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2001 PLAYER PROJECTIONS

Starters	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Kendall, Jason	382	67	119	23	3	10	54	50	48	15	6	0.311	0.393	0.469
Young, Kevin	592	90	161	34	2	25	94	56	120	13	6	0.272	0.338	0.465
Morris, Warren	581	80	158	29	4	11	66	67	98	7	4	0.272	0.350	0.391
Ramirez, Aramis	590	80	163	33	4	16	78	58	93	3	2	0.276	0.343	0.425
Meares, Pat	602	72	153	28	3	14	70	46	113	4	3	0.254	0.310	0.378
Bell, Derek	585	84	157	30	1	18	80	63	131	11	5	0.268	0.341	0.419
Brown, Adrian	583	88	163	26	5	9	61	65	78	21	8	0.280	0.355	0.387
Giles, Brian	542	108	163	32	4	33	106	106	78	7	4	0.301	0.418	0.557

Reserves	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Osik, Keith	392	52	101	18	2	9	45	40	52	5	3	0.258	0.329	0.382
Benjamin, Mike	611	70	155	36	4	6	61	37	128	10	5	0.253	0.299	0.357
Nunez, Abraham	576	76	134	24	3	8	54	72	141	15	6	0.233	0.321	0.330
Wilson, Enrique	599	77	167	37	3	11	72	49	65	8	4	0.278	0.335	0.401
Brown, Emil	591	86	155	29	3	15	72	57	125	21	7	0.262	0.331	0.397
Vander Wal, John	555	95	152	33	1	25	91	93	131	9	5	0.273	0.381	0.472

Prospects	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Wilson, Jack	599	72	152	30	7	8	59	49	106	4	3	0.253	0.313	0.367
Redman, Tike	607	79	157	27	8	6	54	41	89	20	7	0.259	0.308	0.359
Cota, Humberto	409	46	100	18	2	8	45	23	88	4	2	0.244	0.287	0.361
Wilson, Craig	396	57	101	19	2	21	66	36	119	2	1	0.255	0.320	0.470
Hermansen, Chad	599	83	136	26	4	22	78	49	177	19	6	0.227	0.289	0.392
Hernandez, Alex	611	71	151	30	3	13	70	37	141	8	4	0.247	0.293	0.373

Longshots	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Gomez, Leo	574	88	158	26	2	26	91	74	87	3	2	0.276	0.362	0.462
Jefferson, Reggie	592	74	152	30	2	17	76	56	143	1	1	0.256	0.323	0.400
Howard, Thomas	595	76	153	28	3	17	75	53	119	4	3	0.257	0.321	0.398
Hyzdu, Adam	580	87	150	31	2	28	94	68	139	4	3	0.259	0.339	0.463
Wehner, John	591	80	153	26	1	18	77	57	102	10	5	0.258	0.327	0.398

Notes:

PNC Park rated as neutral.
Aramis Ramirez looks to have finally nailed down a spot after much nonsense. Still only 23 this year.
For all the griping Vander Wal's done over Derek Bell, it's not like my projections are about to argue with him.
Chad Hermansen needs a change of scenery to fix what's ailing him. Still young.
Craig Wilson would make a decent looking first base prospect if the Pirates had half a mind to play him there.
The Leo Gomez projection should be taken with the same grain of salt as the projections of Ichiro Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Shinjo. The important thing to know is that Gomez did very well over in Japan.
Finally, Adam Hyzdu is a perennial favorite of mine and did nothing in 2000 to change that opinion. The former first rounder really has earned a chance to play somewhere.

Vörös McCracken
voros@daruma.co.jp
March 1, 2001