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OBG08 Revisited: Hitters

October 8, 2008 – 5:05 am

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

 
PA
BA
OBP
SLG

Projected
425
.278
.357
.410

Actual
198
.202
.279
.270

Yuck. Our most pessimistic projection had Bard at a 725 OPS.

Michael Barrett, 2008

 
PA
BA
OBP
SLG

Projected
246
.263
.323
.419

Actual
107
.202
.274
.298

We need a synonym for “yuck,” preferably something that rhymes. If only there were such a word…
Infielders

Adrian Gonzalez, [...]

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When Projections Go Bad

May 30, 2008 – 7:02 am

What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work…

Projections vs Reality: Hitters

 
OPS

Player
BJ
CH
MA
MI
ZI
DS
Act

Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games of May 29, 2008. Click on column head for more info about [...]

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IGD: Padres @ Mariners (16 May 08)

May 16, 2008 – 6:04 pm

Padres (15-27) @ Mariners (16-26)
Chris Young vs Miguel Batista
7:10 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181
MLB, B-R
Ah, interleague play. The intensity, the intrigue, the irrelevance…
I walked over to Book-Off the other day and found a whole slew of baseball publications. Most are in Japanese, so I couldn’t read them, but I could look at [...]

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Winning Is Better Than Knitting

May 1, 2008 – 7:50 am

Winning is so much more fun than losing, n’est ce pas? Every starter except Jim Edmonds and Chris Young collected at least one hit on Wednesday in the Padres’ 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.
Tadahito Iguchi broke out of a season-long slump with four hits, while Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff each homered. [...]

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That Strange Feeling We Sometimes Get

April 8, 2008 – 7:45 am

Two quick observations about Jim Edmonds and Tadahito Iguchi:

Mike Cameron looked lost in center field last April.
Marcus Giles hit .327/.376/.459 that same month.

What we’re seeing from Edmonds and Iguchi right now may not mean much in August in September. In other words, we still don’t know what we’ve got…

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Your Predictions for 2008?

March 30, 2008 – 11:41 am

From esteemed reader LynchMob comes this excellent idea for a post on the eve of Opening Day: “provide us with a list of questions which you want us, the commenters, to go ‘on the record’ with”; he then poses several questions, which you will find below.
This might be fun to peek back at throughout the [...]

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Everybody Loves Tadahito

March 20, 2008 – 8:16 am

Says here we’ve been “dot-com” for 6 years now. Cool.
Anyway, I’m working on an interview with Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune (it’ll run on Monday), and one topic we discussed was potential surprises among Padres for 2008. The name that came up was new second baseman Tadahito Iguchi:
Iguchi had some problems with a [...]

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OBG08 Projections for Padres Hitters

February 16, 2008 – 7:46 am

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, [...]

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OBG08: Wolf, Prior, and Others

February 7, 2008 – 7:09 am

OBG08: Le Menu

Josh Bard/Michael Barrett
Adrian Gonzalez
Tadahito Iguchi
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Khalil Greene
Scott Hairston
Chase Headley
Jim Edmonds
Brian Giles
Jake Peavy
Chris Young
Greg Maddux

As a reminder, we’re looking for your individual best guess on how these players will perform in 2008. Attempting to compensate for other guesses that you don’t agree with defeats the purpose of the exercise.
Okay, enough with the lecture. Now [...]

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OBG08: Jim Edmonds

February 2, 2008 – 7:10 am

OBG08: Le Menu

Josh Bard/Michael Barrett
Adrian Gonzalez
Tadahito Iguchi
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Khalil Greene
Scott Hairston
Chase Headley

Before we get to Jim Edmonds, here’s a quick recap of where things stand to date. Eventually I’ll post a comprehensive list of our projections and upload a spreadsheet so everyone can ridicule us or whatever, but for now, if you haven’t gotten your guesses [...]

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