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Projecting Burroughs

Wed, Mar 23, 2005Ballhype: hype it up!
by Geoff Young

John Sickels has posted some projections for Sean Burroughs. Here’s the piece that led to the community projections.

So, anyone here want to give it a go? Assume 500 AB, give me BA/OBP/SLG. Here’s my guess:

.304/.362/.432

I know it’s high, but I’m looking for a breakout year. How about you?

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    • 9 Responses to “Projecting Burroughs”

    1. Evan Says:
      March 23, 2005 at 11:13 pm Reply to this comment

      The optimist in me wants .297 BA, .357 OBP, .415 SLG, 9 HR because I know he has it in him. Not only that, but that he can build on it and go to 15 HR annually from now on.

      But sadly, I believe it’ll be the ZIPS BTT one: .297 BA, .354 OBP, .382 SLG, 5 HR

    2. Richard Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 1:05 am Reply to this comment

      .295, .355, .405

    3. LynchMob Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 7:27 am Reply to this comment

      I’m interested to know if you are considering any factors other than past performance and his age … has there been any talk of adjustments to his approach to hitting? … might the competition from Nady for playing time @ 3B motivate him?

    4. Geoff Young Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 8:15 am Reply to this comment

      I basically threw out last year since it’s not in line with what he’d done in his first full season and in the minors. I’m also assuming he’ll change his approach and drive the ball more batting lower in the order. I expect Burroughs to make modest gains on his 2003 season. Call it a hunch.

    5. LynchMob Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 3:25 pm Reply to this comment

      I went to the Padres/Angels game today … not fun … shutdown by Paul Byrd … Loretta & Nevin & Burroughs not in the lineup (Blum & Fick & Nady instead) … Nady got one tough ground ball @ 3B and gloved it but made a bad throw (which Fick was able to catch and make a sweep tag, so it won’t show up in the box score as an error … but …)

    6. LynchMob Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 3:47 pm Reply to this comment

      Also, Lawrence, Hammond, and Hoffman all got hit hard … at least no BBs for Lawrence … but this was basically the Angels’ B-squad (ex. no Vlad).

    7. LynchMob Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 3:50 pm Reply to this comment

      Geoff - can you add a link to pdxbeavers.com to the bar on the right? I like to check in with Ducksnorts, then see if anybody’s talkin’ Beavers … thanks!

    8. Geoff Young Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 9:59 pm Reply to this comment

      LynchMob: You’ve got it, buddy. Thanks for the reminder about PDX Beavers. I’ve added that as well as links to the official sites of Padre affiliates.

    9. Geoff Young Says:
      March 24, 2005 at 10:01 pm Reply to this comment

      And thanks for the game report! Be sure to let us know if you go to any others while you’re out there.

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