Evan Longoria Graces Cover of Bill James 2010 Handbook

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 21, 2009 4:18 PM EDT

See:

Bjh10_medium

via www.actapublications.com

Some notable projections from the book (in OPS form):

Evan Longoria: .918

Ben Zobrist: .876

Carlos Pena: .858

Matt Joyce: .829

Pat Burrell: .795

Desmond Jennings: .790

Carl Crawford: .786

B.J. Upton: .768

Jason Bartlett: .763

I wouldn't put too much weight into the projections since systems like CHONE and ZiPS are shown to be more accurate, but it's Bill James, if you're buying the book, it's not because of projections. Or it shouldn't be, at least. If you're interested, check out more at the publisher's site, here.

We'll offer a more extensive review upon the book's release.

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OH AN HE SEXY

Get well soon DM

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 21, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Cover Boy

big deal

by gjsor on Oct 21, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

Post updated.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 21, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions

James tends to overshoot on his projections, FWIW

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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Oct 21, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

So Desmond Jennings won't be a .370/.420 OF next year?

Get well soon DM

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 21, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Deezy > CC/BJ

by SRQman on Oct 21, 2009 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

5 man infield, Deezy in the OF

DO IT JOMA.

by Thaddeus? on Oct 21, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Player BJ OPS ZiPS OPS
Longoria .918 .876
Zobrist .876 .799
Pena .858 .890
Joyce .829 .718
Burrell .795 .752
Jennings .790 .701
Crawford .786 .788
Upton .768 .757
Bartlett .763 .750

I think only 7 of 9 James projections being higher is some kind of record pessimism from whoever’s running those!

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Dan Szymborski
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by D.Szymborski on Oct 21, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

I love you.

Also, should I take this as a sign that the Rays are coming up in the 2010 ZiPS series?

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 21, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I just uploaded the Reds, so just Red Sox to be posted. I’m doing a couple a week so sometime next week. I’m actually up to Padres now, but I don’t have it all put into DMB and formatted yet.

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Dan Szymborski
dan@baseballprimer.com

by D.Szymborski on Oct 21, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions