Bill James 2010 Projections for Cubs
Fangraphs is once again going to list the projections on their player pages from a variety of sources, Bill James, CHONE, Marcel....maybe more. Bill James projections are up first and here's how the Cubs ranked by wOBA and their 2009 wOBA (explanation of wOBA here). I'll try and expand when new projections are released. Age is their 2010 playing age. You can click on their names to get their full slash line predictions and more.
Player |
Age |
2009 wOBA |
Bill James 2010 wOBA Projection |
Derrek Lee |
34 | .412 | .386 |
Aramis Ramirez |
32 |
.392 |
.375 |
Jake Fox |
27 | .332 | .375 |
Milton Bradley |
32 |
.345 |
.365 |
Geovany Soto |
27 | .310 | .362 |
Micah Hoffpauir |
30 |
.315 | .350 |
Kosuke Fukudome |
33 | .346 | .349 |
Jeff Baker |
29 |
.338 | 346 |
Alfonso Soriano | 34 |
.314 | .346 |
Mike Fontenot |
30 |
.296 | .334 |
Ryan Theriot |
30 |
.318 |
.319 |
Sam Fuld |
28 |
.367 | .317 |
Tyler Colvin |
24 | .205 | .316 |
Reed Johnson |
33 |
.321 | .312 |
Aaron Miles |
33 |
.212 |
.300 |
Koyie Hill |
31 |
.279 |
.289 |
Andres Blanco |
26 |
.271 | .285 |
For the pitchers, here's their projected ERA and FIP (explanation of FIP here).
Player |
Age | 2009 ERA |
2009 FIP |
2010 James Projected ERA |
2010 James Projected FIP |
Carlos Zambrano | 29 | 3.77 | 3.61 | 3.60 | 3.90 |
Ted Lilly |
34 | 3.10 |
3.65 |
3.76 |
4.30 |
Ryan Dempster |
33 |
3.65 |
3.87 |
3.83 |
3.92 |
Randy Wells |
27 |
3.05 |
3.88 |
4.16 |
4.10 |
Sean Marshall |
27 |
4.32 |
4.19 |
4.06 |
4.34 |
Tom Gorzelanny |
27 | 5.55 |
3.91 |
4.11 | 4.01 |
Jeff Samardzija |
25 | 7.53 |
5.90 |
5.44 |
5.47 |
Carlos Marmol |
27 | 3.41 |
4.06 |
3.45 | 4.00 |
John Grabow |
31 | 3.36 | 4.20 |
4.00 |
4.17 |
Aaron Heilman |
31 |
4.11 |
4.37 |
3.88 |
4.25 |
Angel Guzman |
28 |
2.95 | 4.44 | 4.03 |
4.11 |
Alright, nothing too surprising in any of these numbers, although I can't tell you how much it makes my heart flutter to see the Cubs highest paid position player in the middle of the offensive pack.
Two pitchers stood out to me...Gorzelanny and Guzman. I was a bit down on Gorzelanny but his peripherals were pretty strong last year...9 K/9 rate and a 1.15 HR/9 to go with a 3.26 BB/9 rate. Definitely a legitimate 4th/5th starter candidate with an even higher ceiling considering his age and the very nice 2007 season he had. Guzman on the other hand, had a mere 6.93 K/9 rate last year with a 3.39 BB/9 rate with a miniscule .209 BABIP. A little luckier than I had previously thought, but he does keep the ball in the park and the James projections do expect an increase in his K/9 rate...although no guess on when he'll hit the disabled list.
Anyway, they're merely projections, nothing to take too seriously. They sure didn't nail Soto, Soriano or Fontenot's demise last year, so just consider it some fun off-season fodder.
Be sure you don't miss Arizona Phil's Top 15 prospect list...
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