by Duncan Wallis Chicago Cubs 2017 Record: 92-70 (1st in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $182,400,336 Projected 2018 Lineup: All Projections for 2018 from Steamer CF Ian Happ .250/.321/.462, 1.6 WAR 3B Kris Bryant .285/.390/.535, 6.1 WAR 1B Anthony Rizzo .283/.394/.544,… Read More ›
Month: March 2018
2018 Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals
(Photo: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) by Patrick Barron St. Louis Cardinals 2017 Record: 83-79 (3rd in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $142,821,766 (13th) All player projections from Steamer Projected 2018 Lineup: RF Dexter Fowler .259 AVG/.364 OBP/.429 SLG, 1.9 WAR CF Tommy Pham… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Milwaukee Brewers
(Image: Call to the Pen) by Ryan Castellano Milwaukee Brewers 2017 Record: 86-76 (2nd in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $83,488,679 (30th) All player projections from Steamer Projected 2018 Lineup: LF Christian Yelich .296 AVG/.381 OBP/.491 SLG, 3.9 WAR CF Lorenzo… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates
Photo: WBLZ Media by Anthony Brown Pittsburgh Pirates 2017 Record: 75-87 (4th in NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $109,840,330 (25th) Projected 2018 Lineup: All player projections for 2018 from Steamer 2B Josh Harrison, .276 AVG/.325 OBP/.416 SLG, 1.5 WAR LF Corey… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Cincinnati Reds
Photo: John Minchillo / Associated Press Cincinnati Reds by Cam Cain 2017 Record: 68-94 (5th NL Central) 2017 Payroll: $115,323,803 (24th) Projected 2018 Lineup: All player projections for 2018 from Steamer CF Billy Hamilton, .242 AVG/.303 OBP/.345 SLG, 1.2 WAR… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Washington Nationals
(Image Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports) As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30… Read More ›
Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep 2018: Busts
by Erik McKeen, Griffin Murphy, Max Brill, and Anthony Brown Along with making a list of players that you think will over-perform their draft position, it is also important to make a list of players who you think will under-perform… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Miami Marlins
As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days series, where our staff writers… Read More ›
2018 Season Preview: Atlanta Braves
The Braves farm is extremely talented, but is the team ready for contention in 2018?
2018 Season Preview: New York Mets
(Image Credit: Ryan Hatch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) New York Mets by Max Brill 2017 Record: 70-92 (4th NL East) 2017 Payroll: $154,829,658 (14th in MLB) All player projections for 2018 from Steamer Projected 2018 Opening Day Lineup: 2B… Read More ›