1989 BOLD Predictions Thread

[Clay]

I'll do my part to make this happen by moving Geoff Scott off of SS to 2B.

Where's Newlin going? 3B?

[Delandis]

The Virginia Colonials' 100% Homegrown Starting Rotation will feature a 20-game winner, a 15 game winner and three with 10 Wins or more. All 5 starters in Double-Digit wins plus two 200 K guys.

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The Virginia Colonials will NOT win the STOUT.... NOT win the Wildcard.... and finish 3rd in the division.

These two items are mutually exclusive. You can't predict that you'll be awesome and suck in the same prediction thread.






I think a slightly older Washington squad has their hands full with the Colons this year.

[BradZ]

Where's Newlin going? 3B?

Nah, I'll probably just trade him.



Yeah, he's headed to 3B.

[Pat]

The Virginia Colonials' 100% Homegrown Starting Rotation will feature a 20-game winner, a 15 game winner and three with 10 Wins or more. All 5 starters in Double-Digit wins plus two 200 K guys.

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The Virginia Colonials will NOT win the STOUT.... NOT win the Wildcard.... and finish 3rd in the division.

Wait...wait...wait...this seems very conflicting.

So O'Hegarty and Doorbell are going to have great seasons...you are going to have (at minimum) 65 wins from your starting staff? Is your bullpen god awful?

[Pat]

I think a slightly older Washington squad has their hands full with the Colons this year.

The last time I had my handful of colon...


I think Virginia is a very good squad but I don't see them too much different than last year. And Woodbury is overdue for an injury. I think I'll cruise to another Stout title.

[Delandis]

The last time I had my handful of colon...


I think Virginia is a very good squad but I don't see them too much different than last year. And Woodbury is overdue for an injury. I think I'll cruise to another Stout title.

Don't get me wrong, I think you still win, but Virginia got awfully close to playoff spot last year and their starters will only get better. Quite frankly, I think its Clay's team personnel that's holding back that awesome roster of his.

[Clay]

These two items are mutually exclusive. You can't predict that you'll be awesome and suck in the same prediction thread.


I think a slightly older Washington squad has their hands full with the Colons this year.

Wait...wait...wait...this seems very conflicting.

So O'Hegarty and Doorbell are going to have great seasons...you are going to have (at minimum) 65 wins from your starting staff? Is your bullpen god awful?

I still think I'm going to finish above .500 and not be far out of the Wildcard.... but I have this sneaking suspicion that Wilmington has one of those "How The F Are They Winning" Seasons coming and they'll get 2nd in the Stout and the Wildcard.

Don't get me wrong, I think you still win, but Virginia got awfully close to playoff spot last year and their starters will only get better. Quite frankly, I think its Clay's team personnel that's holding back that awesome roster of his.

Well, I have a lot of new Staff this season including the Manager. Guess we'll see because the team is largely unchanged.... better if anything.

[Pat]

I have this sneaking suspicion that Wilmington has one of those "How The F Are They Winning" Seasons coming and they'll get 2nd in the Stout and the Wildcard.

Now that is a BOLD prediction.

[Clay]

Now that is a BOLD prediction.

Not that bold... I think we see it a lot. Both teams that don't look like winners on paper that win and teams that look like they should be much better than lose. I like Wilmington as a WTF Sleeper to win the Wildcard.

[Jake]

We'll finish above .500 but last in the division.

Actually, I can't make any bold predictions because I have no idea what to expect from my team. I think the offense could be legit but even with Aurillo, my rotation is still shaky. And I'm starting to worry about ol' Bluto rebounding from that ugly second half last year. His control went down a point last sim, he's now at 6-7-5. Still great, but makes me uneasy.

[Pat]

We'll finish above .500 but last in the division.

Actually, I can't make any bold predictions because I have no idea what to expect from my team. I think the offense could be legit but even with Aurillo, my rotation is still shaky. And I'm starting to worry about ol' Bluto rebounding from that ugly second half last year. His control went down a point last sim, he's now at 6-7-5. Still great, but makes me uneasy.

Ugly second half...

Large number of innings logged...

Injury history...

Ratings decrease...

Production decrease...

Awful home/road split...

Yeah, he should be fine.

[Pat]

Not that bold... I think we see it a lot. Both teams that don't look like winners on paper that win and teams that look like they should be much better than lose. I like Wilmington as a WTF Sleeper to win the Wildcard.

I meant it was bold because if Virginia or Washington don't win the Stout, I'm going with Morgantown.

[Clay]

I meant it was bold because if Virginia or Washington don't win the Stout, I'm going with Morgantown.

You're just hating on Sully. I think Morgantown is getting worse, not better.

[Spear]

Davenport will win their first Brewmasters Championship.

Sin City makes the playoffs and Kraft wins the Pale Ale.

[BradZ]

Davenport will win their first Brewmasters Championship.

Well, I guess this predicition qualifies for the thread.

I like your team quite a bit too, but my only concern is:

Gugierrez - 35
Elliot - 35
Neville - 35
Nathan - 35
McEvoy - 34

If those key pieces can all make it through the season, you are definitely a contender.