FWFB | Baseball - Episode 720

Episode 720- Hits and Projections

Host: Justin Mason @JustinMasonFWFB
Co-Host: Dave McDonald @RunDMCD

News
Eddie Rosario on insane run this postseason
Spencer Torkelson hurt
Rizzo “wants to stay with the Yankees”
Kopech likely moving to rotation
Jordan Hicks preparing to enter 2022 rotation
Taillon out 5-6 months - questionable at best for start of 2022
Acuña might not be ready to play until May
Luis Urías changed his mechanics coming into 2021 - started squaring up his shoulders and better using his lower half, which helped him get the ball in the air more often and have harder contact. 9.2 percent barrel rate was a career high
Hiura had a procedure to clean up his elbow and could become a utility player with time in the outfield
Kyle Farmer played through a second-half sports hernia
DJLM also played through a significant part of the season with a sports hernia

2021 Hits
Catcher
1B
2B
SS
3B
OF
SP
RP

Steamer Projections Out
2 hitters over .300: Soto - .307 and Vlad - .306
2 hitters over 30 SB: Mondesi 41 (#1 again) Starling 33
Wander Franco: 610 AB 19 HR 10 SB .285 AVG
Luis Robert: 577 AB 29 HR 14 SB .282 AVG
Oneill Cruz: 300 AB 15 HR 10 SB .279 AVG
Byron Buxton: 546 AB (LOL) 31 HR 16 SB .265 AVG
Aggressive IP projections
Shane Baz: 192 IP 3.74 ERA 1.19 WHIP 10.2 K/9
Chris Sale: 187 IP 3.57 ERA 1.14 WHIP 11.1 K/9
Shane Bieber: 183 IP 3.36 ERA 1.13 WHIP 10.8 K/9
Corbin Burnes only SP sub 3 ERA at 2.95
Logan Webb - 3.37 ERA 6th lowest projected
Freddy Peralta 4th highest projected K rate at 11.7 K/9
Mastersball Top 50 Hitter Rankings
1.Trea
2. JRam
3. Soto
4. Tatis
5. Bichette
6. Vlad
9. Tucker
11. Judge
13. Trout
14. Ohtani
25. Mullins
43. Reynolds
44. Story
48. DJLM
49. Lindor
Catchers - Varsho #39, Sal #45, JTR not top 50


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