Tuesday, September 23, 2008

I'm still not much of a believer in this PECOTA... I'm more of a believer in GUTS

From February 26:

Baseball Prospectus is not prepared to call the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays the best team in the AL, but its PECOTA projection system, which precisely predicted the White Sox' stunning 18-win falloff last season, forecasts an 88-74 finish for baseball's perennial bottom-feeders, a 22-win jump from 2007...

It's audacious to project an increase of 22 wins for any club, but when this much young talent coalesces so quickly, it's time to believe.


Current record with 6 games remaining: 93-62

2 comments:

Smiff said...

See also: Steve Phillips remains brain-dead...

Evaluating April MLB Predictions (2008)

k-mad said...

"Cherish this moment; it's possible nobody will ever be this wrong again."

Well, Bush still has four months left...