SPECULATOR: The BF17 UP: list—Batters
Feb 8 2017
Within the player commentaries in the 2017 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2016 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 kick off our 2017 run of The Speculator with a review of some of those UP: projections found in the Forecaster. The full list of batters is included here, and below we'll add some thoughts on some of the outlooks that have evolved during the offseason.
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