Viva El Birdos · Dec 19, 2017
Three takeaways from this year’s ZiPS projections
Yesterday, over at FanGraphs, Carson Cistulli unveiled Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the Cardinals next season. Cistulli indicated “the club is throttled by quality depth”. Perhaps the most interesting nugget we already discussed, that Marcell Ozuna’s top comp at this age is Matt Holliday. There are a few other things worth noting.
Next season, ZiPS gives Gyorko a .263/.327/.462 line, which is a bit better than what Steamer projected. In 480 plate appearances, ZiPS puts Gyorko at 2.9 zWAR, the fourth highest mark on the team. Steamer gave Gyorko just 2.2 WAR in 583 plate appearances.