The bestselling annual baseball preview from the smartest analysts in the business
The essential guide to the 2012 baseball season is on deck now, and whether you're a fan or fantasy player-or both-you won't be properly informed without it. Baseball Prospectus 2012 brings together an elite group of analysts to provide the definitive look at the upcoming season in critical essays and commentary on the thirty teams, their managers, and more than sixty players and prospects from each team.
- Contains critical essays on each of the thirty teams and player comments for some sixty players for each of those teams
- Projects each player's stats for the coming season using the groundbreaking PECOTA projection system, which has been called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model" (Sports Illustrated)
- From Baseball Prospectus, America's leading provider of statistical analysis for baseball
Now in its seventeenth edition, this New York Times bestselling insider's guide remains hands down the most authoritative and entertaining book of its kind.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword vii
Ken TremendousPreface ix
King Kaufman and Cecilia M. TanStatistical Introduction xi
Colin WyersTeamsArizona Diamondbacks 1Atlanta Braves 19Baltimore Orioles 37Boston Red Sox 54Chicago Cubs 71Chicago White Sox 88Cincinnati Reds 105Cleveland Indians 122Colorado Rockies 138Detroit Tigers 155Houston Astros 172Kansas City Royals 192Los Angeles Angels 211Los Angeles Dodgers 228Miami Marlins 249Milwaukee Brewers 266Minnesota Twins 282New York Mets 301New York Yankees 318Oakland Athletics 336Philadelphia Phillies 351Pittsburgh Pirates 367St. Louis Cardinals 385San Diego Padres 401San Francisco Giants 419Seattle Mariners 434Tampa Bay Rays 451Texas Rangers 469Toronto Blue Jays 484Washington Nationals 501The Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects 517
Kevin GoldsteinTeam Name Codes 527PECOTA Leaderboards 530Contributors 535Acknowledgments 538Index 540
