It’s PECOTA Week over at Baseball Prospectus, and that means more projections. The BP folks revamped their model this year, and they claim their accuracy is improved, particularly with respect to MiLB pitching. Read more about the whole thing here.
If you read through the ZiPS projections from FanGraphs earlier this week, you get the idea. Below are some of the things that stood out to me while perusing the individual player projections (team record projections are due on Monday).
There are very few surprises among the Tribe hitters: Francisco Lindor is going to be elite again, with a projected 30-home run season and a DRC+ of 123, part of a projected 3.