I am actually looking forward to the season too, and think they are going to do better than most people are expecting.

I do, however, think you are just a “tad” optomistic on what Johan is going to do! Anything he gives you will se somewhat of a miracle, but a full season of good numbers is an incredible longshot.

I am equally excited to attend some Buffalo Bisons games when they visit the Scranton Yankees…hopefully to catch one of Harvey’s or Familia’s starts. I live in NE PA, so Scranton is close by. And Bingamton is only an hour away, so will be headed there hopefully to see Wheeler pitch. Or if either of our other two studs are still in AA….

Have a great day everyone. Thnx Joe D, and all the commenters that make me come back here every day.

He has been away from the game for almost a year and that could very well have more a negative impact on him picking up where he left off than with a proven hitter, like we saw with Carlos Beltran. We have to remember he is now a year behind in the learning stage of his early MLB career. He still needs to become more familiar with the pitchers and even more so, we need to see if the pitchers have already became more familiar with him.

I’m a big Ike Davis fan and really expect him to put up great numbers, especially with the fences now within reasonable striking distances, however, I recognize having to curve my extreme enthusiasm knowing he still has to face the challenges that all sophomores have to I’m sure he will exceed all expectations and will become an all-star first baseman, but he still has to prove himself beyond being just a rookie sensation and being hailed as the second best first baseman in the league at this time is still a bit premature. But I surely do expect to say so come the end of the season.

I think with Ike it’s a bit harder to project what he might do if healthy this entire season coming up.
In 2010, he did well when he first came up, struggled in the dog days of summer, and looked like he made the adjustments he needed to in September. That was very encouraging to see from a rookie.

He got off to a good start last year but of course, small sample size.

If I had to predict, I’d say James’ numbers aren’t all that far off. I think 25-30 HRs is a good projection. I think the following year should be even better – maybe more in line with Joe D.’s predictions.
I wonder why James only predicts 141 games though? Is he worried about that ankle? If no, why would he miss 21 games?

Goes without saying though if he does better than what James predicts – more in line with Joe Ds, it’ll make my day.

if Wright and Bay are taking care of LHP, and whoever is hitting 1 and 2 are getting on base at a decent clip, they should score a good amount of runs.

not sure what the order will be, but even if they just replicate last year, tejada/murphy will be getting on, and wright/davis/duda/Bay (maybe!) certainly have the potential and/or history of power hitting and driving in runs.

tails off of course by the 7 hole, but most teams have that problem!