Comments on: 2011 Projection Review: First basemen

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:05:24 +0000

Helton had a nice year. Outslugged my projection by 40 points….

Projection: .289/.393/.426, 10 HR, 59 R, 62 RBI, 0 SB in 432 AB
2011 stats: .302/.385/.466, 14 HR, 59 R, 69 RBI, 0 SB in 421 AB

By: Reflex

Reflex — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:52:14 +0000

Yet another who does not understand the first amendment. Hint: It protects you from the *government*, and last I checked that was not NBC…

By: tuloisgod

tuloisgod — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:09:09 +0000

And Todd Helton? He had a (surprisingly) decent season — better than Sanchez, Freeman, Pena, Dunn and arguably better than Fielder and Howard, if you roll in Helton’s still-excellent defense. And don’t give me that “he plays half of his games in Coors Field” crap, unless you’re going to start discounting the warped offensive stats produced in more-homerific bandboxes in Philly, Arlington, Houston, the Bronx, Boston, etc.

By: dlevalley

dlevalley — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:57:23 +0000

Happens to the best of us, biceps. It is Tuesday, after all.

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:35:26 +0000

I certainly wouldn't rule it out, but it is a swing issue. Each of the last three years, he's established a new career high in fly-ball percentage and a new career low in line-drive percentage. Fangraphs link

By: hansob

hansob — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:24:10 +0000

Admittedly I wasn’t watching a lot of Yankee games this year, but Teixeira seems like a big time bounce back candidate for 2012. His strike out rate was actually better this year than last. BABIP of 0.239 won’t repeat itself, and he did show power with 39 HRs (17 on the road).

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:15:32 +0000

I’d be more leniant if you weren’t copying someone’s username. As is, I’m just going to keep deleting.

By: halladaysbicep

halladaysbicep — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:08:14 +0000

Jeez, wtf Matt, no one can agree that HB is an idiot without the comment being deleted? I recommend HB take a few years off from commenting and it gets deleted, just as I assume this will be deleted as well. Last I checked this was America and NOT China…

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:42:24 +0000

Slight misunderstanding. These are not projection for 2012. Rather, Matthew is reviewing his projections for 2011 and comparing them with what the player actually did.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:39:11 +0000

I so dumb today, more than usual. You are reflecting back on the 2011 season, not the 2012 season. Sorry, Matt.

I’m done commenting for today, and maybe for the rest of the week.

Stupid bicepts.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:37:11 +0000

Ryan Howard – Phillies – $26 – #7
Projection: .272/.357/.528, 39 HR, 92 R, 120 RBI, 2 SB in 585 AB

That’s a pretty optimistic projection, being that he ruptured his achilles and will no doubt miss a good portion of the season.