Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. After a dismal year with just two correct prediction in 2014, last year I rebounded to get six right and missed out on another when Curtis Granderson finished with a .259 AVG instead of his predicted .261 mark.

But you can’t be afraid to be wrong. No one wants to read a bunch of predictions like “Noah Syndergaard will throw hard.” So here are a group of predictions that will range from head tilting to eyebrow raising to outright aggressive. But these are all things I believe will happen, not ones made simply to be controversial.

1. Granderson will establish a career high in doubles, breaking the mark of 38 he set in 2007.

2. Yoenis Cespedes will finish with more CS than SB.

3. Lucas Duda becomes the first Met since David Wright in 2010 to get 100 RBIs.

4. Asdrubal Cabrera finished with a sub .700 OPS

5. Eric Campbell has an OBP of .350 or greater.

6. Bartolo Colon notches fewer than 100 IP.

7. Travis d’Arnaud finishes with more PA than Neil Walker

8. Jeurys Familia posts an ERA a full run higher than last year.

9. Zack Wheeler returns with a 2.75 K/BB ratio.

10. Mets win the season series against both the Cubs and Pirates after getting swept by both last year.

11. Juan Lagares establishes career-high with .750 OPS

12. Antonio Bastardo finishes with a LOB% less than his career mark of 73.6

13. Alejandro De Aza spends the entire year with the Mets

14. Matt Harvey wins 20 games

15. Mets win 93 games

The goal, as always, is to finish with more right than wrong.

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