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Re: Predictions
DIR By: PRCubFan
Date: March 28, 2016, 5:59 pm
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I'll go with 94 wins. A lot went right last year including
Arrieta's unbelievable 2nd half where he pretty much won every
time he took the mound so I expect our record to be a little
worse. But, I think 94 will be enough to win the division.
I also think we'll definitely trade for a top 3 starter at the
deadline to push Lackey to number 4 in the potential playoff
rotation.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: AZSteve
Date: March 28, 2016, 7:26 pm
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97-65 deja vu all over again
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: craig
Date: April 4, 2016, 7:27 am
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91
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: April 4, 2016, 4:59 pm
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> 91
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You're too damn late as the season started yesterday as three
games were completed.
craig's prediction shouldn't count. >:( I'm gonna sue if it
ends up winning. [/DonaldJ.Trump]
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: davep
Date: April 4, 2016, 6:03 pm
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And Al Gore.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: Bennett
Date: April 23, 2016, 8:50 am
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The Cubs pace of a 124 win season may be a little hard to
sustain but my prediction of 93 wins isn't looking very good.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: OkieCubsFan
Date: April 23, 2016, 12:35 pm
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The Cubs' current Pythagorean ratio would translate to 143 wins.
So they're under-performing expectations so far. Fire Maddon.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: April 23, 2016, 12:42 pm
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--- Quote from: OkieCubsFan link ---
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> The Cubs' current Pythagorean ratio would translate to 143
wins. So they're under-performing expectations so far. Fire
Maddon.
>
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I agree. I said 162-0. I've been in the Fire Maddon camp since
loss 1.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: April 23, 2016, 1:09 pm
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> The Cubs will win 93 games in 2016.
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--- Quote from: Robb link ---
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> I predict 95 wins and a division winner.
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--- Quote from: Jes Beard link ---
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> 102 wins.
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--- Quote from: wmljohn link ---
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> I had 101 last year. I am going 125 this year. ;D
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--- Quote from: mO link ---
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> 14
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> I liked 93, but it's taken so I'll say 92.
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--- Quote from: brjones link ---
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> I'll say 100 exactly.
> And the Cardinals finish .500 or worse.
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--- Quote from: grrrrlacher link ---
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> 105
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--- Quote from: method link ---
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> 86 games miss playoffs.
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--- Quote from: CurtOne link ---
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> I'm ashamed of all of you. Win totals implies that they are
going to lose some. Not so. I predict 162-0, sweep the first
playoff series 3-0, sweep the second series, 4-0, win the first
three of the World Series, and then lose 4 straight. Why? Cuz,
we're the Cubs, that's why.
>
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--- Quote from: Robert L link ---
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> 98
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--- Quote from: JR link ---
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> 92
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> Ill say 100-62. The playoffs will depend on health,
surprises, and how active we are at the deadline.
> After all...you cant script October. Ill say Rizzo is an MVP
candidate, Schwarber leads the team in HRs, Soler gets traded,
and Javy finally produces.
>
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--- Quote from: AndyMacFAIL link ---
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> [center]
> 78-84][/center]
> Last year's 248 2/3 innings takes it toll on Jake Arrieta as
he falls to 16-12 with an ERA near 3.50. The sophomore jinx
claims one of Russell/Bryant/Schwarber. Zobrist & Heyward have
solid seasons but Anthony Rizzo drops to 26 HRs, 86 RBI,
.260/.356/.466 with an OPS of .823. Either Lester or Lackey
spend significant time on the DL. The Chicago Cubs finish 3rd
in the NL Central, 7 games back of the Pirates, as the Cardinals
pull another rabbit out of the hat to win the division. Since
it's an even number year, the San Francisco Giants win another
World Series title. This time over the New York Yankees as Jeff
Samardzija gets a ring.
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--- Quote from: Dave23 link ---
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> 98-64
> MVP: Jason Heyward
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--- Quote from: Dihard link ---
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> 96.
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--- Quote from: DelMarFan link ---
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> 94
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--- Quote from: CUBluejays link ---
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> 124-38 (damn the 1906 Cubs were good).
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> Really 104.
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--- Quote from: jacey1 link ---
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> 91 WINS
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--- Quote from: OkieCubsFan link ---
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> 103
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> 98
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--- Quote from: Bennett link ---
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> Disregarding the three frivolous predictions, the average of
the 21 predictions so far is 95.4
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--- Quote from: PRCubFan link ---
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> I'll go with 94 wins. A lot went right last year including
Arrieta's unbelievable 2nd half where he pretty much won every
time he took the mound so I expect our record to be a little
worse. But, I think 94 will be enough to win the division.
>
> I also think we'll definitely trade for a top 3 starter at the
deadline to push Lackey to number 4 in the potential playoff
rotation.
>
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--- Quote from: AZSteve link ---
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> 97-65 deja vu all over again
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--- Quote from: craig link ---
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> 91
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By order in which the predictions were posted:
1 Bennett 93
2 Robb 95
3 Jes Beard 102
4 wmljohn 125
5 mO 14
6 Deeg 92
7 brjones 100
8 grrrrlacher 105
9 method 86
10 CurtOne 162
11 Robert L 98
12 JR 92
13 DUSTY 100
14 AndyMacFAIL 78
15 Dave23 98
16 Dihard 96
17 DelMarFan 94
18 CUBluejays 104
19 jacey1 91
20 OkieCubsFan 103
21 Eastcoastfan 98
22 PRCubFan 94
23 AZSteve 97
24 craig 91
In order of the predicted number of wins:
mO 14
AndyMacFAIL 78
method 86
craig 91
jacey1 91
JR 92
Deeg 92
Bennett 93
PRCubFan 94
DelMarFan 94
Robb 95
Dihard 96
AZSteve 97
Eastcoastfan 98
Robert L 98
Dave23 98
DUSTY 100
brjones 100
Jes Beard 102
OkieCubsFan 103
CUBluejays 104
grrrrlacher 105
wmljohn 125
CurtOne 162
Counting ALL of the predictions, the aggregate win total is
2308, dividing it by 24 the average win total is 96.167.
Taking all but the predictions of Curt (162 wins) and MO (14
wins) as serious, the average is 96.909.
Dropping AndyMcFail and wmljohn, too, (if my prediction of 102
is right, he is closer to the probable record than AndyMcFAIL is
at 78 wins) the average is 96.45
The median is 96.5
The mode is 98.
And no, I do not have too much time on my hands today, though I
am rather aggressively avoiding some work I have been putting
off for some time now....
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: Robb
Date: April 23, 2016, 1:10 pm
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The Cubs aren't going to be playing the likes of the Reds and
Cardinals all the time either. Eventually they'll have to play
some real teams.
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