I believe Abraham Lincoln said it best: "There are only two things certain in life; death and taxes." Well, before fantasy baseball was around at least. Here are some predictions that I have for Fantasy/MLB First Halves.
American League Wills:
First Half
Catchers: Mike Napoli will lead all AL catchers in HR's with 12.
1st Basemen: Miguel Cabrera will lead all AL 1st basemen in average at a .363 clip.
2nd Basemen: Robinson Cano will lead all AL 2nd basemen with a .331 average.
3rd Basemen: Chone Figgins will lead all AL 3rd basemen with 28 steals.
Shortstops: Derek Jeter will be the All-Star starting shortstop, even though 3 AL shortstops will have better numbers than him (M. Young, J. Peralta, M. Aviles)
Outfielders: Jacoby Ellsbury will lead all AL OF's in steals, and Matt Holliday will lead all AL OF's in HR's and batting average.
Pitchers: Jon Lester will be the best AL starting pitcher.
American League Won'ts:
First Half
Catchers: Victor Martinez won't have the most HR's at catcher on his own team.
1st Basemen: Justin Morneau won't break the 10 HR mark.
2nd Basemen: Howie Kendrick won't get hurt.
3rd Basemen: Evan Longoria won't hit .250.
Shortstops: They all won't live up to their statistics from last year.
Outfielders: Carlos Quentin won't repeat his first half from last year, and fortunately for B.J. Upton, neither will he.
Pitchers: Brian Fuentes won't lead his own team in saves, Jose Arredondo will.
Hope you enjoyed these First Half predictions. Stay tuned for my NL version of the same.
Until next time,
Peace, Love, and Fantasy
-Michael Young is not playing shortstop this year
ReplyDelete-VIctor Martinez will have more HRs than Napoli. Bank on that.
-Justin Morneau will have 17+ HRs in the first half
-Jose Arredondo will NOT have more saves than Fuentes. Even if Fuentes struggles, they paid too much money for him to yank him out of that role....at least until later in the season.
1) Michael Young is still playing shortstop in fantasy though.
ReplyDeleteand 3) 17+ HRs for Morneau? Those are some pretty lofty expectations. I look forward to it.
omg jake you are so amazing. i want your body all over mine
ReplyDeleteFantastic calls, Manny. 3 for 3. Want to become an author on this page? But what I meant was: Napoli will average more HRs per AB than V-Mart. At least I was right on that.
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