I’m not sure what qualifies as bold anymore, but I know I want to write things that help readers find value in their leagues. Here’s a link to my bold predictions from last year in which I say Elly De La Cruz will have a 30/50 season. It’s easy enough to say this now, but at that time, much of the fantasy world was in doubt, including Razzball’s fearless leader, as he mentions in his recent Draft Champions Draft Recap: I Choo-Choo Cruz You. I have to lean into the Elly call because a lot of those predictions were not good. I thought Anthony Rendon would watch “The Fan” and start hitting somehow, for instance. Gonna try and do a little better this year.
Pygmy Hippos will be a minor league mascot within the next three years.
And we’ll have minor league Capybaras within the next five years (shoutout to FLOW, the best film I’ve seen in a long, long time).
Blue Jays OF Alan Roden will get 500+ plate appearances and bat at least .280 with 20 home runs. He will open 2026 with the nickname “The Thinker” on his baseball reference page.
The Chicago Cubs will win the NL Central. OF Kyle Tucker will finish top 3 in MVP votes.
Astros 3B Cam Smith will nonetheless make their fans hate the Kyle Tucker trade, and Tucker will not sign with Chicago in free agency, mostly because Ricketts is a cheap parasite bleeding every last drop from the fan base.
Rockies OF Zac Veen will steal 40 bases despite RFK’s insistence that Veen does not work.
Marlins 1B Matt Mervis will hit 25 home runs.
Orioles RHP Tomoyuki Sugano will win 15 games with an ERA around 3.15.
Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers will record 200 strikeouts with an ERA around 2.75.
Diamondbacks RHP Justin Martinez will record 100 strikeouts with 30 saves.
Royals LHP Kris Bubic will win 13 games with an ERA around 3.00 and a WHIP of 1.10.
Cardinals C Ivan Herrera will finish in the top three among backstops on the Razzball player rater.
Cardinals C Willson Contreras will finish in the top three among backstops on the Razzball player rater.
No other Cardinals position player will finish in the top 25 among their position group (Arenado will be traded).
Padres 1B Luis Arraez will hit .400.
The Boston Red Sox will finish the season with the American League’s best record. Is this a bold prediction? Like I say, I might be too deep in the weeds to understand the concept anymore. My articles tend to include a few bold predictions anyway.
Red Sox LHP Sean Newcomb will be good in 2025 and will remain a major league pitcher of some shape for the next ten years.
Red Sox OF Ceddanne Rafaela will be an All-Star and gold glove winner.
The Washington Nationals will remain in contention all season and will make the playoffs in 2026.
The Athletics are an American League variation on this theme. 1B Nick Kurtz and SS Jacob Wilson will both hit at least 15 home runs.
The New York Yankees will miss the playoffs.
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