Archive for the 'Predictions' Category

An encouraging step toward designing a reliable fielding metric for minor leaguers.

If a hitter can hit for power in the minors, what does that say about his potential major league success?

Finding the answer is as evasive as ever.

Having more and better data will increase the skills of our seers.

The schedule may give the AL Central teams a break this year.

The NL Central was a very rare breed last season. Will it be again this season as well?

Even if we completely trust projections, some win totals will miss by a fairly large margin.

Can various stats be combined to give a clearer look at pitcher values?

Trying to predict what any prospect will do is a fools errand, but it’s still worth a try.

Projectionists should embrace the mystical side of the craft to find something new in this beautifully massive set of data.