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Monday, November 15, 2010
2011 ZiPS Projections - Cleveland Indians
First, the good news. Carlos Santana crushed AAA pitchers to the extent that the Indians couldn’t possibly leave him down there any longer without paying for psychiatric visits of opposing pitchers. He came up and hit 260/401/467 and while he’s not quite that good, he’s very good. Shin-Soo Choo now has a 144 OPS+ over the last 3 years - he’s now a good candidate for Most Underrated Player, but not in the Garret Anderson vein where he was called that for years without being underrated in any remotest sense of the word. The Indians have a bunch of interesting infield prospects that, while not future stars, have potential to be average players. Travis Hafner was pretty healthy and while not worth $11.5 million, has put his embarrassing 2008 farther in the rearview mirror.
As the Indians finished 69-93, you have to know that I wouldn’t let you get away without the bad news. ZiPS doesn’t know what to make of Grady Sizemore, but I don’t think anyone else does, either. ZiPS was never a fan of Matt LaPorta and remains in the non-fan category and there are no real impact bats on the farm other than Santana (if he still counts). And there’s the pitching. Poor Pitching Pummeled: Prognosis Paxil Post-Haste!
Next up: Washington
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Batting Projections
Player B PO Age BA OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OPS+
Shin-Soo Choo L RF 28 .284 .381 .467 137 507 78 144 30 3 19 80 71 122 17 6 131
Carlos Santana B C 25 .252 .369 .438 133 464 77 117 28 2 18 77 87 108 6 2 120
Grady Sizemore L CF 28 .249 .348 .445 93 373 59 93 20 4 15 62 51 91 18 5 115
Travis Hafner L DH 34 .251 .352 .415 99 342 41 86 20 0 12 46 47 79 1 1 109
Michael Brantley L CF 24 .281 .345 .370 157 638 101 179 26 5 7 53 63 74 33 9 96
Asdrubal Cabrera B SS 25 .279 .338 .390 150 567 77 158 33 3 8 59 47 100 13 5 99
Matt LaPorta R 1B 26 .247 .330 .425 136 485 64 120 25 2 19 65 54 104 1 2 105
Jordan Brown L LF 27 .271 .316 .402 120 465 50 126 33 2 8 58 29 77 3 2 95
Shelley Duncan R LF 31 .230 .313 .413 115 378 47 87 18 0 17 60 43 103 2 0 97
Nick Weglarz L LF 23 .233 .328 .393 116 425 58 99 23 3 13 50 55 110 4 3 96
Jason Kipnis L 2B 24 .261 .323 .388 112 449 67 117 23 5 8 56 35 105 5 5 94
Jason Donald R 2B 26 .249 .322 .365 113 422 55 105 23 4 6 36 39 112 10 2 88
Josh Rodriguez R SS 26 .249 .324 .374 100 374 48 93 20 3 7 41 42 107 6 4 91
Andy Marte R 3B 27 .246 .298 .406 106 313 35 77 16 2 10 38 23 63 1 2 90
Ezequiel Carrera L CF 24 .265 .333 .341 125 464 65 123 14 6 3 41 43 100 24 11 85
Cord Phelps B 2B 24 .262 .331 .369 144 553 70 145 29 6 6 52 53 110 8 11 92
Lonnie Chisenhall L 3B 22 .240 .298 .383 148 595 81 143 28 3 17 84 43 128 3 1 85
Lou Marson R C 25 .238 .328 .339 128 425 53 101 23 1 6 40 55 102 8 2 83
Jose Constanza L CF 27 .261 .315 .320 122 460 67 120 12 6 1 32 36 79 28 7 75
Trevor Crowe B CF 27 .252 .309 .345 133 493 66 124 26 4 4 44 39 94 21 7 79
Jayson Nix R 3B 28 .225 .293 .384 107 346 42 78 17 1 12 40 28 88 8 3 84
Luis Valbuena L 2B 25 .240 .311 .367 143 491 65 118 26 3 10 51 50 105 8 6 85
Brian Buscher L 3B 30 .242 .314 .343 83 265 26 64 10 1 5 30 27 42 1 1 80
Wes Hodges R 1B 26 .246 .291 .365 127 499 50 123 25 2 10 53 30 116 4 2 78
Matt McBride R 1B 26 .238 .281 .379 137 530 59 126 31 1 14 68 26 96 0 2 79
Chris Gimenez R C 28 .220 .301 .352 93 304 37 67 14 1 8 30 34 88 2 1 78
Brian Horwitz R LF 28 .244 .310 .333 61 180 21 44 8 1 2 20 16 30 1 1 76
Beau Mills L 1B 24 .229 .279 .351 138 542 56 124 29 2 11 71 35 128 1 2 71
Josh Phelps R 1B 33 .199 .272 .353 44 136 15 27 6 0 5 14 12 39 0 0 69
Luke Carlin B C 30 .210 .307 .317 81 252 33 53 10 1 5 27 34 75 3 3 72
Juan Apodaca R C 24 .220 .293 .305 72 246 22 54 9 0 4 20 23 71 1 0 64
Mark Grudzielanek R 2B 41 .257 .313 .257 20 74 7 19 0 0 0 4 5 9 1 0 58
Wyatt Toregas R C 28 .212 .272 .329 68 231 18 49 9 0 6 24 17 48 1 1 64
Damaso Espino R C 28 .218 .270 .258 73 248 20 54 7 0 1 20 17 34 0 0 46
Mike Redmond R C 40 .214 .267 .262 28 84 7 18 4 0 0 6 5 13 0 0 46
Defensive Projections
Player CTHr 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF
Shin-Soo Choo AV/113 AV/113
Carlos Santana AV
Grady Sizemore AV/54
Travis Hafner
Michael Brantley AV/111 VG/83 FR/74
Asdrubal Cabrera AV/65 FR/112
Matt LaPorta AV/139 FR/110 AV/111
Jayson Nix VG/97 AV/155 FR/130 AV/97 AV/97
Jordan Brown AV/159 AV/111 FR/111
Shelley Duncan FR/120 FR/113 FR/113
Nick Weglarz AV/186 FR/186
Jason Kipnis AV/196 AV/126 FR/126
Jason Donald AV/105 AV/105 FR/131
Josh Rodriguez AV/137 AV/137 AV/151 AV/137
Andy Marte AV/140 AV/99
Ezequiel Carrera VG/116 VG/186 VG/116
Cord Phelps AV/128
Lonnie Chisenhall VG/153 FR/159
Lou Marson VG
Jose Constanza AV/152 AV/78
Trevor Crowe VG/78 FR/162 AV/78
Luis Valbuena AV/80 AV/80 FR/134
Brian Buscher FR/98 FR/100
Wes Hodges AV/129 FR/93
Matt McBride PO FR/148 AV/131 AV/131
Chris Gimenez AV AV/110 FR/124 AV/96 FR/116
Brian Horwitz AV/110 FR/132
Beau Mills AV/136 PO/120
Josh Phelps FR/137 FR/137 FR/137
Luke Carlin AV AV/134
Juan Apodaca AV
Mark Grudzielanek AV/95
Wyatt Toregas AV
Damaso Espino AV FR/120
Mike Redmond FR
Jared Goedert FR/171 AV/146
DISCLAIMER: BY READING THE PITCHING PROJECTIONS BELOW, YOU ARE CERTIFYING
THAT YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT, HAVE A HEART CONDITION AND THAT YOU OR ANY
CLOSE RELATIVE ARE NOT ANY CLEVELAND INDIAN PITCHER THAT IS NOT CHRIS PEREZ.
READER ALSO AGREES, AS CONDITION IN ORDER TO READ BELOW TEXT, THAT YOU
INDEMNIFY DAN SZYMBORSKI, JIM FURTADO, AND ANYONE WHO OWNS OR IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE BASEBALL THINK FACTORY AGAINST ALL DAMAGES ARISING FROM READING THE
BELOW TEXT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, DIARRHEA,
DRY-MOUTH, DIVIDE-BY-ZERO ERROR, AND THE IMMEDIATE COMPLETE DISINTEGRATION
OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.
Pitching Projections - Starters
Player T Age ERA W L G GS IP H ER HR BB K ERA+
Justin Masterson R 26 4.37 11 10 31 31 183.3 188 89 16 76 152 97
LEAGUE AVERAGE—————————————————————————————————————96
Fausto Carmona R 27 4.56 12 12 32 32 187.3 196 95 19 75 114 93
Mitch Talbot R 27 4.76 9 10 24 24 132.3 148 70 12 52 78 89
Carlos Carrasco R 24 4.87 9 11 31 31 173.7 187 94 24 65 129 87
Justin Germano R 28 4.92 6 8 37 17 126.3 142 69 16 35 77 86
Jeremy Sowers L 28 5.13 6 8 28 17 108.7 126 62 12 42 56 83
Aaron Laffey L 26 5.17 6 8 34 19 116.7 137 67 10 56 63 82
Josh Tomlin R 26 5.22 9 12 29 26 148.3 162 86 25 51 93 81
Alex White R 22 5.26 9 12 27 26 138.7 150 81 19 66 83 81
Scott Lewis L 27 5.40 2 3 10 10 43.3 49 26 7 16 31 79
David Huff L 26 5.56 9 14 29 29 155.3 183 96 24 58 92 76
Jeanmar Gomez R 23 5.64 8 13 28 28 151.7 179 95 22 65 89 75
Hector Rondon R 23 5.80 5 8 18 18 90.0 109 58 16 31 65 73
Paolo Espino R 24 5.82 7 13 29 23 131.3 151 85 23 61 86 73
Zach McAllister R 23 5.89 7 13 26 26 136.0 172 89 21 50 72 72
Scott Barnes L 23 6.17 6 12 28 28 131.3 150 90 22 78 94 69
Corey Kluber R 25 6.41 6 13 30 29 146.0 186 104 21 76 109 66
Yohan Pino R 27 6.46 5 11 32 21 124.0 161 89 23 52 75 66
Nick Hagadone L 25 6.48 2 4 20 14 50.0 55 36 6 51 40 65
Eric Berger L 25 6.51 4 8 22 21 94.0 112 68 13 72 62 65
Kelvin De La Cruz L 22 6.67 4 9 20 20 85.0 100 63 14 66 57 64
Pitching Statistics - Relievers
Player T Age ERA W L G GS IP H ER HR BB K ERA+
Chris Perez R 25 3.15 4 2 67 0 65.7 51 23 6 31 74 135
LEAGUE AVERAGE————————————————————————————————————- 108
Tony Sipp L 27 4.12 2 2 58 0 54.7 46 25 8 31 62 103
Joe Smith R 27 4.19 3 2 66 0 53.7 49 25 5 29 43 101
Jensen Lewis R 27 4.28 4 4 61 0 75.7 74 36 8 34 66 99
Jess Todd R 25 4.39 4 3 59 0 65.7 65 32 8 27 61 97
Rafael Perez L 29 4.48 4 4 74 0 70.3 76 35 6 27 56 95
Vinnie Pestano R 26 4.59 3 3 52 0 49.0 51 25 4 24 40 92
Frank Herrmann R 27 4.60 2 3 61 0 74.3 82 38 8 25 41 92
Josh Judy R 25 4.84 3 4 43 0 57.7 62 31 7 26 50 88
Zach Putnam R 23 4.86 3 4 39 7 76.0 88 41 7 26 51 87
Hector Ambriz L 27 5.17 2 3 59 0 69.7 81 40 9 26 55 82
Mike Gosling L 30 5.50 3 4 33 2 54.0 65 33 6 24 37 77
Shane Lindsay R 26 5.65 2 3 32 1 36.7 35 23 3 42 36 75
Steven Wright R 26 6.06 3 6 42 10 90.7 115 61 14 36 54 70
Extrapolated Career Statistics
Player BA OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OPS+
Asdrubal Cabrera .271 .331 .383 2269 8545 1124 2313 479 39 133 891 725 1396 164 95
Shin-Soo Choo .279 .369 .447 1781 6610 943 1846 389 42 211 972 837 1394 183 122
Carlos Santana .242 .353 .410 1826 6409 944 1548 372 24 220 964 1105 1274 65 108
Grady Sizemore .257 .348 .446 1583 6349 1014 1630 353 68 238 891 793 1361 244 113
Travis Hafner .270 .370 .479 1352 4702 683 1270 299 10 221 784 667 1057 14 127
Player W L S ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA+
Fausto Carmona 126 135 0 4.55 364 333 2012 2094 1018 198 820 1235 94
ODDIBE (Odds of Important Baseball Events)
Player PO EX VG AV FR PO COMP 1 COMP 2 COMP 3
Shin-Soo Choo RF 57% 26% 9% 5% 3% Willie Crawford George Altman Chili Davis
Carlos Santana C 64% 25% 7% 3% 0% Darrell Porter Mark Bailey Erik Pappas
Grady Sizemore CF 55% 24% 16% 5% 1% Gary Geiger Gary Thomasson Adolfo Phillips
Travis Hafner DH 7% 23% 23% 30% 17% Kevin Millar Lyle Overbay J.T. Snow
Michael Brantley CF 16% 20% 30% 24% 11% Gerald Young Juan Pierre Johnny Damon
Asdrubal Cabrera SS 28% 29% 26% 13% 5% Marty Marion Brent Gates Yunel Escobar
Matt LaPorta 1B 3% 16% 20% 33% 29% J.T. Snow Jim Bonnici Scott McClain
Jordan Brown LF 1% 6% 13% 26% 54% Mike Morse Garret Anderson Pete Dalena
Shelley Duncan LF 3% 11% 14% 25% 47% Adam Hyzdu Jason Dubois Harvey Pulliam
Nick Weglarz LF 3% 9% 12% 19% 57% Marvin Lowrance Billy McMillon Bo Dodson
Jason Kipnis 2B 12% 13% 19% 26% 30% Bobby Rose Robby Thompson Martin Prado
Jason Donald 2B 7% 12% 20% 30% 30% Robby Thompson Nick Green Jed Hansen
Josh Rodriguez SS 8% 17% 32% 26% 17% Jon Debus Jason Donald Nick Green
Andy Marte 3B 1% 8% 15% 26% 49% Howard Nichols Erik Peterson Matt Macri
Ezequiel Carrera CF 4% 7% 17% 31% 41% Herm Winningham Alex Cole Milt Cuyler
Cord Phelps 2B 5% 6% 11% 24% 54% Ron Oester Chris Pittaro Derrel Thomas
Lonnie Chisenhall 3B 1% 5% 12% 22% 59% Scott Cooper Wes Helms Howard Battle
Lou Marson C 4% 14% 23% 36% 24% Joe Lawrence Lou Palmisano Bob Henley
Jose Constanza CF 2% 4% 12% 28% 55% Alex Sanchez David Hulse Kerry Robinson
Trevor Crowe CF 1% 3% 14% 32% 50% John Moses Bryan House Brian McRae
Jayson Nix 3B 1% 5% 11% 22% 62% Tim Olson Glenn Williams Howard Nichols
Luis Valbuena 2B 4% 6% 11% 23% 56% Greg Norton Chris Lombardozzi Bobby Morris
Brian Buscher 3B 1% 2% 5% 14% 77% Johnny Burnett Mike Cubbage Tim Krauss
Wes Hodges 1B 0% 0% 0% 6% 94% Rich Murray Danny Matienzo Bryan Lahair
Matt McBride 1B 0% 0% 1% 7% 92% Emil Drzayich Charley Carter Butch Garcia
Chris Gimenez C 2% 6% 11% 29% 53% B.J. Waszgis Danny Ardoin Ray Stephens
Brian Horwitz LF 0% 1% 1% 6% 93% Nick Alvarez Hunter Bledsoe Eric Nielsen
Beau Mills 1B 0% 0% 1% 4% 96% Eric Welsh Travis Hinton Billy Owens
Josh Phelps 1B 0% 0% 1% 3% 96% Darrell Whitmore Alan Cockrell Scott Ullger
Luke Carlin C 1% 3% 6% 18% 72% Danny Ardoin Jack Fimple Jayhawk Owens
Juan Apodaca C 1% 2% 3% 10% 85% Sean McCraw Doug Lindsey Mike Nickeas
Mark Grudzielanek 2B 0% 0% 1% 3% 95% Pete Suder Miguel Cairo Jim Davenport
Wyatt Toregas C 2% 2% 3% 11% 83% Brandon Marsters Charlie Greene Gustavo Molina
Damaso Espino C 0% 0% 0% 1% 99% Pedro Grifol Chris Tremie Hector Ortiz
Mike Redmond C 0% 0% 0% 2% 98% Raul Chavez Bob Boone Tony Pena
Player PO TOP MID BOT Comp1 Comp2 Comp3
Chris Perez RP 62% 35% 4% Armando Benitez Jose Valverde Mike Jackson
Tony Sipp RP 17% 50% 33% Tom Hall Ron Villone Don Carman
Joe Smith RP 19% 45% 36% Mark Acre Doug Bochtler Bryce Florie
Jensen Lewis RP 10% 52% 38% Derrick Turnbow Mike Hartley Eric Hull
Justin Masterson SP 22% 62% 15% Jason Schmidt Aaron Heilman Matt Clement
Jess Todd RP 11% 48% 42% Kyle Farnsworth Dan Miceli Chad Ricketts
Rafael Perez RP 8% 51% 41% Matt Young Danny Boone Mark Holzemer
Fausto Carmona SP 11% 58% 31% John Stuper Andy Hawkins Gary Wilson
Vinnie Pestano RP 9% 40% 50% Sal Urso Brad Salmon Jay Robertson
Frank Herrmann RP 9% 35% 55% Tim McNab Tony Phillips Jeff Tam
Mitch Talbot SP 9% 49% 42% Mike Scott Ed Wojna Don Welchel
Josh Judy RP 4% 32% 64% Esteban Yan Doug Sessions Darren Holmes
Zach Putnam RP 2% 31% 66% Denny Harriger Franquelis Osoria David Wilhelmi
Carlos Carrasco SP 4% 46% 50% Mike Saipe Mark Brownson Luke Prokopec
Justin Germano SP 1% 25% 74% Brian Meadows Matt Ginter Tony Arnold
Jeremy Sowers SP 3% 31% 66% Jimmy Anderson Dave Otto Greg Kubes
Hector Ambriz RP 1% 19% 80% Bryan Ward Jesse Carlson Erasmo Ramirez
Aaron Laffey SP 2% 31% 67% Jake Chapman Scott Sauerbeck Heath Murray
Josh Tomlin SP 1% 27% 72% Kevin McGehee Greg Perschke Ricky Bones
Alex White SP 1% 25% 74% Adam Peterson Mike Morgan Mike Fyhrie
Scott Lewis SP 8% 29% 63% Mike Linskey Bryan Ward John Cerutti
Mike Gosling RP 1% 14% 85% Buddy Groom John Cummings Ricky Horton
David Huff SP 0% 13% 87% Heath Phillips Michael Bacsik Darrell May
Jeanmar Gomez SP 0% 11% 89% Bronson Arroyo Casey Daigle Scott Randall
Shane Lindsay RP 1% 14% 84% Bill Bene Jeff Smith Billy Sadler
Hector Rondon SP 1% 13% 86% Mike Schooler Rusty Meacham Scott Lewis
Paolo Espino SP 0% 6% 94% Brandon Knight Danny Tamayo Jose Acevedo
Zach McAllister SP 0% 6% 94% Jason Jones Andy Ghelfi Paul Quinzer
Steven Wright RP 0% 2% 98% Nick McCurdy Ron Rightnowar Brian Sweeney
Scott Barnes SP 0% 3% 97% Rafael Quirico Mike Raczka Sean Thompson
Corey Kluber SP 0% 1% 99% Kevin Hart Brian Rogers Travis Baptist
Yohan Pino SP 0% 1% 99% Mark Nussbeck Ron Jensen Pete Janicki
Nick Hagadone SP 0% 5% 95% Morris Madden Adrian Burnside Joe Messman
Eric Berger SP 0% 2% 98% Carlos Perez Jason Saenz Greg Cadaret
Kelvin De La Cruz SP 0% 1% 99% Steve Bourgeois John Rosengren Jason Saenz
Player .300 BA .375 OBP .500 SLG 45+ 2B 10+ 3B 30+ HR 140 OPS+ 30+ SB
Shin-Soo Choo 28% 60% 25% 3% 2% 5% 32% 10%
Carlos Santana 3% 40% 10% 1% 1% 4% 14% 0%
Grady Sizemore 3% 16% 11% 0% 3% 1% 7% 8%
Travis Hafner 5% 23% 5% 0% 0% 0% 5% 0%
Michael Brantley 18% 11% 1% 2% 8% 1% 2% 57%
Asdrubal Cabrera 19% 8% 1% 9% 2% 0% 1% 4%
Matt LaPorta 1% 5% 4% 0% 0% 4% 2% 0%
Jordan Brown 11% 1% 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Shelley Duncan 0% 2% 3% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0%
Nick Weglarz 0% 6% 2% 0% 2% 0% 1% 0%
Jason Kipnis 6% 3% 2% 0% 9% 0% 1% 0%
Jason Donald 1% 2% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0% 0%
Josh Rodriguez 2% 4% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Andy Marte 3% 1% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Ezequiel Carrera 8% 7% 0% 0% 14% 0% 0% 19%
Cord Phelps 5% 4% 1% 3% 12% 0% 1% 0%
Lonnie Chisenhall 1% 0% 1% 3% 2% 5% 1% 0%
Lou Marson 0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2%
Jose Constanza 5% 2% 0% 0% 13% 0% 0% 36%
Trevor Crowe 2% 1% 0% 1% 3% 0% 0% 11%
Jayson Nix 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%
Luis Valbuena 1% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 2%
Brian Buscher 3% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0%
Wes Hodges 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Matt McBride 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Chris Gimenez 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Brian Horwitz 5% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Beau Mills 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Josh Phelps 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Luke Carlin 0% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Juan Apodaca 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Mark Grudzielanek 20% 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Wyatt Toregas 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Damaso Espino 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Player ERA+>130 ERA+>100 K/9 >8 BB/9 <2 HR/9 <1
Chris Perez 54% 95% 94% 0% 68%
Tony Sipp 12% 52% 96% 0% 34%
Joe Smith 13% 56% 23% 0% 76%
Jensen Lewis 7% 49% 42% 0% 54%
Justin Masterson 3% 52% 22% 0% 81%
Jess Todd 8% 51% 58% 1% 53%
Rafael Perez 6% 45% 16% 1% 82%
Fausto Carmona 1% 29% 0% 0% 71%
Vinnie Pestano 6% 41% 22% 0% 71%
Frank Herrmann 7% 39% 2% 11% 60%
Mitch Talbot 2% 23% 1% 0% 82%
Josh Judy 4% 29% 38% 0% 47%
Zach Putnam 2% 28% 1% 5% 76%
Carlos Carrasco 0% 16% 5% 0% 24%
Justin Germano 1% 17% 0% 18% 37%
Jeremy Sowers 0% 10% 0% 1% 61%
Hector Ambriz 1% 16% 13% 3% 42%
Aaron Laffey 0% 11% 0% 0% 84%
Josh Tomlin 0% 7% 0% 1% 6%
Alex White 0% 5% 1% 0% 23%
Scott Lewis 2% 16% 8% 8% 31%
Mike Gosling 1% 11% 4% 1% 56%
David Huff 0% 1% 0% 0% 13%
Jeanmar Gomez 0% 1% 0% 0% 21%
Shane Lindsay 1% 11% 65% 0% 78%
Hector Rondon 0% 3% 4% 4% 12%
Paolo Espino 0% 1% 0% 0% 8%
Zach McAllister 0% 0% 0% 1% 17%
Steven Wright 0% 1% 0% 0% 19%
Scott Barnes 0% 0% 2% 0% 10%
Corey Kluber 0% 0% 3% 0% 18%
Yohan Pino 0% 0% 0% 0% 6%
Nick Hagadone 0% 1% 18% 0% 59%
Eric Berger 0% 0% 0% 0% 29%
Kelvin De La Cruz 0% 0% 1% 0% 14%
All figures in % based on projection playing time
Disclaimer: ZiPS projections are computer-based projections of performance.
Performances have not been allocated to predicted playing time in the majors -
many of the players listed above are unlikely to play in the majors at all in 2011.
ZiPS is projecting equivalent production - a .240 ZiPS projection may end up
being .280 in AAA or .300 in AA, for example. Whether or not a player will play
is one of many non-statistical factors one has to take into account when predicting
the future.
Players are listed with their most recent teams unless Dan has made a mistake.
This is very possible as a lot of minor-league signings are generally unreported in
the offseason.
ZiPS is projecting based on the AL having a 4.29 ERA and the NL having a 4.14 ERA.
Players that are expected to be out due to injury are still projected. More information
is always better than less information and a computer isn't what should be projecting
the injury status of, for example, a pitcher with Tommy John surgery.
Positional offense is ranked by RC/27 and divided into quintiles based on what the
most frequent starting players at each position did in 2007-2010. Excellent is the top
quintile, Very Good the 2nd quintile and so on.
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1. Dan SzymborskiThanks for adding ERA+ to the 'average' dividing line.
Jeebus, that's not good pitching.
Yes. He is ####### atrocious. The flight paths of fruit flies are straighter than the the paths he takes to balls. His next career at Big O Tires will start shortly.
How are the hitters sorted, I thought it was by OPS+, but LaPorta's 105 is listed below a 99 and a 96.
I was very proud of myself for using my finely honed skills of deduction to determine what episode that was from the first time I saw it!
And you're not going to share what you deduced?
Elementary my dear Data.
It certainly has the feel of a courtroom drama, which leaves several options open. It is unlikely to be "Measure of a Man" as Riker and Picard were arguing opposite sides, and thus not sitting beside one another. It's certainly not "Devil's Due" as Riker was aboard the Enterprise for that episode, also they didn't appear to have any tables in that courtroom as far as I can recall. "The Drumhead" is another court based episode...but they used a room on the Enterprise which this does not appear to be (as we shall see this was a hasty and technically incorrect conclusion). Also this room is far brighter than the one in "The Drumhead", which was pretty shadowy, to go along with Norah Satie's rather clandestine witch-hunt.
The only logical choice left is "A Matter of Perspective". Riker and Picard have probably just seen some damning evidence of a holo-deck simulation of Riker hitting on Dr. Apgar's wife shortly before his untimely death. (After looking it up to confirm it's actually been photoshopped as Riker and Picard don't ever face palm at the same time.)
probably my favorite episode
I read this and thought Dan made a typo. I knew Choo was good and underrated, but I thought more in the sense that he was an all around player with a mid 120s OPS+ who got overlooked due to the broad base of skills. I had no idea he had been that good of a hitter the past 3 years despite having him on my fantasy team every one of those years. Wow.
All the more impressive in that it was season two, before they really found their stride. I like how Maddox and Data patched things up and kept up a long running correspondence afterwards.
DRY-MOUTH, DIVIDE-BY-ZERO ERROR, AND THE IMMEDIATE COMPLETE DISINTEGRATION
OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.
how about laughing uncontrollably?
I mean, yikes-a-mama, that's worse pitching than the Pirates!
Is there any point to turning Perez into a starter?
You're being a little hard on LaPorta I think. ZiPS has him at a 105 OPS+ with average defense -- that won't get confused with Albert Pujols but he's hardly horrible. I mean for a team whose pitching staff will soon be pictured in cigarette package warnings, LaPorta's a pretty minor problem.
Good, but it's no Darmok.
The episode in question was "Chain of Command" where Jellicoe took over while Picard was in a Cardassian prison. Jellicoe has been dicking the crew around, changing shift rotations on them, and he calls Riker into his ready-room. And immediately all of us get on the edge of our seats, because if Riker does his patented leg-swing over the chair to sit on it backwards we have to drink...and it's just the kind of disrespect the uptight Jellicoe deserves (after giving Troi a talking to for her inappropriate uniform). So there is an audible "will he!" silence, and then BAM, he does it! And my brother's girlfriend (who has never watched Star Trek) asks "why would he do that?" and my brother emphatically answers "why WOULDN'T HE!"
It may be a fairly nerdy story, but to me it summed up all that I find comforting about Star Trek...the utter familiarity with the characters to the point where even their body language can express themselves.
It's more of a "concept" than a "details" episode. Of course, I may be impartial because of the fact that allegorical language has always fascinated me. There's no way to substantiate it, but I've always felt that early modern people expressing themselves in Biblical or classical references (or for that matter my friends and I using Simpsons or Star Trek references) understood one another with a precision that we can't get at just using plain old English.
Gotta go - I think there's a salve salesman at my door.
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