1. Cain wins 20.

2. Tim falls just short; maybe 18 wins.

3. Voting with my heart, Zito gets 15 wins

4. Wilson remains our closer.

5. Giants are out of wild card (having already been eliminated for NL West title) on Sept. 18, a damn big improvement over last year.

6. Unemployment will be 8.9%

1. Matt Cain will not win 20 games. (I’ll predict 17)
2. Tim Lincecum will not win 20 games. (I’ll predict 16)
3. Barry Zito will not win 15 games. (I’ll predict 11)
4. Brian Wilson will remain our closer.
5. Giants mathematically eliminated on Sept. 19th.
6. Unemployment, currently 9.4%, will be 8.7% nationally on the last day of the World Series.

Pain.

1. Will Matt Cain win 20 games this season? — No

2. Will Tim Lincecum win 20 games this season? — No

3. Will Barry Zito win 15 games this season? — No – the offense isn’t there for these 3 guys to get W-L that reflect their ability. I expect more Bullpen wins are coming.

4. Will Brian Wilson finish the season as the Giants’ closer? (Clever readers will notice that that’s actually two questions mashed together, to which I say to stop being so clever.) — Yes

5. What date will the Giants be eliminated from any and all post-season contention in 2009? Not.

6. What will be the U.S. unemployment rate on the last day of the 2009 World Series? 8.1

1. Matt Cain will not win 20 games. (18 in 35 starts)
2. Tim Lincecum will not win 20 games. (16 in 35 starts)
3. Barry Zito will not win 15 games. (14, will have his best statisical year since 2006)
4. Brian Wilson will continue to give Giants fans heart attacks
5. Giants mathematically eliminated on Sept. 23

1. Cain wins 20
2. Lincecum does not win 20
3. Zito does not come close to 15
4. Giants are eliminated from the WC in early September, as another WC contender gets hot and pulls away from the pack.
5. Wilson is still our closer
5. 9.8%

1. yes, 21-8
2. yes, 20-7
3. no, 11-15 (again, but with a much better ERA)
4. yes, but with a strong set up core of affeldt, romo and merkin backing him up
5. I don’t know how, but they will win it all. what’s worse, Eugenio Velez will have a meaningful game winning RBI in sept or october.
6. 8.7%

1. Yes. Cain (20-5)
2. Yes. Lincecum (22-6)
3. No. Zito (8-14)
4. Yes he will. And, yes he will.
5. September 15.
6. 8.6%.

1. No. I expect him to get Cained a few times along the way.
2. No. Maybe 15 or 16
3. No, but he’ll get more than 10 11-13).
4.Yes
5. October 4, thanks to a walk-off grand slam by Scott Hairston
6. * shrug*

1 – yes (needs wins in 12 of 21 starts)
2 – no (needs wins in 15 of 21 starts)
3 – no (needs wins in 12 of 21 starts)
4 – yes
5 – meh
6 – I don’t even know what it is now. It’s over 11% in CA, that’s bad enough for me. Hopefully that number drops by a lot in the next four months.

1. Cain only gets wins 20 if the Giants make a trade for a bat that works out (unlikely).
2. Timmy hits a hot streak and ends up with 18 wins again.
3. No, Zito stays in single digits. Anybody else notice that Z is getting all of the bad luck tha Cainer got the last 2 years? I hope that continues.
4. Wilson remains closer. I only see him losing it if he hurts his arm (which I don’t see happening). However, in the long run we need to trade him in the next 15 months (hopefully when he’s at his most valuable). I just can’t imagine him being a reliable closer for us when we have a great team in 2011 after we get some of our current prospects in the bigs, and make some judicious trades and FA signings. Wilson is just too likely to blow up in the real pressure sitiuation of a pennant race against good teams down the stretch or in the playoffs (think about the last Mets series).
5. Sept. 15th
6. 10.4% (but it could easily be higher if they pass a socialized medicine bill – then all bets are off and our kids/grandkids will be drones).

1. Yes.

2. No, probably 17.

3. Nah.

4. Yes.

5. September 8.

6. I have no idea. I got laid off today (again) and I’m feeling especially pessimistic.

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. September 6th
6. 9.0% – don’t smell that number, given where it came from

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. Yes, Sigh
5. Today
6. No clue

1. no
2. no
3. no
4. Yes
5. September 17
6. 10.9%

Unless some unforeseeable event takes place (trade, severe improvement by at least 2 of our hitters), none of our pitchers will win 20 games. Wilson will stick as the closer, I think. He’d have to have meltdown to the point where all of the McCoven would be cursing him horribly at the very sight of him for at least 3 weeks. I don’t see that happening. I think our fair team will be mathematically eliminated in the last week of the season, but before the last series. This team is better than what most of us give them credit for, but just not a playoff team. Next year I think we can hope for some playoffs.

That all being said, I’m very pleased with the team so far this year, compared to my preseason expectations. I’m still expecting a bad stretch, though. I hope I’m wrong.

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. Officially eliminated 9/24/09
6. 0% But we’ll all make minimum wage

> 5. What date will the Giants be eliminated from any and all
> post-season contention in 2009?

Not sure, but we will be playing in October this season.

18%.

So who wants to go in with me on a locally raised cow?

For warmth, that is.

No, no, no, yes, 9/28, 8 %.