SPECULATOR: The BF18 UP: list—Batters
Jan 31 2018
Within the player commentaries in the 2018 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2018 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 kick off our 2018 SPECULATOR series with a review of some of those UP: projections found in the Forecaster. The full list of batters is included here with a few thoughts on some of the outlooks that have evolved during the offseason. Average Draft Position (ADP) data is courtesy of the NFBC...
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