Gut Feelings

Over at lennymelnickfantasybaseball.com, Lenny has been running a series on his gut feelings. After reading his, I decided I would give it a shot and after the season we will revisit what I said and see how my gut feelings did vs. how all the prediction systems like PECOTA did. Here is the NL and I will have the AL up a little bit later.

Cubs –
1. Kerry Wood Closes by end of year
2. Hill turns into a solid #2
3. Soriano does not repeat 40/40

Cardinals –
1. Reyes and Wainwright both succeed as starters
2. Rolen is finally healthy
3. Edmonds regress’s again

Astros –
1. Offense thrives but pitching beyond Oswalt tanks

Reds –
1. Arroyo and Phillips regress
2. The whole word knows who Encarnacion is after he’s done

Brewers –
1. Fielder smashes 40 HR
2. Sheets spends atleast 30 days on DL

Pirates –
1. LaRoche disappoints
2. Duke stays average
3. Sanchez bats another empty .325+ average

Mets –
1. Pedro returns in late July and leads Mets to wild card birth

Braves –
1. Miss playoffs again
2. New ownership resigns Jones.

Nationals –
1. Johnson returns in early June and is impressive
2. Zimmerman highlights horrible season

Marlins –
1. All pitchers regress except Olsen
2. Uggla Regresses
3. Hanley shines

Phillies –
1. Win NL East

Diamondbacks –
1. Johnson pitches for 3.50 ERA
2. Young players shine and the team competes

Padres –
1. Gonzalez hits 35 HR with .300 average

Dodgers –
1. Broxton is closer by end of year

Rockies –
1. Helton dealt at trade deadline

Giants –
1. Matt Cain outperforms Zito
2. Bonds breaks record and, after all the fuss, Selig is there.

Speaking of lennymelnickfantasybaseball.com, I have joined up with Lenny to provide my analysis to an even larger audience of fantasy maniacs. But I didn't stop there. I will be writing a weekly column on Head to Head leagues over at sportsblurb.com. The Column will start a couple weeks before the season starts and I will link to those articles on here.

AL Gut feelings should be up soon. Have a question or comment? Email Me: stew0610@ameritech.net