Cardinals Odds and Projections

I think we have every chance to make Bowden’s prediction come true.

If they don’t lose 100+ that might be considered a win at this point, sadly true.

I’m with ya ZTR, still hoping they overpay for Coulume for a deadline trade candidate and move Jojo before ST is over.

I’m curious if Z Thompson is looking healthy, would definitely be a good LHRP option if he is healthy.

I tend to be more optimistic.
We have a nucleus of good hitters in Herrera, Winn and Burleson. Shoould the high cieling guys Walker and/or Gorman suddenly begin to reach thier lofty cieling it could become a producctive lineup. Nootbars return to form could also be a factor. Scott is another key. He scores a high percentage of the time when he gets on base, just has to get on base more. If he does, a major boost to the offense. Joshua Baez is the top hope from the minors but another high ceiling guys. It appears high ceiling performers is a major goal of the management team, a 180 degree change from the Mo era.

A lot of question marks on the pitching side. Will May be healthy and will a healthy May be what he appeared to be as a young Dodger. Will Liboratore refine his game to reach his potential. Will McGreevy continue to be a plus .500 pitcher, will Pallante find his way. Will O’Brien and Svanson continue their good perfromance from 25. Will Fitz, Dobbins, and relief depth acquired add any thing significant. Romero should be solid if still with the team. I believe Leahy will contribut as a starter or reliever.

A lot of potential help from the minors. Mathews, Cijntje, Hjerpe, Mautz, Roby, Hence and Henderson if healthy. Doyle if he forces them to bring him up with a great AA-AAA performanc.

We enter the season with low expectations but a fair amount of potential upside. Teams that outperform expectations usually have a lot of pleyers having one of their best seasons. We have a fair chance of doing just that.

Bill Dewitt has to love reading this article.

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I think around 70 wins is reasonable. I still see us as last in the division, with the Pirates much improved and perhaps above .500. If Griffin can stick and become a legitimate star at a young age, and their starting pitching is healthy they just might be in contention for the division title.

Unfortunately we look to be an easy pick to hold up the rest of the division. But it is also reasonable to expect that this will be our worst year of the next 3 to 5 seasons.

I predict a 82-80 stl record by seasons end.

It is possible that much goes right and not much goes wrong.

Less long if you’re the Rockies.

Its not going to be anything like that TD. I doubt anyone steps up to replace Gray as a difference maker, but the step down will be incremental, and we also got rid of some bad pitching. Donovan’s 64 runs scored/50 RBI will probably be largely replaced.