2019 Arizona Diamondbacks Season Predictions

[BC867]

Lots of eliminations already!


Bert 58
Mellethead 60
1Sun 61
Brain 64
Phrazbit 65
Azlen 67
BC867 68
unseenaz 68
crisper57 68
Kel Varnsen 69
AsUpRpDiGy 69
TigToad 69
gmabel830 70
82CardsGrad 72
CatorAZ 72
JosiahLee 72
BillsCarnag 73
TJ 74
thirty-two 75
Chris_Sanders 75
AZ Native 76
thrustrev 77
Brain in Mesa 77
Ronin 78
RON_IN_OC 78
Dback Jon 81
AZCB34 83
Lefty 84
bankybruce 90

I'm happy to be among those eliminated!

Even 79-83 wins (no more than 2 games over or under
.500 for almost all season) beat our predictions.

And this late run, even better.

 

[Dback Jon]

More Eliminations


Bert 58
Mellethead 60
1Sun 61
Brain 64
Phrazbit 65
Azlen 67
BC867 68
unseenaz 68
crisper57 68
Kel Varnsen 69
AsUpRpDiGy 69
TigToad 69
gmabel830 70
82CardsGrad 72
CatorAZ 72
JosiahLee 72
BillsCarnage 73
TJ 74
thirty-two 75
Chris_Sanders 75
AZ Native 76
thrustrev 77
Brain in Mesa 77

Ronin 78
RON_IN_OC 78

Dback Jon 81
AZCB34 83
Lefty 84

bankybruce 90




Nine games left - best Dbacks could do is 87-75, which would leave Lefty and banky in a tie.

Another Dbacks loss eliminates banky.

Predicted winner: AZCB34, or tie between AZCB34 and Dback

 

[Bert]

Good for you guys who were optimistic.

I was still pretty salty when I made my prediction and it's going to be hard to watch Goldy and Corbin and JD and AJ in the playoffs...

But the team did much better than I thought they would this year so good for them.

Still, screw the FO....

Bert

 

[Dback Jon]

AJ has little to do with the Dodgers being in the playoffs

We got what looks to be great return for Goldy at a fraction of the cost, and much younger

Corbin is the one that I wanted to resign

JD will be sitting at home. Red Sox WON’T make the playoffs - they are eliminated with next loss or Tampa/Cleveland win

And no guarantee Washington makes playoffs

 

[BC867]

I woke up in the middle of the night and found myself thinking about baseball predictions.

And came up with the following philosophy. All Major League baseball teams are going to
win 54 games and lose 54 games during a season.

The best team might win all of the remaining 54 for a record of 108-54. It is do-able.

The worst team might lose all of the remaining 54 for a record of 54-108. It is do-able.

The most marginal team might split the remaining 54 for a record of 81-81, give or take
a few. The D-backs have clearly fallen into that rut.

The rest of the teams are going to cover the gamut on those remaining 54 and wind up
with winning records and losing records.

I posted recently that the current D-backs seem to be a team whose destiny depends
upon their opponent. More specifically, the opponents' pitchers.

They can explode for 8 runs in an inning. Or they can score a total of 8 runs in a 4-game
series. It all depends on the opponent and their pitchers. When you think about it, that
seems to describe our D-backs performance for the past two seasons.

And that's where the General Manager and coaching staff come into play. The fate of the
remaining 54 games is in their hands. And partially in the luck of staying healthy. Which
is also sometimes in the hands of the General Manager and coaching staff by the way
they choose and utilize their players.

The goal of the D-backs for next season -- the goal -- should be to win as many of those
remaining 54 games as possible. And that comes down to five things. Starting pitching
rotation, the relief corps, the starting lineup, the backup players ... and how the coaching
staff utilizes them.

The question is ... has the current coaching staff shown the ability to achieve progress and
rise above mediocrity? If anything, they have regressed following the first year success of
the current regime.

So the answer is ... not during these past two seasons. And, right now, there is little hope
of changing next season. As a fan, I challenge management to show progress every season.

Not to win 108 games. But to rise above, as our Fox Sports Arizona announcers call them,
the most .500-est team in baseball. The most marginal.

 

[Dback Jon]

Bert 58
Mellethead 60
1Sun 61
Brain 64
Phrazbit 65
Azlen 67
BC867 68
unseenaz 68
crisper57 68
Kel Varnsen 69
AsUpRpDiGy 69
TigToad 69
gmabel830 70
82CardsGrad 72
CatorAZ 72
JosiahLee 72
BillsCarnage 73
TJ 74
thirty-two 75
Chris_Sanders 75
AZ Native 76
thrustrev 77
Brain in Mesa 77
Ronin 78
RON_IN_OC 78

Dback Jon 81
AZCB34 83
Lefty 84

bankybruce 90




Five games left - best Dbacks could do is 85-77.

Predicted winner: AZCB34, or tie between AZCB34 and Dback

If Dbacks win zero or one - Dback Jon
If Dbacks win two - tie between Dback Jon and AZCB34
If Dbacks win three - AZCB34
If Dbacks win four or five - Lefty

 

[Dback Jon]

Bert 58
Mullethead 60
1Sun 61
Brain 64
Phrazbit 65
Azlen 67
BC867 68
unseenaz 68
crisper57 68
Kel Varnsen 69
AsUpRpDiGy 69
TigToad 69
gmabel830 70
82CardsGrad 72
CatorAZ 72
JosiahLee 72
BillsCarnage 73
TJ 74
thirty-two 75
Chris_Sanders 75
AZ Native 76
thrustrev 77
Brain in Mesa 77
Ronin 78
RON_IN_OC 78

Dback Jon 81
AZCB34 83
Lefty 84

bankybruce 90




Four games left - best Dbacks could do is 85-77.

Predicted winner: AZCB34, or tie between AZCB34 and Dback

If Dbacks win zero - Dback Jon
If Dbacks win one - tie between Dback Jon and AZCB34
If Dbacks win two - AZCB34
If Dbacks win three or four - Lefty

 

[Dback Jon]

Bert 58
Mullethead 60
1Sun 61
Brain 64
Phrazbit 65
Azlen 67
BC867 68
unseenaz 68
crisper57 68
Kel Varnsen 69
AsUpRpDiGy 69
TigToad 69
gmabel830 70
82CardsGrad 72
CatorAZ 72
JosiahLee 72
BillsCarnage 73
TJ 74
thirty-two 75
Chris_Sanders 75
AZ Native 76
thrustrev 77
Brain in Mesa 77
Ronin 78
RON_IN_OC 78

Dback Jon 81

AZCB34 83
Lefty 84

bankybruce 90




Three games left - best Dbacks could do is 85-77.

Predicted winner: Lefty


If Dbacks win zero - tie between Dback Jon and AZCB34
If Dbacks win one - AZCB34
If Dbacks win two or three - Lefty

 

[AZCB34]

Nice win Lefty. I eagerly look forward to the breaking news you paid off Padres players to throw the series to win this most coveted title.

 

[Lefty]

Nice win Lefty. I eagerly look forward to the breaking news you paid off Padres players to throw the series to win this most coveted title.

Thanks. This team is heading in the right direction. Now if they can improve the starting & relief pitching, we can start talking about the playoffs next year.

 

[Dback Jon]

Congrats lefty

 

[BC867]

Nice win Lefty. I eagerly look forward to the breaking news you paid off Padres players to throw the series to win this most coveted title.

I don't think we needed to pay the Padres to lose two of our last three series of the season.

And congrats, Lefty, for having the confidence.

 

[Dback Jon]

??

We won the last four series of the season

 

[thirty-two]

Congrats, Lefty!

 

[TigToad]

We were significantly better than I expected. Competitive. We did a better job playing the best guys, less starts for weak players. Heck, less weak players. We eloped our salary situation.

Now, to see if we do anything to improve from here. We got everything out of the talent we had.