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****OFFICIAL SOXTALK 2005 PREDICTIONS THREAD****


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White Sox win AL Central w/ a 93-69 record. Konerko, Garcia, and Shingo will be All-Stars. Beuhrle will win 18 games and Garcia will win 19 with an ERA under 3.50 (11 wins in the 1st half earning him an All-Star appearance.) El Duque will stay healthy 90% of the season and win 13 games. Podsednik will steal 67 bases. PK will hit 40 HR and have 103 RBI. Dye will have 27 HR, bat .298, and have 98 RBI. Shingo will save 33 games and have a 2.89 ERA. Iguchi will hit 17 HR and end up with 56 RBI batting .301. Hermanson will have a good season. Crede will end up hitting .281. Aaron Rowand wil win the Gold Glove in CF. The Sox will lose in the 2nd round of the playoffs to the Red Sox.

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QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 09:56 AM)
White Sox win AL Central w/ a 93-69 record. Konerko, Garcia, and Shingo will be All-Stars. Beuhrle will win 18 games and Garcia will win 19 with an ERA under 3.50 (11 wins in the 1st half earning him an All-Star appearance.) El Duque will stay healthy 90% of the season and win 13 games. Podsednik will steal 67 bases. PK will hit 40 HR and have 103 RBI. Dye will have 27 HR, bat .298, and have 98 RBI. Shingo will save 33 games and have a 2.89 ERA. Iguchi will hit 17 HR and end up with 56 RBI batting .301. Hermanson will have a good season. Crede will end up hitting .281. Aaron Rowand wil win the Gold Glove in CF. The Sox will lose in the 2nd round of the playoffs to the Red Sox.

 

What he said....but hopefully we can beat those Red Sox.

 

I predict a fun year....hopfully like '83... :cheers

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91-71, 3 games ahead of the second-place Twins

 

Three Sox pitchers win 16 or more games with ERAs under 4.50 and KW's long relief acquisitions pay off as well. By losing Maggs and Carlos, the Sox score fewer total runs, but win more games by manufacturing runs (by replacing Jose and Willie Harris with higher OBP hitters like Tad and Uribe and Pods' 45 stolen bases).

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Is it ok to dream here?

 

AL RPG Predictions:

Pods will rank in top 30.

Rowand will rank in top 20.

Dye will rank in top 40, Thomas will rank #1 B level.

Konerko will rank in top 20.

Everett will rank in top 30.

Uribe will rank in top 50.

Iggy will rank in top 50.

AJP will rank in top 50.

Crede will rank in top 60.

 

As a result the Sox will still score over 800 R.

 

RPG ranks:

1-A77 Podsednik 4.34R (04) vs A26 Podsednik 6.30R (03)

2-A14 Rowand 6.89R (04) vs B21 Rowand 5.25R (03)

3-A54 Dye 5.17R (04) + B1 Thomas 8.97R (04)

4-A18 Konerko 6.69R

5-B58 Everett 4.40R (04) vs A20 Everett 6.49R (03)

6-A44 Uribe 5.43R A44

7-A45 Iggy = Polanco, Placido 5.46R (04) - Who he's being compared to.

8-A70 Pierzynski 4.55R (04) vs A35 Pierzynski 5.66R (03)

9-A71 Crede 4.39R A71 (04) vs A66 Crede 4.64R (03)

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89 wins. Division winner

 

Beaten in the first round by the Yanks, 4 games.

 

And as far as my bold prediction is concerned...I predict we score around 900 runs. I think the offense clicks, and is what wins us the division. The pitching disappoints most(with only 1 starter below a 4.00 ERA in Buehrle), and the bullpen is 3rd fiddle in the division, behind Minny and Cleveland. Shingo gets hit a little more, but is still solid, Marte is better, Vizcaino is good enough, but Hermanson and Politte struggle to keep their ERAs below 4.00. Adkins makes the team as a long reliever and puts up an ERA in the 4.50 range with a WHiP in the 1.40-1.50 range.

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AL NPERA predictions:

Garcia & Buehrle : top A15

Garland & Contreras : top A25 - I just feel it this year!

Hernandez : top B20 - I just don't see him having 162+ IP

Cotts : top B40 - When Duque is on DL he'll get first nod.

Herm : top B40 - If Cotts fails he'll take over the spot.

 

Takatsu: top B10. Slight decline.

Marte: top B10 vs LH, Herm: top B20 vs RH in 8th.

Vizc: top B30 vs LH, Politte: top B30 vs RH in 7th.

Adkins: topB70, & ??? : top B40 - they'll get one more guy

 

They will give up no more than 730 R.

 

AL NPERA ranks:

A5 Garcia 3.10 vs A25 3.83 (03)

A14 Buehrle 3.52 vs A20 3.71 (03)

B26 Hernandez 3.17 vs B21 Hernandez 2.96

A29 Garland, Jon 4.10 vs A30 3.98 (03)

A30 Contreras 4.13 vs B11 2.44 (03)

 

B7 Takatsu 2.01

B17 Marte 2.89 vs B2 Marte 1.87 (03)

B39 Vizcaino 3.34 vs B88 Vizcaino, Luis 4.75 (03)

C41 Politte 3.55 vs C56 Politte 4.30 (03)

B50 Hermanson 3.67 vs B57 Hermanson 4.05

B54 Cotts 4.02 vs C122 Cotts 7.73

B80 Adkins 4.80 vs C85 Adkins 5.29

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QUOTE(Cali @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 02:08 PM)
I predict I won't post my predictions until Spring Training is almost over  :D

 

Agreed. Any of our players may get injured in Spring Training and may not even start the season. I hope for the best though.

 

This thread just came a little too early, that’s all.

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As a result the Sox will still score over 800 R. -60+

They will give up no more than 730 R. -100+

 

Closely resembliing the ANA 04 team. 91W-71L.

 

DET will improve on both it's record vs MIN (7-12), CLE (10-9), & KCR (8-11)

but fall victim to the SOX (11-8).

05 DET vs SOX (8-11), vs MIN (9-10), vs CLE (11-8), & KCR (10-9).

Percival will make that much of a difference.

MIN will likewise finish 91W-71L but the Sox will own H2H & host the div champ game & win it.

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I messed the whole thing up. :chair

05 SOX vCLE 3, @MIN 3, @CLE 3, vSEA 3, vMIN 2, @DET 2, @KCR 3, @OAK 3,

vDET 3, vKCR 3, @TOR 3, @TAM 3, vBAL 4, vTEX 3, @CUB 3, @ANA 4, @TEX 4, vANA 3, vCLE 3, @COL 3, @SDP 3, vARZ 3, vLOS 3, vKCR 3, vCUB 3, @DET 3, @OAK 3, vTAM 3, vOAK 3

 

pre-AS Break 51W

 

05 SOX @CLE 4, vDET 3, vBOS 4, @KCR 3, @BAL 4, vTOR 3, vSEA 3, @NYY 3, @BOS 3, vMIN 3, vNYY 3, @MIN 3, @SEA 3, @TEX 3, vDET 4, vKCR 3, vANA 3, @KCR 3, @MIN 3, vCLE 3, vMIN 4, @DET 4, @CLE 3

 

pos-AS break 40W

 

I think the schedule favors us. We're done with OAK in the first 1/2 & I think that early series out W should set the tone for the rest. 6-3 vs OAK is +4W improvement. There's really nothing in the 1st 1/2 conducive to a long losing streak either. The worst stretch looks like @CUB 3, @ANA 4, @TEX 4, vANA 3. But that begins with a high-octane series I expect the Sox to win.

 

The 2nd 1/2 is tougher. A worst nightmare stretch in @NYY 3, @BOS 3, vMIN 3, vNYY 3, @MIN 3. This will make or break the divsion crown for us. If we have a winning record out of that stretch the rest is gravy. I hope El-Duque can at least remain in the rotation through that stretch.

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Pods 50 sbs

Iggy 40 sbs

willie 20 sbs part time

rowand 30 sbs 30 hrs

 

Big Frank .340 avg 20 hrs from may - sept

Dye 290 avg 30 hr

Carl 20 hrs

crede 25 hrs .275

paul .290 35 hrs

aj .270 20 hrs

Uribe 25 hrs .270

 

MB 20 wins

FG 15 wins

El duque 15 wins

jc 15 wins

JG 17 wins

 

shingo 3.50 era 10 saves

Marte 1.50 era

Hermanson 3.33 era 30 saves

 

Iggy gold glove

MB Gold Glove

Arow Gold glove in LF

MB Iggy(voted in) Rowand marte all stars

MB top 3 for cy young

Ozzie Manager of the year

KW Gm Of the year

Attendence will reach 2,700,000

Final record 105-57

Playoffs : WSox vs Anaheim : 3-2 Sox

WSox vs Yanks : 4-3 sox

wsox vs san diego 4-1 sox

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