Predictions of Ridiculousness

Last year towards the tail end of the season I charted the Sox’ path to 92 wins.  In what turned out to be a bit of serendipity the Sox in fact wound up with 92 wins on the dot (thank you Raffy Devers).  With that bit of good luck I had planned on doing a semi-tongue in cheek prediction for 2022.  I didn’t quite get around to it but what the hell, 16 games isn’t that far.  With that in mind here is my 2022 Boston Red Sox prediction!  It will likely be fun to see how accurate the overall is (I wind up at 87-75) and how inaccurate the series by series forecasts are.  As a side note the one game “series” with Baltimore in August proved to be a bit of a pain in the butt.

I will keep this updated as the year goes on so everyone can have a good laugh.  In the meantime I tried to roll out what I think I would have predicted for these first few series and the Sox are already -2 wins.  Clearly they are doomed.

@NYY 1-2 1-2
@DET 2-1 (3-3) 2-1 (3-3)
MINN 3-1 (6-4) 2-2 (5-5)
TOR 2-1 (8-5) 1-2 (6-7)
@TBR 1-2 (9-7) 1-2 (7-9)
@TOR 1-3 (10-10) 1-3 (8-12)
@BAL 2-1 (12-11) 1-2 (9-14)
LAA 2-1 (14-12) 1-2 (10-16)
CHW 2-1 (16-13) 0-3 (10-19)
@ATL 1-1 (17-14) 1-1 (11-20)
@TEX 2-1 (19-15) 2-1 (13-21)
HOU 2-1 (21-16)
SEA 2-2 (23-18) (Opportunity starts here with 7 of 8 series against teams that missed playoffs in 2021)
@CHW 1-2 (24-20)
BAL 3-2 (27-22)
CIN 1-1 (28-23)
@OAK 1-2 (29-25)
@LAA 2-2 (31-27)
@SEA 1-2 (32-29)
OAK 2-1 (34-30)
STL 2-1 (36-31)
DET 2-1 (38-32)
@CLE 1-2 (39-34)
@TOR 1-2 (40-36)
@CHC 2-1 (42-37)
TBR 2-1 (44-38) (Tough stretch here similar to early season with a host of divisional games)
NYY 2-2 (46-40)
@TBR 2-2 (48-42)
@NYY 1-2 (49-44) (All Star Break after this series)
TOR 2-1 (51-45)
CLE 2-2 (53-47)
MIL 2-1 (55-48) (Trade deadline day of last game of this series)
@HOU 1-2 (56-50)
@KCR 2-2 (58-52)
ATL 1-1 (59-53)
BAL 1-0 (60-53)
NYY 2-1 (62-54)
@PIT 2-1 (64-55)
@BAL 2-1 (66-56)
TOR 2-1 (68-57)
TBR 1-2 (69-59)
@MIN 1-2(70-61)
TEX 3-1 (73-62) (September 1 is first game of this series)
@TBR 1-2 (74-64)
@BAL 2-1 (76-65)
NY 1-1 (77-66)
KCR 2-1 (79-67)
@CIN 1-1 (80-68)
@NYY 2-2 (82-70)
BAL 2-2 (84-72)
@TOR 1-2 (85-74)
TBR 2-1 (87-75)