Some pitching predictions for the 2012 APBA Baseball set

Each year, Mike Bunch our esteemed commissioner of the Illowa APBA League, comes out with his annual card predictions for the players on our teams.  Mike’s pretty accurate I have to admit, rivaling Bruce Norlander from the APBA Between the Lines forum.  It does seem that they have different formulas (especially for hitters).  I’ll let you be the judge.

Today, I’m posting his pitching grade predictions.  Caveat:  these are predictions for pitchers in the IAL only.

Pitchers                    Grade

Nova, I.                      C     (X)

Volstad, C.                D

Garcia, J.                   C     (X) (Z)

Garza, M.                   C     (X)

Jurrjens, J.                 D

Davis, W.                   A*    (XY)

Papelbon, J.              A*    (XY) (Z)

Cishek, S.                  B*    (X)

Kimbrel, C.            A&C*    (KXY) (Z)

Wainwright, A.            C     (X) (Z)

Hudson, T.                 B     (Z)

Price, D.                    A     (X)

Liriano, F.                  C     (X) (W)

Ogando, A.           D (B*)   (X) (Z)

Hernandez, L.             D*    (Z)

Axford, J.                  C*    (K) (W)

Venters, J.                 B*    (XY)

Storen, D.                  A*    (Y) (Z)

Capps, M.                  C*    (ZZ)

Lincecum, T.              C     (X) (W)

Cain, M.                     B     (X) (Z)

Bumgarner, R.            B     (Y) (Z)

Buehrle, M.                C     (Y) (Z)

Sale, C.                     B     (X) (Z)

Beckett, J.                 C     (Y)

Valverde, J.               C*    (Y)

Meyers, B.                 B*    (Y) (Z)

Mijares, J.                  A*    (X)

Romo, S.                   A*    (XY) (Z)

Minor, M.                   C     (X)

Sabathia, C.               B     (X) (Z)

Wood, T.                   C     (Y)

Laffey, A.                  C

Chacin, J.                   C     (Y)

Collmenter, J.        C (B*)   (X) (Z)

Chapman, A.         A&C*    (KX)

Pestano, V.                A*    (X)

Veras, J.                    B*    (XY) (W)

Hernandez, F.             B     (X) (Z)

Hughes, P.                 C     (Y) (Z)

Guthrie, J.                  C     (Y)

Ziegler, B.                  A*    (Y)

Breslow, C.                B*    (X)

Walden, J.                 B*    (XY)

Peavy, J.                   B     (X) (Z)

Hamels, C.                 B     (X) (Z)

Burnett, A.                 B     (X)

Buchholz, C.              C     (Y)

Gregerson, L.             A*    (X)

Rauch, J.                   B*    (Y) (Z)

Guerra, J.                   A*    (Y) (W)

Penny, B.                   D*

Masterson, J.             C     (Y)

Kuroda, H.                 B     (Y) (Z)

Kennedy, I.                C     (X) (Z)

Weaver, J.                 B     (Y) (Z)

Leake, M.                   C     (Y) (Z)

Holland, G.                B*    (XY) (W)

Cueto, J.                    B     (X) (Z)

Cahill, T.                    C     (X)

Porcello, R.                C     (Y) (Z)

Santana, E.                D     (Y)

Happ, J.                    C     (X)

Worley, V.                  C     (X)

Zambrano, C.             C     (Y) (W)

Blackburn, N.             D     (Z)

Bailey, H.                   C     (X) (Z)

Harrison, M.               B     (Y)

Hellickson, J.             B     (Y)

Hanson, T.                 C     (X)

Niese, J.                    B     (X) (Z)

Strasburg, S.             B     (XY)

Crow, A.                    B*    (X)

Perez, C.                    B*    (X)