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My Projections For the 2008 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

This is my Projections on stats for the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays

This will only cover the Starters for the Field, Main backup Utility and Outfielder, Starting Pitchers, and Setup Man, And Closer.

New Look Tampa Bay Rays

  1. 2b Aki Iwamura                   .300  95  R 11 HR 52  RBI 31 SB
  2. LF Carl Crawford                 .315  111 R 21 HR 97  RBI 59 SB
  3. RF Cliff Floyd/Jonny Gomes       .280  103 R 32 HR 115 RBI 13 SB
  4. 1b Carlos Pena                   .280  116 R 44 HR 132 RBI 5  SB
  5. CF BJ Upton                      .320  108 R 33 HR 118 RBI 28 SB
  6. 3b Evan Longoria                 .300   87 R 22 HR 84  RBI  6 SB
  7. DH Rocco Baldelli                .290   81 R 24 HR 89  RBI 11 SB
  8.  C Dioner Navarro                .270   61 R 13 HR 61  RBI  4 SB
  9. SS Jason Bartlett                .285   83 R  6 HR 51  RBI 23 SB
Backups

OF       Justin Ruggiano    .290 57 R  12 HR 62 RBI 8 SB
Utility  Ben Zobrist        .260 36 R   2 HR 33 RBI 6 SB

Rotation

  1. James shields   18 wins
  2. Scott Kazmir    21 wins
  3. Matt Garza      14 wins
  4. Edwin Jackson   11 wins
  5. David Price/Jason Hammel/Jeff Niemann/Andy Sonnanstine/JP Howell 12 wins
Setup Man Al Reyes     38 HOLDS
Closer Troy Percival   34 Saves

You can poll at the bottom to see how the majority feels about my projections.

I also included platoons into my projections as well.

Poll
What do you think of my projections?
Exactly what the Rays are Expecting
1 votes
What a pipe dream
30 votes
Best young talent assembled at the cost
6 votes
A Win now group of Hussle Players
0 votes
Close but no cigar
5 votes

42 votes | Poll has closed

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Re: My Projections For the 2008
Those are pretty optimistic.  Also, these seem more like fantasy projections than any sort of meaningful projection given the stars you chose.

by sattp on Dec 15, 2007 10:08 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Re: My Projections For the 2008
"Pretty optimistic"??? I'd say. Those projections make Joe Madden look downright dour, imo.

It'd be nice if everyone has a career year at the same time, but it's not a very realistic expectation.

by zengator on Dec 15, 2007 10:36 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: My Projections For the 2008 Tampa Bay Devil Ra
I'll streak through downtown St. Pete with a Yankees hat on if Dioner hits .270
ccfan

by ccfan on Dec 16, 2007 11:06 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Re: My Projections For the 2008 Tampa Bay Devil Ra
I'll wear any hat you want me to if Zobrist and Navarro hit over .260.
My Blog. Check it out if you wish.

by Cory Alexander on Dec 16, 2007 1:04 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow
Those are definitely some optimistic projections. If those are even in the orbit of reality next year, we've got a nice season coming ahead of us.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Dec 16, 2007 8:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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