OBG08 Revisited: Hitters
Wednesday, October 8, 2008by Geoff Young
Back in February we did some community projections for the 2008 Padres. In the interest of accountability, here's how we measured up to reality.
Catchers
Josh Bard, 2008
PABAOBPSLG
Projected425.278.357.410
Actual198.202.279.270
Yuck. Our most pessimistic projection had Bard at a 725 OPS.
Michael Barrett, 2008
PABAOBPSLG
Projected246.263.323.419
Actual107.202.274.298
We need a synonym for "yuck," preferably something that rhymes. If only there were such a word...
Infielders
Adrian Gonzalez, 2008
PABAOBPSLG
Projected641.293.362.517
Actual700.279.361.510
We totally nailed this one. Imagine how many batting titles Gonzalez could win if he didn't play half his games at Petco Park and weren't Molina-brother slow.
Khalil Greene, 2008
PABAOBPSLG
Projected561.257.309.464
Actual423.213.260.339
Greene and Bard killed the offense this year, but we already knew that.
Tadahito Iguchi, 2008
PABAOBPSLG
Projected532.263.341.391
Actual337.232.292.306
Iguchi was actually a little worse than Marcus Giles in 2007, which just boggles the imagination....











