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MLB predictions: 1)Albert Pujols will win the NL MVP again. 2)Evan Longoria will win the AL MVP. 3)Tim Lincecum will win the NL Cy Young. 4)Francisco Liriano will win the AL Cy Young. 5)Javier Vasquez will finish the year with a sub-5 ERA and more than 170 IP. 6)Jason Heyward will not win the NL Rookie of the Year award. 7)Matt Weiters will end the year as the best offensive catcher not named Mauer, Martinez or Mcann. 8)Three of the following five players will be traded before the TDL, with one of them going to the Red Sox and one of them going to the Braves: Adam Dunn, Adrian Gonzales, Paul Konerko, Lance Berkman, Derrek Lee. 9) By mid-season, Tommy Hanson will have emerged as the ace of the Atlanta Braves. 10) Nelson Cruz will hit 40 Home Runs. 11) Kendry Morales will hit 40 Home Runs. 12) Kelly Johnsonn will be the recipient of the annual "Fluke Season FTW" award, hitting over 30 jacks and stealing 15-20 bases. 13) Brandon Webb will not start more than 5 games in 2010. 14) Miguel Cabrera will enjoy the best offensive season of his career. 15) Carlos Santana, catcher for the Cleveland Guardians, will win AL ROTY honors. You read it here first, folks.

Legendary truth.

If you need a 2B, Ian Kinsler and Kelly Johnsonn on the block. If you need a SS, Stephen Drew and Jason Bartlett on the block. Looking for SP, OF and C.

You obviously know more about Beltre's mechanics and mindset that Terry Francona. I apologize, i forgot you managed the Sox through the TV.

Possible. LOL. He's been pitching pretty well. It's A-Rod, so it's possible. Looking good. Expecting this. Wait and see. Not nearly a full run and not doing good at the plate. Too early. This was a ridiculous premise to begin with. Not happening. Doubtful. Jury's out. It's possible. Too early. Doesn't look good. Possible, but too early. They've started off pretty well, but so has Washington. Too early. Of course. Too early.

I'm this close to start handing out "I told you so" posts. But April's not even fully gone. He's not this bad, he has to improve.

I'm sorry for being a "Homer" but i firmly believe this team is performing below its ability and that it will normalize and even itself out soon enough.

I'm just not a fan of people making up s***.

Also, seriously Gom, stop being a f***ing dick and spewing your ********. The act was tiring before, and it's worse now.

So after panic thread from Beltre hater #1, Beltre makes an awesome defensive play and raises his BA to .345 and rapps out an XBH. It's also ironic that someone who likes to accuse half the board of being knee-jerks is quick to it when it pertains to a player he dislikes. Two things: 1) Tito Francona thinks Beltre's defensive miscues stem from his trying too hard to impress. From "WATCHING THE GAMEZZZ" i would agree. I have seen him back up on short hops he should take while going for the bad hop and missing the ball entirely or messing up his footwork in each of the five errors he's commited this season. It's not physical, it's mental. These are plays that Beltre, while in Seattle, made 10 times out of 10. *Cue unsubstantiated claims and made-up s****. 2) He's hitting. The power will come.

Even though the end result was awful, i think the velocity on Matsuzaka is an encouraging sign. *Cue firing squad*.

1) It's both a mockery of Gom's "Fearless prediction thread" and a way to air out my predictions. 2) Gom, stop being a f***ing dick, and stop saying you understand UZR, because you clearly don't. 3) It was actually supposed to be 55+. Typo on my part. 4) Bucshot, who the f*** are you? You have what, 10 posts? You're also a Rays fan who stated you wouldn't stir s***, and that post was an attempt to stir s***. Stay tuned for an update on my "MLB Fearless predictions" to come soon.

I actually made the assesment myself with a little help from www.hittracker.com, but i had to go to some other site to look up years 2004-2005. I'll try to look up the post i made about it for you.

I, too, have seen that somewhere, but for some reason, it doesn't correlate to the actual number of Home Runs hit by RHH's from 2004-2009 (a rather telling sample size) at Fenway Park.

You still don't know how it works, or what was the adjustment made. Your point is moot until you figure out how UZR works and how it measures fielders. Doesn't make sense because you don't know what you're talking about because you don't watch a lot of Red Sox games. I suggest you try and find an earlier game of the Red Sox from this year, and you'll notice that A) Sox pitchers don't use a pronounced slide step, and B ) They barely hold the runners back. This topic has been discussed Ad Nauseum, but most of the problems with holding opposing runners in check stems from the pitchers not holding them back. Huge leads + noodle arm= Tons of Stolen Bases. Because CERA is a useless stat. A good pitcher is a good pitcher, and will generally throw well to any catcher with some notable exceptions. Framing pitches has little to do with pitcher's efectiveness. Ok.

Taking a page from Gom's book (God help me) i shall make my predictions about what i think will have happened at season's end, so that i can call people out or they can call me out and they can maybe be quiet a couple of minutes with the negativity, and bitching and moaning. All in April. 1) The Red Sox will be one of the top three teams in league ERA. Beckett rights the ship, Lester keeps being Lester, Bucholz breaks though, Lackey starts being Lackey and between Dice-K/Wake, we get something decent. 2) Adrian Beltre will finish with 45+ XBH. And i will laugh out loud. 3) Mike Cameron will provide solid Defense and above average offense from CF upon his return from the DL. Self explanatory. 4) Dustin Pedroia will top 20 HR's for the first time. 5) The Red Sox brass will alter their pitcher's approach with men on base and the NASCAR track that every Red Sox game has become will be greatly neutralized. 6) Neither David Ortiz nor Mike Lowell will be members of the Red Sox come September. Just a hunch, but i think the Sox trade Lowell and cut Ortiz, the reason being in the next prediction..... 7) The Red Sox will trade for an impact bat. Ortiz looks done. My guess remains Adam Dunn. 8) Adrian Beltre will return to his defensive excellence. It's all been about boneheaded mistakes, rushed throws and incorrect decisions. Nothing physically wrong. 9) Fenway Park will yield more Home Runs to RHH's than any other park in the Majors. This one's for Doiji. 10) The bullpen will improve greatly before the All-Star Break rolls around, and stay that way. Delcarmen stays healthy and effective, Okajima and RR hit their stride along the way. Bard becomes a lights-out setup man. 11) The Red Sox will score over 830 runs. You heard it here first, folks. 12) Marco Scutaro will be a bust. I said it before many times, and i'll say it again. I don't like him. He'll be acceptable on offense, but he's nothing special on the field. 13) The bench, perceived as a strength in the early stages of the season, will become a weakness down the stretch for the Sox. Bill Hall improves somewhat, but McDonald and Hermida come back down to earth, while Varitek wears down as the season progresses. The lack of an option besides Scutaro at SS comes back to bite the Sox. 14) JD Drew will post his customary .900+ OPS with 20+ bombs thanks to an extremely hot month in which he will carry the team. Not many RBI's though. 15) Over 4,000 panic posts will be made between now and the end of the season, with at least 100 "We should've signed Teixeira" posts tagging along for the ride. 16) Victor Martinez will not cost the Red Sox team ERA half a run. 17) Last but not least, the Red Sox will make the playoffs via Wildcard with a 95-67 record, two games ahead of the Rays.

Still no literature on the throwing motion and stone hands? I can see why you wouldn't let it go. It is. And it has been proven multiple times. The fact that you bring it up now simply pertains to the fact that you're still butthurt about being proven wrong.....yet again.