2013 ZiPS Projections – Los Angeles Dodgers

Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections, which have typically appeared in the pages of Baseball Think Factory, are being released at FanGraphs this year. Below are the projections for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Szymborski can be found on Twitter at @DSzymborski.

Other 2013 Projections: Angels / Astros / Athletics / Blue Jays / Brewers / Cardinals / Cubs / Diamondbacks / Giants / Mariners / Mets / Nationals / Phillies / Pirates / Rangers / Rays / Reds / Rockies / Royals / Tigers / White Sox.

Batters
The Dodgers begin 2013 with slightly more than double the payroll of their 2012 opening-day roster. That fact established, it will not surprise the reader to learn that the Dodgers have spent some of that additional money on position players. The club’s highest-paid field player at the start of 2012 was outfielder Andre Ethier, at $10.95 million. As of today, the Dodgers have five batters earning more than that: Adrian Gonzalez ($21.9 million), Carl Crawford ($20.9 million), Matt Kemp ($20.3 million), Hanley Ramirez ($15.5 million), and Ethier himself ($13.5 million).*

One would hope — for the sake of order in the universe, if nothing else — that the Dodgers’ financial outlay would correlate to success. In fact, it appears as though it will. The Dodgers produced 20.3 WAR via batting and fielding last season; the squad presented here is probably closer to 25 WAR. To the front office’s credit, there are some values here, as well: Luis Cruz, A.J. Ellis, and Tim Federowicz — all expected to produce like average major leaguers — will combine to make just $3 million in 2013.

Figures stolen directly from Cot’s Contracts.

Pitchers
One good strategy when building a rotation is to have some of the best pitchers on it. Coincidentally, Clayton Kershaw and the recently signed Zack Greinke fit that precise description. Consider, by way of example, this table, which features the best pitchers by total WAR over the past three seasons, including Greinke and Kershaw:

Name	IP	K%	GB%	BB%	FIP-	ERA-	WAR	RA9-Wins
Justin Verlander	713.2	24.8%	41.2%	6.6%	71	67	20.3	22.8
Cliff Lee	656.0	24.1%	44.4%	3.4%	69	72	18.7	18.8
Felix Hernandez	715.1	23.3%	51.0%	6.7%	78	76	17.3	17.9
Roy Halladay	640.2	22.2%	49.5%	3.9%	73	74	17.1	19.0
CC Sabathia	675.0	22.4%	48.5%	6.4%	77	75	17.1	17.3
Clayton Kershaw	665.1	25.9%	43.5%	7.4%	75	68	16.7	19.9
Zack Greinke	604.0	23.3%	47.4%	6.2%	79	96	14.2	9.3
Jered Weaver	648.2	22.3%	34.7%	6.0%	84	69	13.9	20.4
David Price	644.0	23.4%	46.9%	7.7%	83	75	13.9	17.8
C.J. Wilson	629.2	20.9%	49.6%	9.8%	85	80	13.3	13.6

Furthermore, there’s this second table. What’s on it? The best one-two pitching tandems of the 21 teams projected by WAR so far, is what. There’s a tie for fifth place, is why there are six total teams. Is it possible that the author has overlooked a better, and already projected, pitching tandem? Yes! But probably not. But also, maybe yes.

In any case, Greinke and Kershaw are the best starting pair projected so far. Regard:

Team	No. 1	WAR	No. 2	WAR	Total
Dodgers	Clayton Kershaw	6.1	Zack Greinke	4.3	10.4
Tigers	Justin Verlander	6.4	Max Scherzer	3.5	9.9
Rangers	Yu Darvish	5.7	Matt Harrison	4.1	9.8
Nationals	Gio Gonzalez	5.3	Stephen Strasburg	4.2	9.5
Phillies	Cliff Lee	4.9	Cole Hamels	4.4	9.3
Reds	Johnny Cueto	4.8	Mat Latos	4.5	9.3

Shall we discuss the Dodger bullpen? If we do, it will be difficult to avoid the question of who is their closer and who their closer ought to be. Because “Brandon League” is the former and “Kenley Jansen” is almost certainly the latter. Even last season, which was cut short for him by a kind of frightening heart problem, Jansen pitched 65.0 innings while posting a 67 xFIP- and 1.7 WAR. It may be a non-issue: perhaps as a setup man, Jansen pitches more innings of a similar leverage. As an employee of FanGraphs, though, the author is contractually obligated to make note of sub-optimal bullpen usage.

Bench/Prospects
Joc Pederson is not, it turns out, a decorated Swedish Olympian from the 1920s, but rather an outfielder in the Dodgers system — one, it also turns out, who profiles as something like an average major-leaguer even as he enters just his age-21 season. Among pitchers, neither Chris Capuano nor Ted Lilly are prospects. What they are, however, is reasonably effective starting pitchers without a spot in the rotation. “What will become of them?” the reader will likely keep himself awake asking tonight.

Depth Chart
Here’s a rough depth chart for the Dodgers, with rounded projected WAR totals for each player (click to embiggen):

Ballpark graphic courtesy Eephus League. Credit to MLB Depth Charts for roster information.

Batters, Counting Stats

Player	B	Age	PO	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS
Matt Kemp	R	28	CF	577	101	149	27	3	30	101	20	7
Adrian Gonzalez	L	31	1B	669	78	170	33	1	26	95	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	R	29	SS	595	82	143	25	3	22	82	24	9
Luis Cruz	R	29	3B	525	48	132	29	3	9	56	2	2
Andre Ethier	L	31	RF	586	76	139	30	1	17	80	2	2
Joc Pederson	L	21	CF	589	72	135	25	4	13	72	26	13
Tim Federowicz	R	25	C	515	49	108	25	1	8	51	1	1
Carl Crawford	L	31	LF	430	57	107	19	7	11	49	21	6
A.J. Ellis	R	32	C	383	35	79	14	1	5	42	0	1
Mark Ellis	R	36	2B	459	51	105	20	1	6	37	7	3
Alex Castellanos	R	26	2B	525	61	113	24	7	12	53	13	6
Juan Uribe	R	33	3B	321	33	69	14	1	9	44	1	1
Elian Herrera	B	28	SS	502	59	106	18	7	3	43	20	9
Scott Van Slyke	R	26	RF	551	63	124	28	3	16	71	6	4
Justin Sellers	R	27	SS	333	35	66	15	2	6	30	3	2
Jerry Hairston	R	37	2B	289	26	67	14	1	4	27	2	2
Dee Gordon	L	25	SS	556	70	133	14	7	1	32	43	15
Nick Punto	B	35	3B	227	22	45	8	2	1	15	5	1
Adam Kennedy	L	37	2B	273	29	60	13	2	4	26	3	1
Matt Treanor	R	37	C	165	16	29	5	1	3	17	1	2
Eliezer Alfonzo	R	34	C	190	18	43	7	0	9	26	0	0
Dallas McPherson	L	32	3B	384	39	80	16	1	14	46	2	1
Nick Evans	R	27	1B	376	41	84	18	1	11	39	1	1
Wilkin Castillo	B	29	C	280	26	63	10	2	5	25	5	2
Jesus Flores	R	28	C	261	23	55	12	1	6	27	0	1
Osvaldo Martinez	R	25	SS	487	51	108	18	3	2	31	8	4
Bobby Abreu	L	39	LF	355	36	74	16	1	5	36	11	3
Alfredo Amezaga	B	35	SS	284	29	61	9	1	3	28	4	2
Brian Barden	R	32	3B	209	19	47	9	1	3	18	1	2
Ramon Castro	R	37	C	64	5	13	2	0	3	8	0	0
Skip Schumaker	L	33	2B	411	44	97	16	2	2	32	2	2

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Batters, Rates and Averages

Player	PA	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	BA	OBP	SLG	wOBA
Matt Kemp	577	9.7%	23.4%	.240	.338	.291	.362	.531	.367
Adrian Gonzalez	669	9.4%	17.2%	.190	.313	.286	.355	.476	.343
Hanley Ramirez	595	8.4%	17.1%	.181	.292	.267	.334	.448	.334
Luis Cruz	525	2.9%	12.8%	.123	.286	.262	.286	.385	.289
Andre Ethier	586	9.4%	19.6%	.160	.311	.267	.343	.427	.327
Joc Pederson	589	8.1%	20.9%	.136	.307	.255	.323	.391	.312
Tim Federowicz	515	7.8%	23.3%	.110	.292	.232	.294	.342	.279
Carl Crawford	430	5.3%	17.0%	.166	.302	.269	.311	.435	.323
A.J. Ellis	383	12.8%	18.3%	.097	.300	.248	.355	.345	.303
Mark Ellis	459	6.3%	14.2%	.096	.284	.251	.308	.347	.287
Alex Castellanos	525	6.5%	29.0%	.156	.321	.238	.302	.394	.301
Juan Uribe	321	6.2%	19.3%	.147	.267	.235	.291	.382	.289
Elian Herrera	502	8.0%	25.3%	.091	.318	.235	.300	.326	.276
Scott Van Slyke	551	8.0%	23.8%	.163	.303	.248	.309	.411	.310
Justin Sellers	333	9.0%	21.0%	.127	.274	.227	.304	.354	.286
Jerry Hairston	289	8.7%	11.8%	.108	.284	.259	.330	.367	.305
Dee Gordon	556	5.0%	16.9%	.060	.311	.257	.299	.317	.275
Nick Punto	227	11.5%	18.1%	.077	.286	.232	.320	.309	.279
Adam Kennedy	273	7.3%	16.5%	.119	.281	.246	.301	.365	.283
Matt Treanor	165	12.1%	23.6%	.116	.265	.210	.319	.326	.281
Eliezer Alfonzo	190	2.1%	28.9%	.187	.286	.238	.263	.425	.292
Dallas McPherson	384	6.3%	33.9%	.168	.307	.224	.273	.392	.286
Nick Evans	376	7.2%	23.1%	.154	.292	.243	.298	.397	.299
Wilkin Castillo	280	2.1%	17.1%	.108	.269	.235	.254	.343	.256
Jesus Flores	261	4.6%	25.7%	.131	.282	.224	.262	.355	.261
Osvaldo Martinez	487	4.7%	15.6%	.067	.282	.238	.281	.305	.258
Bobby Abreu	355	12.7%	21.1%	.107	.300	.240	.335	.347	.304
Alfredo Amezaga	284	6.7%	16.9%	.076	.274	.234	.286	.310	.263
Brian Barden	209	5.3%	22.5%	.103	.303	.244	.288	.347	.276
Ramon Castro	64	7.8%	28.1%	.190	.270	.224	.286	.414	.300
Skip Schumaker	411	7.5%	13.6%	.070	.298	.259	.315	.329	.282

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Batters, Assorted Other

Player	PA	RC/27	OPS+	Def	WAR	No.1 Comp
Matt Kemp	577	7.5	144	-5	5.0	Duke Snider
Adrian Gonzalez	669	6.4	128	8	4.5	Harold Baines
Hanley Ramirez	595	5.6	115	-8	3.3	Miguel Tejada
Luis Cruz	525	4.0	84	10	2.0	Alvaro Espinoza
Andre Ethier	586	5.4	112	-2	2.0	Lyle Overbay
Joc Pederson	589	4.6	97	-1	1.9	Milton Bradley
Tim Federowicz	515	3.5	76	5	1.8	Dave Van Gorder
Carl Crawford	430	5.2	104	3	1.7	Al Martin
A.J. Ellis	383	4.3	96	-1	1.6	Ellie Rodriguez
Mark Ellis	459	3.9	81	6	1.5	Cookie Rojas
Alex Castellanos	525	4.2	91	-2	1.4	Mike Young
Juan Uribe	321	3.9	85	6	1.3	Jason Wood
Elian Herrera	502	3.5	74	2	1.3	Bob Meacham
Scott Van Slyke	551	4.5	98	1	1.2	Jeremy Slayden
Justin Sellers	333	3.7	82	0	1.0	Tony Schrager
Jerry Hairston	289	4.3	93	-1	0.8	Jimmie Dykes
Dee Gordon	556	3.7	71	-5	0.8	Alex Sanchez
Nick Punto	227	3.6	76	4	0.8	Walt Weiss
Adam Kennedy	273	4.0	84	-1	0.5	Craig Counsell
Matt Treanor	165	3.3	80	1	0.5	Brad Ausmus
Eliezer Alfonzo	190	4.0	87	-2	0.4	Joe Oliver
Dallas McPherson	384	3.7	82	-4	0.4	Shanie Dugas
Nick Evans	376	4.2	91	0	0.3	Bryan Lahair
Wilkin Castillo	280	3.1	64	-1	0.3	Tony DeFrancesco
Jesus Flores	261	3.2	69	-1	0.3	Chris Curry
Osvaldo Martinez	487	3.0	62	-1	0.2	John McDonald
Bobby Abreu	355	4.3	90	-4	0.2	J.T. Snow
Alfredo Amezaga	284	3.1	66	-2	0.1	Alfredo Griffin
Brian Barden	209	3.4	75	-1	0.1	Wes Helms
Ramon Castro	64	4.1	91	-2	0.0	Mike Macfarlane
Skip Schumaker	411	3.7	79	-7	-0.1	Manny Trillo

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Pitchers, Counting Stats

Player	T	Age	G	GS	IP	SO	BB	HR	H	R	ER
Clayton Kershaw	L	25	33	33	221.7	233	63	16	173	67	63
Zack Greinke	R	29	32	32	203.3	198	50	17	177	75	70
Chad Billingsley	R	28	28	28	168.0	143	59	12	159	73	68
Josh Beckett	R	33	24	24	150.7	135	46	18	136	66	62
Hyun-jin Ryu	L	26	26	25	180.3	169	57	30	167	86	80
Kenley Jansen	R	25	62	0	64.3	101	28	5	39	16	15
Chris Capuano	L	34	27	24	144.0	118	40	19	141	70	65
Ted Lilly	L	37	20	20	111.0	89	32	17	103	54	50
Aaron Harang	R	35	24	24	139.7	97	55	15	142	71	66
Brandon League	R	30	68	0	67.7	53	23	5	62	28	26
Shawn Tolleson	R	25	60	0	63.0	70	25	7	53	27	25
Ronald Belisario	R	30	66	0	65.0	56	26	6	58	28	26
Scott Elbert	L	27	52	0	40.0	40	16	4	34	16	15
Steve Ames	R	25	46	0	51.0	46	15	5	47	21	20
Paco Rodriguez	L	22	34	0	26.0	28	12	2	21	10	9
Tim Corcoran	R	35	18	13	86.0	57	30	10	92	47	44
Matt Guerrier	R	34	45	0	41.0	32	14	4	37	18	17
Javy Guerra	R	27	51	0	51.0	41	25	4	48	24	22
Todd Coffey	R	32	48	0	42.0	36	16	4	39	19	18
Mike Parisi	R	30	8	8	39.0	26	18	5	40	21	20
Chris Reed	L	23	9	9	50.0	39	29	5	49	28	26
Blake Hawksworth	R	30	27	3	40.0	31	13	5	40	20	19
J.P. Howell	L	30	54	0	44.7	40	20	5	41	21	20
Matt Palmer	R	34	22	17	97.7	56	49	9	102	56	52
Stephen Fife	R	26	26	25	138.0	76	61	15	151	79	74
Angel Guzman	R	31	23	0	21.7	15	8	2	22	11	10
Zach Lee	R	21	25	25	118.3	79	41	18	126	68	64
Matt Magill	R	23	25	23	131.0	102	70	16	133	76	71
Kelvin De La Cruz	L	24	27	17	97.3	74	57	12	96	57	53
Lorenzo Barcelo	R	35	18	18	114.3	58	23	18	130	67	63
Gregory Infante	R	25	40	0	49.3	34	29	4	50	27	25
Chris Withrow	R	24	24	15	85.0	72	64	9	81	51	48
Josh Wall	R	26	59	0	63.0	49	29	8	62	34	32
Garrett Gould	R	21	26	23	117.7	86	57	20	124	75	70
Will Savage	R	28	26	22	130.0	57	42	18	154	82	77
Fabio Castro	L	28	26	17	96.7	74	60	13	104	64	60
Juan Abreu	R	28	48	0	54.3	57	42	11	53	39	36
Rob Rasmussen	L	24	26	25	126.7	86	82	21	137	87	81

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Pitchers, Rates and Averages

Player	IP	TBF	K%	BB%	BABIP	ERA	FIP	ERA-	FIP-
Clayton Kershaw	221.7	901	25.9%	7.0%	.269	2.56	2.78	69	75
Zack Greinke	203.3	837	23.7%	6.0%	.282	3.10	3.03	83	81
Chad Billingsley	168.0	722	19.8%	8.2%	.293	3.64	3.43	98	92
Josh Beckett	150.7	634	21.3%	7.3%	.275	3.70	3.83	99	103
Hyun-jin Ryu	180.3	765	22.1%	7.5%	.273	3.99	4.32	107	116
Kenley Jansen	64.3	260	38.9%	10.8%	.277	2.10	2.36	56	63
Chris Capuano	144.0	613	19.2%	6.5%	.282	4.06	4.00	109	108
Ted Lilly	111.0	468	19.0%	6.8%	.265	4.05	4.40	109	118
Aaron Harang	139.7	616	15.7%	8.9%	.285	4.25	4.24	114	114
Brandon League	67.7	288	18.4%	8.0%	.277	3.46	3.42	93	92
Shawn Tolleson	63.0	267	26.2%	9.4%	.284	3.57	3.60	96	97
Ronald Belisario	65.0	279	20.1%	9.3%	.278	3.60	3.77	97	101
Scott Elbert	40.0	170	23.5%	9.4%	.275	3.38	3.52	91	95
Steve Ames	51.0	215	21.4%	7.0%	.288	3.53	3.57	95	96
Paco Rodriguez	26.0	111	25.2%	10.8%	.279	3.12	3.21	84	86
Tim Corcoran	86.0	380	15.0%	7.9%	.295	4.60	4.43	124	119
Matt Guerrier	41.0	174	18.4%	8.0%	.268	3.73	3.75	100	101
Javy Guerra	51.0	226	18.1%	11.1%	.286	3.88	3.92	104	105
Todd Coffey	42.0	181	19.9%	8.8%	.285	3.86	3.76	104	101
Mike Parisi	39.0	175	14.9%	10.3%	.285	4.62	5.04	124	135
Chris Reed	50.0	228	17.1%	12.7%	.289	4.68	4.76	126	128
Blake Hawksworth	40.0	173	17.9%	7.5%	.282	4.28	4.07	115	109
J.P. Howell	44.7	195	20.5%	10.3%	.283	4.03	4.17	108	112
Matt Palmer	97.7	444	12.6%	11.0%	.287	4.79	4.84	129	130
Stephen Fife	138.0	626	12.1%	9.7%	.292	4.83	4.91	130	132
Angel Guzman	21.7	95	15.8%	8.4%	.289	4.15	4.15	111	112
Zach Lee	118.3	522	15.1%	7.9%	.287	4.87	4.90	131	132
Matt Magill	131.0	596	17.1%	11.7%	.293	4.88	4.91	131	132
Kelvin De La Cruz	97.3	445	16.6%	12.8%	.283	4.90	5.09	132	137
Lorenzo Barcelo	114.3	496	11.7%	4.6%	.288	4.96	4.94	133	133
Gregory Infante	49.3	227	15.0%	12.8%	.293	4.56	4.66	122	125
Chris Withrow	85.0	400	18.0%	16.0%	.288	5.08	5.18	136	139
Josh Wall	63.0	280	17.5%	10.4%	.284	4.57	4.76	123	128
Garrett Gould	117.7	534	16.1%	10.7%	.286	5.35	5.45	144	146
Will Savage	130.0	586	9.7%	7.2%	.295	5.33	5.15	143	138
Fabio Castro	96.7	454	16.3%	13.2%	.303	5.59	5.36	150	144
Juan Abreu	54.3	258	22.1%	16.3%	.294	5.96	6.12	160	164
Rob Rasmussen	126.7	599	14.4%	13.7%	.289	5.76	6.00	155	161

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Pitchers, Assorted Other

Player	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	ERA+	WAR	No. 1 Comp
Clayton Kershaw	221.7	9.46	2.56	0.65	145	6.1	Barry Zito
Zack Greinke	203.3	8.77	2.21	0.75	120	4.3	Bob Welch
Chad Billingsley	168.0	7.66	3.16	0.64	102	2.4	Jim Beattie
Josh Beckett	150.7	8.06	2.75	1.07	100	2.1	Kevin Appier
Hyun-jin Ryu	180.3	8.44	2.85	1.50	93	1.8	Matt Beech
Kenley Jansen	64.3	14.14	3.92	0.70	177	1.5	Jose Valverde
Chris Capuano	144.0	7.38	2.50	1.19	91	1.3	Darrell May
Ted Lilly	111.0	7.22	2.59	1.38	91	1.0	Paul Splittorff
Aaron Harang	139.7	6.25	3.54	0.97	87	1.0	Mike Torrez
Brandon League	67.7	7.05	3.06	0.66	107	0.5	Mark Ross
Shawn Tolleson	63.0	10.00	3.57	1.00	104	0.4	Fernando Cabrera
Ronald Belisario	65.0	7.75	3.60	0.83	103	0.4	Marc Wilkins
Scott Elbert	40.0	9.00	3.60	0.90	110	0.3	Tim Young
Steve Ames	51.0	8.12	2.65	0.88	105	0.3	Randy St. Claire
Paco Rodriguez	26.0	9.69	4.15	0.69	119	0.3	Luke Walker
Tim Corcoran	86.0	5.97	3.14	1.05	81	0.2	Shawn Boskie
Matt Guerrier	41.0	7.02	3.07	0.88	99	0.2	Steve Bedrosian
Javy Guerra	51.0	7.24	4.41	0.71	96	0.1	Marc Pisciotta
Todd Coffey	42.0	7.71	3.43	0.86	96	0.1	Jason Childers
Mike Parisi	39.0	6.00	4.15	1.15	80	0.1	Carlos Chantres
Chris Reed	50.0	7.02	5.22	0.90	79	0.1	Phil Dumatrait
Blake Hawksworth	40.0	6.98	2.93	1.13	87	0.1	Jim Czajkowski
J.P. Howell	44.7	8.05	4.03	1.01	92	0.0	Tim Young
Matt Palmer	97.7	5.16	4.51	0.83	77	0.0	Ken Hill
Stephen Fife	138.0	4.96	3.98	0.98	77	0.0	Ken Pumphrey
Angel Guzman	21.7	6.22	3.32	0.83	89	0.0	Mike Barlow
Zach Lee	118.3	6.01	3.12	1.37	76	-0.1	James Shields
Matt Magill	131.0	7.01	4.81	1.10	76	-0.1	Randy Veres
Kelvin De La Cruz	97.3	6.84	5.27	1.11	76	-0.2	Jim Crowell
Lorenzo Barcelo	114.3	4.57	1.81	1.42	75	-0.2	Tim Kester
Gregory Infante	49.3	6.21	5.29	0.73	81	-0.3	Ken Wright
Chris Withrow	85.0	7.62	6.78	0.95	73	-0.3	Mike Dowless
Josh Wall	63.0	7.00	4.14	1.14	81	-0.4	Tony Dougherty
Garrett Gould	117.7	6.58	4.36	1.53	69	-0.8	Stacy Hollins
Will Savage	130.0	3.95	2.91	1.25	70	-0.8	Kyle Middleton
Fabio Castro	96.7	6.89	5.58	1.21	66	-1.0	Steve Smyth
Juan Abreu	54.3	9.45	6.96	1.82	62	-1.3	Darren Hall
Rob Rasmussen	126.7	6.11	5.82	1.49	64	-1.5	Tom Singer

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Disclaimer: ZiPS projections are computer-based projections of performance. Performances have not been allocated to predicted playing time in the majors — many of the players listed above are unlikely to play in the majors at all in 2012. ZiPS is projecting equivalent production — a .240 ZiPS projection may end up being .280 in AAA or .300 in AA, for example. Whether or not a player will play is one of many non-statistical factors one has to take into account when predicting the future.

Players are listed with their most recent teams unless Dan has made a mistake. This is very possible as a lot of minor-league signings are generally unreported in the offseason.

ZiPS is projecting based on the AL having a 4.09 ERA and the NL having a 3.92 ERA.

Players that are expected to be out due to injury are still projected. More information is always better than less information and a computer isn’t what should be projecting the injury status of, for example, a pitcher with Tommy John surgery.

Regarding ERA+ vs. ERA- (and FIP+ vs. FIP-) and the differences therein: as Patriot notes here, they are not simply mirror images of each other. Writes Patriot: “ERA+ does not tell you that a pitcher’s ERA was X% less or more than the league’s ERA. It tells you that the league’s ERA was X% less or more than the pitcher’s ERA.”

Both hitters and pitchers are ranked by projected WAR.