I feel 81 wins is a pretty reasonable expectation for them. Crochets elbow injury, meanwhile, wouldnt have been as big a blow to the teams depth if it hadnt come immediately after the White Sox traded away Craig Kimbrel. There have been very few things to celebrate in Baltimore recently Trey Mancinis comeback and Cedric Mullins 3030 season being the most recent but theyll finally start to see the foundations of their rebuild make it to the majors this year. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. The ATC projections are more bullish on the White Soxs chances in 2022, putting the odds of Chicago making the playoffs at 82% versus the FanGraphs Depth Charts (FGDC) figure of 72%. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, At least its steamed crab season! 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). Just need to make it a full 6. In his best season, Joey Votto was still nearly a quarter more likely to swing at an out-of-the-zone pitch than Soto was as a 22-year-old in 2021. They then run the simulation 20,000 times. The departures of Mark Canha and Starling Marte are a real setback for Oakland, but the lineups core remains intact. 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. Below are the projections for the Atlanta Braves. The full win total disparity between the two projection engines can be seen below: Both projections have the Dodgers, Braves and Blue Jays as the teams with the highest probability of reaching the postseason; ATC gives a slight edge to the Braves over the Blue Jays. Sure, finishing his Atlanta career with a World Series trophy is a storybook ending, but thats for a 39-year-old Freeman, so lets can the epilogue for now. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. 2023 Pre-Season Projections ZiPS . Things are definitely looking up in Miami, which is probably just a step ahead of the teams in the tier below. Since these are my curated projections, I make changes based on my personal feelings about who will receive playing time, as filtered through arbitrary whimsy my logic and reasoning. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors Obviously ideally they would be generally good players who can thrive in Denver and just fall off less elsewhere. They rode an excellent bullpen and some clutch hitting to a 90-win season but fell short of breaking their historic playoff drought by just two games. It was a sight to see. Not sure thats really true. 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. It would be moderately stunning if they spent money of any significance. I start by making a generalized depth chart, using our Depth Charts as an initial starting point. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted There just isnt much depth behind their new stars, and their pitching staff remains a mess. FanGraphs simulates each season 10,000 times to generate the probabilities. The Diamondbacks lost 110 games in a year where anything that could go wrong did. The Dodgers argument starts with Freeman and the four former MVPs on their roster; their record $286 million payroll has allowed them to amass huge amounts of talent. Of the 10 bases-empty bunts that he attempted in 2022, eight went towards first base. I talked quite a lot about Francos outlook when he he signed his big ol contract extension, so I wont rehash that here. Olson, Chapman, Bassitt, and Manaea were all traded away this spring, and Frankie Montas will likely be sent to the highest bidder during the season. Their starting rotation remains shockingly thin, especially if Brash or Kirby stumble upon their introduction to the majors. 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. Every Wednesday until November 30th: Daimon Latino Nights. by Handedness, FanGraphs Power Rankings: Opening Day 2022, A Conversation With Yankees Rookie Right-hander Ron Marinaccio, With Lance Lynn Sidelined, the White Sox Turn to Johnny Cueto. They project the Braves, or at least the current version of the Braves, to a post a 91-71 record, winning the division by one game over the New York Mets. With their rebuilding phase quickly coming to an end, they traded for Jesse Winker, Eugenio Surez, and Adam Frazier, and signed Ray to a long-term contract. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. 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. This year? I imagine most fans would likely say the Rangers (Corey Seager and Marcus Semien) or the Padres (Fernando Tatis Jr. and mostly Jake Cronenworth). 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. The exercise continues this offseason. Or at least make the last two not an absolute dumpster fire. So we project probabilities, not certainties. Posey retired, Kevin Gausman left to the Blue Jays, and Kris Bryant is a free agent and likely not going back to the Giants. We also get one of my favorite spring time treasures Projection systems releasing their standings and playoff predictions for the season. 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. Thats another reason I love FanGraphs odds because they update daily throughout the season as records and rosters change. The Baltimore Orioles are partially responsible for that, with two more expected wins according to ATC. Thats the straight-up, pure, 100% unadulterated Ted Williams comp, too. Yup! 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. As everything sits today, PECOTA gives the Braves a 7% to win the World Series, a very strong number, and a 45% chance to win the division, almost identical to the Mets. Read the rest of this entry . Its not just their new additions either. Read the rest of this entry . Bryce Harpers return from elbow surgery is, of course, one of the real X factors thats hard to fully consider here. This works for me if there is 162 games which is not looking like it. You forgot the except Cleveland at the end of that. Which is what the Chisox are supposed to do on $10M. Similar to the Yankees with Judge, the Astros arent likely to just shrug and stand pat if Justin Verlander doesnt return. Entrance fee: 25 Lei. Visit ESPN for the box score of the Toronto Raptors vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA basketball game on January 17, 2023 Since these are my curated projections, I make changes based on my personal feelings about who will receive playing time, as filtered by arbitrary whimsy my logic and reasoning. The outfield depth just isnt that strong, especially with neither Cristian Pache nor Drew Waters having any kind of breakout years in Triple-A. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. If you squint, you can sort of see how it could work out for them, but theyll likely come up short this season. 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. A full year of Byron Buxton would be a huge boost, and the Twins have got plenty of supplemental talent in the lineup in Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler, and Miguel San. ATC Projections Expected 2022 Win Totals. We get Spring Training, we get to find out whos in the best shape of their lives, we get random injuries, meaningless stats, trades and signings are still happening, a long-term extension or two, and all the hope you can stand for what might happen in the upcoming baseball season. The Braves have short-term and long-terms questions in their rotation that are still waiting to be answered. While the Guardians seem to be content to let their kids play in 2022, the Tigers went out and acquired a ton of talent to supplement their top prospects who are ready to graduate to the majors: Javier Bez, Eduardo Rodriguez, Meadows, and Tucker Barnhart. But if they did, the Pirates clearly didnt get the memo after they sent Oneil Cruz to Triple-A to start the season despite an encouraging, and at times electrifying, spring. yet another projection system that seems to be higher on the phillies than the commentariat. It wouldnt be surprising to see the mean absolute error for an exercise like this, I want to use the simplest tool that gets the point across creep up over time. He was the biggest addition to their club, but they also traded for Sonny Gray, Gary Snchez, and Gio Urshela, and made a last minute move for Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagn. Bryson Stott (No. Trading for Randal Grichuk to do the same is a little less cool but still fun. It isnt difficult to understand why the Mets locked up Edwin Daz so quickly. Podcasts: FanGraphs Audio . As for Baseball Prospectus, theyr projection model is called PECOTA which stands for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, as Im sure you knew. Every time I projected the Mariners this winter, they showed incremental improvement. Its insane. 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. Like the Rangers, the Cubs are hoping that they can skip a few steps in The Process by adding talent through free agency. One risk facing the Royals is that Witt plays third base, with Nicky Lopez remaining the shortstop. If those additions can elevate the production of their pitching staff, and Trout, Ohtani, and Anthony Rendon can stay healthy, the Angels could have a shot at toppling the Astros in the AL West. The Marlins find themselves on even footing with the teams in this tier behind the strength of their exciting pitching staff. Even if the Nationals struggle to stay out of the NL East basement, theyll at least be entertaining to watch. Kirby Yates returns after a lackluster 2022 season in which he posted an ERA over 4.00, and the. It seems nearly certain that Marcell Ozuna will return, but from a baseball standpoint, he didnt hit at all early last year. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. I love projection models because one, theyre a useful and unbiased tool used to objectively measure where each team stands after the off-season. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors But for whatever reason, PECOTA has finally started to like the Braves. I do think some of this projection is because Yoan Moncada was a mess but I dont think he will be that bad again. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! My own expectation (Vazquez) would be $8-14M. Read the rest of this entry . Read the rest of this entry . Today was that glorious day for two of the biggest sites in the baseball universe, FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus. As for Washington, lets just say that their second-best projected offensive player was someone who I wasnt completely sure I had heard of before. It would be quite the storyline if those three franchise icons went out with one last postseason appearance. Signing Kris Bryant to launch dingers into the stratosphere in Denvers thin air is undeniably cool and fun. The premium ad-free membership. These two NL Central rivals feel like theyre heading in different directions despite being projected for the same win totals in 2022. That doesnt mean we should bank on it; Oakland has lost a lot of people who are really good at playing baseball. This may look depressing, but it also reflects the fact that everyone in the division is getting a tougher schedule in 2023. This 85-win projection is based on more solid ground. These standings reflect everything through yesterdays Hunter Renfroe trade. As you might logically suspect, ZiPS systematically underestimates teams that add value during the season and overrates teams that subtract value. The FGDC model has them at 83% to make the postseason (31% to win the division), while ATC has them at 75% (just 25% for the division). All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. The Royals and Tigers have a lot of fairly serious problems, so I doubt anyone is shocked to see them at the bottom here, though ZiPS does think KC can cobble together a halfway decent offense if they can resist doing the odd things they seemingly like to do (Ryan OHearn has the 38th-best projected WAR for a position player in their organization). 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. Taking home runs away in Baltimore seems like a cruel reward for fans who have been dragged through three 100-loss seasons in the last four years. Luckily, New York brought in plenty of help during the offseason, spending at record levels to sign Max Scherzer, Starling Marte, Mark Canha, and Eduardo Escobar and also trading for Chris Bassitt. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer. Signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien is a great place to begin, though. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Dont worry, they still have between $0M and $10M in payroll space and 1 top-100 prospect, plus a couple others in the 100-200 range that could be traded to help the roster. Despite all these new faces in Minnesota, the pitching staff still feels thin. That thins out their pitching staff significantly; theyre now relying on a 40-year-old Adam Wainwright to lead the rotation and are counting on the health of Miles Mikolas, Dakota Hudson, and Jordan Hicks after that trio combined for 29 appearances over the last two years. The exercise continues this offseason. Welcome back, baseball! 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. 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. Spring time in baseball is a wonderful, wonderful thing. The methodology Im using here isnt identical to the one we use in our Projected Standings, so there will naturally be some important differences in the results. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Before we get to the 2023 ZiPS projections, theres still some unfinished work from 2022 to do. Read the rest of this entry . I guess this explains why theyve spent no money this offseason. 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. Even though the projections dont see it, is there any doubt that their pitching staff will be one of the best run prevention units in all of baseball? Theres a lot to like about the Miami Marlins, but most of those things are on the pitching side. The talent was evident, but ownership was clearly reluctant to spend any additional money or prospect capital to supplement the core again. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. 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 entered the offseason with clear needs at shortstop and first base, and in the starting rotation and yet didnt sign any of the many big name free agents who could have filled those holes. Something went wrong. Cleveland is fairly unscathed, with the drop-off in wins reflecting a drop-off in the overall projections for the roster. The lesson is that the competitive window can close really fast, dont take anything for granted, and dont invite back your 76 year old buddy to manage the team because you feel like you owe him a favor. Thats true for everyone in baseball, but the error bars for the win projections for this quintet feel particularly wide. Standings at this point are a poor predictor of the 2023 season and even the eventual 2023 projections themselves but what they are able to do is give a state of the union estimate for each team. Follow Ariel on Twitter at @ATCNY. Loosely, money spent outside of planned raises and inexpensive (think 2yrs, $13M or 1yr, $4.5M) roster hole plugging that every team does. With Joey Votto, reigning NL Rookie of the Year Jonathan India, Luis Castillo, and Tyler Mahle still on the roster, Cincinnati has some talent left, but it was a very confusing process to get to this point. While most other accumulation models apply equal weight to their underlying sources, ATC assigns weights based on historical performance. 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. The surprises start at the top, with the Braves sitting ahead of the Dodgers for the top spot in the preseason rankings. Below are the previous parts. And that means its time for one last important sabermetric ritual: the final ZiPS projected standings that will surely come back and haunt me multiple times as the season progresses. Theyll get him and James Paxton back from injury sometime this summer, but until then, theyll have to hope that Michael Wacha and Rich Hill can hold up the back end of the rotation. You can also support monthly for just $3. Both models also assign less than a 2% chance to the Rockies, Orioles, Athletics, Diamondbacks and Pirates making the playoffs. The exercise continues this offseason. The lineup is neither good nor particularly young, and as such, it will likely struggle to push the Marlins to be much better than the National Leagues 14th-ranked offense in runs scored, Miamis 2021 mark. I dont know exactly what that profile looks like, but Im sure the Rockies analytics department is up to the task (pause for laughter). All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Two of the more popular and respected projection systems - Pecota and FanGraphs - have already released their win totals for each team. Its very likely they'll add at least one outfielder and one starting pitcher to the roster, which could move these numbers even more in Atlantas favor. In my mind, that extreme difference in atmosphere and home-away record makes the Rockies the most interesting team in the league outside of the Rays. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. With three World Series appearances over the last five seasons and just one championship to show for it, you could view their recent dynasty as having some unfinished business despite its excellence. 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? Which is why I doubt the $10M number. I do think they ought to be in the market for a first base upgrade, keeping Jake Cronenworth at second and allowing Ha-Seong Kims eventual role be determined by what the Friars do with Tatis. 25. Justin Verlander is back and throwing 95 mph, but hes also 39 years old, coming off Tommy John surgery, and has tossed just six innings since 2019. Its a deeper roster than last year, and even if areas like the bullpen arent exciting, the Jays have heirs and spares in place. Braves Hall of Fame profile: Bronson Arroyo. by Retrosheet. But without their ace, their ceiling is just a bit lower. 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 team had five starters with above-average ERA+ numbers, and the bullpen was, well, average -- which for the Angels counts as improvement. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. That is the case here, as the MAE of 8.3 wins is above the ZiPS historical average of 7.5 (not including 2020). Much like FanGraphs, PECOTA really likes the Braves in 2022, which hasn't always been the case. Theyre bound to be better than last year, if only because it would take a disaster of a season to repeat their 2021 failures. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Last year, I introduced these power rankings as a way to think about all 30 teams in baseball and stack them up against each other outside the rigid structures of leagues or divisions. Starts at 6:30 pm. Nearly every major site has some form of power rankings, usually derived from whatever panel of experts each site employs. That move alters the direction of the organization considerably. Their presence should give fans in Arizona something to be optimistic about, even as the current roster flounders. Relative to the Yankees, the big losses for the Rays (Corey Kluber, Kevin Kiermaier) and Jays (pretty much just Ross Stripling) are relatively mild. Ariel is the 2020 Tout Wars Head to Head League Champion. Still, the 2022 version of this AL powerhouse looks a little less potent than previous editions. If you think that certain franchises have a history of predictive over- or underperformance, youd have thought wrong, and Id bet its the same for other projection systems. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. 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. The RosterResource 2023 Opening Day Roster Tracker Is Here! 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. Completely bonkers if the payroll stays there, but since it ranged from $136M-$157M from 2017-2019 Id say its a safe bet to increase. Also gotta remember that the rest of the Central teams (especially Twins) have payroll space and prospect capital to improve if they want to, and the Sox dont. For these Opening Day power rankings, Ive used each teams projected stats based on their Depth Charts projections. 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. 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. Luke Voit was a nice pickup from the Yankees, and a last-minute trade for Sean Manaea solidified their rotation. Odds & lines subject to change. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 . The latest episode of The Sleeper and the Bust is live. 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. Oops. Also gotta remember that the rest of the Central teams (especially Twins) have payroll space. Over the last decade, ZiPS has averaged 19.9 correct teams when looking at Vegas preseason over/under lines. Projected amid the pack this offseason, the Twins have likely shoved their way out of the scrum by adding Correa and Sonny Gray. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Tampa Bay won 100 games last year, and the bulk of that same roster returns in 2022. These 2023 projections are guaranteed to be awful, wrong in many ways ranging from tragic to comic. So there you go, if projection models are your thing, thats all good news from two of the biggest sites in the baseball community. ZiPS projects McNeil's 2023 BABIP to be .316, in line with his career average of .314, accounting for much of the batting average drop. Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:06 PM ET, Park Factors That makes it all the more baffling that the Angels havent finished a season above .500 since 2015 and have been to the playoffs just once in the last 12 years. I cant say Im displeased to see Luis Uras at the top of the batter list Ive long been fascinated by him and even featured him on my breakout list last year but Id definitely be uneasy about having him as my teams best player. 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. by Mike Podhorzer November 16, 2022 Let's finish up my Pod Projection reviews by looking at former top starting pitching prospect, Josiah Gray. 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. The methodology Im using here is the same one I use in the regular season, and as such, it isnt identical to the one we use in our Projected Standings. You can read more about how ATC works in this introductory article. Another 15 wins to add to this projection seem pretty straightforward. . For just this run of rankings, Ive used the projected fielding component of WAR that appears on our Depth Charts projections. You start with two easy Hall of Famers and then about 40 seconds later, youre reassembling the late-80s Braves. Unlike the last two disappointing seasons, they should have enough talent to succeed without deGrom leading the rotation. Projected lineup. Location: Karta. Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar, Daniel Lynch, and Kris Bubic, who collectively comprise the Royals highly regarded first-round haul from 2018, have all made their major league debuts to varying degrees of disappointment. Would half their analysis department possess Ph.D.s in physics? Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted 60% bachata, 20% kizomba, and 20% salsa. Then theres the bad news: Kansas Citys offense has several very interesting offensive players in the high minors. They traded for Matt Olson and immediately signed him to an eight-year extension, giving them their long-term replacement at first base. They project the Braves, or at least the current version of the Braves, to a post a 91-71 record, winning the division by one game over the New York Mets. Below are the projections for the Washington Nationals. If I were a Rockies fan, Id have voted to legalize psychedelic mushrooms, too. You can show your support to Fangraphs by becoming a member! Despite a disappointing debut in 2021 that. A long-suffering Mariners fan, he also writes about them for Lookout Landing. The Phillies certainly need a starting pitcher, and ZiPS is less than enthralled with the situation at second base and definitely isnt on Team Brandon Marsh. 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. Follow him on Twitter @jakemailhot. The As might have had one more competitive season with their core that won nearly 60% of their games from 2018 to 20. 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. 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