The Astros have been going through a tough stretch lately with little to show from their offense. But what about the future? Well, we do have projections to look at. Now, I know some of you don’t like projections. But it’s what we have, and some people spend a lot of time perfecting the projection systems.
The projections shown on Fangraphs are being updated continuously. As more actual data is known during the season, the algorithms adjust the future expectations. The results are shown as rest of season (ROS) projections and updated projections, which basically show us what the model now expects for the full season stats.