UP: (and DN:) projections are regularly tacked on the end of player boxes in the Baseball Forecaster. They’re intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying preseason projection—where the skills warrant it, of course. From 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.
We broke down the preseason UP lists for batters and pitchers from the 2021 book, which was released last November. Now that we’ve exercised excruciating patience for seven-plus weeks, it’s time to cook up a new batch of "UP:" siders based on the early returns.
Some of the UP lines here will look similar to a player’s YTD stat line....
Almost!
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