This year I am holding a Pirates prediction contest for any member of PSD or PSF who wants to participate. The contest consists of 21 questions asking you to predict how well a Pirates player or the Pirates as a whole will do in regards to a particular stat (a theoretical perfect score is 200 points).
All questions are worth 10 points unless otherwise noted and there is a consistent drop off per a certain amount you miss a question by. For example if a question asks you to predict how man home runs a player will hit and your guess is 15 and he ends up hitting 22 you missed by 7 so at one point per HR you would receive 3 points credit on a standard 10 point question. No matter how poorly your guess may be you can not receive negative points.
I have broken the questions down into 5 categories below, if you want to participate please answer all questions. The deadline to submit your answers is before first pitch on Opening Day. I reserve the right to pull a question prior to that point should any injuries arise in Spring Training.
Please note this competition is completely separate from the inter-forum team competition I have been discussing and everyone whether you signed up for that competition or not is allowed to participate.
Playing Time (50 points)
1. How many PA will Josh Bell have this season? (1 point deduction per 5 PA)
2. How many PA will David Freese have this season? (8 points; 1 point deduction per 5 PA)
3. How many PA will Sean Rodriguez have this season? (7 points; 1 point deduction per 5 PA)
4. How many IP will Tyler Glasnow have this season? (1 point deduction per 3 IP)
5. How many IP will Jameson Taillon have this season? (8 points; 1 point deduction per 3 IP)
6. How many IP will Juan Nicasio have this season? (7 points; 1 point deduction per 3 IP)
Offensive Performance (50 points)
7. How many RBIs will Jung-ho Kang have this season? (1 point deduction per RBI)
8. How many home runs will Andrew McCutchen hit this season? (1 point deduction per HR)
9. How many stolen bases will Starling Marte have this season? (1 point deduction per SB)
10. What will Josh Harrison’s batting average be this season? (1 point deduction per .003)
11. What will Gregory Polanco’s OBP be this season? (1 point deduction per .003)
Pitching Performance (50 points)
12. How many strikeouts will Gerrit Cole record this season? (1 point deduction per 3 Ks)
13. How many strikeouts will Francisco Liriano have this season? (1 point deduction per 3 Ks)
14. What will Jon Niese’s ERA be this season? (1 point deduction per 0.05)
15. What will Ryan Vogelsong’s ERA be this season? (1 point deduction per 0.05 of ERA)
16. How many saves will Mark Melancon have this season? (1 point deduction per save)
Defensive Performance (20 points)
17. How many errors will John Jaso commit this season? (1 point deduction per error)
18. How many runners will Francisco Cervelli catch stealing? (1 point per runner CS)
Team Performance (30 points)
19. How many games will the Pirates win this season? (20 points; 2 point deduction per win)
20. How many home runs will the Pirates as a team hit? (1 point deduction per 2 home runs)
21. How many runs will the Pirates score? (tiebreaker; no points awarded)
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