Mike Bunch’s annual card predictions

ial2010allstar-012A couple days ago, I posted about Steve’s Card Computer which among other things, gives us a glimpse into the 2016 APBA cards.  Mike Bunch, our commissioner in the Illowa APBA League, has been predicting APBA for years as well and he’s gotten pretty good at it.  He’s at it again and has just sent me more predictions for hitters and pitchers. 

Keep in mind, these predictions are for Illowa APBA League players only.  You can see Mike’s predictions here

If Mike is right, I’m liking how my Thunderchickens’ pitching staff is looking next year. 

  • Roark, T. A (Y)
  • Hellickson, J. B (Y) (Z)
  • Liriano, F. C (X) (W)
  • Strasburg, S. B (K)
  • Niese, J. D (C*) (Y)
  • Rodriguez, E. C (Y)
  • McCullers, L. B (K) (W)
  • Kelly, J. D (C*) (X) (Y) (W)
  • Familia, J. A* (X) (W)
  • Siegrist, K. A* (X) (W)
  • Ross, R. B* (X) (W)
  • Putnam, Z. A* (X) (W)

Time will tell.  For now, the Illowa League still needs to finish the 2016 season.  Tomorrow starts our annual All-Star weekend

thanks, Mike!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

2 Comments:

  1. Robbie Ross is a great example of “who gets an X?”. Even though he’s got more strikeouts than innings pitched, I predict Ross will get a Y, not an X.

    Why? The league averages are both over 8K/9 (for the first time ever), and 13s will be more abundant than ever on hitters’ cards.

    Time will tell!

  2. i agree with steve that apba should give out less x and more 13’s on cards just not sure apba will do that.

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