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GOG #22 :: GEREN FIRED NOW!!!

Four game series vs Chicago White Sox -- June 9 - 12.  38 Points Possible.

1. Series outcome [4 points]
   
2. Stars and Goats: Predict who will have the highest and the lowest single-game WPA (fangraph numbers) in the series for each team (4 predictions total).  WPA (Win Probability Added) measures each player's contribution to an individual game to see who helped a team win and who did not. [2 points each, 8 total]
3. At this moment, all four of our starters have a better ERA than Beuhrle (unless you want to argue about dividing by zero on Godfrey).  How many of the four will end the series in the same position? [2 points]
   
4. To the extent we brought Josh Willingham in to be a hitter, he's doing his job with a team-best .335 wOBA.  Predict his PA/BB/K/HR this series.  [2 points each, 8 total].
   
5. Of course, that number would put Willingham 5th on the Sox, who are led by a resurgent Carlos Quentin.  Predict his PA/BB/K/HR this series.  [2 points each, 8 total].
6. So far this year Trevor Cahill has been striking out lots more people than he did last year, allowing him to be extremely successful with a more-normal-but-still-low BABIP.  Does he allow any HRs?  Does he strike out at least 5 Sox?  Does he walk more than 2 Sox?  Does he allow more than 2 runs (earned or not)? [1 point each, 4 total]
7. Both of the A's freshly-minted rookies (Weeks and Sizemore) have looked good early.  Who will get a hit?  An extra base hit? Draw a walk? Steal a base? (the acceptable answers are "Both", "Neither", "Weeks only", and "Sizemore only", and the last two are wrong if both do it) [1 point each, 4 total]