OBG08 Projections for Padres Hitters

Here are the results of our community projections for 2008 Padres hitters. To see voting and discussion for an individual player, click on his name. A spreadsheet containing all of our picks will be available shortly. Thanks to all for participating!

OBG08 Projections for Select Padres Hitters
Player No. PA BA OBP SLG OPS Range
Key: No., number of people who submitted guesses; PA, plate appearances; BA, batting average; OBP, on-base percentage; SLG, slugging percentage; OPS range, lower and upper guesses for OBP + SLG.
Catchers
Bard, Josh 19 425 .278 .357 .410 725 – 816
Barrett, Michael 19 246 .263 .323 .419 670 – 830
Infielders
Gonzalez, Adrian 19 641 .293 .362 .517 780 – 935
Greene, Khalil 21 561 .257 .309 .464 730 – 832
Iguchi, Tadahito 17 532 .263 .341 .391 680 – 774
Kouzmanoff, Kevin 20 597 .294 .355 .503 800 – 1026
Outfielders
Edmonds, Jim 17 402 .255 .338 .418 645 – 840
Giles, Brian 17 531 .274 .373 .412 700 – 860
Hairston, Scott 20 392 .268 .327 .467 741 – 860
Headley, Chase 15 240 .266 .347 .435 670 – 900

A few quick comments:

  • If Gonzalez comes anywhere near that low mark, then his career has gone horribly wrong and the Padres are hosed.
  • The high-end projection for Kouz is nuts. If he does that, he’s the NL MVP.
  • The guesses on Edmonds are all over the place, although nobody sees him playing a lot.
  • We believe that Hairston is the Padres’ best slugging outfielder, and it’s not close.
  • We’re not buying into the “Headley as left fielder” movement that’s been brewing over the winter.

Tomorrow we’ll run the pitchers. Enjoy!