2013 Media Predictions

Hey, guess what? It's baseball season! The Rangers and Astros played last night in Houston, and today there will be ballgames across the country, most notably here in the nation's capital.

Opening Day features its share of traditions, and for the last four years that has included the annual Nationals season predictions by those of us who cover the team on a regular basis. There were no shortage of potential categories to choose from this year, and I think we came up with some good ones.

Feel free to post your own predictions in the comments section below. And feel free to give us credit (or give us grief) come October once we know how we did...

WHICH NATS WILL BE SELECTED FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME?
Amanda Comak (Washington Times) -- Ian Desmond, Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann
Craig Heist (WTOP) -- Tyler Clippard, Ian Desmond, Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg
Chase Hughes (CSNwashington.com) -- Bryce Harper, Rafael Soriano, Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann

Revisiting Opening Day predictions

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Well, at least I came close on the attendance prediction.

I've often said it's important that we as sportswriters be held accountable for what we write. We ask players and managers to be accountable for their performance. It's only right that we hold ourselves to the same standard.

Which makes this day-after-the-season tradition one of the more enjoyable -- albeit embarrassing -- posts of the year.

You may recall back on Opening Day when I and eight of my counterparts who cover the Nationals made our season predictions. Well, it's time to revisit those predictions and see how we did. (Hint: We didn't do nearly as well in 2012 as the Nationals did.)

As an added bonus, I'm also including my Opening Day predicted standings, postseason results and major award winners. Yeah, I'd like to have a few of those back, too.

Enjoy, and try not to mock us too much...

2012 OPENING DAY MEDIA PREDICTIONS

Who will represent the Nats at the All-Star Game?
Mark Zuckerman (CSNwashington.com) -- Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann