You know it’s baseball season when you spend 20 minutes of a Saturday night texting a friend about whether the dodgers should make a hypothetical trade (Matt Kemp for Miguel Cabrera) in two months when (or if, I suppose) the strapped-for-cash Detroit Tigers have their 2009 fire sale.
Happy Opening Day everybody.
Usually I just call my buddy Andrew and we talk forever about this stuff and come to some grand conclusions. This year, I’m putting in writing my Dodger predictions. This will make it slightly more difficult for me to avoid embarrassment when I’m terribly wrong, and much easier for me to claim credit if I wind up being right. It’s not scientific, so I’m not going to back these up statistically or justify them vehemently. They’re just plain old predictions from a guy who follows the team. Here we go:
1) An ‘all groweds up’ Clayton Kershaw will be the dodgers ace by seasons end.
2) 2009 will be the year of Ethier, Martin and Loney. Manny’s going to bring the big bat and the fans of course (I’d say .315/.405/.590, 35 HR, 95 R, 120 RBI), but Ethier, Martin and Loney will make their big breakouts. And for Martin, let’s call this his BIG, big breakout. Can you make the leap even after two consecutive all-star games and a silver slugger award? I say yes.
3) The Dodgers bullpen will give me an ulcer by mid-May, and will hopefully be satisfactorily
4) The 5th starter question won’t matter as much as we think it will, once the season gets started.
5) As I do every year, I predict the Dodgers will go 162-0. That’s right. This is the year the Dodgers go undefeated.
6) In all honesty, I believe this is the year we win 90+ games. It’s so on.
GO BLUE!
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