Ten 2012 Season Predictions.

If half of those occur, we’ll get to 89 games. I bet like 40% of this will come true. But to each fan his own.

No negative predictions?

Why would you trade Wil Myers, who has a chance to become Ryan Braun, for Brandon Beachy, an unproven starter? Beachy’s ERA was 3.6 last year. If we are going to trade a potential Ryan Braun, it better be for an ace like Cole Hamels.

and of course, it’s optimistic. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think one, or several of these things could come to pass; in fact, I thinks it’s likely something up there comes to pass.

I could see Gordon hitting for less average, but more power and have a better year, overall. I think Moustakas will hit for more power, but not 37 HR’s.

Doubt Paulino has ‘Ace’ written anywhere on him unless it’s part of a poker tattoo; I’d be happy with Ogondo-lite and think that’s a possibility.

I think one of either Francouer or Melky goes back to being either Francouer or Melky, for the Royals or in Melky’s case, someone else.

I think Teaford will end up starting and be surprisingly good.

Thanks for providing some conversational fodder, Mr Marsh.

The Royals will shoot out of the gates on a ridiculous hot streak (18-11!!!)… Which will inevitably screw us when it comes time to trade guys… Because Dayton will remember what the Rays and Cardinals did.

Moustakas will continue to struggle early, get send down… And come back up and do pretty well.

Hochevar will finally put a full season together, nothing Cy Young worthy or anything, but a very solid season.

Royals will stay competitive through August, but fall short when the pitching just falls out the bottom down the stretch.

…and he could still be awesome and not be as good as Beltran.

and age progression are similar to Clint Robinson’s? Robinson is a year younger and has been a little better (.915 vs .885 career OPS), but both have played in the Texas and Pacific Coast Leagues around similar ages with similar success. Be interested to see him gets some AB’s in the majors, somewhere, if he is indeed comparable as a hitter to Craig.

but I am an optimist, so sue me.
1-Yes to Myers trade, but not sure who the pitcher will be
2-Yes
3-No
4-Yes
5-Yes
6-Yes
7-No
8-Yes
9-Depends on whether Cain gets traded and KC’s spot in the division standings
10-No/Yes/No

I appreciate the optimism…but I think this much kool-aid would put me in a diabetic coma.

Half of them, sure.

I truly think the Royals will have 3 All-Stars, and my predictions are Gordon, Hosmer, and Soria. Perez is way too much of a reach. He’s going to super-regress next year methinks.

Alex Gordon will remain really really good. Soria will improve, too. His peripherals weren’t as bad as our perception of his season suggested. He was still a good reliever this year.

Monty may not start the season (I think either him or Crow will begin but not both) but he’s probably going to produce more than Duffy has. Paulino—no. He’s been around way too long with mediocre results to assume the ‘ace’ mantle. Solid, 2.5-3 WAR? Sure. No Ace.

Moose will hit more, period. Or he will flop. I don’t think there’s a middle ground.

89 wins, yeah…wild card? You kidding? The Royals would have to outperform two of the Yankees/Red Sox/Rays combo to do so. AL Central or bust.

1. The Royals will ditch those awful day game powder blue hats after realizing that if they weren’t good enough for George Brett, they’re not good enough now.

2. The Royals will partner with Boulevard and set the standard for professional sports teams everywhere by halving their beer prices to an affordable-ish 4.25 for a 16 oz. brew.

3. After seeing the pretty view of the St. Louis Arch in the background of the World Series shots at Busch Stadium, the Royals will upgrade the Kauffman aesthetics by building a monument to cover 1-70. It will be the largest waterfall anywhere in world (man-made or natural) and will dwarf Niagara Falls.

4. Royal Man will ditch the spandex for a classy outfit consisting of a smoking jacket and a monacle. SluggerrrrrrrRRrrRrr will be ousted and erased from records. Garth Brooks will take his place as official mascot.

5. Eric Hosmer will hit a game-winning home run in the all-star game, followed by the immediate removal of the “This Time it Matters” rule, as people realize that a Royal potentially affecting the outcome of the 2012 World Series is almost as dumb as a wild card team hosting a Game 7.

But I applaud Jack’s youthful optimism.

It is amazing that growing up as a Royals fan, without even the memory of great teams that us older folks have to fall back on , that the optimism hasn’t been beaten out of him.

Lots of people are saying…

ahh, to be young and optimistic…..

i’m a sad man.