As you probably know, James Santelli has mined PECOTA and ZiPS to project that the Bucs will have a good bench next year. Mostly this is due to forecasts that Gaby Sanchez, Jose Tabata, and Mike McKenry will be decent.
Santelli uses MLB Depth Charts to forecast that Josh Harrison and Brandon Inge will round out the bench. To which you may respond No!!! Not fill in name here!
But does it matter? The various projection systems have trouble seeing major differences.
|
Harrison |
||||
|
.302 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
|
|
.302 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
|
|
.292 |
-3.0 |
-0.5 |
0.6 |
Harrison has the highest projected wOBA. Oddly, Steamer and Oliver think he can field.
|
Inge |
||||
|
.289 |
1.3 |
-0.4 |
0.4 |
|
|
.291 |
0.9 |
-0.7 |
0.9 |
|
|
.288 |
2.0 |
-1.0 |
0.8 |
Inge is not forecast to hit, but is forecast to field.
|
DeJesus |
||||
|
.290 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
|
.285 |
-2.5 |
-0.4 |
0.5 |
|
|
.283 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.5 |
DeJesus is forecast to hit and field badly.
|
Mercer |
||||
|
.288 |
0.4 |
-0.1 |
0.3 |
|
|
.295 |
2.2 |
-0.5 |
1.6 |
|
|
.282 |
-1.0 |
-1.1 |
0.7 |
Steamer and Oliver predict that Mercer can field; ZiPS does not.
What's your take on all this?
Poll
Who should round out the Pirates' bench?
Is there a cooler name than Ivan De Jesus? (13 votes)
Josh Harrison is the MAN. (4 votes)
Brandon Inge, for that intangible veteranosity. (4 votes)
Every team needs someone named Jordy (5 votes)
Welcome back Ronny Cedeno (4 votes)
30 total votes
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