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Baseball starts on Sunday, and the Pirates start playing regular season games a week from today.  Make some picks, we'll see who was right come the end of the year. 

1. Predict the order of how each Division Finishes. 
2. League Championship Series Picks.
3. World Series Pick. 
4. NL/AL MVP
5. NL/AL Cy Young
6. NL/AL Rookie of the Year. 
7. Pirates Final Record
8. Pirates Leader in Batting Average.
9. Pirates Leader in Home Runs. 
10. Pirates Leader in RBI.
11. Pirates Leader in ERA (Starter)
12. Pirates Leader in Strikeouts. 
13. How many pitchers in the opening day rotation pitch a full season?
14. Will Tony Watson be the closer all season?
15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. 
16. Will Tyler Glasnow be a normal member of the rotation this season?
17. Player you expect to have a breakout/good season.
18. Player you expect to have a decline/bad season. 
19. How many Pirates make the All-Star Game?
20. Will Andrew McCutchen be a Pirate at the end of the season?

1. Predict the order of how each Division Finishes. 
 -- AL East   - Boston, Toronto, New York, Baltimore, Tampa
-- AL Central - Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota
-- AL West - Houston, Texas, Seattle, Los Angeles, Oakland.
-- NL East - New York, Washington, Miami, Philadelphia, Miami
-- NL Central - Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee
-- NL West - San Francisco, Los Angeles, Colorado, Arizona, San Diego

2. League Championship Series Picks.  Boston over Cleveland, San Francisco over Chicago
3. World Series Pick. - San Francisco over Boston 
4. NL/AL MVP - Anthony Rizzo Cubs,Mike Trout - Angels
5. NL/AL Cy Young - Madison Bumgarner Giants ,Chris Sale Red Sox
6. NL/AL Rookie of the Year. - Dansby Swanson Braves ,Andrew Benintendi Red Sox
7. Pirates Final Record -   89-73
8. Pirates Leader in Batting Average. - Starling Marte
9. Pirates Leader in Home Runs. - Gregory Polanco
10. Pirates Leader in RBI. - Gregory Polanco 
11. Pirates Leader in ERA (Starter) - Jameson Taillon
12. Pirates Leader in Strikeouts. - Gerrit Cole 
13. How many pitchers in the opening day rotation pitch a full season? - 3 (Cole, Taillon, Nova) 
14. Will Tony Watson be the closer all season? - No, Felipe Rivero takes over mid-season. 
15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. - Maintains the starting job all-year. Hits .275 with about 12 Homers. 
16. Will Tyler Glasnow be a normal member of the rotation this season? - Yes
17. Player you expect to have a breakout/good season. - Gregory Polanco, I think he keeps getting better. 
18. Player you expect to have a decline/bad season. - Josh Harrison, think Frazier could take his job. 
19. How many Pirates make the All-Star Game? - 2 (Marte and Polanco)
20. Will Andrew McCutchen be a Pirate at the end of the season? - Yes, but the start of 2018 he won't be. 

[font=Trebuchet MS]1. AL East: Boston, Toronto, New York, Baltimore, Tampa[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]   AL Central: Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Minnesota, Chicago [/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]   AL West: Seattle, Houston, Texas, LA, Oakland[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]    NL East: Washington, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]    NL Central: Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati [/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]    NL West: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Colorado, Arizona, San Diego[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]2. NLCS/ALCS: Chicago over San Francisco, Boston over Cleveland[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]3. WS: Boston over Chicago[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]4. AL/NL MVP Mookie Betts, Anthony Rizzo[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]5. NL/AL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw, Yu Darvish[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]6. AL/NL Rookie of the Year: Andrew Benintendi, Josh Bell[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]7. Pirates record: 88-74[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]8. Pirates Avg Leader: Adam Frazier[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]9. Pirates HR leader: Gregory Polanco[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]10. Pirates RBI leader: Andrew McCutchen[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]11. Pirates ERA leader: Jameson Taillon[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]12. Pirates Strikeout leader: Gerrit Cole[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS] 13. How many pitchers in the opening day rotation pitch a full season? 3[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]14. Will Tony Watson be the closer all season? No [/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. NL Rookie of the Year .275 AVG 17 HR 65 RBI[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]16. Will Tyler Glasnow be a normal member of the rotation this season? No[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]17. Player you expect to have a breakout/good season. Adam Frazier[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]18. Player you expect to have a decline/bad season. Francisco Cervelli, Tony Watson [/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]19. How many Pirates make the All-Star Game? 2[/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS]20. Will Andrew McCutchen be a Pirate at the end of the season? Yes[/font]

[font=Trebuchet MS]Didn't look at Crimson's picks before I did mine, but looks like we agree on a lot of things. Can't wait for another baseball season to get here.[/font]

1. AL East: Boston, New York, Baltimore, Tampa,Jays
   AL Central: Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Minnesota, Chicago 
   AL West:Texas, Houston ,Sea.,LA, Oakland
    NL East: Washington, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia
    NL Central: Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati 
    NL West:  Los Angeles, Colorado, SF, Arizona, San Diego
2. NLCS/ALCS: Chicago over LA, Boston over Cleveland
3. WS: Boston over Chicago
4. AL/NL MVP Mookie Betts, Kris Bryan
5. NL/AL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw, Cole Hamels
6. AL/NL Rookie of the Year: Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Renfroe
7. Pirates record: 85-77
8. Pirates Avg Leader: Marte
9. Pirates HR leader: Cutch
10. Pirates RBI leader: Polanco
11. Pirates ERA leader: Cole
12. Pirates Strikeout leader:  Cole
 13. How many pitchers in the opening day rotation pitch a full season? 3
14. Will Tony Watson be the closer all season? No 
15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. Above avg, star rising
16. Will Tyler Glasnow be a normal member of the rotation this season? Yes
17. Player you expect to have a breakout/good season. Bell and Diaz
18. Player you expect to have a decline/bad season. Francisco Cervelli, Stewart
19. How many Pirates make the All-Star Game? 2
20. Will Andrew McCutchen be a Pirate at the end of the year? No

I didn't change original post , but I'm swapping SF &Col in the west for 2&3rd. Desmond with a plate in wrist and rib injury for arenado, notgood for Rockies . I like what they're doing, but Those types of injuries linger . I'm thinking next year for them now

Eagle, I can almost read that, and my normal screen magnification is already 133%

lhacbigfan wrote:[font=Trebuchet MS]15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. NL Rookie of the Year .275 AVG 17 HR 65 RBI[/font]

Do you think that would be good enough to win Rookie of the Year?  .295 22 75 is my prediction.

Manfred wrote:Eagle, I can almost read that, and my normal screen magnification is already 133%

Haha I don't have any idea how I did that either

The formatting is weird when you copy and paste.  I'll change it later. 

knowitall wrote:

lhacbigfan wrote:[font=Trebuchet MS]15. Give a Prediction on Josh Bell's season. NL Rookie of the Year .275 AVG 17 HR 65 RBI[/font]

Do you think that would be good enough to win Rookie of the Year?  .295 22 75 is my prediction.

Last year it wouldn't have been with Seager and Turner having big rookie years, but I don't really see any rookies this year of that caliber. Who knows though.