Week Two Predictions

Jacoby vs. Granese- We’re only one week into the season, but already I’m getting the feeling that Jacoby has the best chance at winning the championship. This week, however, Jacoby is missing a couple of guys at key positions which may present a problem against a strong Jiffy Lube club. Jacoby will have a great season, but I’m going with Granese this week.  

Pollock vs. Harris- Team Pollock has a lot to prove this game. We’re playing against the person who predicted us to have a bad offense, bad defense, and for good measure bad speed. Both teams will be looking to get on track and put the troubles of Week One behind them.

Lapine vs. Beilis- Both teams here are very similar. Both are highlighted by power hitting top picks and supplemented by rookies who look like they’re going to be draft day bargains. With these two teams being pretty similar I’m going to give the edge to Lapine.  

Goldfarb vs. Wallman- Without question, Team Wallman’s defeat was the biggest first week shocker. And while an 0-2 start wouldn’t permanently doom the team, it’d be surprising if such a consensus pick to be one of the best stumbled badly out of the gate.

Mamone vs. Feldman- We could be looking at a 2-1 game here. Although I’m picking Mamone, the pick really goes to whatever team has all of their main guys present.

Carlin vs. Bykofsky- I might be getting very impatient with my 2013 sleeper. The good news for Team Bykofsky is that the defense shut down Lapine over the second half of last week’s game. They’ll have their hands full this week too, but if they are worthy of being this year’s surprise team(and I think they still are), then they’ll take care of business.

Younger vs. Marrone- Great matchup. This isn’t the 2012 Younger team, so playing on Union Hill should give them an edge by having Jared Goldberg.. On the other hand, Team Marrone has such a deep lineup also built for UH. Both teams are trying to avoid starting 0-2 and although we’re looking at two teams who eventually will have winning records, Team Marrone will be the ones who get to .500 first.

Applebaum vs. Randell- Speaking of Union Hill, the team that should benefit the most from the fences get to play there the first three weeks of the season! Randell has a tough UH matchup next week, but I think they’ll take advantage of their strengths in Week 2.