2010 CARDINAL PREDICTIONS

I now give you my 2010 Cardinal predictions.  Better than ANY baseball preview rag.

 

Here we go:

 

1.  Big Al will become a .350, 50, 150 man enroute to his fourth NL MVP Award – third in a row.

2.  “The Stillwater Stinger will become a .300, 30, 100 man this year.

3.  Felipe Lopez will sign with the Cardinals.

4.  Mitchell Boggs, Allen Craig, Jaimie Garcia, and Joe Mather will make their first Opening Day rosters.

5.  Twitch will win his first Gold Glove and hit over .290 again.

6.  Carp and A-Dub will BOTH win 20 games, causing another split in the Cy Young vote and enabling a possible Tim Lincecum THREE-peat.  A-Dub will K more than 200 again.

7.  2010 will be Tony’s last as Cardinal manager.  Jose Oquendo will take over in 2011.

8.  The Cardinal starting rotation will log around 1000 Innings Pitched.

9.  Big Al, Yadi, “The Stinger”, Carp, and A-Dub will make the NL All-Star Team.  Big Al, Yadi, “The Stinger”, and A-Dub will start.

10.  Skip Schumaker will hit .300 again.

11. Carp will repeat as ERA Champ.

12.  Big Al and “The Stillwater Stinger” will win Silver Slugger awards.

13.  The Cards will host a “Stillwater Stinger” Bobblehead Day.

14.  John Mozeliak will be named National League Executive of the Year.

15.  The Cardinals will win between 90-95 games and win the NL Central by 7 games.

16.  BOTH the Reds AND the Brewers will finish ahead of the Cubs.

17.  Due to excess media pressure, Mark McGwire may step down as Cardinal hitting coach.

18.  Big Al and the Cardinals will get an extension done – 7 years/$161 mil.

19.  Kyle Lohse will rebound and win between 13-15 games.

20.  Brad Penny will win 13 games and sign an extension for 2011.

21.  Lefty will start a blog. 

and finally…..

This one’s for you, Rex…..

22.  The Cubs will continue to be dead.