As we near the end of 2010, we can look back on the 2010 baseball season as one of change. Wins are no longer the deciding factor in Cy Young races, the Yankees aren’t automatically World Series bound each year and even if a team doesn’t hit immensely well, if they have pitching and defense, they can win championships.
As for what 2011 will hold, some things seem obvious; the continuation of this new era after the end of the steroid era will continue, ERAs will remain relatively low and we will see maybe one 50 HR performance, or more likely none at all.
Some things are harder to determine though. For these, here are 50 bold predictions of what will happen in 2011 in baseball.