We all know what has happened over the past five months. Pandemic. The Covid-19 virus has changed our lives forever. There is no two ways about it. One of the main constants in my life is sports, in particular baseball. The season was just about to get underway when the country went into lock down and it is finally resuming. I know that on a personal level I would get along just fine without watching any sports for a year, but it is nice to have. It's a bit of an escape for me. Some people have video games or working out or personal groups. I have sports, in particular baseball. I just always have. And for the first three weeks when it was suppose to be being played, it felt like something was missing. As it became more and more clear that the pandemic was never really going away and sport seasons were getting postponed or canceled, all I could really think about was watching baseball in 2021. That would have been okay. By the time whispers and murmurs were starting that the season might well indeed take place, I just thought 'cool. weird but cool.' The day are finally here! Tomorrow the 2020 season will begin!
With the season going from 162 games down to 60, I need to re-imagine my fun hot takes for the season. For a quick recap of what I thought back in May, follow this
link. This season is going to be more fun than the typical year but also more stressful. Not for us Tigers fans though, they'll still end the season way outside the playoffs. Or will they?
- C.J. Cron will lead the A.L. in home runs with 15.
- Austin Romine will throw out 25% of potential base stealers
- Casey Mize will make three starts with the MLB team.
- Riley Greene will make his MLB debut this season.
- Spencer Turnbll will be traded.
- No Tiger will steal more than 5 bases.
- Michael Fulmer and Daniel Norris will become the Opener/Mid option at the back end of the rotation.
- Ron Gardenhire will be ejected 3 times
- The Tigers will not have a top five draft pick in 2021.
- I think the Pirates, Marlins, Royals, Orioels, and Mariners will all have worse seasons
- After the season, Cron and Matthew Boyd will both receive contract extensions
