Baseball Prospectus 2016

Baseball Prospectus 2016

<p><b>The 2016 edition of the <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Guide</b></p><br /><br /><p><b>Welcome to The Show!</b> After 20 All-Star seasons, the creators of this, the 21st edition of the industry-leading Baseball Prospectus annual, could have been content to rest on their laurels. Instead, <i>Baseball Prospectus 2016</i> contains significant improvements along with the usual key stat categories, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers expect from Baseball Prospectus€ annual guide.<p><br /><br /><p><i>Baseball Prospectus 2016</i> once again provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which <i>Sports Illustrated</i> has called €œperhaps the game€s most accurate projection model.€ Still, stats are just numbers if you don€t see the larger context, and Baseball Prospectus brings together an elite team of analysts to provide the definitive look at all thirty teams€•their players, their prospects and their managers€•to explain away flukes, hot streaks, injury-tainted numbers and park effects.</p><br /><br /><p>Nearly every major-league team has sought the advice of current or former Prospectus analysts, and readers of <i>Baseball Prospectus</i> 2016 will understand what all those insiders have been raving about.</p><br /><br /><p>In a book that sports personality Ken Tremendous calls €œThe tip of the nerd spear,€ the team at Baseball Prospectus is proud to bring the following improvements to the 2016 Annual:</p><br /><br /><p>Two full years of projections­€•PECOTA lines for 2016 and 2017</p><br /><br /><p>Historical Peak MPH added for major-league pitchers</p><br /><br /><p>Deserved Run Average (DRA) added for major-league pitchers</p><br /><br /><p>cFIP added for major-league and minor-league pitchers</p><br /><br /><p>Pitcher WARP redesigned, utilizing DRA and cFIP for all pitchers</p><br /><br /><p>Revised cFIP-driven PECOTA pitching projections</p><br /><br /><p>Catcher-specific defensive stats for all catchers Double-A and above</p><br /><br /><p>Outfield assists and catcher defense integrated in FRAA and WARP</p><br /><br /><p>Ballpark schematic and wall height study for every stadium</p><br /><br /><p>Hit List, finance, and farm system ranking graphs for each team</p><br /><br /><p>Every organization€s key front office personnel and Baseball Prospectus alumni identified</p>