IVIE 2009: Introduction and Catchers
Monday, March 9, 2009by Geoff Young
I'm thinking it's about time to fire up our community projections for the 2009 season. Last year we did reasonably well -- as Paul DePodesta points out in the foreword to this year's Annual (which I'm sure you've ordered by now!) we nailed Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Hairston, and Chase Headley:
Gonzo, Hairston, and Headley: 2008 Projections Revisited
ProjectedActual
PABAOBPSLGPABAOBPSLG
Gonzalez641.293.362.517700.279.361.510
Hairston392.268.327.467362.248.312.469
Headley240.266.347.435368.269.337.420
If that's not deadly accurate, then it's at least comatosely accurate, which nobody can deny because the phrase "comatosely accurate" is complete jibberish.
The only thing we lacked last year was a snappy acronym honoring a relatively forgotten player. Well, I've fixed that. This year's projection system is called IVIE, in honor of former Padres first-round pick Mike Ivie.
IVIE stands for Insipid Value Indication ...
