The 2020 Cardinals ZiPS projections are out. J.P. Hill has a nice rundown of them here. Of course, one of the more entertaining things with projections is the comp list. It can also be pretty confusing. In 2020 Jack Flaherty’s closest comp is Roger Clemens. What does that mean?
I once had the privilege of speaking with ZiPS mastermind Dan Szymborsk about this very thing on the Viva El Birdos Podcast. It is easy to see the comps and think Jack Flaherty = Roger Clemens and call it a day. While that would be quite fun, from my understanding that would be quite inaccurate.