June 2, 201114 yr With the season just over 1/3 done, and the White Sox surprising many of us so far (not in a good way for the most part), let's have some off day fun and make some new predictions. Who will be the HR leader? How many HRs will Dunn end up hitting? How many wins will Humber have? How many wins will the Sox end up with? And so on... What're your thoughts?
June 2, 201114 yr HR leader = CQ, 34 Dunn = 17 HRs Humber = 12 wins Sox win 83 games, enough to make it look like KW and Ozzie did an Okay job.
June 2, 201114 yr TCQ - 38 home runs Konerko's numbers will be similar to last years and he'll get a few votes for MVP Dunn - 28 home runs Juan Pierre ends up with a .300 avg Humber with 12 wins White Sox win 90 - enough to win the division Oh, and that Bad Ass Vato Loco Sergio Santos will attain elite closer status and the league WILL bow down.
June 2, 201114 yr Author I'm thinking both Quentin and Konerko end up with more than 30 HRs, and Quentin will get close to 40. Paulie will have another great year, batting around .290, 33 HRs, and 101 RBIs. Dunn will improve but still have an off year. .225 BA, 21 HRs, 79 RBIs Humber will continue to pitch well. 13 wins and a 4.05 ERA Rios will continue to disappoint at the plate. .240, 14 HRs, 54 RBIs Lillibridge plays more but still in a platoon role. Ends up with 12 HRs Sox are close enough at the trade deadline to try to improve, but KW won't be able to do much. Danks is traded, however, for prospects. Ozzie offends someone. ESPN, still upset over the White Sox sweeping the Red Sox, ceases baseball coverage and concentrates on the MLS and the WNBA.
June 2, 201114 yr Author Interesting factoid about Lillibridge: He's on pace for 17 HRs and 31 RBIs. And that would be in 215 PA. Not that he will hit 17 HRs, but it's interesting. Adam Dunn is on pace for 14 HRs...in 595 PA.
June 2, 201114 yr Lillibridge starts from here on and finishes with 41 HRs. What a gigantic disappointment that we're now projecting Dunn with such low HR totals. I'll say he finishes with 26. I'm still hoping he goes on some sorta rampage.
June 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 07:14 AM) HR leader = CQ, 34 Dunn = 17 HRs Humber = 12 wins Sox win 83 games, enough to make it look like KW and Ozzie did an Okay job. What I fully expect. It's worse than being terrible, so it'll happen.
June 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:07 AM) What I fully expect. It's worse than being terrible, so it'll happen. Yeah.
June 2, 201114 yr Ozzie doesn't get fired. Dunn finishes with 21 HR's. Konerko gets to #400 (I believe he's at 378 now). Pierre continues to prove he's nothing more than a Double-A player. Viciedo gets brought up but doesn't impress. Rios never gets his average above .230. Lillibridge doesn't get to 15 HR's. Danks finishes with 10 wins. Sox win 87 games.
June 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:07 AM) What I fully expect. It's worse than being terrible, so it'll happen. I'll puke every day for the entire offseason if they win 80-83 games (no top 10-15 pick) and miss the playoffs. Then people will be like, "well, this team started 11-22 and they still won 83 games. 2012 should only get better."
June 2, 201114 yr Who will be the HR leader? Paul Konerko How many HRs will Dunn end up hitting? 28 How many wins will Humber have? 12 How many wins will the Sox end up with? 84 What're your thoughts? pizza
June 2, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) Who will be the HR leader? Paul Konerko How many HRs will Dunn end up hitting? 28 How many wins will Humber have? 12 How many wins will the Sox end up with? 84 What're your thoughts? pizza And a beer, and I'll agree.
June 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) And a beer, and I'll agree. Agreed on the +beer.
June 2, 201114 yr [quote name='pittshoganerkoff' date='Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:11 AM' post= ESPN, still upset over the White Sox sweeping the Red Sox, ceases baseball coverage and concentrates on the MLS and the WNBA. that was good, unfortunately they're gonna still be in ecxstacy over the heat and queen james
June 2, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:34 AM) Lillibridge starts from here on and finishes with 41 HRs. What a gigantic disappointment that we're now projecting Dunn with such low HR totals. I'll say he finishes with 26. I'm still hoping he goes on some sorta rampage. He needs a 1998 second half Albert belle rampage
June 2, 201114 yr Konerko has similar numbers as last season Quentin 35-40 homers but doesn't hit more than .260 Lillibridge hits 15-18 homers and hasa around 38-45 RBI's Lexi hits .280 with around 85 RBI's And I agree we win like 84 games
June 2, 201114 yr * John Danks will get his first win of the season against the Chicago Cubs and will then win 5/6 of his next starts * Ramon Castro will hit a dramatic 3-run walkoff bomb in late September that will knock a team out of contention * In an act of perfect revenge, Phil Humber will no-hit the Minnesota Twins at Target Field during the two teams' last meeting of the season.
June 2, 201114 yr This team is too unpredictable to predict. It's really all about pitching and defense. If the starters are good and Sale, Thornton, Crain and Sergio are as good as they have been of late, the team should finish over .500. We actually do need another reliable righty in the pen with Pena out of the mix right now, thankfully. It'd be a risk to put Jackson there, but it might be smart. Who will be the HR leader? Paul Konerko How many HRs will Dunn end up hitting? 10 How many wins will Humber have? 10 How many wins will the Sox end up with? 3 games over or under .500 What're your thoughts? It'd be nice to beat the Cubs in both series. Edited June 2, 201114 yr by greg775
June 2, 201114 yr Paulie will finish with a team high 32 HRs. Though TCQ was on pace to hit 50 HRs and drive in 120 until he gets into a tirade and breaks his own nose. Adam Dunn will finish with 30 HRS with OPS of .850 and make KW seem less of an idiot. The Danks brother will finally play together this season. But it comes when D1 gets demoted down to Triple A The Humber H2 will finish with a record of 15-9 with an ERA of 3.68 Gordon Beckham will tear it up from here on and the whole board, even the naysayers believe he has finally arrived Sox will finish with 88 wins, and yet not make the playoffs. Edited June 2, 201114 yr by thxfrthmmrs
June 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 05:29 PM) This team is too unpredictable to predict. It's really all about pitching and defense. If the starters are good and Sale, Thornton, Crain and Sergio are as good as they have been of late, the team should finish over .500. We actually do need another reliable righty in the pen with Pena out of the mix right now, thankfully. It'd be a risk to put Jackson there, but it might be smart. Who will be the HR leader? Paul Konerko How many HRs will Dunn end up hitting? 10 How many wins will Humber have? 10 How many wins will the Sox end up with? 3 games over or under .500 What're your thoughts? It'd be nice to beat the Cubs in both series. Either you don't like math, or you are saying one postponed game will not be made up
June 3, 201114 yr TCQ - 32 home runs Konerko - 40 home runs Dunn - 28 home runs Humber with 12 wins White Sox win 90
June 3, 201114 yr I don't care how many wins Humber gets since pitcher's win totals are meaningless. He's got 7 quality starts out of 10. If he gets 20 more starts, I'll say he ends up with 20 out of 30 quality starts. If the offense and bullpen helps him, he'll probably end up with 13-15 wins. I still think the Sox win 88-90 games. If they come up one game short no matter what, Kenny's got to go. Edited June 3, 201114 yr by flavum
June 3, 201114 yr It would take some extremely hot play (.605 winning percentage) for the rest of the year to get to 90 wins. We better hope 85 wins takes this division, and we'd still need to be really good.
June 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 01:42 AM) I don't care how many wins Humber gets since pitcher's win totals are meaningless. He's got 7 quality starts out of 10. If he gets 20 more starts, I'll say he ends up with 20 out of 30 quality starts. If the offense and bullpen helps him, he'll probably end up with 13-15 wins. I still think the Sox win 88-90 games. If they come up one game short no matter what, Kenny's got to go. It's funny how pitchers' win totals are meaningless when for most of baseball history they have been THE STAT to judge the Hall of Fame worthiness of a starter. Meaningless? I beg to differ. I'd like Bill James' take on this. Edited June 3, 201114 yr by greg775
June 3, 201114 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) It's funny how pitchers' win totals are meaningless when for most of baseball history they have been THE STAT to judge the Hall of Fame worthiness of a starter. Meaningless? I beg to differ. I'd like Bill James' take on this. I think James is one of the first to really point out the silliness of the win totals, to be honest.
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