2016 Red Sox Win Projections

[Wade Boggs]

lol. jerk!

 

 

Hey, I'm wrong, don't get use to it. It's not very often. lol I'm only kidding. This one I was happy to be.

[Maxbialystock]

Hats off to Youk of the Nation and Slasher 9 for both predicting the Sox would do well this year and win at least the AL East. I would have made no such prediction, I'm certain. Spring training 2016 from here looks more like 6 years ago than 6 months. No way did I see the great hitting, the rotation coming around, the bullpen, etc. I could maybe see 85 wins, but only with effort. Maybe it's better that way. Low expectations add to the enjoyment of a really good season and especially the ongoing winning streak--in September, yet.

[mvp 78]

Hats off to Youk of the Nation and Slasher 9 for both predicting the Sox would do well this year and win at least the AL East. I would have made no such prediction, I'm certain. Spring training 2016 from here looks more like 6 years ago than 6 months. No way did I see the great hitting, the rotation coming around, the bullpen, etc. I could maybe see 85 wins, but only with effort. Maybe it's better that way. Low expectations add to the enjoyment of a really good season and especially the ongoing winning streak--in September, yet.

 

If Slasher made this prediction prior to the season, it's not noted on this board.

[greenwell]

If Slasher made this prediction prior to the season, it's not noted on this board.

 

So you don't think a prediction on September 22 counts?

[SoxnCycles]

So you don't think a prediction on September 22 counts?

 

Someone left their sense of humor at home today.

[mvp 78]

Someone left their sense of humor at home today.

 

Was Max making a joke?

[Slasher9]

he may or may not have been joking. my faith never wavered though as evidenced by my OP in this thread:

http://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/17862-Countdown-to-the-Playoffs-2016-edition

 

but yes, i was tongue in check on my 22-Sep prediction. but as i am usually optimistic when it comes to the Red Sox - i had them finishing in 1st place this season. my ST prediction was that we would run away with the division. just like i predicted in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, etc.....

[Maxbialystock]

Was Max making a joke?

 

No, he was simply wrong. Thunder is the guy who early on--March--saw the 90 or more wins and the ALE. When Slasher 9 said so it was September and I did not check the date of his entry.

 

I remain in awe of those who foresaw this outcome because I sure didn't. Had I voted, it would have been for 85-89 and then only in a wildly optimistic moment. My pessimism is derived from 53 years of fandom before the end of the 86 years of the curse. The upside is I enjoy the good moments that much more, and we are having them right now as we write.

[mvp 78]

If we can rag on people who get their predictions wrong, when those same people can have all the credit when they are right.

 

Kudos to people who can always look on the bright side of life!

[a700hitter]

85-89, but breakout seasons from ER, Betts and Bogaerts could move the needle into the 90's.

Not too bad.

[Maxbialystock]

Not too bad.

 

Agreed.

[Youk Of The Nation]

The real reason the Sox let themselves be swept by the Yankees is that they really wanted me to be correct in my prediction. 92 wins with three games left to play.