Hello again, baseball fans! Spring Training is underway, and Opening Day is less than 3 weeks away! That means it's time for 2+2's 4th annual MLB PEEHS contest!

After finishing 3rd in 2017, Priptonite took home the hardware in 2018 and finished first! What will he do for an encore this year? Congrats to last year's podium:

1st: Priptonite
2nd: TeeJayOrTJ
3rd: MCS

Last year's thread can be found here.

Last year's thread got 57 entries, I think we can get to 75 this year!

I've never played PEEHS before, what is it?

PEEHS is basically a fun, free baseball futures contest. All you have to do is fill out answers to the 25 questions before the season starts, and then you get to sit back and sweat the reveals as the season goes along.

For every question, your answer will be either correct, or incorrect. If your answer is CORRECT, then your score for that question is the # of players who chose that answer.

If your answer is INCORRECT, then your score will be the most popular answer (the SHEEP answer), plus the number of different correct answers submitted.

We're carrying over the SHEEP penalty rule, which means that if the most popular answer is also incorrect, their pickers' score will be based off the more painful incorrect, while other incorrects' scores will be based off the most popular correct answer. If that's confusing, see last year's thread for examples.

Lowest score wins.

So the objective of the game is to be CORRECT in all your answers, and also be among the fewest participants that SELECT your correct answer.

How do I enter?

All you have to do is send me a single-spaced, non-numbered PM with your answers to the 25 questions before the season starts March 28th.

I realize that the Mariners and Athletics are playing 2 regular season games in Tokyo March 20th-21st. The stats from those games will count, and entries won't lock until the "real" Opening Day March 28, so if for example somebody steals a couple of bases, then that'll just have to go into the strategy if you consider picking one of those players for subsequent questions.

Please correctly spell first and last names for individual players, and just use team mascots for team questions.

Please refer to the team in Oakland as the Athletics (not A's) and the team in Baltimore as the Orioles (not O's.) If you answer "New York" or "Chicago" as a team, then you're going in the club.

Since we seem to go through this every year...

Not spaced (don't do this):

Astros Billy Hamilton Joey Votto Mike Trout...

Single Spaced (do this one)

Astros
Billy Hamilton
Joey Votto
Mike Trout
...

Double-spaced (don't do this)

Astros

Billy Hamilton

Joey Votto

Mike Trout

...

Once again, the previous rule "can only use the same player twice" has been removed. So if you want to answer a certain, unnamed, ichthyoid Angels center fielder for all the player questions, be my guest.

How can I gamble on this?

The contest is of course free to play and free to enter, but there will probably be an optional side bet contest like last year, if you want some money on it. Last year the entry was $10, we got 8 runners, and our overall winner Priptonite took it down.

Obviously, I can't enter the side bet, but I'll keep track of the separate sidebet leaderboard. If you enter the sidebet, you are deferring to me being sole judge, jury, and executioner for "official" scores and any scoring disputes. I also offer no warranty on whomever y'all decide will hold the money. Also insert <standard 2p2 disclaimer about gambling with strangers on the internet.>

On to the questions! All stats are from the 2019 regular season, inclusive of the date specified.

1. Name a team to win their game on Opening Day, Thursday March 28
2. Name a player to steal 4+ bases by April 21
3. Name a player with a .300 batting average (min 40 PA) by April 28
4. Name a player with a .950 OPS (min 50 PA) by May 5
5. Name a pitcher with 5 Wins by May 19
6. Name a STARTING pitcher with an ERA below 3.00 (min 30 IP) by June 2
7. Name a hitter with 12+ Home Runs by June 9
8. Name a team that will have swept a 3- or 4-game series on the road by June 23
9. Name a player with 5.0 Defensive Runs Saved by June 30
10. Name a team in last place in their division (or tied for last) by the All-Star Break
11. Name a participant in the 2019 Home Run Derby
12. Name a position player (or DH) to be named to the AL All-Star Team
13. Name a pitcher (SP or RP) to be named to the NL All-Star Team
14. Name a closer with 20 saves by July 21
15. Name a team in the top 8 for most bases on balls drawn (by hitters) by August 4
16. Name a team in the bottom 8 for Most Runs Allowed (worst team pitching) by August 18
17. Name a hitter or pitcher with 5.0 Wins Above Replacement (Fangraphs) by September 1
18. Name a team that would be in the playoffs if the season ended on September 15
***End of Season Questions***
19. Name a hitter with 35+ Home Runs
20. Name a hitter with 100+ Runs Scored
21. Name a hitter with 100+ RBI's
22. Name a STARTING pitcher with a WHIP below 1.100 (min 140 IP)
23. Name a pitcher with 200 K's
24. Name a pitcher with 20+ Quality Starts (6+ IP, 3 or less earned runs)
25. Name a team with a negative Run Differential (0 = incorrect)

Thursday, March 28 Opening Day Schedule:



If you plan to eventually enter, just post "in" in this thread, and I'll send out PM reminders with about a week to go.

Let us BASEBALL!

Subscribed, will be in

subbed

in

Here because I made this happen.

Look forward to this every year - in.

All right! Thanks TJ!

in, I'll send in a couple days.

I’m in

In and also interested in the side bet

Thanks for running this again!

I'll definitely need a guest reveal for Question 8, on June 23rd.

I have a wedding in Virginia that weekend

Whomever out of the people who volunteered who is in last place gets to do it.

I’m down for side bet action and also down to kick it up a notch on the $.

thanks TJ!

In to side bet. Will also be in but prolly space for another week on entering

tagged for later

in

In

zomg almost missed this

in

also in for sidebet

in

Mike Trout. I mean in

subscribing to remind myself to enter

I don't plan on taking anyone from Oakland or Seattle, but are there any restrictions on new entries for players from those teams now that their seasons have started?