By Keith Glab
With the 2004 season complete and the accolades awarded, its time for us at BaseballEvolution.com to re-examine
our pre-season prognostications. Overall, it wasn’t our best cumulative Nostradomus impersonation, but we did have a
few gems between the three of us. What follows is a detailed look at the highlights and lowlights of our picks. Enjoy!
| Keith Scott Asher |
| Total Games Off: 286 282 319 |
| Games Off Per Team: 9.5 9.4 10.6 |
| # of Teams in Correct Place: 9 6 6 |
| Yankees (101-61) Mets (71-91) Marlins (83-79) Marlins (83-79) Angels (92-70) |
| # of Records within 5 Wins: 15 13 7 |
| # of Correct Playoff Teams: 4AL, 1NL 1AL, 0NL 3AL, 1NL |
| Best Team Pick: Twins (91-71) Rangers (75-87) Cardinals 96-66 Winning the Central Not Horrendous Winning the Central |
| Worst Team Pick: Rangers (61-101) Mariners (93-69) Diamondbacks 88-74 Last in West Winning it all! Winning the West (28 Games off) (30 Games off) 37 Games off) |
| Bonds OBP Bonds OBP Bonds OBP Vlad MVP Suzuki Hits Bonds SLG Oswalt Wins Rivera Saves Bonds BB Bay ROY Ramirez SLG Vlad MVP Crawford SB Crawford SB Buehrle IP Crawford 3B Pierre Hits |
| Worst Leader Pick: Willie Harris AL SB Delgado AL OBP Colon AL CG |
| Most Impressive Leader Pick: David Ortiz AL SLG Posednik 39 RBI's Nomo NL HR He missed it by 10 pts Exactly Right!!! 19 HR in 89 IP |
Other Nice Comeback Picks: Asher: Paul Konerko Keith: Randy Johnson
Best Surprise Pick: NONE
Most Disappointing Player: Scott: Rafael Palmiero & Scott Posednik
Best Overall Pick: Keith: 2004 will be to 3B as 1993 was to C
Were your 2004 picks any better? Prove it to us at Submissions@BaseballEvolution.com