I feel 81 wins is a pretty reasonable expectation for them. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Below are the previous parts. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. This works for me if there is 162 games which is not looking like it. It seems nearly certain that Marcell Ozuna will return, but from a baseball standpoint, he didnt hit at all early last year. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Welcome back, baseball! Dansby Swanson is a big loss, but when you see the projection for Vaughn Grissom, youll understand why the Braves dominate this very preliminary run of the NL East standings. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors
After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. FanGraphs simulates each season 10,000 times to generate the probabilities. Bringing in Nelson Cruz to be a veteran mentor was a nice touch, and Stephen Strasburg could potentially return from his Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery mid-season. And two, because fans absolutely lose their minds at these things. They also need to figure out how to solve the Coors Field hangover effect; over the last five seasons the Rockies have won 55.4% of their games at home and just 43.2% of their games on the road. Manny Machado. ATC Projections Expected 2022 Win Totals. Its hard to get where you want to go if you dont know where youre starting. Out went Gray, Castellanos, Barnhart, Winker, Surez, Wade Miley and Amir Garrett. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Read the rest of this entry . Outbidding Minnesota for Correa (or signing Trevor Story) would have been a more elegant and probably superior solution to the the Josh Donaldson trade, without adding significant money to the payroll. The outfield depth just isnt that strong, especially with neither Cristian Pache nor Drew Waters having any kind of breakout years in Triple-A. Below are the projections for the Milwaukee Brewers. If the last 2 years are any indication, we'd need to bank on another 60 game season, God damn they are more optimistic than me. Read the rest of this entry . The Rays are another possible answer, though. Collin McHugh had an impressive 2022 campaign too 2.60 ERA with a 0.938 WHIP over 69.1 innings. That Bobby Witt Jr. projects well is not a surprise, but Nick Pratto, MJ Melendez, and Vinnie Pasquantino all crushed the feckless assortment of minor league pitchers they faced, and you have to feel much better about the long-term outlook of all three in the majors. Daimon Latino Nights is open every Wednesday from 8 PM to 2 AM. In the American League Central, ATC is also modeling a 5% better chance of the Guardians being part of the postseason, whereas the Twins model out 4% worse versus the FGDC simulations. Well update these throughout the season as more and more info gets added. Now, the late-80s Braves eventually became the 90s Braves, something the Rangers are no doubt striving for, but getting from Point A to Point B isnt a route you can just put into your cars navigation system. So how does it work? They did bring back DeScalfani and Alex Wood and Logan Webb is a stud. Here's FanGraphs preseason projections in 2018: https://fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds?date=2018-03-28&dateDelta= Notice that are 18 teams <25%. It's our predicted best guess on the early college basketball rankings after Week 11. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted
ZiPS misses for teams from year to year are uncorrelated with an r^2 of one years miss to the next of 0.000575. Now, hes the big loss, but Jameson Taillon and Matt Carpenter matter, too, though it isnt likely that Carpenter will match his 2022 performance anyway. Every time I projected the Mariners this winter, they showed incremental improvement. Thats a lot of ifs that have to go right, though. Still, if they make the playoffs in 2022 as close a certainty youll get in baseball these days theyll join the 19912005 Atlanta Braves and the 19952007 New York Yankees as the only teams in history to make the playoffs for an entire decade. Follow Ariel on Twitter at @ATCNY. 2022 ZiPS Projections: Atlanta Braves. The Baltimore Orioles are partially responsible for that, with two more expected wins according to ATC. The team had five starters with above-average ERA+ numbers, and the bullpen was, well, average -- which for the Angels counts as improvement. The contract that Carlos Correa signed with the Twins really calls into question some of the Yankees maneuvering during the final weeks of the offseason. For just this run of rankings, Ive used the projected fielding component of WAR that appears on our Depth Charts projections. Entering the 2022 NFL season, he is 427-344 all-time on NFL sides (plus $3,764 for $100 players), including 394-330 against the spread. The Cubs traded away most of the core of their 2016 championship team last summer, but instead of sliding into another deep rebuilding phase, they went out and spent a bunch of money on Marcus Stroman and Seiya Suzuki. The exercise continues this offseason. Maybe Zack Greinke being back in Royal blue for 2022 will help them find another level. The Reds made it very clear that they were looking to slash payroll this offseason, bending over backwards to frame their roster deconstruction as the beginning of a realignment, not a rebuild. But the offense is thoroughly uninspiring wherever you look. Follow him on Twitter @jakemailhot. The projections havent figured out how to handle the Rays brand of excessively deep roster construction. Now, correlations with fewer than 20 points arent ideal, but the individual franchise with the highest year-to-year r^2 is the Mariners, at 0.03, which isnt terribly meaningful. As you can see, FanGraphs is pretty high on the 2022 team. Approximately minutes of joyous analysis. They wildly outperformed their projections a year ago and then had a ton of turnover on their roster during the offseason. After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. First, we take the three most important components of a team their offense (wRC+), and their starting rotation and bullpen (a 50/50 blend of FIP- and RA9-) and weight and combine them to create an overall team quality metric. One risk facing the Royals is that Witt plays third base, with Nicky Lopez remaining the shortstop. So its not surprising that when you total it up, two of the teams that have made the most in-season additions over the last 17 seasons, the Astros and Yankees, are the two teams that have underperformed most often in ZiPS. Depth Charts: FanGraphs Depth Chart projections are a combination of ZiPS and Steamer projections with playing time allocated by our staff. With Spencer Torkelson on the Opening Day roster and Riley Greene close behind him (once he heals from his spring foot injury), Detroit has loudly declared its intention to compete sooner rather than later. If you start by looking at the offensive comps in the chart below, you can see how quickly things go downhill in the batters projections. Oops. Even being average for 2 months wouldve kept us in it. Now, imagine a scenario in which Acua isnt quite ready, Ozuna is struggling, and the Braves have to field a designated hitter in addition to cobbling together whatever at first. Some element of team defense is captured by RA9-, but now that FanGraphs has OAA/RAA from Statcast available on our leaderboards, Ive chosen to include that as the defensive component for each team. Although he didnt pitch for Atlanta due to injury - and only spent six weeks in the organization - he was a key part of the Braves mid-2010s rebuild. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. ATC is smart aggregation of other projections; its methodology is based on the process that Nate Silver uses with his political forecasting model over at FiveThirtyEight. I do think some of this projection is because Yoan Moncada was a mess but I dont think he will be that bad again. The Rays will be the Rays, and theyll probably add two wins from random pitchers they pick up from indie leagues, but thats a bit out of ZiPS purview. An 85% chance to make the playoffs and a 9% chance to win the World Series at this point is high praise. Sign up for the The talent was evident, but ownership was clearly reluctant to spend any additional money or prospect capital to supplement the core again. Now, I did say there was one major exception, and thats in-season roster changes. I talked quite a lot about Francos outlook when he he signed his big ol contract extension, so I wont rehash that here. Dropping $125M on JRam doesnt seem to square with your assessment. If the ChiSox are truly limited to $10M max (seriously? All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. He was a writer for ESPN.com from 2010-2018, a regular guest on a number of radio shows and podcasts, and a voting BBWAA member. And the As, well, they didnt have anyone good enough to lose, which is something! It's supposed to be, "fool me once shame on you, fool me can't get fooled again." _Thot_Patrol I remain on the record that I think the Tigers are better than ZiPS thinks, and its nice to see that Detroit isnt going to play games with Spencer Torkelsons playing time. The As might have had one more competitive season with their core that won nearly 60% of their games from 2018 to 20. Every time I projected the Mariners this winter, they showed incremental improvement. But for whatever reason, PECOTA has finally started to like the Braves. Not sure thats really true. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors
The Twins surprised everyone when they landed Correa as their starting shortstop. 2023 Pre-Season Projections ZiPS . With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The loss of Correa at shortstop looms large. Read the rest of this entry . Giants only at 81 wins? Ariel is the 2020 Tout Wars Head to Head League Champion. Ralph Garza Jr. and the Sometimes Sidearmers, Beat the Shift Podcast Catcher Episode w/ Vlad Sedler, Starting Pitchers Arent Leaning On Their Best Pitches. NHL 2022-23 Stanley Cup playoff chances and projected standings. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Its a big bet on their player development group, which could pay dividends in a couple of years. Read the rest of this entry . Every spot of the lineup is projected to be worth at least two WAR, even the shortstop crater that Jeremy Pea will seek to fill. I dont think they expected to be able to sign him to an extension. Ariel is the 2019 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year. Lets start with how teams performed versus their projections: Teams have gotten a bit more polarized in how theyre run in-season. He's a switch-hitter with a hit/power combination that would probably make him an All-Star anywhere on the diamond, while also being a plus defender at the most demanding . On paper, the White Sox are good enough to be in the second tier, but some spring injury issues have knocked them down a peg. Playoff odds tell how likely an MLB team will win the division, wild card berth or win the World Series. Not by much but their minimum payroll boost looks to be in the $15-25M. Ariel was ranked by FantasyPros as the #1 fantasy baseball expert in 2019. Below are the projections for the Miami Marlins. The As have made a lot of improbable runs, but if they cause pain to the Astros and Mariners this year, it might be their most impressive surprise yet. Much like FanGraphs, PECOTA really likes the Braves in 2022, which hasn't always been the case. ZiPS isnt projecting Matt Chapman to set any new personal bests, as his offense has fallen off enough that hes probably left his 201819 MVP-ish peak for good. While its still taken as an assumption that hell return, the fact is he didnt sign before the 2021 season, he didnt sign during the 2021 season, and he didnt sign before the lockout. This projection does include the addition of Matt Olson but it should pointed out, the Braves arent done with off-season moves. Im looking forward to Adley Rutschman, Grayson Rodriguez, Cedric Mullins, and quickly changing the subject to the American League Central lest I have to think too much about this team. Dan Szymborski is a senior writer for FanGraphs and the developer of the ZiPS projection system. Over the past few years, ATC has consistently been one of the most accurate baseball forecasting models. The success of their season will likely hinge on those youngsters and their ability to acclimate quickly to the big leagues. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location,
Thats an incredible run of success, and theyre not letting up anytime soon. Cleveland is fairly unscathed, with the drop-off in wins reflecting a drop-off in the overall projections for the roster. For the second straight year, weve also run the same process using the Average Total Cost (ATC) Projections as our base. The result is a million different rosters for each team and an associated winning percentage for each of those million teams. Number in parentheses is where each team finished in last week's rankings. They did manage to re-sign Brandon Belt, Anthony DeSclafani, and Alex Wood while also adding Carlos Rodn, Alex Cobb, and Matthew Boyd to their rotation and Joc Pederson to their lineup. The problem is, hitting home runs has never really been the Rockies problem. So there you go, if projection models are your thing, thats all good news from two of the biggest sites in the baseball community. In truth, the projections for Arizona were so positive on the whole that I actually went back and double-checked every park factor and calculation specific to the Diamondbacks and their minor league affiliates. ZiPS tends to be the most positive projection system when it comes to the St. Louis Cardinals, and 2023 looks like no exception. by Handedness, The Absurdly Preliminary 2023 ZiPS Projected Standings, Despite Non-Tender and Big Struggles, Theres Hope for a Bellinger Revival, Angels Snare Hunter Renfroe, Brewers Fill Up on Pitchers. No fucking way they are that low next year. Theyll get a full season of Wander Franco and just handed the keys to another one of their top prospects in Josh Lowe after trading Austin Meadows this week. After a prolonged offseason rife with drama and surprises, Opening Day is finally upon us. Ariel is a member of the inaugural Tout Wars Draft & Hold league, a member of the inaugural Mixed LABR Auction league and plays high stakes contests in the NFBC. The Yankees may not bring Aaron Judge back, but it would be absolutely shocking if they didnt do something to replace the wins they would lose with his departure. "@HaloDom47 Whatever it projected was thrown out of whack because of Rendons bitch ass and a lot of the injuries that happened to other players most notably Trout. Of note is that higher-percentile projections already have more playing time than lower-percentile projections before this step. Stored within ZiPS are the first through 99th percentile projections for each player. And the pitching still goes pretty deep so its really hard to imagine that they are anywhere near the Royals next year, even in this state. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location,
Their entire system is proprietary to their site but as they describe it, its a system that takes a players past performance and tries to project the most likely outcome for the following season. Of course, thats what every projection model attempts to do but all in different ways. But it would be a lot easier to do if they could bring back Freddie Freeman. Projection systems and all their glory have arrived. New for this year, Ive opted to include defense as a component, though its weighted less heavily than offense and pitching. Which team in baseball has the best middle infield? It has the Braves with a very similar final record to FanGraphs at 92-70 and even better chances to make the playoffs at 91%. Location: Karta. Its insane. We also get one of my favorite spring time treasures Projection systems releasing their standings and playoff predictions for the season. Both models also assign less than a 2% chance to the Rockies, Orioles, Athletics, Diamondbacks and Pirates making the playoffs. That move alters the direction of the organization considerably. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. If that number is real they arent doing any spending of significance either. Some may think. You can divide Washingtons offense into two distinct parts. Renfroe is actually helpful for an organization that has proven bad at surrounding its stars with secondary talent, but theres a lot to do if the Angels are going to even maintain this place in the standings. Duke Blue Devils 13-5 (24) The team has a credible backup at most positions and even some upper minors depth (Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and, if you believe Steamer rather than ZiPS, Khalil Lee) they can use if the need arises. That level of divisional chaos is sure to delight Jay Jaffe, my colleague and GM of Team Entropy or at least it would if MLB hadnt made the decision to eliminate tiebreaker games in 2022, going instead with NFL-style tiebreak procedures only. There are a lot of Reds who ZiPS sees as having significant upside (Elly De La Cruz, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Noelvi Marte), but the system doesnt see 2023 being their breakout campaigns. In five years, the Rockies will be paying Lopez $10 million a year to put up 1.1 WAR and block the latest iteration of Brendan Rodgers or Ryan McMahon. The Premier League fixtures for the 2022-23 season were announced on Thursday June 16, 2022 at 4am ET. Semien is a few years older, but after rightfully being a big part of the American League MVP race in two of the last three seasons, he starts off on a pretty high pedestal. After all, they didnt even win their own division last year after taking the NL West eight years in a row. Any trades would be to move Rosario or one of Plesac/Civale. Ariel Cohen is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Read the rest of this entry . ZiPS then automatically fills in playing time from the next players on the list (proportionally) to get to a full slate of plate appearances and innings. The exercise continues this offseason. by Retrosheet. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. The latest episode of The Sleeper and the Bust is live. Like the Rangers, the Cubs are hoping that they can skip a few steps in The Process by adding talent through free agency. As you might logically suspect, ZiPS systematically underestimates teams that add value during the season and overrates teams that subtract value. PECOTA, FanGraphs Projections MLB News Written By Staff on March 29, 2022 After the lockout, Major League Baseball's opening day is now April 7. Two of the more popular and respected projection systems - Pecota and FanGraphs - have already released their win totals for each team. Juan Soto is one of the most electrifying young players in the game; Washington would do well to extend him and then build a winner around him again. Over the last decade, ZiPS has averaged 19.9 correct teams when looking at Vegas preseason over/under lines. I doubt theyll enter the season with Ryan Pepiot in the rotation. Uras projects to essentially repeat his 2021 season. Combined with other changes in the playing time assumptions, Boston basically catches up to the division. Earlier this offseason, we released our team expected win totals and playoff odds for the 2022 season. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 . Shane Bazs elbow injury was a particularly unwelcome bit of news. After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. Below are the projections for the New York Mets. The offensive holes arent so deep as to prevent baseballs or electromagnetic radiation from escaping. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Also gotta remember that the rest of the Central teams (especially Twins) have payroll space. Well start with the AL East: You shouldnt be surprised to see the Yankees crash back to earth here, based on the simple fact that the dude worth 11.4 WAR for them this past season hint, its not Tim Locastro is currently unsigned. Some may think it disappointing that the Mariners are still projected to win fewer games than in 2021, but exceeding Pythagorean record by 14 wins isnt something that actually has value in gauging future performance. 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Instead, they tore everything down to the studs. Probably the most surprising team in these standings is the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have a cornucopia of players that ZiPS just really likes (Corbin Carroll, Brandon Pfaadt, Drey Jameson, and Ryne Nelson in particular). With some luck, they could get 16 WAR from Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani alone and have enough go right to fall into the divisional race, but its not the most likely outcome. edit: damnit, I screwed it up. We've graded all 32 teams -- including one A+ and two F's -- and announced the winners of our own batch of awards . All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location,
Their problem is that none of Kansas Citys young pitchers have stepped up to contribute in a big way yet. Those additions might not have been as flashy as adding Carlos Correa or trading for Olson as some Yankees fans dreamed about, but it does give them a solid infield that should be vastly improved defensively. Fangraphs: 2022 Top 100 Prospects. That was Milwaukees focus this offseason, trading for Hunter Renfroe and signing Andrew McCutchen to supplement the lineup. It's not all bad. Hartstein went 68-50 ATS (58 percent) and 8-3 on money line . Despite all these new faces in Minnesota, the pitching staff still feels thin. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Loosely, money spent outside of planned raises and inexpensive (think 2yrs, $13M or 1yr, $4.5M) roster hole plugging that every team does. The success of ATC stems from minimizing parameter risk across the player pool, which you can read more about here. He is a Vice President of Risk Management for a large international insurance and reinsurance company. In five years, he could be their Carlos Correa. Jeremy Pea has shown plenty of promise in the minors and comes in highly regarded, but hes simply not likely to replace his production immediately or fully. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. As usual, dont hesitate to tweet us or comment below with fantasy questions. Losing Fernando Tatis Jr. for the first three months of the season puts them at a serious disadvantage, and they chose to make surprisingly few acquisitions over the offseason after two years of near-frenetic activity. You start with two easy Hall of Famers and then about 40 seconds later, youre reassembling the late-80s Braves. The Angels are a lackluster team with a lackluster offseason, so they ended up with a lackluster projection. Thats the straight-up, pure, 100% unadulterated Ted Williams comp, too. You forgot the except Cleveland at the end of that. by Retrosheet. Even if father time catches up to only one of them (and tbh has it not already for Longoria) then 81 wins is pretty reasonable unless Joey Bart just comes out blazing. You could make an argument for any of these four teams to sit atop these rankings, though, and thats why theyre presented in tiers rather than a straight numerical order. You may not think it significant but for Dolan to spend 8 figures in FA is. by Retrosheet. by Handedness. You can see how all the talent on their roster could come together to form a contender, but the specter of their late-season collapse looms large. Any team led by Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani has the potential to be one of the best in all of baseball. The departures of Mark Canha and Starling Marte are a real setback for Oakland, but the lineups core remains intact. Getting back to the four-win threshold would still make him All-Star level, though. The Astros are still the favorite to win the AL West, but theyre also looking just a little more vulnerable than they have in the recent past. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:47 AM ET, Park Factors
Too many high impact FAs on the board. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. ANGELS 1) How many of the vets can stay healthy? Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Former Braves outfielder is headed to the AL East. But despite being absolutely premature and littered with horrible misses, projected standings at this point are actually quite useful, and useful is the best description any kind of predictive model can strive for. Not having Xander Bogaerts hurts the Red Sox quite a bit, but ZiPS already liked Boston better than their 2022 record and a few of the guys on the edge of the roster (Ceddanne Rafaela, Enmanuel Valdez) have fairly solid projections. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Obviously ideally they would be generally good players who can thrive in Denver and just fall off less elsewhere. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. Cardinals fans will have plenty to celebrate whether or not the team makes the playoffs; Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols have already announced that 2022 will be their last year in the majors, and Wainwright has heavily hinted at joining them in retirement after the season. Theres a lot to like about the Miami Marlins, but most of those things are on the pitching side. He also maintains a terrible Twitter account at @DSzymborski. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Speaking of unanswered questions: Will Christian Yelich return to being the MVP-caliber player he was in 2018 and 19, or is the seriously diminished production of the last two years his new baseline? The exercise continues this offseason. This would the same mistake that the Orioles made some years ago with Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy; for a handful of runs, the team would needlessly be lowering the ceiling on a franchise player. When it comes to the Giants, ZiPS is increasingly a fan of Kyle Harrison, which helps to mute some of the loss of Carlos Rodn. Rutschman is a complete, franchise-altering prospect, and one of the most exciting young players in the entire sport. Another 15 wins to add to this projection seem pretty straightforward. The Bills are a 4.5-point favorite in the game. After that is done, ZiPS applies another set of algorithms with a generalized distribution of injury risk, which change the baseline PAs/IPs selected for each player. The Angels have the benefit here of having most of the teams performance tied up in just a few players, with nobody crucial headed to free agency. Adley Rutschman should make his debut as soon as he returns from his spring arm injury, and its possible Grayson Rodriguez could follow soon after. These are based upon the FanGraphs Depth Charts, which use a 50/50 blend of ZiPS and Steamer and our manually maintained playing time estimates. Of note here is that higher-percentile projections already have more playing time baked in than lower-percentile projections before this step. Gone are Gausman, Cueto, Buster Posey, Kris Bryant, Donovan Solano and a host of other role players. The Padres would love to put the summer of 2021 behind them, but they just cant escape the bad vibes that saw them win just 18 games during the last two months of the season.
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I feel 81 wins is a pretty reasonable expectation for them. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Below are the previous parts. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. This works for me if there is 162 games which is not looking like it. It seems nearly certain that Marcell Ozuna will return, but from a baseball standpoint, he didnt hit at all early last year. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Welcome back, baseball! Dansby Swanson is a big loss, but when you see the projection for Vaughn Grissom, youll understand why the Braves dominate this very preliminary run of the NL East standings. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. FanGraphs simulates each season 10,000 times to generate the probabilities. Bringing in Nelson Cruz to be a veteran mentor was a nice touch, and Stephen Strasburg could potentially return from his Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery mid-season. And two, because fans absolutely lose their minds at these things. They also need to figure out how to solve the Coors Field hangover effect; over the last five seasons the Rockies have won 55.4% of their games at home and just 43.2% of their games on the road. Manny Machado. ATC Projections Expected 2022 Win Totals. Its hard to get where you want to go if you dont know where youre starting. Out went Gray, Castellanos, Barnhart, Winker, Surez, Wade Miley and Amir Garrett. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Read the rest of this entry . Outbidding Minnesota for Correa (or signing Trevor Story) would have been a more elegant and probably superior solution to the the Josh Donaldson trade, without adding significant money to the payroll. The outfield depth just isnt that strong, especially with neither Cristian Pache nor Drew Waters having any kind of breakout years in Triple-A. Below are the projections for the Milwaukee Brewers. If the last 2 years are any indication, we'd need to bank on another 60 game season, God damn they are more optimistic than me. Read the rest of this entry . The Rays are another possible answer, though. Collin McHugh had an impressive 2022 campaign too 2.60 ERA with a 0.938 WHIP over 69.1 innings. That Bobby Witt Jr. projects well is not a surprise, but Nick Pratto, MJ Melendez, and Vinnie Pasquantino all crushed the feckless assortment of minor league pitchers they faced, and you have to feel much better about the long-term outlook of all three in the majors. Daimon Latino Nights is open every Wednesday from 8 PM to 2 AM. In the American League Central, ATC is also modeling a 5% better chance of the Guardians being part of the postseason, whereas the Twins model out 4% worse versus the FGDC simulations. Well update these throughout the season as more and more info gets added. Now, the late-80s Braves eventually became the 90s Braves, something the Rangers are no doubt striving for, but getting from Point A to Point B isnt a route you can just put into your cars navigation system. So how does it work? They did bring back DeScalfani and Alex Wood and Logan Webb is a stud. Here's FanGraphs preseason projections in 2018: https://fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds?date=2018-03-28&dateDelta= Notice that are 18 teams <25%. It's our predicted best guess on the early college basketball rankings after Week 11. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted ZiPS misses for teams from year to year are uncorrelated with an r^2 of one years miss to the next of 0.000575. Now, hes the big loss, but Jameson Taillon and Matt Carpenter matter, too, though it isnt likely that Carpenter will match his 2022 performance anyway. Every time I projected the Mariners this winter, they showed incremental improvement. Thats a lot of ifs that have to go right, though. Still, if they make the playoffs in 2022 as close a certainty youll get in baseball these days theyll join the 19912005 Atlanta Braves and the 19952007 New York Yankees as the only teams in history to make the playoffs for an entire decade. Follow Ariel on Twitter at @ATCNY. 2022 ZiPS Projections: Atlanta Braves. The Baltimore Orioles are partially responsible for that, with two more expected wins according to ATC. The team had five starters with above-average ERA+ numbers, and the bullpen was, well, average -- which for the Angels counts as improvement. The contract that Carlos Correa signed with the Twins really calls into question some of the Yankees maneuvering during the final weeks of the offseason. For just this run of rankings, Ive used the projected fielding component of WAR that appears on our Depth Charts projections. Entering the 2022 NFL season, he is 427-344 all-time on NFL sides (plus $3,764 for $100 players), including 394-330 against the spread. The Cubs traded away most of the core of their 2016 championship team last summer, but instead of sliding into another deep rebuilding phase, they went out and spent a bunch of money on Marcus Stroman and Seiya Suzuki. The exercise continues this offseason. Maybe Zack Greinke being back in Royal blue for 2022 will help them find another level. The Reds made it very clear that they were looking to slash payroll this offseason, bending over backwards to frame their roster deconstruction as the beginning of a realignment, not a rebuild. But the offense is thoroughly uninspiring wherever you look. Follow him on Twitter @jakemailhot. The projections havent figured out how to handle the Rays brand of excessively deep roster construction. Now, correlations with fewer than 20 points arent ideal, but the individual franchise with the highest year-to-year r^2 is the Mariners, at 0.03, which isnt terribly meaningful. As you can see, FanGraphs is pretty high on the 2022 team. Approximately minutes of joyous analysis. They wildly outperformed their projections a year ago and then had a ton of turnover on their roster during the offseason. After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. First, we take the three most important components of a team their offense (wRC+), and their starting rotation and bullpen (a 50/50 blend of FIP- and RA9-) and weight and combine them to create an overall team quality metric. One risk facing the Royals is that Witt plays third base, with Nicky Lopez remaining the shortstop. So its not surprising that when you total it up, two of the teams that have made the most in-season additions over the last 17 seasons, the Astros and Yankees, are the two teams that have underperformed most often in ZiPS. Depth Charts: FanGraphs Depth Chart projections are a combination of ZiPS and Steamer projections with playing time allocated by our staff. With Spencer Torkelson on the Opening Day roster and Riley Greene close behind him (once he heals from his spring foot injury), Detroit has loudly declared its intention to compete sooner rather than later. If you start by looking at the offensive comps in the chart below, you can see how quickly things go downhill in the batters projections. Oops. Even being average for 2 months wouldve kept us in it. Now, imagine a scenario in which Acua isnt quite ready, Ozuna is struggling, and the Braves have to field a designated hitter in addition to cobbling together whatever at first. Some element of team defense is captured by RA9-, but now that FanGraphs has OAA/RAA from Statcast available on our leaderboards, Ive chosen to include that as the defensive component for each team. Although he didnt pitch for Atlanta due to injury - and only spent six weeks in the organization - he was a key part of the Braves mid-2010s rebuild. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. ATC is smart aggregation of other projections; its methodology is based on the process that Nate Silver uses with his political forecasting model over at FiveThirtyEight. I do think some of this projection is because Yoan Moncada was a mess but I dont think he will be that bad again. The Rays will be the Rays, and theyll probably add two wins from random pitchers they pick up from indie leagues, but thats a bit out of ZiPS purview. An 85% chance to make the playoffs and a 9% chance to win the World Series at this point is high praise. Sign up for the The talent was evident, but ownership was clearly reluctant to spend any additional money or prospect capital to supplement the core again. Now, I did say there was one major exception, and thats in-season roster changes. I talked quite a lot about Francos outlook when he he signed his big ol contract extension, so I wont rehash that here. Dropping $125M on JRam doesnt seem to square with your assessment. If the ChiSox are truly limited to $10M max (seriously? All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. He was a writer for ESPN.com from 2010-2018, a regular guest on a number of radio shows and podcasts, and a voting BBWAA member. And the As, well, they didnt have anyone good enough to lose, which is something! It's supposed to be, "fool me once shame on you, fool me can't get fooled again." _Thot_Patrol I remain on the record that I think the Tigers are better than ZiPS thinks, and its nice to see that Detroit isnt going to play games with Spencer Torkelsons playing time. The As might have had one more competitive season with their core that won nearly 60% of their games from 2018 to 20. Every time I projected the Mariners this winter, they showed incremental improvement. But for whatever reason, PECOTA has finally started to like the Braves. Not sure thats really true. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors The Twins surprised everyone when they landed Correa as their starting shortstop. 2023 Pre-Season Projections ZiPS . With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The loss of Correa at shortstop looms large. Read the rest of this entry . Giants only at 81 wins? Ariel is the 2020 Tout Wars Head to Head League Champion. Ralph Garza Jr. and the Sometimes Sidearmers, Beat the Shift Podcast Catcher Episode w/ Vlad Sedler, Starting Pitchers Arent Leaning On Their Best Pitches. NHL 2022-23 Stanley Cup playoff chances and projected standings. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Its a big bet on their player development group, which could pay dividends in a couple of years. Read the rest of this entry . Every spot of the lineup is projected to be worth at least two WAR, even the shortstop crater that Jeremy Pea will seek to fill. I dont think they expected to be able to sign him to an extension. Ariel is the 2019 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year. Lets start with how teams performed versus their projections: Teams have gotten a bit more polarized in how theyre run in-season. He's a switch-hitter with a hit/power combination that would probably make him an All-Star anywhere on the diamond, while also being a plus defender at the most demanding . On paper, the White Sox are good enough to be in the second tier, but some spring injury issues have knocked them down a peg. Playoff odds tell how likely an MLB team will win the division, wild card berth or win the World Series. Not by much but their minimum payroll boost looks to be in the $15-25M. Ariel was ranked by FantasyPros as the #1 fantasy baseball expert in 2019. Below are the projections for the Miami Marlins. The As have made a lot of improbable runs, but if they cause pain to the Astros and Mariners this year, it might be their most impressive surprise yet. Much like FanGraphs, PECOTA really likes the Braves in 2022, which hasn't always been the case. ZiPS isnt projecting Matt Chapman to set any new personal bests, as his offense has fallen off enough that hes probably left his 201819 MVP-ish peak for good. While its still taken as an assumption that hell return, the fact is he didnt sign before the 2021 season, he didnt sign during the 2021 season, and he didnt sign before the lockout. This projection does include the addition of Matt Olson but it should pointed out, the Braves arent done with off-season moves. Im looking forward to Adley Rutschman, Grayson Rodriguez, Cedric Mullins, and quickly changing the subject to the American League Central lest I have to think too much about this team. Dan Szymborski is a senior writer for FanGraphs and the developer of the ZiPS projection system. Over the past few years, ATC has consistently been one of the most accurate baseball forecasting models. The success of their season will likely hinge on those youngsters and their ability to acclimate quickly to the big leagues. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Thats an incredible run of success, and theyre not letting up anytime soon. Cleveland is fairly unscathed, with the drop-off in wins reflecting a drop-off in the overall projections for the roster. For the second straight year, weve also run the same process using the Average Total Cost (ATC) Projections as our base. The result is a million different rosters for each team and an associated winning percentage for each of those million teams. Number in parentheses is where each team finished in last week's rankings. They did manage to re-sign Brandon Belt, Anthony DeSclafani, and Alex Wood while also adding Carlos Rodn, Alex Cobb, and Matthew Boyd to their rotation and Joc Pederson to their lineup. The problem is, hitting home runs has never really been the Rockies problem. So there you go, if projection models are your thing, thats all good news from two of the biggest sites in the baseball community. In truth, the projections for Arizona were so positive on the whole that I actually went back and double-checked every park factor and calculation specific to the Diamondbacks and their minor league affiliates. ZiPS tends to be the most positive projection system when it comes to the St. Louis Cardinals, and 2023 looks like no exception. by Handedness, The Absurdly Preliminary 2023 ZiPS Projected Standings, Despite Non-Tender and Big Struggles, Theres Hope for a Bellinger Revival, Angels Snare Hunter Renfroe, Brewers Fill Up on Pitchers. No fucking way they are that low next year. Theyll get a full season of Wander Franco and just handed the keys to another one of their top prospects in Josh Lowe after trading Austin Meadows this week. After a prolonged offseason rife with drama and surprises, Opening Day is finally upon us. Ariel is a member of the inaugural Tout Wars Draft & Hold league, a member of the inaugural Mixed LABR Auction league and plays high stakes contests in the NFBC. The Yankees may not bring Aaron Judge back, but it would be absolutely shocking if they didnt do something to replace the wins they would lose with his departure. "@HaloDom47 Whatever it projected was thrown out of whack because of Rendons bitch ass and a lot of the injuries that happened to other players most notably Trout. Of note is that higher-percentile projections already have more playing time than lower-percentile projections before this step. Stored within ZiPS are the first through 99th percentile projections for each player. And the pitching still goes pretty deep so its really hard to imagine that they are anywhere near the Royals next year, even in this state. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Their entire system is proprietary to their site but as they describe it, its a system that takes a players past performance and tries to project the most likely outcome for the following season. Of course, thats what every projection model attempts to do but all in different ways. But it would be a lot easier to do if they could bring back Freddie Freeman. Projection systems and all their glory have arrived. New for this year, Ive opted to include defense as a component, though its weighted less heavily than offense and pitching. Which team in baseball has the best middle infield? It has the Braves with a very similar final record to FanGraphs at 92-70 and even better chances to make the playoffs at 91%. Location: Karta. Its insane. We also get one of my favorite spring time treasures Projection systems releasing their standings and playoff predictions for the season. Both models also assign less than a 2% chance to the Rockies, Orioles, Athletics, Diamondbacks and Pirates making the playoffs. That move alters the direction of the organization considerably. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. If that number is real they arent doing any spending of significance either. Some may think. You can divide Washingtons offense into two distinct parts. Renfroe is actually helpful for an organization that has proven bad at surrounding its stars with secondary talent, but theres a lot to do if the Angels are going to even maintain this place in the standings. Duke Blue Devils 13-5 (24) The team has a credible backup at most positions and even some upper minors depth (Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and, if you believe Steamer rather than ZiPS, Khalil Lee) they can use if the need arises. That level of divisional chaos is sure to delight Jay Jaffe, my colleague and GM of Team Entropy or at least it would if MLB hadnt made the decision to eliminate tiebreaker games in 2022, going instead with NFL-style tiebreak procedures only. There are a lot of Reds who ZiPS sees as having significant upside (Elly De La Cruz, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Noelvi Marte), but the system doesnt see 2023 being their breakout campaigns. In five years, the Rockies will be paying Lopez $10 million a year to put up 1.1 WAR and block the latest iteration of Brendan Rodgers or Ryan McMahon. The Premier League fixtures for the 2022-23 season were announced on Thursday June 16, 2022 at 4am ET. Semien is a few years older, but after rightfully being a big part of the American League MVP race in two of the last three seasons, he starts off on a pretty high pedestal. After all, they didnt even win their own division last year after taking the NL West eight years in a row. Any trades would be to move Rosario or one of Plesac/Civale. Ariel Cohen is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Read the rest of this entry . ZiPS then automatically fills in playing time from the next players on the list (proportionally) to get to a full slate of plate appearances and innings. The exercise continues this offseason. by Retrosheet. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. The latest episode of The Sleeper and the Bust is live. Like the Rangers, the Cubs are hoping that they can skip a few steps in The Process by adding talent through free agency. As you might logically suspect, ZiPS systematically underestimates teams that add value during the season and overrates teams that subtract value. PECOTA, FanGraphs Projections MLB News Written By Staff on March 29, 2022 After the lockout, Major League Baseball's opening day is now April 7. Two of the more popular and respected projection systems - Pecota and FanGraphs - have already released their win totals for each team. Juan Soto is one of the most electrifying young players in the game; Washington would do well to extend him and then build a winner around him again. Over the last decade, ZiPS has averaged 19.9 correct teams when looking at Vegas preseason over/under lines. I doubt theyll enter the season with Ryan Pepiot in the rotation. Uras projects to essentially repeat his 2021 season. Combined with other changes in the playing time assumptions, Boston basically catches up to the division. Earlier this offseason, we released our team expected win totals and playoff odds for the 2022 season. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 . Shane Bazs elbow injury was a particularly unwelcome bit of news. After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborskis ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. Below are the projections for the New York Mets. The offensive holes arent so deep as to prevent baseballs or electromagnetic radiation from escaping. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Also gotta remember that the rest of the Central teams (especially Twins) have payroll space. Well start with the AL East: You shouldnt be surprised to see the Yankees crash back to earth here, based on the simple fact that the dude worth 11.4 WAR for them this past season hint, its not Tim Locastro is currently unsigned. Some may think it disappointing that the Mariners are still projected to win fewer games than in 2021, but exceeding Pythagorean record by 14 wins isnt something that actually has value in gauging future performance. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Instead, they tore everything down to the studs. Probably the most surprising team in these standings is the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have a cornucopia of players that ZiPS just really likes (Corbin Carroll, Brandon Pfaadt, Drey Jameson, and Ryne Nelson in particular). With some luck, they could get 16 WAR from Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani alone and have enough go right to fall into the divisional race, but its not the most likely outcome. edit: damnit, I screwed it up. We've graded all 32 teams -- including one A+ and two F's -- and announced the winners of our own batch of awards . All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Their problem is that none of Kansas Citys young pitchers have stepped up to contribute in a big way yet. Those additions might not have been as flashy as adding Carlos Correa or trading for Olson as some Yankees fans dreamed about, but it does give them a solid infield that should be vastly improved defensively. Fangraphs: 2022 Top 100 Prospects. That was Milwaukees focus this offseason, trading for Hunter Renfroe and signing Andrew McCutchen to supplement the lineup. It's not all bad. Hartstein went 68-50 ATS (58 percent) and 8-3 on money line . Despite all these new faces in Minnesota, the pitching staff still feels thin. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Loosely, money spent outside of planned raises and inexpensive (think 2yrs, $13M or 1yr, $4.5M) roster hole plugging that every team does. The success of ATC stems from minimizing parameter risk across the player pool, which you can read more about here. He is a Vice President of Risk Management for a large international insurance and reinsurance company. In five years, he could be their Carlos Correa. Jeremy Pea has shown plenty of promise in the minors and comes in highly regarded, but hes simply not likely to replace his production immediately or fully. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. As usual, dont hesitate to tweet us or comment below with fantasy questions. Losing Fernando Tatis Jr. for the first three months of the season puts them at a serious disadvantage, and they chose to make surprisingly few acquisitions over the offseason after two years of near-frenetic activity. You start with two easy Hall of Famers and then about 40 seconds later, youre reassembling the late-80s Braves. The Angels are a lackluster team with a lackluster offseason, so they ended up with a lackluster projection. Thats the straight-up, pure, 100% unadulterated Ted Williams comp, too. You forgot the except Cleveland at the end of that. by Retrosheet. Even if father time catches up to only one of them (and tbh has it not already for Longoria) then 81 wins is pretty reasonable unless Joey Bart just comes out blazing. You could make an argument for any of these four teams to sit atop these rankings, though, and thats why theyre presented in tiers rather than a straight numerical order. You may not think it significant but for Dolan to spend 8 figures in FA is. by Retrosheet. by Handedness. You can see how all the talent on their roster could come together to form a contender, but the specter of their late-season collapse looms large. Any team led by Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani has the potential to be one of the best in all of baseball. The departures of Mark Canha and Starling Marte are a real setback for Oakland, but the lineups core remains intact. Getting back to the four-win threshold would still make him All-Star level, though. The Astros are still the favorite to win the AL West, but theyre also looking just a little more vulnerable than they have in the recent past. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:47 AM ET, Park Factors Too many high impact FAs on the board. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. ANGELS 1) How many of the vets can stay healthy? Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Former Braves outfielder is headed to the AL East. But despite being absolutely premature and littered with horrible misses, projected standings at this point are actually quite useful, and useful is the best description any kind of predictive model can strive for. Not having Xander Bogaerts hurts the Red Sox quite a bit, but ZiPS already liked Boston better than their 2022 record and a few of the guys on the edge of the roster (Ceddanne Rafaela, Enmanuel Valdez) have fairly solid projections. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Obviously ideally they would be generally good players who can thrive in Denver and just fall off less elsewhere. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. Cardinals fans will have plenty to celebrate whether or not the team makes the playoffs; Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols have already announced that 2022 will be their last year in the majors, and Wainwright has heavily hinted at joining them in retirement after the season. Theres a lot to like about the Miami Marlins, but most of those things are on the pitching side. He also maintains a terrible Twitter account at @DSzymborski. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Speaking of unanswered questions: Will Christian Yelich return to being the MVP-caliber player he was in 2018 and 19, or is the seriously diminished production of the last two years his new baseline? The exercise continues this offseason. This would the same mistake that the Orioles made some years ago with Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy; for a handful of runs, the team would needlessly be lowering the ceiling on a franchise player. When it comes to the Giants, ZiPS is increasingly a fan of Kyle Harrison, which helps to mute some of the loss of Carlos Rodn. Rutschman is a complete, franchise-altering prospect, and one of the most exciting young players in the entire sport. Another 15 wins to add to this projection seem pretty straightforward. The Bills are a 4.5-point favorite in the game. After that is done, ZiPS applies another set of algorithms with a generalized distribution of injury risk, which change the baseline PAs/IPs selected for each player. The Angels have the benefit here of having most of the teams performance tied up in just a few players, with nobody crucial headed to free agency. Adley Rutschman should make his debut as soon as he returns from his spring arm injury, and its possible Grayson Rodriguez could follow soon after. These are based upon the FanGraphs Depth Charts, which use a 50/50 blend of ZiPS and Steamer and our manually maintained playing time estimates. Of note here is that higher-percentile projections already have more playing time baked in than lower-percentile projections before this step. Gone are Gausman, Cueto, Buster Posey, Kris Bryant, Donovan Solano and a host of other role players. The Padres would love to put the summer of 2021 behind them, but they just cant escape the bad vibes that saw them win just 18 games during the last two months of the season.
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