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Career-Path Projections: Boston Red Sox

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by user Davis21wylie

Just as I did with this year's free-agent hitters in this article, I ran the Boston Red Sox roster through the Brock2 blender. The results are not all that surprising, although for some players I listed an optimistic and pessimistic projection for their career, just to show the extremes of what one might expect from them. Note that some of the players listed are either free agents or are on other teams, but I included them if they were significant players last year, just to get a sense for whether or not their departures were well-timed. You'll also notice that pitchers are only projected for next season (2007) -- that's because pitchers are wildly unpredictable, and even getting a reliable single-season projection was difficult enough. Special thanks are in order for Chris Costancio and First Inning, whose MLE's I used to do the projections for Pedroia and Murphy. I'll take requests on which team you want spotlighted next, but for now, scroll those browser windows over and enjoy the Red Sox projections...

Batters

Manny Ramirez - Left Field 6' 0", 200 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	35	144	504	148	27	1	36	87	0.308	60.5	0.293	0.397	0.565	113	7.92	0.962
2008	36	141	484	140	26	1	32	90	0.305	55.3	0.290	0.402	0.545	106	7.71	0.947
2009	37	145	494	135	25	1	29	85	0.288	41.9	0.274	0.381	0.503	95	6.60	0.884
2010	38	145	489	148	27	1	30	84	0.307	57.0	0.303	0.405	0.541	107	7.86	0.946
2011	39	147	489	124	22	1	23	81	0.267	24.5	0.254	0.360	0.444	78	5.36	0.804
2012	40	78	236	67	12	0	12	38	0.288	19.3	0.285	0.385	0.486	44	6.55	0.871
2013	41	100	291	77	14	0	12	46	0.270	15.5	0.266	0.365	0.441	47	5.49	0.806
	Career	2718	9561	2906	590	20	644	1565	0.313	1217.2	0.304	0.402	0.572	2197	8.25	0.974

J.D. Drew - Right Field 6' 1", 195 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	124	415	118	25	3	18	74	0.293	37.1	0.286	0.393	0.490	80	6.74	0.883
2008	32	141	468	130	29	4	17	80	0.285	35.5	0.279	0.384	0.469	84	6.24	0.853
2009	33	138	453	121	26	3	15	80	0.275	27.5	0.268	0.378	0.440	75	5.68	0.818
2010	34	143	464	125	27	3	14	73	0.272	25.7	0.270	0.369	0.435	75	5.50	0.804
2011	35	144	461	121	26	3	13	74	0.264	20.1	0.262	0.364	0.413	69	5.09	0.777
2012	36	146	462	119	25	3	12	71	0.258	15.9	0.257	0.356	0.398	65	4.77	0.754
2013	37	77	223	54	11	1	5	34	0.244	3.2	0.241	0.340	0.364	28	4.08	0.704
2014	38	30	68	18	4	0	1	10	0.260	2.5	0.266	0.360	0.396	10	4.85	0.756
2015	39	7	13	3	1	0	0	2	0.227	-0.1	0.225	0.319	0.327	1	3.37	0.646
2016	40	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.240	0.0	0.250	0.330	0.356	0	3.92	0.686
	Career	1913	6192	1716	335	55	256	1026	0.284	466.8	0.277	0.380	0.473	1113	6.21	0.853
Pessimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	70	250	70	13	3	15	50	0.303	27.6	0.280	0.400	0.536	54	7.44	0.936
2008	32	123	418	117	26	4	17	74	0.289	35.1	0.279	0.387	0.486	79	6.52	0.873
2009	33	114	389	104	21	4	16	73	0.281	27.5	0.266	0.382	0.463	69	6.02	0.845
2010	34	129	432	116	24	4	16	69	0.275	26.3	0.268	0.369	0.451	72	5.69	0.820
2011	35	131	435	113	23	3	15	72	0.267	20.9	0.259	0.364	0.427	67	5.23	0.791
2012	36	137	448	115	23	3	14	70	0.261	17.7	0.256	0.356	0.412	66	4.93	0.768
2013	37	139	452	108	21	3	12	70	0.246	7.9	0.238	0.340	0.375	58	4.18	0.715
2014	38	55	148	39	8	1	4	22	0.262	5.9	0.264	0.360	0.406	22	4.97	0.766
2015	39	26	60	13	3	0	1	9	0.228	-0.4	0.221	0.319	0.333	6	3.41	0.652
2016	40	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	0.243	0.1	0.247	0.335	0.364	1	4.05	0.699
	Career	1891	6201	1700	322	59	271	1037	0.284	466.9	0.274	0.378	0.476	1116	6.20	0.854

David Ortiz - Designated Hitter 6' 4", 230 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Left

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	155	567	163	33	1	46	104	0.313	67.1	0.287	0.398	0.595	134	8.30	0.993
2008	32	153	555	157	30	1	47	106	0.312	64.9	0.282	0.397	0.594	131	8.21	0.991
2009	33	153	547	150	29	1	42	103	0.303	54.0	0.275	0.390	0.562	120	7.55	0.952
2010	34	152	539	147	28	1	40	95	0.299	48.9	0.273	0.382	0.554	114	7.27	0.936
2011	35	152	531	141	27	1	37	93	0.291	40.7	0.266	0.376	0.528	105	6.75	0.904
2012	36	151	524	137	26	1	34	89	0.285	34.5	0.262	0.368	0.511	99	6.37	0.879
2013	37	151	518	127	24	1	30	86	0.269	20.3	0.245	0.353	0.465	85	5.44	0.818
2014	38	81	251	68	13	0	15	41	0.285	16.4	0.270	0.372	0.501	47	6.37	0.873
2015	39	102	306	69	13	0	14	48	0.249	2.4	0.227	0.332	0.409	41	4.39	0.741
2016	40	24	55	14	3	0	3	8	0.264	1.8	0.254	0.351	0.442	9	5.21	0.793
2017	41	17	36	8	2	0	1	5	0.248	0.2	0.236	0.332	0.400	5	4.35	0.732
2018	42	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.241	0.0	0.237	0.320	0.386	0	4.05	0.706
	Career	2335	8098	2220	488	19	540	1317	0.294	666.8	0.274	0.376	0.539	1641	6.98	0.915

Mike Lowell - Third Base 6' 4", 205 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	33	91	264	67	19	0	6	25	0.246	4.6	0.254	0.319	0.398	34	4.26	0.717
2008	34	49	138	36	10	0	4	20	0.260	5.3	0.261	0.354	0.415	20	4.98	0.769
2009	35	77	201	49	13	0	4	22	0.239	1.7	0.246	0.320	0.373	24	3.96	0.693
2010	36	17	34	9	2	0	1	4	0.248	0.7	0.257	0.336	0.385	4	4.36	0.721
2011	37	13	23	5	1	0	0	3	0.222	-0.3	0.227	0.302	0.331	2	3.23	0.633
2012	38	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.238	0.0	0.255	0.326	0.357	0	3.90	0.683
	Career	1390	4805	1299	334	5	178	475	0.265	215.0	0.270	0.336	0.453	731	5.21	0.789
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	33	150	570	160	45	1	20	50	0.270	30.1	0.281	0.339	0.468	90	5.51	0.807
2008	34	121	412	107	30	1	12	37	0.253	11.4	0.261	0.322	0.424	56	4.62	0.746
2009	35	72	237	60	16	0	6	21	0.246	4.3	0.254	0.315	0.407	30	4.29	0.722
2010	36	39	107	28	8	0	3	10	0.251	2.6	0.262	0.323	0.410	14	4.49	0.733
2011	37	15	34	8	2	0	1	3	0.235	0.1	0.243	0.307	0.371	4	3.75	0.678
2012	38	4	6	2	0	0	0	1	0.246	0.1	0.262	0.326	0.388	1	4.28	0.714
	Career	1542	5508	1497	390	6	205	523	0.265	251.5	0.272	0.335	0.456	842	5.25	0.791

Julio Lugo - Shortstop 5' 10", 165 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	145	532	145	27	3	8	51	0.250	11.9	0.272	0.336	0.379	68	4.37	0.715
2008	32	140	500	135	25	2	9	47	0.250	11.0	0.270	0.333	0.383	64	4.36	0.716
2009	33	145	517	138	26	3	7	54	0.246	8.9	0.267	0.336	0.367	64	4.20	0.703
2010	34	76	245	64	12	1	3	29	0.244	3.5	0.261	0.338	0.358	30	4.09	0.696
2011	35	44	126	32	6	1	1	13	0.237	0.6	0.255	0.327	0.342	14	3.76	0.669
2012	36	8	16	4	1	0	0	2	0.235	0.0	0.252	0.326	0.336	2	3.67	0.662
	Career	1478	5321	1454	268	35	96	504	0.253	141.5	0.273	0.336	0.391	699	4.52	0.727
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	160	600	180	35	5	5	60	0.266	26.7	0.300	0.364	0.400	87	5.19	0.764
2008	32	145	525	142	27	3	7	50	0.248	10.1	0.270	0.334	0.373	65	4.27	0.707
2009	33	152	550	152	29	3	5	59	0.250	12.4	0.276	0.346	0.368	70	4.39	0.714
2010	34	149	531	144	27	3	5	49	0.245	8.2	0.272	0.333	0.362	64	4.14	0.695
2011	35	80	261	70	13	1	2	26	0.242	3.0	0.268	0.334	0.351	30	4.00	0.685
2012	36	46	130	34	6	1	1	12	0.234	0.2	0.258	0.322	0.336	14	3.65	0.658
2013	37	8	17	4	1	0	0	2	0.226	-0.2	0.246	0.314	0.317	2	3.31	0.631
	Career	1661	5999	1662	309	41	93	567	0.254	165.8	0.277	0.339	0.389	792	4.56	0.728

Jason Varitek - Catcher 6' 2", 210 lbs. Bats Both, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	35	63	201	54	12	1	7	25	0.266	10.9	0.268	0.350	0.444	31	5.30	0.794
2008	36	84	260	67	14	1	8	32	0.256	10.2	0.259	0.340	0.417	37	4.78	0.757
2009	37	79	224	53	11	1	6	27	0.238	3.0	0.237	0.319	0.372	27	3.88	0.691
2010	38	33	80	20	4	0	2	9	0.248	2.2	0.255	0.334	0.391	10	4.38	0.725
2011	39	15	30	7	1	0	1	3	0.223	-0.2	0.223	0.303	0.334	3	3.26	0.637
2012	40	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	0.237	0.1	0.247	0.321	0.360	1	3.84	0.681
	Career	1345	4344	1155	274	13	155	503	0.263	216.7	0.266	0.342	0.442	657	5.15	0.784
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	35	135	470	130	28	1	20	60	0.275	32.0	0.277	0.358	0.468	79	5.80	0.826
2008	36	103	328	85	18	1	11	41	0.258	13.7	0.259	0.341	0.423	47	4.86	0.764
2009	37	104	313	76	16	1	10	39	0.244	6.7	0.241	0.325	0.388	40	4.15	0.713
2010	38	55	155	41	8	0	5	19	0.256	6.0	0.263	0.342	0.410	22	4.76	0.752
2011	39	32	77	18	4	0	2	9	0.231	0.3	0.231	0.312	0.353	8	3.58	0.665
2012	40	6	10	3	1	0	0	1	0.241	0.2	0.250	0.327	0.373	1	4.06	0.700
	Career	1503	4897	1304	306	13	178	574	0.264	249.2	0.266	0.343	0.443	745	5.19	0.786

Trot Nixon - Right Field 6' 1", 195 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Left

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	33	129	422	117	28	0	10	63	0.267	20.6	0.277	0.371	0.418	65	5.37	0.789
2008	34	131	426	113	26	0	8	55	0.253	11.5	0.265	0.350	0.386	58	4.60	0.736
2009	35	69	204	53	12	0	4	28	0.248	4.1	0.258	0.346	0.373	26	4.36	0.719
2010	36	40	104	26	6	0	2	13	0.243	1.3	0.255	0.339	0.362	13	4.12	0.701
2011	37	7	14	3	1	0	0	2	0.232	0.0	0.242	0.326	0.338	2	3.64	0.664
	Career	1359	4454	1224	278	29	157	615	0.273	261.0	0.275	0.363	0.456	737	5.70	0.819

Eric Hinske - Utility 6' 2", 225 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Right

In Right Field
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	29	141	414	100	24	2	16	44	0.249	9.3	0.242	0.315	0.425	55	4.42	0.740
2008	30	62	180	45	10	1	7	20	0.253	5.0	0.249	0.325	0.426	25	4.61	0.751
2009	31	89	229	57	13	1	8	25	0.250	5.2	0.248	0.321	0.416	31	4.44	0.737
2010	32	30	67	16	4	0	2	7	0.241	0.7	0.240	0.314	0.390	8	4.03	0.704
2011	33	24	49	11	2	0	1	6	0.236	0.2	0.230	0.319	0.367	6	3.81	0.686
2012	34	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0.230	0.0	0.236	0.298	0.363	1	3.54	0.661
	Career	1036	3282	837	207	16	113	374	0.257	108.9	0.255	0.331	0.431	469	4.80	0.762
At First Base
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	29	107	313	76	18	1	12	33	0.249	4.8	0.242	0.315	0.425	42	4.42	0.740
2008	30	54	155	39	9	1	6	18	0.253	3.3	0.249	0.326	0.426	21	4.62	0.752
2009	31	27	61	15	3	0	2	6	0.250	1.0	0.250	0.322	0.417	8	4.48	0.739
2010	32	11	21	5	1	0	1	2	0.242	0.1	0.241	0.315	0.392	3	4.07	0.707
2011	33	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0.239	0.0	0.230	0.335	0.361	0	3.93	0.696
	Career	886	2893	743	185	14	100	331	0.258	82.0	0.257	0.333	0.434	418	4.86	0.767

Coco Crisp - Center Field 6' 0", 185 lbs. Bats Both, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	27	63	249	78	17	1	7	21	0.285	18.7	0.312	0.366	0.482	44	6.41	0.848
2008	28	80	311	87	18	1	8	21	0.257	10.3	0.280	0.326	0.427	43	4.83	0.753
2009	29	103	394	105	22	2	12	31	0.253	10.6	0.267	0.321	0.419	53	4.60	0.740
2010	30	112	440	120	24	2	11	34	0.252	11.4	0.272	0.325	0.410	59	4.57	0.735
2011	31	123	466	127	26	2	11	38	0.253	12.3	0.273	0.327	0.408	62	4.59	0.735
2012	32	130	492	127	26	2	10	40	0.241	5.1	0.259	0.315	0.379	59	4.03	0.694
2013	33	67	231	59	12	1	4	21	0.239	1.7	0.255	0.318	0.368	27	3.92	0.686
2014	34	39	119	30	6	0	2	16	0.245	1.9	0.256	0.345	0.364	15	4.22	0.709
2015	35	14	35	9	2	0	1	4	0.233	0.0	0.249	0.321	0.346	4	3.69	0.667
2016	36	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0.230	0.0	0.243	0.323	0.333	1	3.55	0.656
	Career	1256	4782	1320	264	27	110	374	0.254	135.9	0.276	0.328	0.411	646	4.66	0.739
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	27	140	500	150	35	3	14	43	0.277	31.3	0.300	0.355	0.466	83	5.92	0.821
2008	28	100	366	102	22	2	10	27	0.259	13.2	0.280	0.329	0.432	52	4.94	0.761
2009	29	135	482	130	29	2	14	40	0.255	14.9	0.269	0.325	0.426	67	4.74	0.751
2010	30	130	476	130	28	2	12	38	0.255	14.3	0.274	0.328	0.417	65	4.72	0.745
2011	31	140	494	135	29	2	12	41	0.255	14.7	0.274	0.330	0.414	68	4.71	0.744
2012	32	141	500	130	28	2	10	42	0.243	6.9	0.261	0.318	0.386	61	4.14	0.704
2013	33	75	240	61	13	1	5	23	0.241	2.5	0.256	0.320	0.374	29	4.03	0.694
2014	34	43	122	31	7	0	2	17	0.248	2.4	0.257	0.348	0.370	16	4.34	0.718
2015	35	16	36	9	2	0	1	4	0.236	0.1	0.250	0.323	0.352	4	3.79	0.675
2016	36	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0.232	0.0	0.244	0.325	0.339	1	3.64	0.664
	Career	1443	5263	1458	305	30	123	420	0.256	164.4	0.277	0.331	0.417	725	4.76	0.748

Mark Loretta - Second Base 6' 0", 175 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	35	52	171	51	8	0	1	16	0.254	4.8	0.297	0.356	0.369	22	4.68	0.725
2008	36	71	229	66	12	0	2	19	0.246	3.9	0.287	0.341	0.358	28	4.28	0.699
2009	37	25	66	17	3	0	0	6	0.227	-0.5	0.258	0.319	0.318	7	3.42	0.637
2010	38	13	29	8	1	0	0	3	0.248	0.5	0.289	0.347	0.356	4	4.34	0.703
2011	39	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.223	-0.1	0.252	0.317	0.307	0	3.25	0.624
2012	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.237	0.0	0.274	0.338	0.331	0	3.85	0.669
	Career	1549	5411	1610	287	20	71	505	0.262	209.2	0.297	0.357	0.398	769	5.06	0.755
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	35	150	620	175	28	1	4	50	0.242	7.3	0.282	0.336	0.350	73	4.09	0.686
2008	36	41	124	36	6	0	1	10	0.245	2.0	0.287	0.340	0.356	15	4.24	0.696
2009	37	25	74	19	3	0	0	6	0.224	-0.8	0.256	0.313	0.315	7	3.32	0.628
2010	38	4	9	3	0	0	0	1	0.245	0.1	0.286	0.344	0.350	1	4.22	0.694
2011	39	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.220	-0.1	0.248	0.312	0.302	0	3.13	0.614
	Career	1608	5741	1699	301	21	73	529	0.260	208.6	0.296	0.355	0.394	804	4.97	0.749

Alex Cora - Shortstop 6' 0", 180 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	103	269	65	8	3	3	21	0.223	-3.6	0.243	0.298	0.329	26	3.24	0.627
	Career	979	2715	661	107	30	34	199	0.225	-27.6	0.244	0.295	0.343	275	3.35	0.638
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	31	103	269	65	8	3	3	21	0.223	-3.6	0.243	0.298	0.329	26	3.24	0.627
2008	32	100	254	61	8	3	2	19	0.218	-4.7	0.240	0.292	0.320	24	3.07	0.612
	Career	1079	2969	722	114	33	37	218	0.225	-32.3	0.243	0.295	0.341	299	3.32	0.636

Wily Mo Pena - Outfielder 6' 3", 215 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	25	150	484	132	26	2	26	35	0.269	25.0	0.273	0.322	0.492	77	5.46	0.814
2008	26	154	502	141	26	2	28	38	0.275	30.9	0.280	0.331	0.506	84	5.82	0.837
2009	27	153	494	149	28	2	33	43	0.298	49.4	0.301	0.357	0.569	100	7.26	0.926
2010	28	154	495	135	25	2	33	36	0.277	32.1	0.274	0.324	0.531	85	5.91	0.855
2011	29	158	504	138	26	1	37	41	0.282	37.1	0.273	0.328	0.550	91	6.21	0.878
2012	30	155	507	140	26	1	33	40	0.279	34.8	0.277	0.330	0.531	89	6.05	0.861
2013	31	156	493	135	25	1	32	41	0.277	31.8	0.273	0.329	0.522	85	5.90	0.851
2014	32	155	491	128	24	1	28	41	0.265	22.4	0.261	0.318	0.485	76	5.22	0.803
2015	33	153	479	124	23	1	26	45	0.263	20.3	0.258	0.322	0.471	73	5.11	0.793
2016	34	153	473	122	22	1	24	38	0.258	16.8	0.259	0.314	0.461	68	4.88	0.775
2017	35	152	465	116	21	1	21	41	0.251	11.4	0.250	0.311	0.435	63	4.50	0.746
2018	36	81	226	55	10	0	10	19	0.245	3.6	0.245	0.305	0.418	29	4.21	0.723
2019	37	31	69	16	3	0	2	6	0.232	-0.1	0.230	0.293	0.381	8	3.63	0.674
	Career	2191	6788	1821	331	20	395	539	0.269	355.6	0.268	0.322	0.497	1087	5.47	0.819

Doug Mirabelli - Catcher 6' 1", 205 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	36	16	32	8	2	0	1	3	0.244	0.7	0.241	0.306	0.405	4	4.09	0.711
2008	37	6	10	2	0	0	0	1	0.215	-0.1	0.208	0.272	0.336	1	2.89	0.608
2009	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.221	0.0	0.218	0.287	0.341	0	3.13	0.628
	Career	542	1385	324	77	2	55	158	0.246	34.1	0.234	0.312	0.411	178	4.19	0.723
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	36	60	160	40	8	0	6	15	0.249	4.5	0.250	0.314	0.412	21	4.32	0.726
2008	37	9	15	3	1	0	0	1	0.214	-0.2	0.208	0.273	0.332	1	2.86	0.605
2009	38	5	8	2	0	0	0	1	0.228	0.0	0.227	0.295	0.356	1	3.39	0.651
	Career	591	1525	359	84	2	60	171	0.246	37.8	0.235	0.313	0.410	196	4.19	0.723

Kevin Youkilis - First Base 6' 1", 220 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Mean Projection
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	28	115	386	102	27	1	9	54	0.259	11.6	0.264	0.355	0.409	56	4.93	0.764
2008	29	70	250	65	17	1	6	37	0.260	7.8	0.262	0.357	0.411	37	4.97	0.768
2009	30	31	109	29	7	0	2	15	0.257	2.9	0.265	0.354	0.401	15	4.83	0.755
2010	31	17	46	12	3	0	1	6	0.254	1.0	0.262	0.349	0.393	6	4.65	0.742
2011	32	6	15	4	1	0	0	2	0.241	0.0	0.250	0.332	0.363	2	4.01	0.695
2012	33	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.243	0.0	0.245	0.357	0.348	0	4.11	0.705
	Career	503	1666	448	115	4	40	253	0.264	62.0	0.269	0.365	0.415	253	5.18	0.780
Optimistic
Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	28	150	575	160	42	2	14	85	0.271	27.1	0.278	0.371	0.431	92	5.55	0.802
2008	29	154	585	155	40	2	15	87	0.263	20.7	0.265	0.361	0.417	88	5.12	0.778
2009	30	153	587	159	41	2	13	85	0.263	20.7	0.270	0.363	0.412	88	5.12	0.775
2010	31	154	575	152	39	1	12	82	0.258	16.3	0.265	0.357	0.401	82	4.88	0.758
2011	32	82	280	72	18	1	5	39	0.251	5.0	0.258	0.350	0.383	38	4.52	0.733
2012	33	47	141	35	9	0	2	21	0.246	1.6	0.251	0.348	0.368	18	4.28	0.716
2013	34	9	19	5	1	0	0	4	0.257	0.5	0.254	0.395	0.365	3	4.83	0.760
2014	35	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0.237	0.0	0.246	0.336	0.344	1	3.84	0.680
2015	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.227	0.0	0.240	0.323	0.324	0	3.44	0.647
	Career	1016	3626	976	250	10	83	544	0.263	130.2	0.269	0.364	0.412	545	5.14	0.776

David Murphy - Outfielder 6' 4", 192 lbs. Bats Left, Throws Left

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	25	143	542	139	23	5	12	44	0.241	5.6	0.256	0.312	0.384	65	4.03	0.696
2008	26	145	543	139	27	5	13	50	0.245	9.0	0.256	0.319	0.396	69	4.24	0.715
2009	27	111	413	114	20	4	12	40	0.261	16.0	0.276	0.339	0.428	60	5.02	0.767
2010	28	137	503	127	24	4	14	43	0.244	7.2	0.252	0.311	0.400	63	4.16	0.711
2011	29	66	240	60	11	2	7	22	0.244	3.4	0.249	0.312	0.401	30	4.16	0.713
2012	30	34	126	32	6	1	3	11	0.242	1.5	0.253	0.313	0.390	15	4.09	0.703
2013	31	17	47	12	2	0	1	4	0.241	0.5	0.251	0.314	0.385	6	4.04	0.699
2014	32	7	17	4	1	0	0	2	0.230	-0.1	0.239	0.304	0.355	2	3.54	0.659
2015	33	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0.236	0.0	0.234	0.339	0.343	1	3.79	0.682
2016	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.212	0.0	0.238	0.256	0.339	0	2.84	0.595
	Career	681	2461	633	115	20	65	220	0.246	43.5	0.257	0.318	0.399	313	4.28	0.717

Dustin Pedroia - Second Base 5' 9", 180 lbs. Bats Right, Throws Right

Year	Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	RC	RC /25	OPS
2007	23	140	532	154	33	5	8	55	0.264	23.0	0.289	0.356	0.415	79	5.20	0.771
2008	24	143	533	155	33	4	8	53	0.264	22.4	0.291	0.355	0.413	78	5.16	0.768
2009	25	144	531	157	34	4	9	55	0.269	26.7	0.296	0.362	0.426	82	5.47	0.788
2010	26	154	568	168	36	4	11	58	0.270	28.9	0.296	0.361	0.428	88	5.49	0.789
2011	27	151	551	172	37	4	12	61	0.284	40.2	0.313	0.381	0.457	96	6.34	0.838
2012	28	153	554	161	34	3	12	54	0.267	26.3	0.291	0.354	0.430	84	5.36	0.784
2013	29	157	562	161	34	3	13	58	0.267	26.4	0.287	0.354	0.429	85	5.33	0.783
2014	30	155	563	164	34	3	12	57	0.266	25.9	0.291	0.356	0.423	85	5.30	0.779
2015	31	155	549	158	32	2	11	56	0.263	22.6	0.287	0.353	0.414	80	5.12	0.767
2016	32	155	546	151	31	2	9	55	0.253	15.0	0.276	0.343	0.391	73	4.63	0.734
2017	33	153	533	145	29	2	8	58	0.251	12.7	0.272	0.344	0.381	70	4.50	0.725
2018	34	153	527	144	29	2	7	52	0.248	10.5	0.273	0.337	0.377	67	4.37	0.714
2019	35	82	256	67	13	1	3	26	0.241	2.8	0.263	0.333	0.359	31	4.05	0.692
2020	36	47	129	33	7	0	1	13	0.237	0.6	0.259	0.326	0.349	15	3.84	0.675
2021	37	9	17	4	1	0	0	2	0.226	-0.2	0.244	0.314	0.325	2	3.38	0.639
	Career	1980	7041	2012	420	39	127	719	0.262	277.4	0.286	0.352	0.411	1018	5.06	0.763

Pitchers

2007 Projection	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
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Curt Schilling	177	192	23	32	149	3.77
Josh Beckett	183	177	25	62	148	4.38
D. Matsuzaka	187	182	17	43	151	3.42
Jon Papelbon	150	135	16	45	133	3.72
Tim Wakefield	169	179	26	59	106	5.01
Jon Lester	122	127	13	59	94	4.47
Matt Clement	133	138	15	55	104	4.35
Craig Hansen	54	58	5	24	38	4.30
Mike Timlin	69	78	6	20	42	4.03
Julian Tavarez	81	90	8	30	50	4.42
Hideki Okajima*	53	55	8	20	50	4.41
B. Donnelly	58	57	7	22	47	4.34
J.C. Romero	58	57	5	30	47	4.31
Keith Foulke	58	59	8	16	45	4.32
Lenny DiNardo	68	78	8	26	45	4.54
Craig Breslow	57	56	5	22	45	3.94
Kyle Snyder	101	120	13	28	67	4.38
Adam Bernero	74	80	9	25	47	4.42
Devern Hansack	90	99	15	28	62	4.87
Joel Pineiro	162	184	22	56	99	4.76
R. Hernandez	144	166	20	64	77	5.23
Kason Gabbard	109	117	12	56	69	4.93
David Pauley	118	142	18	41	66	5.08
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* = Okajima's projection is basically an educated guess.


Boston Red Sox
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2006 Record: 86-76

Scored 820 runs, Allowed 825 runs

Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

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JoebookRed-Shirting
1050 days ago
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No way Manny is only 190lbs...
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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Hmm, Baseball-Reference has some explaining to do...
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ChristofMVP
1050 days ago
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JD Drew plays the most games in a single season of his career when he is 36? What are you feeding the computer, can I take a double of that?
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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Drew is weird in the way that he's always getting injured, but the injuries never seem to affect his performance, and he never seems to feel their long-term effects. He'll get banged up and only play 100 games, then he'll come back and play 145... he'll only play 72 the next year, then he'll play a career-high 146... Other than the shoulder problem, it's not inconceivable to see Drew continuing his pattern of having fluke injuries cause him to miss 50+ games, followed by seasons where he misses only 20 games. I'm not saying I buy the projection 100% (eventually all the injuries catch up to him, right?), but Drew is just... a weird player, production-wise and durability-wise.
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False ProphetAll-Star
1050 days ago
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2007 Projection	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
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D. Matsuzaka	187	182	17	43	151	3.42
151 Strikeouts? Isn't that a bit high for him?
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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I should have said that Matsuzaka's line is only slightly more reliable than Okajima's (Central League MLE's are not as reliable as Pacific League) -- but it is based on the assumption that the PCL is somewhere in between U.S. AAA ball and MLB in terms of difficulty. That said, Dice-K was racking up 10 K/9 in Japan (except in 2004), so it's not too unreasonable to see him at 7.3 next year. That 187 innings might be overly optimistic, though... BTW: Papelbon's line comes with a caveat, too, because I had no idea what adjustments to make when converting him to a starter. In the end, I added one run for the transition, which I think is the correct procedure. Anybody know the exact number?
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False ProphetAll-Star
1050 days ago
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but the difference is that with Papelbon, he has all ready gone against the Best in MLB, whereas Matsuzaka has only faced some MLB talent before they were ready for the regular season
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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True. That's why even with the weird adjustments from closer to starter, Paplebon's line is way more reliable than Matsuzaka's. Matsuzaka's is kind of one-third-guessed, as opposed to Okajima's, which is, like, 4/5 guessed. Playing time for everybody is based on patterns from last year (not expected roles for next year), except in the case of Papelbon (I knew his role was changing). If Pineiro wins closer, he'll obviously have fewer innings and a lower ERA; Clement's having surgery and will miss half the season, so that blows his 133 IP immediately. This is kind of a fun exercise in seeing how the offseason has gone and how the team is shaping up for next year, more than anything else. Manny's 644 career jacks are fun, too. Crisp's line -- not so fun. Pedroia looks like a real solid contributor for many years, which is a good thing.
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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Forgot to say how awesome Wily Mo looks, assuming he gets playing time down the road. He always had this platoon split where he was great against LHP and mediocre vs. RHP, but last year he killed righties and struggled against lefties. I'm not sure what that means (especially with the small samples), but somebody ought to find playing time for the guy.
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Bball3345Draft Pick
1050 days ago
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Davis, BP 2006 said that a reliever gained 25% on his ERA when switching to the starting role. So a 2.00 ERA goes to a 2.50 ERA. Is that what you are looking for?
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Davis21wylieMVP
1050 days ago
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was looking for. After I posted that comment, I found on pg. 8 of BP 06 where it said, "a typical starting pitcher would expect to lose a full point off his ERA if he converts to relief." I just assumed it also works in reverse. 25% would put Papelbon at 3.40, +1 has him at 3.70, so we'll just say his ERA as a starter should be between those two. It's not an exact science!
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1049 days ago
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Interesting that Kevin Youkilis (who may or may not be a better leadoff hitter than Jose Reyes) goes on to do... nothing.
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Davis21wylieMVP
1049 days ago
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I know, that mean projection is really sad news for the Greek God of Walks. :( His B-R comps don't go on to do much, either... :*( Is there any hope for Kevin? At least Dan Szymborski thinks so -- ZiPS projects:
AVG   OBP   SLG   G  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB   K SB CS  GPA
.276  .384  .428 129 463  79 128 35  1 11  62  76  95  3  2 .280
That's a 22.2 VORP -- not great, but as a mean projection it beats the pants off my 11.6 mean. As a young guy with old-people skills who started his career pretty late, he's probably better than Kevin Maas on the eponymous Kevin Maas scale. He's probably at Ben Grieve levels on the scale by now.
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Davis21wylieMVP
1049 days ago
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Here's a Reyes projection:
Age	Games	AB	HITS	DBL	TRP	HR	BB	EqA	VORP	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB	RC	RC /25
24	155	654	188	27	17	13	42	0.267	29.8	0.288	0.331	0.441	289	95	5.12
25	149	621	183	27	16	16	48	0.278	38.8	0.295	0.346	0.469	291	101	5.74
26	155	640	191	28	15	18	47	0.280	41.3	0.299	0.347	0.472	302	105	5.83
27	153	625	195	29	14	20	53	0.294	53.7	0.312	0.365	0.501	313	114	6.65
28	154	621	181	26	12	20	45	0.277	37.6	0.292	0.340	0.472	293	100	5.66
29	157	629	181	27	11	23	50	0.277	38.7	0.288	0.341	0.475	299	102	5.69
30	155	626	183	27	11	20	49	0.276	37.1	0.292	0.344	0.463	290	100	5.62
31	156	612	176	26	10	18	49	0.272	32.7	0.288	0.341	0.451	276	94	5.40
32	155	607	168	25	8	16	49	0.262	23.7	0.277	0.332	0.425	258	86	4.87
33	153	593	162	24	8	14	53	0.259	20.6	0.273	0.333	0.412	244	81	4.72
34	153	585	160	24	7	13	47	0.256	17.7	0.274	0.328	0.405	237	78	4.56
35	152	576	152	22	6	12	50	0.249	11.6	0.264	0.323	0.384	221	71	4.21
36	81	280	73	11	3	5	24	0.244	3.8	0.260	0.318	0.371	104	33	3.98
37	47	141	34	5	1	2	12	0.232	-0.2	0.245	0.305	0.344	48	15	3.47
38	9	19	5	1	0	0	2	0.249	0.4	0.270	0.330	0.374	7	2	4.22
39	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	0.220	-0.1	0.229	0.294	0.314	2	1	2.99
40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.235	0.0	0.252	0.318	0.340	0	0	3.62
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.223	0.0	0.235	0.281	0.288	0	0	3.13
42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.223	0.0	0.237	0.275	0.279	0	0	3.14
Career	2424	9673	2760	408	179	244	719	0.268	450.8	0.285	0.335	0.440	4259	1426	5.16
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
1049 days ago
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who was it that once said, "Yankee baseball, Mets suck, Boston sucks, everyone sucks!?" oh yeah, every Yankees fan...
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