re: 2012 Fantasy Baseball Bold Prediction Thread

I'll play! I'll give a positive and negative for each position

C- JP Arencibia leads all catchers in HRs with 32.

- Mike Napoli sees a drop in HRs to around 20.

1B- Eric Hosmer finishes as a top 5 1B. He approaches 35 HRs and close to 110 RBI. Also swipes 15 bags.

- This is the year Paul Konkero finally runs out of gas.

2B- Ryan Raburn becomes a top 10 2B. He'll approach 25 HRs and 80 RBI, as well as 80-90 runs

- Ryan Roberts proves that 2011 was a fluke. Too many K's, he moves back to a UTIL role.

SS- Hanley Ramirez returns to prominence as a top 10 overall fantasy player. He is in the perfect situation to do so now.

- I agree about Astrubal. He comes back down to earth. Hits 12-15 HRs at best.

3B- Matt Gamel, welcome to the majors. He finally gets his shot, and leads all Brewers in HR and RBI.

- Brett Lawrie plays OK for a rookie, but not nearly as good as people have been projecting. His best value comes in SBs.

OF- Peter Bourjos turns in a 20/20 season. Actually finishing with 40 SBs. And he eclipses 100 runs in the process.

OF- Giancarlo Stanton leads all of MLB in HRs, and is a top 3 OF.

OF- Chris Heisey will have more HRs than any other Reds OF this year.

-JAcoby Ellsbury will still be a viable fantasy player. But after hitting 32 HRs, he doesn't hit more than 15 this year. And his RBIs drop from the 100s to the 70s.

-John Mayberry will lose his job to Domonic Brown

- Bobby Abreu will retire before the season ends.


SP- Im on the Matt Moore train too. You are looking at a guy that will finish top 3 in AL Cy young.

SP- Madison Bumgardner will have the same effect in the NL.

-Brandon Beachy and Cory Leubke come back down to earth. STrike out totals decline, and ERA goes up. Beachy will still be a solid SP3 or SP4. Leubke will go to waivers.


RP- Jordan Walden will be the flavor of the week this year. over 40 saves, high K numbers

-Joe Nathan will lose his job before the all star break. Alexi Ogando takes over as closer.