No going back? (Baseball preseason predictions)

May 27, 2026 · 0 comments

Earlier this month I posted “Another reason why predictive baseball magazines can be useless.” But I had never see any outlet try to revise these things.

Today, The Athletic posted “MLB season predictions 2.0: How did the first two months impact our picks?”

Who could have known that the Mets would be so stinko? Many picked them to finish in first place in the NL East and move on to the playoffs but they are mired in last place with the second-worst record in the circuit. And this after a very good home stand. Yes, several of their opening day roster players are out with injuries including Franciscos Lindor and Alvarez,  Luis Robert Jr., Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, and others. Snakebit.

Several writers for the Athletic weigh in with their updates but for me, as a life-long Mets fan, their words are meaningless. “Impact?” What does that even mean?

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