32 Predictions Contest

The (now) annual predictions contest is finally up at Beyond the Box Score. Winner gets a prize (a real one), so if you have a minute you should give it your best shot (it's fun, and I wrote some of the questions!). I wouldn't recommend trying to steal too many of my answers (the bolded option, signifying which I think will be bigger) - it might be a better bet to just guess. Question 1: Wins by AL West first place team minus wins by AL West last place team Wins by AL East third place team minus wins by AL East fourth place team Question 2: Matt Cain's ERA Cole Hamels' ERA Question 3: Yuniesky Betancourt's OPS Albert Pujols' SLG Question 4: Wins by the Royals, plus 5 Wins by the Mets Question 5: Franklin Gutierrez's UZR+PosAdj Adam Dunn's UZR+PosAdj, times -1 Question 6: Division Series appearances by New York teams Division Series appearances by Los Angeles teams Question 7: Runs scored by Jason Heyward Strikeouts by Stephen Strasburg Question 8: HRs by Adrian Beltre HRs by Alfonso Soriano Question 9: Increase in David Wright's Fangraphs WAR from 2009 to 2010 Increase in Nick Markakis' Fangraphs WAR from 2009 to 2010 Question 10: First time MVP and CY winners Repeat MVP and CY winners Question 11: Outs by MLB leader (AB-H+GIDP+CS) Plate appearances for Milton Bradley Question 12: Brewers starting pitchers with more than 2.5 Fangraphs WAR Indians starting pitchers with more than 2.5 Fangraphs WAR Question 13: Jake Peavy's ERA Ricky Nolasco's ERA Question 14: NL Central teams above 83 wins NL West teams above 83 wins Question 15: Interleague wins by the National League Wins of worst two MLB teams combined Question 16: SBs by last year's HR leader, Albert Pujols HRs by last year's SB leader, Jacoby Ellsbury Question 17: IP by Ben Sheets IP by Rich Harden Question 18: Most runs scored by one team in any game Most HBP by any one player Question 19: World Series titles plus All-Star game victories by the AL World Series titles plus All-Star game victories by the NL Question 20: Strikeouts by Mark Reynolds Home runs by Mark Reynolds times five Question 21: Saves by the MLB leader Doubles by the MLB leader Question 22: Runs scored by the Giants plus runs allowed by the Nationals Runs scored by the Yankees plus runs allowed by the Mariners Question 23: Games played by Brandon Wood Games played by Scott Sizemore Question 24: Total bases by Austin Jackson RBIs by Ryan Howard and Miguel Cabrera combined Question 25: Joe Mauer's AVG Alexei Ramirez' OBP Question 26: Intentional walks by Bobby Cox (the Braves) Sacrifice bunts by Ron Gardenhire (the Twins) Question 27: Shutouts thrown by Roy Halladay Shutouts thrown by any non-Philies team's starters Question 28: Runs scored by Stephen Drew Runs scored by JD Drew Question 29: Colby Lewis' K/BB ratio Mitch Talbot's K/BB ratio Question 30: Wins by the Pirates Wins by the Astros Question 31: In-season managerial changes Official no-hitters thrown by individual pitchers. Question 32: Questions answered correctly by Sky, other than this one Questions answered correctly by Sky's mother, other than this one Tie-breaker: (Angels Wins - Pythagorean Wins) + (Javier Vazquez' ERA - FIP) * 10 + Ben Zobrist's fWAR = I'll say 11.