Opening Day seems just hours away, with the wonder and hope of the spring living fiercely in hearts of fans. Every team is alive, every team can win, and every team has a chance.
To celebrate the wonder in baseball fans, it's time for some bold predictions that most likely will not happen. But they could. Enjoy as I make my future self roll his eyes as I discuss my 10 bold predictions for 2016.
1. Both Noah Syndergaard and Carlos Carrasco provide the most fantasy value on their respective staffs
It's no secret that I adore both of these pitchers for 2016 and beyond, and while consensus has both in the same tier as their counterparts, few are ranking them as the true aces of their staffs. Carrasco is the easier bet as he only has one major name in front of him in Corey Kluber, and he'll need to push his 183.2 IP total from last year past 200 while expressing the 2.66 xFIP he held through 2015. Syndergaard has the tougher challenge, needing to outperform both Jacob DeGrom and Matt Harvey, though the beastly flamethrower has the stuff to make it happen, especially with a full season of his newly developed Warthen Slider. Meanwhile, it's possible deGrom regresses a little from his stellar 2015, while Harvey may not take the next step in his second year back from TJS.
