2020 ZiPS Projections: Los Angeles Angels by Dan Szymborski January 22, 2020 After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for eight years. The exercise continues this offseason. Below are the projections for the Los Angeles Angels. ZiPS Projections 2020 2019 ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG Batters Any lineup with a healthy Mike Trout will be hard-pressed to be terrible, and the Angels are no exception. During his career, Los Angeles has never ranked worse than 20th in position player WAR. Trout once again gets the Mickey Mantle top comp (his comp usually alternates between Mantle and Willie Mays). There are a lot of corner outfielders on Trout’s comp list because you run out of marginally comparable center fielders fairly quickly, another fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Adding Anthony Rendon is a huge deal, giving the team a legitimate superstar to pair with Trout for the time being. Even baking in Trout’s injury risk, ZiPS’ 11.8 combined WAR projection for Troutdon Angels would have ranked 20th among teams in 2019 and 23rd in each of the two prior seasons. Once you have Trout and Rendon, you can build an average-or-slightly-better offense by just finding a horde of below-average players who are legitimate major leaguers to put around them. The Angels haven’t always met challenge, but the supporting cast going into 2020 is at least acceptable. Shohei Ohtani’s not an offensive superstar, but an above-average designated hitter with pitching upside is a star. Andrelton Simmons had a weak 2019, but he’s not that far past age-30 and was coming off two five-win seasons. The rest of the lineup projects as below-average, though I think ZiPS may be too pessimistic about David Fletcher, who is as good a contact hitter as nearly any non-Tony Gwynn player I can remember. Brian Goodwin is a nice story, but like ZiPS, I’m not sold on him as a real plus as a starter in a corner outfield position; his long-term role is probably that of a good fourth outfielder. There’s kind of an unfinished feeling to this offense. It’s good the Angels went after the true superstars this winter, but I still have a hunch they need one more spare outfielder, and it’s hard to take the team seriously as a top-tier contender while they refuse to make a hard decision about Albert Pujols at first base. With these projections suggesting a team with win totals in the high 80s, the choice to play a replacement-level first baseman is definitely the type of decision-making failure that can cause a team to miss the playoffs. Pitchers Behold, the physical manifestation of “meh.” Baltimore’s pitching isn’t meh — it’s more of a Lovecraftian elder god or eldritch abomination. But the Angels are meh. If everything goes according to plan, the pitching will be adequate, or at least not bad enough to prevent the team from making the playoffs. They could have five league-average starting pitchers plus Ohtani, and many teams won’t be able to field even close to six vaguely interesting starters. The problem is the lack of upside after Ohtani. There’s no one else in the rotation I can see having a serious breakout. It’s just a sea of rather boring middlingness. ZiPS isn’t being terribly pessimistic either; it’s projecting Dylan Bundy to regain some value outside of Camden Yards and has seen enough from Julio Teheran to feel confident he’ll beat his FIP yet again. The catch, of course, is that neither Bundy post-bounce back nor Teheran beating his peripherals by a half-run makes the rotation very exciting. It’s a similar story when it comes to the bullpen, with ZiPS projecting most of the relievers to finish with an ERA+ north of 100 without anyone really stepping forward as a star. It’s worth noting that ZiPS is finally sold on Hoby Milner, who I believe has a better projected ERA+ than any other pitcher signed to a minor-league contract, at least so far in the ZiPS rundowns. Milner’s major league tenure has been kind of iffy so far, and he’s primarily remembered at this point for being the pitcher who Gabe Kapler notoriously called from the pen without the benefit of warming up. Milner’s a tallish, scrawny lefty with an unimpressive fastball who gets as far as his slurve takes him. He’s assisted by a deceptive pitching motion — he’s a sidearmer who falls somewhere between the arm slots of Scott Saurbeck and Brad Ziegler. There’s no reason to like Milner from a scouting standpoint, but he did improve dramatically in 2019, striking out 13 batters a game while allowing fewer than two walks in the minors, significantly better numbers than his professional history at any level. Overall, I’m disappointed the Angels couldn’t close a deal with a big name pitcher this winter. Bundy and Teheran are fine, and only one team could sign Gerrit Cole, but the Angels shouldn’t have let the Blue Jays land Hyun-Jin Ryu with just a four-year, $80 million contract. There isn’t a lot of depth in this group and as in past seasons, if the Angels get bitten by the injury bug more often than their fair share, the pitching could unravel quickly. Prospects The projections think that Jo Adell should be starting right now, but it’s reasonable for the Angels to give him a bit more seasoning in the minors. Adell missed significant time last season due to leg injuries and he didn’t dominate in his month at Triple-A the way he torched the low minors. But if it’s May and he’s hitting .290/.350/.500 for Salt Lake and no call-up is imminent, I’ll start complaining. In terms of rest-of-career projections, ZiPS has Adell right around Aaron Judge, Christian Yelich, and Luis Robert, forecast to hit .270/.350/.500 with 30 homers a year in his prime. A large part of the team’s farm system improvement comes from Adell; the methodology of THE BOARD has him worth 37% of the system’s total future value. ZiPS likes Brandon Marsh the next-best among Angel prospects, but doesn’t think he’ll hit for quite enough power to be a significant contributor if he’s in a corner outfield spot. The computer’s completely out of love with Jahmai Jones, to such a degree that even finally sticking at second base wouldn’t be quite enough to save him as a future starter. Of the players who aren’t quite advanced enough to get a projection, Jeremiah Jackson strikes me as the one likely to get the best ZiPS debut, possibly as soon as next year. The same can’t be said for Kevin Maitan, who is looking like a bust; he didn’t get an official projection, but I have his translation for 2019 at .167/.212/.233, which is…yeah. One pedantic note for 2020: for the WAR graphic, I’m using FanGraphs’ depth charts playing time, not the playing time ZiPS spits out, so there will be occasional differences in WAR totals. Ballpark graphic courtesy Eephus League. Depth charts constructed by way of those listed here. Batters – Standard Player B Age PO PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Mike Trout R 28 CF 600 472 107 139 26 3 40 102 112 125 17 3 Anthony Rendon R 30 3B 609 525 89 145 35 2 26 97 68 92 5 2 Andrelton Simmons R 30 SS 539 501 60 138 25 2 9 57 31 46 12 3 Jo Adell R 21 RF 609 563 69 153 31 2 22 68 37 161 12 2 Shohei Ohtani L 25 DH 421 380 58 107 21 3 21 71 36 116 11 3 David Fletcher R 26 2B 633 586 72 158 30 4 6 48 39 69 10 3 Justin Upton R 32 LF 472 415 63 97 19 1 25 76 50 145 5 2 Luis Rengifo B 23 2B 562 502 64 124 23 6 11 50 50 108 10 10 Taylor Ward R 26 3B 546 482 66 113 21 1 18 57 55 134 7 2 César Puello R 29 CF 354 308 39 74 12 1 9 39 28 90 6 3 Tommy La Stella L 31 2B 290 257 35 69 10 0 8 32 21 33 0 1 Jason Castro L 33 C 292 255 34 54 11 1 10 29 32 93 0 0 Jared Walsh L 26 1B 511 462 62 106 25 1 23 68 40 166 1 0 Justin Bour L 32 1B 401 350 46 82 13 1 20 66 47 106 1 1 Brian Goodwin L 29 RF 424 383 52 93 22 2 15 48 34 119 7 2 Matt Thaiss L 25 3B 556 500 62 117 23 3 15 60 50 126 3 3 Jose Briceno R 27 C 279 263 27 56 9 1 10 31 12 73 4 1 Max Stassi R 29 C 237 212 24 44 10 0 7 22 20 71 0 1 Roberto Pena R 28 C 221 204 21 44 9 0 4 18 14 45 1 0 Jose Rojas L 27 2B 539 500 61 115 24 4 18 65 33 138 4 5 Elliot Soto R 30 SS 390 353 38 78 12 4 4 26 30 88 5 3 Michael Hermosillo R 25 CF 409 364 47 77 13 3 12 40 29 128 11 7 Anthony Bemboom L 30 C 206 188 18 37 7 1 3 15 15 52 0 1 Brandon Marsh L 22 CF 558 508 55 110 19 3 10 45 46 170 16 6 Nick Franklin B 29 2B 299 267 29 59 13 1 6 28 25 65 5 2 Albert Pujols R 40 1B 468 431 44 105 18 0 16 72 30 60 2 0 Arismendy Alcantara B 28 LF 391 360 45 80 14 5 12 44 27 117 14 4 Michael Stefanic R 24 SS 439 406 40 89 13 0 4 27 21 62 6 6 Leonardo Rivas B 22 SS 471 424 43 79 13 3 7 29 43 144 7 5 Peter Bourjos R 33 LF 249 234 26 49 10 4 4 21 11 68 5 2 Brennon Lund L 25 CF 544 498 54 112 20 4 8 44 35 142 11 5 Bo Way L 28 CF 531 491 45 108 15 3 5 35 29 112 10 9 Ty Kelly B 31 2B 339 305 32 64 13 2 3 25 28 90 2 2 Zane Gurwitz R 25 3B 370 342 32 65 12 2 7 28 23 112 3 1 Erick Salcedo B 27 SS 423 398 34 84 14 2 3 27 18 70 4 3 Victor Acosta R 24 LF 413 382 37 85 18 1 5 30 24 64 3 4 Josh Thole L 33 C 220 195 17 36 5 0 2 12 20 57 1 0 Jack Kruger R 25 C 409 383 35 81 13 1 5 28 21 95 3 3 Joey Curletta R 26 1B 502 449 51 85 18 1 17 52 44 187 3 1 Luis Aviles R 25 SS 435 402 37 77 13 1 5 28 26 152 21 7 Jahmai Jones R 22 2B 560 511 52 111 18 4 9 40 40 141 9 8 Jordan P. Zimmerman R 25 3B 518 486 45 97 19 3 9 43 25 156 5 3 Jhoan Urena B 25 RF 515 474 48 95 20 2 11 45 38 170 2 2 Batters – Advanced Player BA OBP SLG OPS+ ISO BABIP RC/27 Def WAR No. 1 Comp Mike Trout .294 .438 .617 183 .322 .322 10.6 0 7.4 Mickey Mantle Anthony Rendon .276 .363 .499 131 .223 .292 6.8 5 4.4 John Valentin Andrelton Simmons .275 .319 .387 91 .112 .289 4.7 14 2.9 Bill Russell Jo Adell .272 .323 .451 108 .179 .345 5.6 7 2.6 Austin Kearns Shohei Ohtani .282 .344 .518 130 .237 .354 6.9 0 2.2 Willie Crawford David Fletcher .270 .317 .365 86 .096 .297 4.4 5 1.5 Ron Oester Justin Upton .234 .320 .465 110 .231 .294 5.3 -2 1.2 Mark Whiten Luis Rengifo .247 .321 .382 91 .135 .295 4.2 1 1.2 Bobby Rose Taylor Ward .234 .317 .394 92 .160 .288 4.5 -4 1.0 Casey Webster César Puello .240 .331 .373 92 .133 .311 4.4 1 1.0 Willie Tasby Tommy La Stella .268 .321 .401 95 .132 .282 4.7 5 1.0 Rich Rollins Jason Castro .212 .306 .380 85 .169 .289 4.0 2 1.0 Danny Ardoin Jared Walsh .229 .297 .437 96 .208 .304 4.6 3 0.9 Jay Kirkpatrick Justin Bour .234 .324 .449 107 .214 .277 5.1 0 0.8 Damon Minor Brian Goodwin .243 .307 .428 97 .185 .313 4.8 0 0.7 Brian Lesher Matt Thaiss .234 .306 .382 86 .148 .284 4.1 -4 0.4 Kory Casto Jose Briceno .213 .248 .369 65 .156 .256 3.2 4 0.3 Jason Brown Max Stassi .208 .287 .354 73 .146 .276 3.4 0 0.2 Alan Ashby Roberto Pena .216 .273 .319 61 .103 .258 3.0 3 0.2 Pedro Grifol Jose Rojas .230 .278 .402 82 .172 .282 3.8 -4 0.0 Mike Bell Elliot Soto .221 .284 .312 62 .091 .284 3.0 2 0.0 Kevin Stocker Michael Hermosillo .212 .287 .363 75 .151 .290 3.5 -3 -0.1 Dan Ortmeier Anthony Bemboom .197 .259 .293 50 .096 .256 2.4 3 -0.2 Doug Newstrom Brandon Marsh .217 .283 .325 65 .108 .305 3.3 3 -0.2 Mel Hall Nick Franklin .221 .292 .345 73 .124 .270 3.5 -4 -0.3 Alan Lewis Albert Pujols .244 .293 .397 85 .153 .251 4.2 -2 -0.3 Eddie Murray Arismendy Alcantara .222 .277 .389 78 .167 .294 3.9 -3 -0.5 Kenny Kelly Michael Stefanic .219 .274 .281 52 .062 .250 2.5 2 -0.7 Manny Patel Leonardo Rivas .186 .264 .281 49 .094 .264 2.4 3 -0.7 Jose Coronado Peter Bourjos .209 .250 .338 58 .128 .278 2.9 0 -0.8 Mark Little Brennon Lund .225 .282 .329 66 .104 .299 3.3 -4 -0.8 Ed Yacopino Bo Way .220 .269 .293 54 .073 .275 2.6 5 -0.9 Steve McAllister Ty Kelly .210 .279 .295 57 .085 .288 2.7 -4 -0.9 Trace Coquillette Zane Gurwitz .190 .249 .298 48 .108 .260 2.5 1 -1.0 Mark Farris Erick Salcedo .211 .245 .279 43 .068 .249 2.3 3 -1.1 Jerome Alviso Victor Acosta .223 .274 .314 60 .092 .256 2.9 2 -1.1 Richard Perez Josh Thole .185 .265 .241 40 .056 .250 2.2 -6 -1.1 Charlie Greene Jack Kruger .211 .259 .290 49 .078 .269 2.5 -4 -1.2 Mike Rabelo Joey Curletta .189 .263 .347 64 .158 .278 3.1 1 -1.2 Gabriel Johnson Luis Aviles .192 .242 .266 39 .075 .294 2.3 1 -1.3 Domingo Cedeno Jahmai Jones .217 .277 .321 62 .104 .283 2.9 -7 -1.4 Manuel Francois Jordan P. Zimmerman .200 .242 .307 48 .107 .274 2.5 0 -1.6 Franklin Parra Jhoan Urena .200 .260 .321 57 .120 .287 2.8 -2 -1.9 Brian Suarez Pitchers – Standard Player T Age W L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO FIP Andrew Heaney L 29 8 6 4.13 24 24 133.0 126 61 21 36 146 3.85 Dylan Bundy R 27 10 10 4.56 28 28 156.0 150 79 28 52 162 4.44 Patrick Sandoval L 23 8 7 4.40 31 28 131.0 127 64 18 55 131 4.23 Julio Teheran R 29 10 10 4.68 31 31 165.3 150 86 32 73 158 5.11 Griffin Canning R 24 7 6 4.32 22 21 106.3 100 51 16 37 110 4.11 Shohei Ohtani R 25 5 4 3.89 12 12 69.3 61 30 9 29 83 3.73 Ty Buttrey R 27 7 4 3.57 66 0 70.7 62 28 8 26 81 3.46 Zack Kelly R 25 5 5 4.50 23 12 80.0 81 40 10 34 68 4.38 Jose Suarez L 22 5 6 4.92 27 23 119.0 123 65 21 47 108 4.84 Félix Peña R 30 5 6 4.77 21 13 105.7 104 56 19 39 109 4.56 Garrett Williams L 25 7 8 4.89 30 20 105.0 104 57 12 66 91 4.82 Hoby Milner L 29 3 2 3.53 53 0 58.7 52 23 7 18 65 3.44 Hansel Robles R 29 4 3 3.84 66 0 68.0 62 29 9 26 73 3.90 Cam Bedrosian R 28 4 3 4.03 61 4 58.0 54 26 8 23 59 4.13 Dillon Peters L 27 6 7 5.10 27 22 121.7 136 69 21 40 94 4.86 Trevor Cahill R 32 6 7 4.93 28 15 96.7 96 53 16 41 86 4.82 Kyle Keller R 27 3 2 3.96 47 0 61.3 51 27 8 32 76 3.96 Noé Ramirez R 30 5 4 4.34 53 5 66.3 62 32 12 24 77 4.30 Oliver Ortega R 23 5 7 5.17 26 21 101.0 100 58 13 68 90 5.09 Luis Madero R 23 7 9 5.22 25 23 108.7 122 63 20 36 77 5.15 Matt Andriese R 30 5 6 4.78 45 9 86.7 89 46 16 29 88 4.55 Taylor Cole R 30 5 5 4.56 53 5 73.0 71 37 11 32 72 4.48 Jose Rodriguez R 24 5 6 5.16 31 13 96.0 102 55 16 42 78 5.03 Joe Gatto R 25 6 7 5.24 30 14 87.7 92 51 10 53 65 4.99 Blake Wood R 34 3 2 4.19 40 0 43.0 42 20 4 20 42 3.83 Mike Mayers R 28 2 2 4.39 49 1 53.3 53 26 8 21 54 4.29 Jaime Barria R 23 9 11 5.45 30 25 137.0 150 83 30 41 112 5.29 Matt Harvey R 31 5 7 5.51 22 20 101.3 114 62 21 31 80 5.21 Parker Markel R 29 2 2 4.55 48 0 61.3 55 31 8 36 71 4.32 Austin Warren R 24 6 6 4.58 36 0 55.0 52 28 6 34 54 4.49 Justin Anderson R 27 2 2 4.66 58 0 56.0 49 29 8 34 68 4.43 Drew Hutchison R 29 6 9 5.61 24 21 118.7 128 74 25 52 104 5.48 Keynan Middleton R 26 1 1 4.83 43 0 41.0 39 22 7 23 45 4.89 John Curtiss R 27 2 2 4.99 36 1 48.7 45 27 7 31 52 4.82 Adam Hofacket R 26 3 3 4.96 38 1 61.7 67 34 10 22 48 4.80 Jared Walsh L 26 1 1 5.30 19 0 18.7 20 11 3 11 14 5.54 Luke Bard R 29 4 5 5.12 45 2 63.3 63 36 12 26 60 4.98 Ryan Clark R 26 2 2 5.00 39 0 54.0 53 30 10 24 57 4.81 Andrew Wantz R 24 6 8 5.76 24 17 90.7 96 58 18 51 84 5.60 JC Ramírez R 31 4 6 5.89 22 16 91.7 106 60 20 34 61 5.80 Zac Ryan R 26 3 4 5.20 39 0 55.3 52 32 8 40 58 5.13 Brett Hanewich R 25 2 3 5.48 36 0 44.3 41 27 4 43 43 5.32 Simon Mathews R 24 3 4 5.86 27 9 81.3 92 53 14 46 56 5.74 Neil Ramírez R 31 2 2 5.60 48 1 53.0 52 33 13 25 64 5.37 Daniel Procopio R 24 1 1 5.97 26 0 37.7 40 25 6 26 31 5.68 Dario Beltre R 27 2 2 5.70 31 0 47.3 47 30 7 39 47 5.59 Parker Bridwell R 28 4 8 6.59 23 14 95.7 114 70 26 38 69 6.46 Pitchers – Advanced Player K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BB% K% BABIP ERA+ ERA- WAR No. 1 Comp Andrew Heaney 9.9 2.4 1.4 6.4% 26.1% .301 106 94 2.1 John Halama Dylan Bundy 9.3 3.0 1.6 7.8% 24.3% .292 96 104 1.8 Mike Scott Patrick Sandoval 9.0 3.8 1.2 9.6% 22.9% .301 100 100 1.7 Tom Underwood Julio Teheran 8.6 4.0 1.7 10.2% 22.0% .265 94 107 1.7 Ernie Broglio Griffin Canning 9.3 3.1 1.4 8.1% 24.0% .294 102 98 1.5 Al Nipper Shohei Ohtani 10.8 3.8 1.2 9.8% 28.0% .301 113 89 1.3 Josh Johnson Ty Buttrey 10.3 3.3 1.0 8.7% 27.0% .298 123 81 1.0 Jerry Dipoto Zack Kelly 7.7 3.8 1.1 9.6% 19.3% .300 98 102 0.9 George Culver Jose Suarez 8.2 3.6 1.6 8.9% 20.5% .297 89 112 0.9 Mike Miller Felix Pena 9.3 3.3 1.6 8.5% 23.7% .297 92 109 0.8 Julian Tavarez Garrett Williams 7.8 5.7 1.0 13.7% 18.8% .299 90 111 0.8 Ken Chase Hoby Milner 10.0 2.8 1.1 7.3% 26.4% .296 125 80 0.8 Steve Hamilton Hansel Robles 9.7 3.4 1.2 9.0% 25.2% .294 115 87 0.7 Greg Minton Cam Bedrosian 9.2 3.6 1.2 9.3% 23.8% .293 109 92 0.6 Roger McDowell Dillon Peters 7.0 3.0 1.6 7.4% 17.4% .305 86 116 0.6 Wade Blasingame Trevor Cahill 8.0 3.8 1.5 9.6% 20.2% .289 89 112 0.6 Bruce Dal Canton Kyle Keller 11.2 4.7 1.2 12.0% 28.5% .293 111 90 0.5 Clay Bryant Noe Ramirez 10.4 3.3 1.6 8.4% 27.0% .298 101 99 0.5 Dickie Noles Oliver Ortega 8.0 6.1 1.2 14.5% 19.1% .297 85 118 0.5 Mike Torrez Luis Madero 6.4 3.0 1.7 7.5% 16.0% .297 84 119 0.5 Joe Coleman Matt Andriese 9.1 3.0 1.7 7.7% 23.5% .305 92 109 0.4 Jose Santiago Taylor Cole 8.9 3.9 1.4 10.0% 22.4% .297 96 104 0.4 Jim Todd Jose Rodriguez 7.3 3.9 1.5 9.8% 18.2% .298 85 117 0.3 Don Carrithers Joe Gatto 6.7 5.4 1.0 13.0% 16.0% .300 84 119 0.2 Sal Vulcano Blake Wood 8.8 4.2 0.8 10.6% 22.2% .311 105 95 0.2 Rube Ehrhardt Mike Mayers 9.1 3.5 1.4 9.1% 23.3% .306 100 100 0.2 Todd Williams Jaime Barria 7.4 2.7 2.0 6.9% 18.8% .293 81 124 0.2 Dan Perkins Matt Harvey 7.1 2.8 1.9 7.0% 18.0% .301 80 125 0.1 Joe Mays Parker Markel 10.4 5.3 1.2 13.1% 25.8% .301 97 103 0.1 Ryan Henderson Austin Warren 8.8 5.6 1.0 13.6% 21.6% .301 96 104 0.1 Hal Reniff Justin Anderson 10.9 5.5 1.3 13.6% 27.2% .297 94 106 0.0 Gabriel Dehoyos Drew Hutchison 7.9 3.9 1.9 9.8% 19.5% .298 78 128 0.0 Dana Kiecker Keynan Middleton 9.9 5.0 1.5 12.6% 24.6% .299 91 110 -0.1 Bill Kelso John Curtiss 9.6 5.7 1.3 14.0% 23.4% .295 88 114 -0.1 Joel Moore Adam Hofacket 7.0 3.2 1.5 8.1% 17.6% .302 89 113 -0.1 Bill Gogolewski Jared Walsh 6.8 5.3 1.4 12.6% 16.1% .293 83 121 -0.1 Tippy Martinez Luke Bard 8.5 3.7 1.7 9.3% 21.4% .288 86 116 -0.2 Jimmy Myers Ryan Clark 9.5 4.0 1.7 10.1% 24.1% .299 88 114 -0.2 Casey Daigle Andrew Wantz 8.3 5.1 1.8 12.2% 20.0% .300 76 131 -0.2 Dan Murray JC Ramirez 6.0 3.3 2.0 8.3% 14.8% .294 75 134 -0.3 Bill Dietrich Zac Ryan 9.4 6.5 1.3 15.5% 22.5% .297 84 118 -0.3 Heathcliff Slocumb Brett Hanewich 8.7 8.7 0.8 19.8% 19.8% .298 80 125 -0.4 Dave Cole Simon Mathews 6.2 5.1 1.5 12.1% 14.7% .300 75 133 -0.5 Brett Merriman Neil Ramirez 10.9 4.2 2.2 10.6% 27.2% .298 78 127 -0.5 Marcus Gwyn Daniel Procopio 7.4 6.2 1.4 14.6% 17.4% .301 74 136 -0.6 Lloyd Allen Dario Beltre 8.9 7.4 1.3 17.1% 20.6% .303 77 130 -0.6 Ken Wright Parker Bridwell 6.5 3.6 2.4 8.7% 15.8% .294 67 150 -1.1 Mike Walker Players are listed with their most recent teams wherever possible. This includes players who are unsigned, players who will miss 2020 due to injury, and players who were released in 2019. So yes, if you see Joe Schmoe, who quit baseball back in June to form a ska-cowpunk Luxembourgian bubblegum pop-death metal band, he’s still listed here intentionally. Both hitters and pitchers are ranked by projected zWAR — which is to say, WAR values as calculated by me, Dan Szymborski, whose surname is spelled with a z. WAR values might differ slightly from those which appear in the full release of ZiPS. Finally, I will advise anyone against — and might karate chop anyone guilty of — merely adding up WAR totals on a depth chart to produce projected team WAR. ZiPS is agnostic about future playing time by design. For more information about ZiPS, please refer to this article.