The Annual Prediction Poll

by peeder on Apr 1, 2006 12:49 AM EST

I'm more optimistic than I was last year, where the majority of you guessed correctly. Maybe we'll have similar excellence in prognostication this year.

Since I'm so optimistic, I'll put more wins higher on the poll, and shift everything up by five.

Vote now, before the season begins!

Poll

How many games will these Mets win?

75-79

0 votes

70-74

0 votes

65-69

0 votes

Less than 65 games

2 votes

Over 104 games

3 votes

100-104

1 votes

95-99

8 votes

90-94

20 votes

85-89

3 votes

80-84

1 votes

38 votes | Poll has closed

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96...is my number!!!!

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Apr 1, 2006 1:49 AM EST reply actions

90 gets the wild card.. 96 takes the east

by Schifftis on Apr 1, 2006 6:38 AM EST reply actions

91

I'm going with 91. The state of the Mets' pitching is my biggest concern, as they've lost a lot of depth; the lineup looks very strong compared to recent years.

by anonymous on Apr 1, 2006 1:08 PM EST reply actions

85-89

Aren't any of you (aside from "anonymous") concerned about the Mets' pitching staff? Yell at me, curse me, shoot me down, but I don't believe at all in the talking heads' kudos to Minaya's off-season. The pitching staff is very concerning to me, as is Delgado's shoulder.

Kent

by kmdarcy @ Amazin' Avenue on Apr 2, 2006 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

I'm concerned about the pitching staff

but not too concerned. I don't believe that Pedro is as fragile as he is made out to be, I expect Glavine to continue the form he showed at the end of last season, and I expect Trachsel to show the kind of consistency he had before he was injured last season.

I don't see another staff in the NL East who does not have as many, or more question marks than the Mets, and they also have the best closer in the NL.

Also, (as in 99) it is possible for a lineup as stacked as this one to overcome the deficiencies of a pitching staff, especially when you have so many games against the questionable staffs in the rest of the NL East.

What is this about Delgado's shoulder now? Wasn't it elbow tendonitis that was bothering him in Spring training? Do you know something we don't?

Mr Koufax, don't you think Flanders is a big jerk?

by peteyfan45 @ Amazin' Avenue on Apr 2, 2006 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

90, but should be more

Willie-Ball is gonna keep them four or five games below where they should be. He's not a make-them-better-than-their-numbers kinda manager.

by IanB in MD on Apr 2, 2006 9:48 PM EDT reply actions

93

Toppling the Braves from their accustomed NL East perch by 3 games.

Atlanta will edge the Astros and Brewers for the Wildcard. The Cards will again win the Central, though not be quite so dominant. The Dodgers will finish two games over .500 to win the still pathetic West.

by Tom @ Amazin' Avenue on Apr 3, 2006 11:08 AM EDT reply actions