up a Bonds OBP.

I'll also predict this is a top-3 year in terms of total HR's for Stanton. He's going to have a lot of at-bat's with the game already in hand. Bomb city.

[HUGG]

-Hanley goes 10 for 17 and hits two HUGH dongs when the Dodgers come to town in August. He Lo Viste's the sky and the Game Thread explodes on game 4 of the series when the Dodgers sweep. Bobbob says only "ehe" in each of the 4 post game threads in that series.

My not so bold prediction: there won't be 4 separate post game threads made for that series.

[Todd]

Interesting to me that everyone is so bullish on Skipworth. I'm just hoping he hits above the Mendoza line. It would certainly be nice if he ended up being serviceable.

I'd rather have him as the backup than Mathis.

[Erick]

He's doing that because our lineup is a piece of shit, especially behind Stanton.

But our lineup was a piece of shit last year, especially behind Stanton, and he didn't put up a Bonds OBP.

I'll also predict this is a top-3 year in terms of total HR's for Stanton. He's going to have a lot of at-bat's with the game already in hand. Bomb city.

I agree with this.
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My not so bold prediction: there won't be 4 separate post game threads made for that series.

At what point will people stop making game threads for every game? Definitely after June?
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I'd rather have him as the backup than Mathis.

I wouldn't.

[Todd]

Why wouldnt you?

[Bobbob1313]

Because maybe he becomes something down the road, so why start his clock?

[Todd]

I doubt thats the reason Erick had in his head.

[Erick]

That was actually one of the reasons.

But also, aside from him (Mathis) being terrible at hitting, I believe I've read several times that Mathis is one of the best pitch framers in the league. Seems like he's regarded as one of the better defensive catchers in the game, and I just feel like he's better suited to be a backup catcher.

Skipworth should be getting AB's somewhere even though I think he'll suck, anyway.

[Bobbob1313]

I would bet it's not very far off. He might also say "He's not ready". But those would be related.

[Todd]

I thought I had read somewhere that some sites(like Fielding Bible, I think) ranked Mathis as one of the worst defensive catchers in the game.

[Bobbob1313]

I've yet to really see how advanced metrics can be applied to catchers.

[Todd]

Thats fair.