Now that Magpie has everyone all worked up again, how many games will the Blue Jays win in 2006? (Add a comment so we can check back on the best guesses next year at this time!)
| 100 or more |  6 (4.92%) |
| 95-99 | 6 (4.92%) |
| 89-94 | 62 (50.82%) |
| 83-88 | 40 (32.79%) |
| 78-82 | 6 (4.92%) |
| 70-77 | 1 (0.82%) |
| Less than 70 | 1 (0.82%) |
122 votes | 22 featured comments
I voted 83-88. We should vote again on this in March, once the comings and goings are done.
I also went with 83-88. Specifically, I would pick 88
Let's go with 87. But, like Mike, I want to wait until March for a final prediction.
I BELIEVE!
Craig B, member of the I'm An Optimistic Moron club.
Craig B, member of the I'm An Optimistic Moron club.
I'm the only one who voted for under .500??
Geez, you guys are pretty damned optimistic.
Geez, you guys are pretty damned optimistic.
If you're the only one who voted under .500, wouldn't that make you pretty damned pessimistic?
I voted more than 100... Crazy things are gonna happen when A-Rod, Jeter, Giambi, Sheff, Manny, Papi, Varitek, Schilling, and Beckt all get mysterious injuries....
What's the mystery? I already have a mental image of Hollywood furiously inserting pins into bobbleheads of A-Rod, Papi, etc etc.
Oh, and I BELIEVE too. For the first time in a decade. Although I hope to feel better about my believing when the wheeling and dealing is done.
I put 89-94. Which I know is optimistic not knowing who we will have on our team, and how the division is going to look.
92, because JP will make significant changes.... I believe
I voted for 100+.
This is in keeping with my usual approach to questions like this. I'll either take the sort of boring default answer (like so-and-so will pitch 0 innings next year, or such-and-such won't make the major leagues at all, or whatever) or I'll pick the answer that will make me look the best if it miraculously comes true.
I don't really think there's a chance in hell the Jays will come anywhere near 100 wins. But if they do, I want to have guessed it.
This is in keeping with my usual approach to questions like this. I'll either take the sort of boring default answer (like so-and-so will pitch 0 innings next year, or such-and-such won't make the major leagues at all, or whatever) or I'll pick the answer that will make me look the best if it miraculously comes true.
I don't really think there's a chance in hell the Jays will come anywhere near 100 wins. But if they do, I want to have guessed it.
I think 91 is the magic number. No particular reason for it, but why not.
I won't predict a win total until I see who the Jays bring to the team and to see what the competition does.
Basically we should all have a better pitcure of where teams stand by mid December.
Basically we should all have a better pitcure of where teams stand by mid December.
I'm going with 86. I nice little bump, but not much more than that.
90 would thrill me, but I wouldn't put money on it.
90 would thrill me, but I wouldn't put money on it.
82-80.
Pitching may win you championships, but it's the big sticks that get you there; and there's doesn't appear to be anything in the wind that will blow a big bat into the Rogers Centre next season.
Pitching may win you championships, but it's the big sticks that get you there; and there's doesn't appear to be anything in the wind that will blow a big bat into the Rogers Centre next season.
If only they won't get swept in Comerica this September they'd make the playoffs. 97 wins.
I'm betting on 89...they just feel like they'll be the best since the wonder years, but not by much. Hope I'm wrong and they hit 99 like in '85.
I'm going to park at 89, pending off-season activity...
88 wins and a failed wild card bid. But oh, it will be exciting.
If Magpie believes, then it's gonna happen. As a futures trader, I'm aiming higher. 96 will do. Greed is good.