The Everything Goes Well Prediction thread

[CheezWizHed]

Predicting the season with a brand-new pair of blue-and-gold colored glasses!

DH: Yelich is now over a year removed from surgery puts up a nice 140 OPS+ and 4 WAR season

C: Contereras bounces back from finger injury and makes top 5 MVP. Sanchez rarely sees the field because of William, so no big deal either way.  Quero comes up in Sept. 

1B: No, really... the improvements are legit.  Bauers and Vaughn pair up to provide 5 WAR combined (with some overlap with Bauers getting a dozen games in LF). 

2B: Turang gets back to GG territory, All-Star game and 850 OPS with 25 HR. 

SS: Ortiz bounces back to a solid 720 OPS and solid D. Alternative outcome: Pratt is promoted mid-season and never lets go - becomes the SS we hoped Ortiz could be. 

3B: The 2024 version of Renigfo shows up.  Solid 115 OPS+. Alternative outcome: See Pratt again. 

LF: Chourio makes the All-Star game with his first 30/30 season.

CF: Mitchell stays healthy to play in 100 games.  Lockridge looks like more than just a defensive player.  The platoon manages 700 OPS with solid D.  Chourio plays CF for a dozen games or so. 

• Alternative: Jett takes over at the All-Star break and approaches 800 OPS with solid D. 

RF: Solid Frelick returns with a 300 BA with 15 HR and 30 doubles.  Finals for the GG again. 

SP: Misiorowski makes the All-Star game again - earns it this time.  Woody returns to health and pitches like mid-season 2025.  Not his top, but plenty good.  Sproat and Harrison establish themselves as starters and continue to elevate as the season progresses (one outperforms Peralta).  Priester comes back like nothing happens. Top 10 rotation in MLB. 

RP: Patrick gets bumped but becomes very valuable out of the pen. Uribe and Megill are dynamic out of the pen.  Add in Zerpa and Keonig and it becomes really hard for anyone to overcome a Brewer lead. Ashby, Hall, and Anderson keep us in games.  #1 BP in the league. 

Murphy is manager of the year again because we win the WS!