At this point, I’m getting close to about a half-decade of these posts, so most of the conclusions should be old hat at this point. In short, hey, the projections are generally pretty good. Maybe they won’t get every player exactly right, but mix in the underestimates and overestimates, and they’ll be pretty close, on average. Sounds good and boring, right?
Well, truth be told — while that’s generally true, that was absolutely not true for the 2018 Atlanta Braves. You probably already instinctively realize this, because you saw it. The Braves were not projected to be good.