Projections

I like CHONE when it comes to projections so I thought it would be interesting to compare the 2009 projections of a few selected players with their actual performance and also see how they are projected to do this season. I don't know if you've spent anytime at baseballprojection.com but it is a fascinating site and well worth a look.

Billy Butler	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
2009 CHONE	14	81	1	.289	.356	.444
2009 Actual	21	93	1	.301	.362	.492
2010 CHONE	17	83	1	.307	.372	.478

Jason Kendall	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
2009 CHONE	3	45	6	.251	.329	.321
2009 Actual	2	43	7	.241	.331	.305
2010 CHONE	2	41	5	.245	.315	.306

Scott Podsednik	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
2009 CHONE	2	27	24	.273	.344	.361
2009 Actual	7	48	30	.304	.353	.412
2010 CHONE	4	34	20	.275	.336	.368

Rick Ankiel	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
2009 CHONE	25	85	3	.253	.319	.475
2009 Actual	11	38	4	.231	.285	.387
2010 CHONE	17	59	3	.241	.296	.415

David DeJesus	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
2009 CHONE	9	58	8	.279	.354	.406
2009 Actual	13	71	4	.281	.347	.434
2010 CHONE	11	64	6	.278	.351	.410

Stats provided by baseball-reference and baseballprojection

The Kendall 2009 projection was dang near spot on, the others not so much. For 2010 they all look about right except DDJ who I think will have a better year than his projection. Bottom line is this offense is going to struggle to score runs.

Later this week I'll so the same thing with a few pitchers.