Community Projections: Braves Infielders

by gondeee on Mar 30, 2010 10:23 AM EDT in Community Projections

During the last week of spring training I thought it would be a fun exercise to project what we think each Braves player will do this season, and then we'll take a look at the end of the season and see how we all did. In thinking of what we should project I didn't want to get too detailed in our projections, so I'm keeping it simple. For each batter we will project three things, Average, OPS, and HR. You can argue with me all day long about how superficial some of those stats are, but they are accessible to just about everyone, so that should allow us to get more participation.

Your task for each player listed below is to guess their 2010 AVG, OPS, and HR total. Just copy and paste this list of players into your comment and write your guesses next to them (see mine after the jump for how to do it). Remember that these are your guesses, and while they should be grounded in sanity, there is no wrong or right answer. The tough task will be to take off the fan goggles and try and look at these players objectively.

Brian McCann
Troy Glaus
Martin Prado
Yunel Escobar
Chipper Jones
Eric Hinske
Omar Infante
David Ross

My guesses are after the jump.

gondeee's projections

Brian McCann - .305 / .898 / 25
Troy Glaus - .265 / ..885 / 34
Martin Prado - .293 / .795 / 14
Yunel Escobar - .295 / .825 / 21
Chipper Jones - .301 / .875 / 23
Eric Hinske - .258 / .805 / 12
Omar Infante - .298 / .735 / 4
David Ross - .235 / .790 / 9

Commentary about my projections: I was bullish on McCann and Glaus, and I was pretty bearish on the rest of the infielders, though not terribly below or above their career numbers. It was hard not to put some gaudy numbers down for Chipper, but I truly think he'll be right around his career marks, or slightly below. The OPS for him is going to be hurt by a lack of power. Overall, I don't think I did too much overreaching, maybe with Glaus' homerun numbers, but that's it.

Tomorrow we'll project the outfielders.

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I’m adding RBIs at the end… I figure I’d be better guessing that than OPS.

Brian McCann .302 / 1.075 / 30 / 99
Troy Glaus .313 / .900 / 23 / 108
Martin Prado .320 / .780 / 14 / 68
Yunel Escobar .308 / .880 / 18 / 80
Chipper Jones .316 / .900 / 22 / 100
Eric Hinske .260 / .800 / 9 / 34
Omar Infante .290 / .700 / 4 / 42
David Ross .260 / .800 / 11 / 38

Believe it or not, I didn’t look at Gondee’s numbers when constructing these… I’m maybe more bullish on McCann, certainly on Esco. I expect Glaus to be more of a line-drive hitter than a homer machine. The others are surprisingly close.

The interesting bit for Atlanta this year is gonna be whether they can take an early lead in the division and then hold on at the end through a rough Sept/Oct schedule. We end with Stl/Wsh/NY/PHL/Wsh/FLA/PHL. Brian will need his rest early to make it through that stretch run.

by carpengui on Mar 30, 2010 10:52 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .300/ .900 / 25
Troy Glaus – .280/ .875/ 28
Martin Prado – .310 / .800 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .310/ .840 / 21
Chipper Jones – .333 / .900 / 26
Eric Hinske – .260 / .805 / 12
Omar Infante – .285 / .735 / 7
David Ross – .265/ .825/ 10

Mine are pretty close to gondee’s, except I think Chipper will have a very good year

by DawgB on Mar 30, 2010 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .335 / .990 / 22
Troy Glaus – .268 / .900 / 29
Martin Prado – .297 / .795 / 11
Yunel Escobar – .295 / .825 / 17
Chipper Jones – .310 / .925 / 25
Eric Hinske – .258 / .785 / 9
Omar Infante – .301 / .740 / 4
David Ross – .270 / .765 / 8

I just don’t see a lot of homers coming from the Braves this year, but I think they’ll still get a lot of extra base hits, mainly doubles.

by Sparhawk on Mar 30, 2010 10:59 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .312 / .887 / 28
Troy Glaus – .275 / .890 / 25
Martin Prado – .304 / .805 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .290 / .830 / 20
Chipper Jones – .325 / .890 / 24
Eric Hinske – .271 / .810 / 10
Omar Infante – .282 / .760 / 5
David Ross – .265 / ..785 / 6

by Mountngrown on Mar 30, 2010 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .305/ .900/ 24
Troy Glaus – .275/ .850/ 22
Martin Prado – .313/ .820/ 12
Yunel Escobar – .302/ .830/ 15
Chipper Jones – .315/ .880/ 26
Eric Hinske – .255/ .790/ 8
Omar Infante – .289/ .750/ 6
David Ross – .270/ .850/ 10

by BahamaBrave on Mar 30, 2010 11:31 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .296 / .868 / 23
Troy Glaus – .260 / .845 / 26
Martin Prado – .310 / .800 / 16
Yunel Escobar – .303 / .840 / 20
Chipper Jones – .310 / .865 / 23
Eric Hinske – .260 / .795 / 9
Omar Infante – .289 / .750 / 8
David Ross – .241 / .840 / 10

by IDChop on Mar 30, 2010 11:42 AM EDT reply actions

rounded everything to the nearest 5 since i'm bad at random number generation

Brian McCann – .305/.860/24
Troy Glaus – .275/.780/16
Martin Prado – .300/.805/13
Yunel Escobar – .300/.830/16
Chipper Jones – .285/.820/15
Eric Hinske – .260/.765/10
Omar Infante – .295/.755/3
David Ross – .275/.870/8

by atl192485 on Mar 30, 2010 11:55 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .310 / .910 / 26
Troy Glaus – .270 / .869 / 24
Martin Prado – .316 / .850 / 15
Yunel Escobar – .303 / .840 / 16
Chipper Jones – .321 / .950 / 25
Eric Hinske – .260 / .810 / 10
Omar Infante – .301 / .741 / 6
David Ross – .275 / .850 / 8

by Dave_D on Mar 30, 2010 11:59 AM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .300 / .880 / 25
Troy Glaus – .270 / .850 / 22
Martin Prado – .300 / .830 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .300 / .800 / 16
Chipper Jones – .290 / .870 / 18
Eric Hinske – .250 / .810 / 12
Omar Infante – .300 / .760 / 6
David Ross – .240 / .800 / 8

by SwedishBrave on Mar 30, 2010 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .302 / .915 / 23
Troy Glaus – .284 / .857 / 25
Martin Prado – .318 / .850 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .307 / .865 / 15
Chipper Jones – .310 / .895 / 22
Eric Hinske – .265 / .815 / 11
Omar Infante – .298 / .795 / 8
David Ross – .274 / .806 / 12

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by nick9314 on Mar 30, 2010 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .308/ .890/ 24
Troy Glaus – .260/ .855/ 30
Martin Prado – .311/ .825/ 15 (lil’ high but I think prado is gonna peak the next two seasons.)
Yunel Escobar – .291/ .827/ 21
Chipper Jones – .290/ .840/ 20 (kills me to put this up here!)
Eric Hinske – .250/ .779/ 10
Omar Infante – .290/ .743/ 2
David Ross – .242/ .795/ 7

Sidenote: Thanks for making this one an easy one. I love this site and have been a daily reader since the beginning of last season. I always want to contribute but never really have anything worthwhile to add. I think us braves fans a very lucky, in my opinion, this is by far the best SBN site! Just wanted say Gondee you do an awesome job man! The rest of you folks that contribute regularly, thanks! For the most part, the folks that post on here are very knowledgeable and just great Braves baseball fans! …..Final thought, time for change….Vote Heyward in 2012!!!!AHHHAAHAHA Go Braves!

by jdmarine on Mar 30, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .308 / .900 / 26
Troy Glaus – .268 / .825 / 25
Martin Prado – .303 / .875 / 21
Yunel Escobar – .305 / .845 / 18
Chipper Jones – .318 / .925 / 24
Eric Hinske – .270 / .790 / 11
Omar Infante – .285 / .765 / 5
David Ross – .275 / .850 / 9

Yep, Martin Prado will hit 20+ homers in 2010, you heard it here first!

by paulyicecubes on Mar 30, 2010 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe if this were the 90’s and he was juicing. haha

For our sake, I hope you are right.

by Sparhawk on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Brian McCann – .305 / .916 / 28
Troy Glaus – .268 / .848 / 28
Martin Prado – .309 / .830 / 14
Yunel Escobar – .301 / .821 / 15
Chipper Jones – .295 / .895 / 23
Eric Hinske – .256 / .772 / 10
Omar Infante – .292 / .760 / 1
David Ross – .251 / .789 / 7

Big year for McCann, nice yet conservative rebound years for Chipper and Glaus, marginal improvement for Escobar and Prado, and slight regression for Infante and Ross. Hinske, well, he just keeps doing his thing.

The third-base umpire ran into the outfield and retrieved the biggest chunk. "It's a f***in' potato."

by alligatorimpersonator on Mar 30, 2010 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .313 / .915 / 22
Troy Glaus – .270 / .875 / 29
Martin Prado – .300 / .850 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .305 / .875 / 25
Chipper Jones – .312 / .950 / 23
Eric Hinske – .256 / .775 / 9
Omar Infante – .292 / .720 / 4
David Ross – .270 / .800 / 10

I don't need the Cat Lady to throw cats at me to let me know she's crazy!

by McCann and McWill on Mar 30, 2010 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .310/. 895/ 27
Troy Glaus – .272/ .875/ 27
Martin Prado – .308/ .797/ 16
Yunel Escobar – .307/ .835/ 17
Chipper Jones – .300/ .865/ 18
Eric Hinske – .245/ .755/ 8
Omar Infante – .318/ .765/ 6
David Ross – .265/ .795/ 8

by bighop on Mar 30, 2010 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .320 / .920 / 24
Troy Glaus – .258 / .840 / 23
Martin Prado – .300 / .835 / 15
Yunel Escobar – .300 / .840 / 17
Chipper Jones – .290 / .850 / 22
Eric Hinske – .250 / .790 / 11
Omar Infante – .290 / .740 / 4
David Ross – .250 / .800 / 9

Morton hit Heyward with an offspeed pitch. Early indication is that the baseball survived the impact.

by award6 on Mar 30, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann .319 / .954 / 27
Troy Glaus .242 / .801 / 22
Martin Prado .299 / .767 / 8
Yunel Escobar .303 / .877 / 17
Chipper Jones .321 / .899 / 16
Eric Hinske .231 / .742 / 7
Omar Infante .264 / .734 / 1
David Ross .212 / .799 / 5

by eaheckman10 on Mar 30, 2010 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

I’m surprised some people don’t have McCann with a higher BA. His new swing is working out phenomenally.

by Sparhawk on Mar 30, 2010 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Copied-pasted straight from my meta projections.

Brian McCann .290 – .860 – 21
Troy Glaus .253 – .802 – 19
Martin Prado .301 – .792 – 10
Yunel Escobar .294 – .795 – 12
Chipper Jones .297 – .885 – 18
Eric Hinske – .241 – .755 – 7
Omar Infante – .282 – .723 – 3
David Ross – .280 – .737 – 5

Source

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by PWHjort on Mar 30, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

you do a great job over on CAC. I check it every day. Keep up the good work

"(Jason Heyward) is like the Grim Reaper -- you know he's going to get you, you just don't know where or when." 3/26/2010 -- The future arrived.

by Scott Coleman on Mar 30, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Appreciate it.

Beyond the Box Score / Capitol Avenue Club / shwitter: @CapitolAvenue

by PWHjort on Mar 30, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Brian McCann – - – - – - – - – - .307 / .883 / 26
Troy Glaus – - – - – - – - – - .264 / .876 / 34
Martin Prado – - – - – - – - – - .293 / .789 / 9
Yunel Escobar – - – - – - – - – - – .314 / .840 / 18
Chipper Jones – - – - – - – - – - .342 / 1.063 / 28
Eric Hinske – - – - – - – - – - .271 / .821 / 12
Omar Infante – - – - – - – - – - .311 / .753 / 2
David Ross – - – - – - – - – - .231 / .774 / 6

by The Real Me on Mar 30, 2010 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann: .310 / .900 / 26
Troy Glaus: .260 / .870 / 30
Martin Prado: .320 / .860 / 16
Yunel Escobar: .300 / .820 / 17
Chipper Jones: .300 / .870 / 20
Eric Hinske: .250 / .780 / 9
Omar Infante: .300 / .740 / 2
David Ross: .240 / .800 / 6

Basically, I don’t see any reason to be particularly pessimistic about any of these guys. Ross is the only one who definitely overachieved last year, and he’s still a good player even with the dropoff. Prado is my breakout pick.

"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson

by Jacob Peterson on Mar 30, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .325 / .898 / 25
Troy Glaus – .280/ .875/ 28
Martin Prado – .293 / .795 / 14
Yunel Escobar – .303 / .877 / 17
Chipper Jones – .290 / .850 / 22
Eric Hinske – 260 / .795 / 9
Omar Infante – .300 / .740 / 2
David Ross – .285 / .780 / 5

by jvvenez on Mar 30, 2010 4:36 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – .301/ .910/ 27
Troy Glaus – .259/ .860/ 24
Martin Prado – .297/ .819/ 13
Yunel Escobar – .310/ .859/ 15
Chipper Jones – .282/ .864/ 20
Eric Hinske – .275/ .750/ 7
Omar Infante – .313/ .776/ 4
David Ross – .277/ .796/ 5

"(Jason Heyward) is like the Grim Reaper -- you know he's going to get you, you just don't know where or when." 3/26/2010 -- The future arrived.

by Scott Coleman on Mar 30, 2010 5:02 PM EDT reply actions

Since you didn't ask

Matt Diaz – .320 / .878 / 15

by John Drake number 6 on Mar 30, 2010 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

Community Projections: Braves Infielders

Tomorrow we’ll project the outfielders.

Beyond the Box Score / Capitol Avenue Club / shwitter: @CapitolAvenue

by PWHjort on Mar 30, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Brian McCann—— .317/ .899/ 31
Troy Glaus————- .275/ .863/ 19
Martin Prado——— .303/ .740/ 6
Yunel Escobar—- .301/ .837/ 13
Chipper Jones—— .319/ .868/ 24
Eric Hinske———— .266/ .701/ 11
Omar Infante——— .317/ .723/ 3
David Ross———— .261/ .775/ 6

by rawleigh on Mar 30, 2010 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

Brian McCann – ..297 / .890 / 27
Troy Glaus – .272 / .890 / 32
Martin Prado – .315 / .775 / 12
Yunel Escobar – .324 / .790 / 18
Chipper Jones – .338 / .930 / 23
Eric Hinske – .270 / .770 / 11
Omar Infante – .284 / .750 / 4
David Ross – .280 / .820 / 11

"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."

by justincredubil02 on Mar 31, 2010 11:45 PM EDT reply actions