SPECULATOR: The BF19 UP: list—Batters
Jan 23 2019
Within the player commentaries in the 2019 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2019 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? Sounds a lot like what we do in this space! We kick off our 2019 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.
Our headliner in last year's version of this column? Christian Yelich,...
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