SPECULATOR: The 2016 Forecaster UP: list—Pitchers

Within the player commentaries in the 2016 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2016 projection. As described in the book:

Upside (UP) and downside (DN) statistical potential appears for some players; these are less grounded in hard data and more speculative of skills potential.

Speculative? Well, that sounds a lot like what we do in this space! We thought it would be appropriate to kick off our 2016 run of The Speculator with a review of some of  those UP: projections found in the Forecaster. Earlier this week we covered the batters, and now we turn to the pitchers. The full list of pitchers is included here, and below we'll offer...

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