Royals Predictions 2008

If your a Royals fan, and you're having any trouble at all getting fired up for the 2008 season, check this out. Yeah, it's a bit long but Rany outdoes himself with this speech. He also stole a bit of my thunder as far as that goes...but never the less, the 2008 Kool Aid Drinker Royals Predictions:

The Good

- Awesome Alex Gordon (.290/27/95) will hit at least 100 points higher in April than he did last year.

- Bad Ass Billy Butler (.315/31/106) will play more than 30 games at first base.

- Gil Monster Meche (18-6, 3.74) will make his second All Star Game appearance

- Wacky Zack Greinke (21-6, 3.22) will make his first.

- Jumpin Joey Gathright will steal 40 bases and appear in 120 games.

- The Royals will finish in the top 5 in team ERA

- Alberto "Don't call me Albie" Callaspo will fill in admirably at 2nd every time Mark Grudzuuuzzzzilanika needs a 15 rest on the DL.

- Tea Bag will return to 2006 form and belt 24 home runs.

- Jose Guillen will drive in 120 runs. (Yeah, I still don't have a nickname for him)

- The Cardinals will lose 90 games in the worst division in baseball

- The Yankees will miss the playoffs...and get swept at the K next week.

- The Royals will draw 2 million fans

- Luke "I am your father" Hochevar will be everyone's father in the 2nd half, and be the third starter in the playoffs.

- That's right, I said PLAYOFFS

The Bad

- The Tigers will win the Central with 110+ wins.

- Mike Sweeney will drive in twice as many runs as Ross Gload, in fewer at bats.

- Joakim "The Warria" Soria will struggle at times seeing as much as a full run increase on his ERA

- Brett "The Human Expetive" Tomko will have an ERA over 6.

- Ross "No need to" Gload and Esteban "Doesn't look" German will play far too much


That's all I've got for now, but much more to come later. I will say, the Royals win 93 games...and the wild card. I'll also say they win today 4-3 as Soria gives us the first of many heart attacks throughout the year. Later this week I'll have my complete list of team nicknames...Go Royals!