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08-20-2015, 08:15 AM | #91 |
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08-20-2015, 08:15 AM | #92 |
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I hope you bet that over / under at 80 - easy money.
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08-20-2015, 08:18 AM | #93 |
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Good lord, some of these predictions were funny, but seemed like a lot of people here thought we'd be around 90 wins and either winning or almost winning the AL Central. That's not bad.
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08-20-2015, 08:30 AM | #94 |
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They're +5 games above expected record vs PyThag (run differential) and +10 vs BaseRuns (sequencing). Both are #1 in MLB. Ryan noted on the broadcast this weekend our run diffetential with 2 outs is +45 which is easily the highest in MLB and over half our total differential of +80. We seemingly are clutch and our pen owns all high leverage situations. The infield fly DP last night by Hochevar was hilarious but yet seemed so typical.
I love the Royals and all but at the same time, If this team really wins 100 games (or the Cards do) then MLB has a serious talent issue because we're not a great team. |
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08-20-2015, 08:37 AM | #95 |
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I'm less embarrassed about predicting 86 wins for the Royals (I actually thought I had them at 84) than I am at totally misreading the Indians and White Sox. I'm always going to pick low on my favorite teams. Plus, I had concerns that Volquez could come close to duplicating what he did in Pittsburgh. I actually was optimistic that Morales and Rios would bounce back (batting .500 there), but Volquez is the one guy who really proved me wrong.
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"Not a great team ..."
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I just counted 8 MLB teams who are +4 in the Pythag (which is what the Royals are right now. Half of those are +5 or better).
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08-20-2015, 10:07 AM | #101 |
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So pissed I didn't put coin on you guys for the over. Easy money.
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08-20-2015, 10:14 AM | #102 | |
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Still wish I'd plopped a grand on that, honestly, though. (It was 79.5). I'll live with the $50 profit that's coming, I guess.
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08-20-2015, 10:18 AM | #103 |
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MLB predictions have always had a big variance from Vegas. Too long a season, injuries, and trades. Nobody would've known in FEB that we'd have Cueto and Zobrist on the team, or that Verlander-Cabrera-VMartinez would miss so much time, etc etc
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I was pretty sure Justin Verlander was just dogshit now, at least. I also didn't expect JD Martinez to continue to roid up... oops, I mean "Continue to display tremendous opposite field power due to a swing change." Not surprised Victor Martinez broke down. That's what tends to happen when you're using performance enhancers in your mid-30s.
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08-20-2015, 10:26 AM | #105 |
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Yeah, pretty sure that we were going to eclipse 79.5 or 80 wins (or whatever Vegas was setting the line at) loooong before Cueto and Zobrist came along. And anyone with half a brain knew that Verlander was done.
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