Happy Opening Day!

Thanks for joining the 16th annual MLB Predictions Pool! Stephen Craig will be defending his title in a group of 19 entrants, giving us a grand prize of $380.

Please use this link and/or the attached PDF to verify your picks for the season. This same sheet can also be viewed at http://mlbpool.blogspot.com/ at the top right under “2020 Predictions Pool Info.” You can also use our blog site for news on relevant injuries and other pool-related info.

We’ve already received the vast majority of our payments… Everyone else can send the $20 entry fee to either Dan or Jud by August 15th. All paid entrants will be shown in green on the "2020 Complete Pool Picks" link on the blog site. We’re very happy to accept PayPal made to judehrbar@gmail.com (please pay any fees as sender).

Starting in mid-August we'll post full standings every day on our blog site and tweet daily at @PredictionsPool. Email updates will also begin in mid-August, and continue after that (at least one a week) for the rest of the season.

Here we go…

-Jud and Dan

September 30, 2019

Congratulations to Stephen Craig, winner of the 2019 MLB Predictions Pool! Steve becomes our fourteenth new winner in his eleventh year as an entrant.

• Three of us made “unique" picks this year: Greg Glassman (Anthony Rendon - NL RBI), Jeff Gatland (Ronald Acuña Jr. - NL runs), and Amy Gill (Jacob deGrom - NL SO).
• Danton Boller wins the annual Hughie Jennings Memorial Award, leading the pool with 55 tiebreaker points.

Here are the season category leaders, with bold indicating players we actually chose:

AL BA: Tim Anderson

AL HR: Jorge Soler

AL RBI: José Abreu

AL R: Mookie Betts (12)

AL SB: Mallex Smith (5)

NL BA: Christian Yelich (6)

NL HR: Pete Alonso

NL RBI: Anthony Rendon (1)

NL R: Ronald Acuña Jr. (1)

NL SB: Ronald Acuña Jr.

AL IP: Justin Verlander (2)

AL W: Justin Verlander (2)

AL ERA: Gerrit Cole

AL SO: Gerrit Cole (3)

AL S: Roberto Osuna (5)

NL IP: Stephen Strasburg

NL W: Stephen Strasburg

NL ERA: Hyun-Jin Ryu

NL SO: Jacob deGrom (1)

NL S: Kirby Yates

AL HBP: Alex Gordon

NL HBP: Anthony Rizzo (10)

AL HB: Spencer Turnbull

NL HB: Julio Teherán

Thanks a lot to everyone for participating this year, and big ups to Brian for making the daily Twitter and blog updates possible. Enjoy the playoffs!

-Jud and Dan

September 29, 2019

September 28, 2019

Looks like another nail-biter pool finish this year... here’s what we know:

Roberto Osuna and Aroldis Chapman currently share the lead in the AL saves category. An outright lead for Chapman moves John Agnello into first; Stephen Craig stays on top if Osuna retains a share of the lead.

Houston’s Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole should each make starts against the Angels this weekend. If Verlander edges out Cole in the super-tight AL ERA race, Danton Boller gets his unique pick back but still falls short of the lead... If Cole gets a W and Verlander doesn’t, Steve’s lead becomes even stronger.

Our daily leaders since the last email update:

9/25  Stephen Craig  (4 49)
9/26  Stephen Craig  (4 51)
9/27  Stephen Craig  (4 51)
9/28  Stephen Craig  (4 51)


Should be fun!

September 27, 2019

September 26, 2019

September 25, 2019

Roberto Osuna’s 37th save puts Stephen Craig on top for the first time this year with five days of regular season baseball left on the schedule. Osuna finished off a stellar performance by Gerrit Cole (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 14 K) that knocked teammate Justin Verlander out of the AL ERA lead, costing Danton Boller a precious point.

Our daily leaders since the last email update:

9/22  John Agnello  (4 24)
9/23  John Agnello  (4 25)
9/24  John Agnello  (4 25)
9/25  Stephen Craig  (4 49)


Stay tuned!