Baseball Prospectus 2012

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• ISBN13: 9780470622070
• ISBN10: 0470622075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-28
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Baseball Prospectus is America's leading provider of statistical analysis for baseball, combining entertaining commentary and accurate forecasting via books, blogs, articles, and a website.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface
Statistical	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Teams Arizona Diamondbacks	p. 1
Atlanta Braves	p. 19
Baltimore Orioles	p. 37
Boston Red Sox	p. 54
Chicago Cubs	p. 71
Chicago White Sox	p. 88
Cincinnati Reds	p. 105
Cleveland Indians	p. 122
Colorado Rockies	p. 138
Detroit Tigers	p. 155
Houston Astros	p. 172
Kansas City Royals	p. 192
Los Angeles Angels	p. 211
Los Angeles Dodgers	p. 228
Miami Marlins	p. 249
Milwaukee Brewers	p. 266
Minnesota Twins	p. 282
New York Mets	p. 301
New York Yankees	p. 318
Oakland Athletics	p. 336
Philadelphia Phillies	p. 351
Pittsburgh Pirates	p. 367
St. Louis Cardinals	p. 385
San Diego Padres	p. 401
San Francisco Giants	p. 419
Seattle Mariners	p. 434
Tampa Bay Rays	p. 451
Texas Rangers	p. 469
Toronto Blue Jays	p. 484
Washington Nationals	p. 501
The Baseball Prospectus Top	p. 101
Prospects	p. 517
Team Name Codes	p. 527
PECOTA Leaderboards	p. 530
Contributors	p. 535
Acknowledgments	p. 538
Index	p. 540
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