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Didn’t you write yesterday that one can’t predict baseball? Never mind. PLAY BALL! Oh, I’ll be at the game. I’ll be the guy in the Witt Jr. jersey if you want to say hi.

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Have you not learned that I never learn?

You’ll definitely stand out!

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Fifty-six might be an ambitious number for the White Sox...

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I had them at 53 in the first iteration and then the wins added up to 2427, so I had to add there and felt charitable.

But also, 56 seemed like about 15 more wins than the Royals had last year and they got to 56. It's really tough to lose more than 105 or so.

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It’s so exciting to have the Royals upside include ~81 wins. 1-0 today go Royals!

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Absolutely!

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Good stuff, David. I trust all of these will be spot on. I flew in from Dallas yesterday and excited to be at Opening Day. I’ll be in a Witt Jr. jersey as well, so give me a shout too when you see me. Ha. Let’s do this!! (Or at least score some runs on opening day this year)

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Oh man, two BWJ jerseys out there? How embarrassing for you both!

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Choosing to give you money on April 2nd is going to end being a WAY better decision than giving Sherman money on April 2nd would be!

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I think giving me money any day is better than giving other people money, but I'm a little biased on that.

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I really hope this doesn’t age badly….but I’m excited to see a major league rotation for my team. One through 4 are legit….even if we say average…mlb pitchers. You have potential in the 5th spot which is what you want. A little bit of depth. It could all go to hell in a hand basket…but to start. Its is mlb quality for the first time in a long time. I think we will see that they will win more games just being in them for longer and pulling out a number that they maybe shouldn’t. I’m not saying they will be good, but they will be much more mlb quality this year! Lets go!

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Absolutely. There's big league quality on the roster, which is why the floor is what it is. Now, there is such a thing as a sinkhole, but we can wait to talk about that until it's necessary.

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Love these predictions! Gunnar Henderson is going to be fun to watch.

Happy Opening Day!

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Dude can flat out hit and playing shortstop for a good team is going to be a huge boost for him, I think. That might look bad in six months, but I think he's got a real shot to win it.

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Does anyone remember the "30 Clubs in 15 days" show on MLB where one of the hosts predicted the Royals would win the division in the last week or so?

I was on board until I noticed the Royals are on the road for the last week of the season.

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My opinion is if you thought they could win the division before that, six road games against a Nationals team playing for nothing and an excellent but potentially playing for nothing Braves team shouldn’t change that. The difference between home and road winning percentage in baseball isn’t nearly enough for THAT to shift your opinion.

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I predict that the gambling issue is gonna dog MLB all year... Play Ball!

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I may be delusional but I think the Royals win 85 games this year and are playing meaningful baseball in September.

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Help! For some reason I’m not getting your emails anymore

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If you go to your settings and then click on “Manage Subscriptions” there’s a toggle to make sure you’re receiving emails for new posts. I’d bet that somehow got turned off. If that isn’t it, you’ll unfortunately have to contact support because I don’t really have any control over that.

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