This Halloween is especially terrifying, as the other Boston team won another World Series. So, in the spirit of the season, here’s what I’m especially afraid of in 2014:

• Over the course of the offseason, Frank Wren is unable to find a taker for Dan Uggla, so he decides to keep Uggla on the 25-man roster and fills second base with a rotation of Elliot Johnson, Paul Janish, and Tommy La Stella. (This would be the second base equivalent of our 2009-2010 left field arrangement.)

• Over the offseason, Wren is unable to ink extensions for Jason Heyward, Andrelton Simmons, Freddie Freeman, Julio Teheran, Mike Minor, or Kris Medlen.

• Despite announcing that the Braves have payroll flexibility, Wren limits his offseason acquisitions to a 34-year old right-handed reliever, a 36-year old utility outfielder, and a 25-year old backup infielder from the Padres organization. The team insists to DOB that they were “in on” Robinson Cano, but that talks broke down when they demanded he give them a hometown discount.

• Brandon Beachy suffers another setback.

• One of the starting pitchers who hasn’t yet undergone Tommy John surgery, undergoes Tommy John surgery.

• Someone on the team says something vile and homophobic, or gets into a DUI, or does some other horrendous and indefensible thing.

• B.J. Upton hits .190 for the first three months of the season, and Justin Upton enters another sympathetic slump. Fredi Gonzalez continues to insist “we just have to get them going.”

• The Braves win exactly 83 games.

• The Mets win 84 games.

• The Phillies win 85 games.

• The Nationals win 100 games.

• The Cardinals win 87 games, and the World Series.

• After Bud Selig retires, Major League Baseball announces that the new Commissioner is Tony La Russa.