There has been this theory that in the years the M’s have a bad Spring Training record that they have a winning season since they first had their first winning season. I will let the records speak for themselves and you can see where they might finish in 2005.
Spring Main season
Year W L T W L
1977 9 15 64 98
1978 12 13 56 104
1979 9 13 67 95
1980 8 12 59 103
1981 10 12 44 65
1982 10 12 76 86
1983 11 14 60 102
1984 14 13 74 88
1985 12 16 74 88
1986 13 15 67 95
1987 12 17 78 84
1988 15 15 68 93
1989 16 15 73 89
1990 7 9 77 85
1991 17 13 83 79
1992 13 16 64 89
1993 16 14 82 80
1994 21 9 49 63
1995 5 8 79 66
1996 13 15 85 76
1997 16 16 90 72
1998 18 14 76 85
1999 20 12 79 83
2000 13 16 91 71
2001 13 19 1 116 46
2002 15 17 93 69
2003 13 18 2 93 69
2004 18 10 63 99
2005 14 16
My guess is that they will win in the high 80’s this year.