The bestselling annual baseball preview from the smartest analysts in the business Now in its 20th edition, the
Baseball Prospectus annual shows once again how it became the industry leader: The 2015 edition includes key stat categories, more controversial player predictions, and the kind of wise, witty baseball commentary that makes this phone-book-thick tome worth reading cover to cover.
Baseball Prospectus 2015 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which
Sports Illustrated has called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model." Still, stats are just numbers if you don't see the larger context, and
Baseball Prospectus brings together an elite team of analysts to provide the definitive look at all thirty teams?their players, their prospects, and their managers?to explain away flukes, hot streaks, injury-tainted numbers, and park effects. Victory, after all, could come down to choosing between the supposed sleeper and the overrated prospects who won't be able to fool people in the Show like they have down on the farm.
Nearly every major-league team has sought the advice of current or former
Prospectus writers, and readers of
Baseball Prospectus 2015 will understand what all those fans have been raving about.
Sommario
Foreword
Preface
Statistical Introduction
2015: The Year in Sabermetrics Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks¿Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Miami Marlins
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
Washington Nationals
Sabermetrician Wanted, Must Have MFA
The Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects
Team Name Codes
PECOTA Leaderboards
Contributors
Acknowledgments¿Index