SPECULATOR: The Forecaster UP: list—Pitchers edition
Feb 8 2015
Within the player commentaries in the 2015 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2015 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 2015 run of The Speculator with a review of some of those UP: projections found in the Forecaster. We looked at hitters last week, now let's move on to the pitchers.
Alburquerque,Al 25 saves Alvarez,Henderson Another lucky sub-3.00...
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