More Bold Predictions: ESPN's David Shoenfield

by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 19, 2012 11:00 AM EST in Baseball

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: James Loney #7 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two run double in the second inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 18, 2011 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

David Schoenfield from ESPN published his 2012 Bold Predictions article yesterday and here are a few of them:

St. Louis Cardinals: Carlos Beltran outproduces Albert Pujols from last year.Albert Pujols was great last year, but not quite best-player-of-his-generation Albert Pujols. If healthy, it's not absurd to think of Beltran outproducing Pujols' 5.1 WAR in 2011.

Beltran outproduces the 2011 version of Pujols? Blasphemy!!!

Los Angeles Dodgers: James Loney will be a top-three first baseman in the National League.Many thanks to Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness for somewhat alerting us to this one. We just decided to take it semi-absurdly far.

This Dodgers fan only wishes this turns out to be true.

Seattle Mariners: Jesus Montero catches 100-plus games. The Mariners probably aren't going to compete, so why not try and play him where he'll accrue the most value?

Montero catches 100+ games? THAT is bold. King Felix just ordered a bottle of whiskey for each of his starts.

Here is a link to my BOLD predictions back in January. Check out the rest of David's bold predictions in the link above.

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Some not so bold ...

Brandon Phillips is #1 2B in NL? You could make that argument right now. Aaron Hill will be “good” again? That’s pretty vague. Miami finishes 4th in NL East? I don’t think many if any have predicted them to finish better than 3rd, so 4th certainly isn’t a stretch.

Then some are just silly – Charlie Morton is set to begin the year on the DL, so, seems unlikely he’ll be an All-Star for the Pirates, let alone their only All-Star. Jamie Moyer leads the Colorado rotation in HR/9? Is he even going to be in their rotation? I haven’t seen much to suggest he will be.

Your predictions seemed a little more bold to me.

by Kevin Boger on Feb 19, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions