My pic is visquel having a bounce back year, Lewis establishing himself.

I'd like to see Frandsen do something but his GB% from 2007 was a little scary.

In the Minors, it's Tim Alderson.

From the pitching side, this is the year of J-Snatch.

Gosh, this IS hard.

Runner-up: Durham. He loves his contract seasons.

Or he can just take off his shirt. I don't mind.

Wait we're supposed to be serious? Maybe Durham has a year comparable to 2006, offensively.

There is NO logical reason to suggest that anyone on this team will do better than they did last year.  And plenty of good reasons they will do worse.

I don't think you're being a negative twit, G, I think the Giants Mgmt has built a legit stinker.  And this is what it looks like when those who are paying attention hold their collective noses.

I don't pick any position player to have a standout year, and even if they do, the team will still lose way more games than it wins.

And when one remembers HOW MUCH MONEY mgmt makes to field this stinker, when one remembers that mgmt keeps trying to put lipstick on this pig, when mgmt says nothing like OUR BAD, well, I get indignant.

Until there is accountability on the part of Giants mgmt, my response will be to stay cynical, outraged (relatively speaking) and to keep my wallet closed.

Love your Giants, but fear the mgmt.

The guy was hurt & recovering in the first half of 2007.  In the 2nd half he hit .291/.362/.388.  Not exactly all-star caliber, but now that he's only going to face righties (hopefully) I expect most of those #'s to rise.  And he'll be over in left so we won't be complaining about his routes as much.

ducks

Offensive fluke of the year is harder. ( Here comes the trash talkin' time.)  You have to play the field enough to bat and Bochy loves  heaps of those Marvin the Martian approved, Sabean perfected,  Illudium Q-36 Savvy Veteran Evaluator approved guys. ( Were is the team shattering kaboom? There is suppose to be a team shattering kaboom. ) Say Aurilia with a 268/345/390 line in 400+ AB`s. Mainly due to not having to run him out there every day for the first 2.5 months just to have a line up card.

Best option for a fluke breakout season:

I would love Freddie to, but I also doubt that he will get a genuine opportunity.

So I will say Rajai will be our fluke performer.  

And Jonathon will do it for the pitchers.

And, going out on a limb here, watch out for Billy Sadler.  

Maybe Sanchez and Sadler will help each other figure out their control problems?

He's my candidate be more consistent and, if there's any truth to the theory that players can emerge from Bonds' shadow, I think Winn is a good candidate to do just that.  He also has a couple full seasons in the NL now, so he's familar with all the pitchers.

I'm predicting an OPS+ of 115, which would be his 3rd best offensive season, so it's not too crazy to imagine.

Anyhoo, I think it's safe to say that the official mood of the site is Emo and not Sullen Teenager.  

And Steve Kline is gonna be awesome! Fuck yeah! Steve Kline!

This says nothing about our offense's inability to get us into a tied or late-game lead situation.  Or maybe it does.

But I predict fewer walk-off losses at the hands of those two!

So, take Sabean's worst move of the offseason, and make it the best possible outcome:

Hmm... tricky ... Rowand hitting .300 again might do it... Vizquel bouncing back?  Zito = Cy Young candidate.. should have happened last year.

But I am going with either starting LF Dave Roberts, or starting 1B Dan Ortmeier.  I think the latter is even less likely, but he might not even be given the chance to start.

This will all be trumped by a huge year from Crede if he's traded for (followed by 4/48 and suckitude)

1997 - J.T. Snow
2004 - J.T. Snow

If Snow had "fluky" seasons twice, doesn't that go against all that is a real "fluke"?  The others I agree with, but not this one.  It wasn't just "luck or change" that J.T. had good seasons in 97' and 04'...