(04-02-2018 12:29 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-02-2018 12:00 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(04-02-2018 11:40 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(03-27-2018 08:11 AM)stever20 Wrote:  yeah can I change my bold prediction now???

Poor poor swoosh.

Ha what was your bold prediction? And don't feel bad for me, I'm happy about this. This team was going nowhere in a hurry. I want another top draft pick and a total July sell-off. The latter will not happen, but I can dream. Before he and Samardzija's injuries I predicted 81 wins.

Giants winning the west.

The thing for me is I think if the Giants can go close to .500 by end of April- when the guys get back- the schedule eases up considerably. by then 10 vs LAD done, 6 vs Ari done, 3 ea vs Was and LAA done. Heck even the 2 vs Seattle are tough. Really only 4 vs San Diego could be called a breather.

Does anyone really think that Bumgarner will be back by then? I'm guessing he won't be back until the end of May .

I just look at the lineup and see something that isn't much better than last year. I also have zero faith in the pen

maybe not Madbum- but the other 2 guys will be back end of April.

And I could see a scenario with Madbum where if they are close when he does get back- he could be fresh in 2nd half of the season- similar to what Kluber was like last year(not saying results, just freshness).