It’s not a world-beating team, but the White Sox are my early pick for the AL Central, edging out the Tigers and a little above the Twins. The team’s not headed for a 95-win season, but they are generally solid without a lot of major holes, though they could use another bullpen arm. …
Here are the first 5 hitting projections:
Player B PO Age BA OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OPS+ Adam Dunn L DH 31 .252 .383 .539 147 497 81 125 24 1 39 98 102 190 1 1 142 Paul Konerko R 1B 35 .273 .358 .500 133 484 70 132 24 1 28 86 62 92 1 1 126 Carlos Quentin R RF 28 .261 .358 .495 128 444 74 116 25 2 25 88 49 79 4 2 125 Alexis Rios R CF 30 .273 .321 .440 153 605 84 165 33 4 20 84 40 103 26 10 100 Dallas McPherson L DH 30 .226 .310 .487 105 380 51 86 17 2 26 63 44 153 5 2 106 ...
and the the first 5 pitching projections:
Player T Age ERA W L G GS IP H ER HR BB K ERA+ John Danks L 26 3.82 15 9 32 32 200.3 189 85 21 65 161 117 Jake Peavy R 30 3.89 10 6 20 20 120.3 110 52 14 40 119 115 Gavin Floyd R 28 3.95 14 9 30 30 189.3 186 83 20 57 157 113 Mark Buehrle L 32 4.30 13 10 30 30 190.3 214 91 21 45 103 104 Chris Sale L 22 4.40 10 8 40 20 143.3 143 70 18 52 130 102 ...
I hope and expect Beckham will have a better year than what his projection says!
J.J. Stankevitz looks on the ZiPS projections. BTW, Brett Ballantini sees 93 wins and a division title.
