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Baseball Prospectus : Projections :: Miss Cleo : Being Psychic

February 25th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Since we’re on the subject, let’s look at BP’s 2007 projection for Carlos Pena:
Breakout: 9% Improve: 21% Collapse 38%
18 HR, 62 RBI, .252 BA, .457 SLG
Actual 2007 Carlos Pena results:
46 HR, 121 RBI, .282 BA, .627 SLG
Come on!

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Pecota · Printed On Time: 10% · Terrible

K-Talk: Draft Day Panic 2007

February 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Okay, I have a confession to make (this feels like I’m Eli Sunday at the end of There Will Be Blood). On draft day after the second round…I panic. It’s true. All the reading, excel spreadsheets, tiers and charts all go out the window. I see red. It all happens so […]

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Tags: Baseball Prospectus · Draft · It Just Happened · Keepers · Last · Laster than Last · Managers · Pecota · Strategy · Terrible · There Will Be Blood · trades