Debate continually rages on about many topics so I have tried to pick some of the more interesting and controversial ones for everyone to pick a position on. Try not to turn this into another endless debate thread about these same topics. Just OVER/UNDER

 

Make your picks after the choice in CAPS - delete out my notes in parenthesis 

For example

Twins wins - 72.5 - OVER

HR hit - 199.5 - UNDER

 

Twins team 

Twins wins - 72.5

HR hit - 199.5 (last year 200)

OPS - .738 (last year .738)

ERA - 4.50 (last year 5.08)

# of different SP'ers - 10.5 (9-12 last 4 seasons)

# of different pitchers - 25.5 (22-23 2013-2015 and 28 last year)

 

Offensive Players 

Dozier HR's - 26.5

Sano HR's - 33.5

Mauer HR's - 4.5

Kepler HR's - 20.5

 

Polanco OPS - .765

Grossman OPS - .800

Grossman OPS - .750

Buxton OPS - .625

Rosario OPS - .725

 

Buxton GP - 99.5

Danny Santana GP - 39.5

JR Murphy GP - 9.5

Sano GS at 3B - 110

Grossman innings in the OF - 300 (637 last year)

Sano K's - 219.5

 

Offensive Pick'ems

Palka/Vargas/Park - most HR's

Gimenez vs Garver - most GP at catcher

Grossman - more BB's or singles (10 1B vs 14 BB this year - 189 1B vs 152 BB career)

Dozier vs Polanco - higher OPS

Most GS at DH - write in your pick

 

Pitchers

Santiago - 4.10 ERA

Santana - 3.60 ERA

Berrios - 4.25 ERA

 

Kintzler saves - 19.5 

Gibson GS - 8.5

Hughes GS - 12.5

Duffey GS - 8.5

 

Pitcher Pick'ems 

Hughes vs Gibson - most IP

Relief Pitcher - most K's

Mejia vs Berrios - most IP

 

Miscellaneous predictions

Pitchers taken in the top 5 rounds - 3.5

Deadline Deals - 1.5

DaveW's Book It Threads - 1.5

DaveW's Bans/Suspensions - 1.5

kab21's Bans/Suspensions - 0.5

Edited April 25, 20179 yr by kab21

Talking about bans in the forum is a bannable offense here at Twinsdaily. So I will take the over on you Kab.

DaveW's Bans/Suspensions - 1.5
kab21's Bans/Suspensions - 0.5

 

Seems like easy money to me.

 

Over.  Way over. 

 

Book it.

 

 

I will go first on this challenge

 

 

Twins team 

Twins wins - 72.5 - OVER (but barely)

HR hit - 199.5 (last year 200) - UNDER

OPS - .738 (last year .738) - OVER

ERA - 4.50 (last year 5.08) - OVER

# of different SP'ers - 10.5 - OVER (this is going to get ugly

# of different pitchers - 25.5 - OVER

 

Offensive Players 

Dozier HR's - 26.5 - OVER

Sano HR's - 33.5 - OVER

Mauer HR's - 4.5 - OVER

Kepler HR's - 20.5 - OVER

 

Polanco OPS - .765 - UNDER

Grossman OPS - .800 - UNDER

Grossman OPS - .750 - OVER

Buxton OPS - .625 - UNDER

Rosario OPS - .725 - OVER

 

Buxton GP - 99.5 - UNDER

Danny Santana GP - 39.5 - UNDER

JR Murphy GP - 9.5 - UNDER

Sano GS at 3B - 110 - UNDER

Grossman innings in the OF - 300 - OVER

Sano K's - 219.5 - OVER

 

Offensive Pick'ems

Palka/Vargas/Park - most HR's - Vargas (he is here now)

Gimenez vs Garver - most GP at catcher - Gimenez

Grossman - more BB's or singles - SINGLES

Dozier vs Polanco - higher OPS - DOZIER

Most GS at DH - write in your pick - VARGAS

 

Pitchers

Santiago - 4.10 ERA - OVER (just a little)

Santana - 3.60 ERA - OVER (a lot)

Berrios - 4.25 ERA - UNDER (this is the year)

 

Kintzler saves - 19.5 - OVER

Gibson GS - 8.5 - OVER

Hughes GS - 12.5 - OVER

Duffey GS - 8.5 - UNDER

 

Pitcher Pick'ems 

Hughes vs Gibson - most IP - HUGHES

Relief Pitcher - most K's - DUFFEY

Mejia vs Berrios - most IP - BERRIOS

 

Miscellaneous predictions

Pitchers taken in the top 5 rounds - 3.5 - OVER

Deadline Deals - 1.5 - OVER

DaveW's Book It Threads - 1.5 - UNDER

DaveW's Bans/Suspensions - 1.5 - UNDER

kab21's Bans/Suspensions - 0.5 - UNDER

 

Twins team
Twins wins - 72.5 - UNDER
HR hit - 199.5 (last year 200) - OVER
OPS - .738 (last year .738) - OVER
ERA - 4.50 (last year 5.08) - OVER
# of different SP'ers - 10.5 - OVER (hello Jason Wheeler, Tepesch, some random 34 year old picked up off the streets!)
# of different pitchers - 25.5 - OVER

Offensive Players
Dozier HR's - 26.5 - OVER (32 is my guess)
Sano HR's - 33.5 - OVER (45 is my guess)
Mauer HR's - 4.5 - OVER (7 is my guess)
Kepler HR's - 20.5 - UNDER (18 is my guess)

Polanco OPS - .765 - OVER 
Grossman OPS - .800 - UNDER
Grossman OPS - .750 - OVER (.765 is my guess)
Buxton OPS - .625 - UNDER (sadly....)
Rosario OPS - .725 - UNDER (sadly...)

Buxton GP - 99.5 - OVER
Danny Santana GP - 39.5 - UNDER
JR Murphy GP - 9.5 - UNDER (Garver will get the September work)
Sano GS at 3B - 110 - OVER
Grossman innings in the OF - 300 - OVER
Sano K's - 219.5 - OVER

Offensive Pick'ems
Palka/Vargas/Park - most HR's - Park
Gimenez vs Garver - most GP at catcher - Gimenez
Grossman - more BB's or singles - BB's
Dozier vs Polanco - higher OPS - DOZIER
Most GS at DH - write in your pick - GROSSMAN

Pitchers
Santiago - 4.10 ERA - OVER 
Santana - 3.60 ERA - OVER 
Berrios - 4.25 ERA - OVER

Kintzler saves - 19.5 - In a Twins uniform? UNDER -- 2017 Total? OVER
Gibson GS - 8.5 - OVER (sadly....)
Hughes GS - 12.5 - OVER (sadly....)
Duffey GS - 8.5 - UNDER

Pitcher Pick'ems
Hughes vs Gibson - most IP - HUGHES
Relief Pitcher - most K's - DUFFEY
Mejia vs Berrios - most IP - BERRIOS

Miscellaneous predictions
Pitchers taken in the top 5 rounds - 3.5 - OVER
Deadline Deals - 1.5 - OVER