2022 ZiPS Projections: Arizona Diamondbacks by Dan Szymborski November 23, 2021 ZiPS Projections 2022 2021 ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade. The exercise continues this offseason. Below are the projections for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Batters Like most teams that lose 110 games, the 2021 Diamondbacks were lousy. But they’re not completely hopeless. Indeed, when perusing the projections from top to bottom, the overall feeling you get isn’t one of a lineup full of disasters and voids but rather an overpowering rush of underwhelmedness, which I’m not sure is an actual word. There are some 20 organizational players listed here (some are now minor league free agents) with projected WARs between 0.5 and 1.5 wins. These are players who have value and can contribute to a winning team, but who aren’t going to win divisions on their own. Ketel Marte projects to stand clearly above the rest of the lineup in 2022, giving Arizona’s offense the look of a bowl of Lucky Charms that has had all the marshmallows picked out. It wouldn’t have prevented Arizona being dead-last in the NL West, but the organization suffered from a real lack of imagination in 2021. While things improved later in the season, the team prioritized playing veterans like Asdrúbal Cabrera, Josh Reddick, and Stephen Vogt (among others) for months past the point at which it was obvious that the team wasn’t an actual contender. In most cases, giving time to a mildly interesting 25-year-old is a better idea than trotting out a player a decade older, but the Diamondbacks were too little, too late when it came to looking at players who were excelling in Reno. Take Juniel Querecuto, currently a minor-league free agent, as an example. Neither ZiPS nor I think he’s a starter, let alone a star, but a middle infielder with a .301/.354/.489 line at Triple-A is at least worth getting a look at. Seeing Cooper Hummel, acquired in the Eduardo Escobar trade, in left for two months would have helped the franchise more than seeing if David Peralta could still man the position at 34. One exception to this cloud of meh is Alek Thomas, who crushed it in the upper minors this year, for a combined line of .313/.394/.559. ZiPS isn’t completely sold quite yet, but the system is convinced he’ll stick in center field, which is a fairly big deal, and his rest-of-career projected WAR now tops the 20-win mark, passing Marte. ZiPS doesn’t have much to say about Corbin Carroll yet, of course. Pitchers The story continues here. Just like the offense, there’s one pitcher who’s clearly projected above the others in Zac Gallen, long of the projection system’s faves. Once you get past Gallen, ZiPS sees little separating the team’s second-best pitcher from their 10th-best. That’s not the worst problem in the world, but having baseball’s deepest stable of pitchers 10% worse than league average doesn’t exactly prints money. The computer isn’t holding out much hope for a Madison Bumgarner resurgence, and if he shows some kind of pulse this season, the team may be best served by cutting their losses while the getting is good. ZiPS thinks Luis Frías was somewhat unlucky for Reno, projecting him similarly to how Steamer does, but I don’t expect that he’ll start the season in the rotation. You won’t get any more excited looking at the bullpen, a unit that put up a 5.08 combined ERA in 2021. Mitchell Stumpo, projected by ZiPS as the team’s best reliever, was a fun story in 2021. A Driveline alumnus, Stumpo was an undrafted reliever with an unimpressive college record for the Guilford Quakers, where he was arguably a better hitter than a pitcher; two years later, he can hit 97 mph. He burst through Arizona’s minor league system in 2021, pitching at four levels before finishing his season at Triple-A Reno. He has a fairly large platoon split, but his story — which Zach Buchanan ran down in full for The Athletic — combined with his projection makes him Arizona’a most interesting reliever. Overall, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Diamondbacks win 20 more games in 2022 than they did in ’21. But based on the roster they have right now, I think they have a fairly low ceiling and will face a great deal of resistance trying to win more than 70-75 games. I’d rather be in Arizona’s position than Colorado’s, but there’s a lot of work to do here. 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 Ketel Marte S 28 CF 537 489 68 142 32 6 17 61 41 83 5 1 Carson Kelly R 27 C 379 329 42 79 15 1 14 49 42 80 0 0 Alek Thomas L 22 CF 503 458 60 121 23 8 11 50 38 106 10 7 Nick Ahmed R 32 SS 513 469 57 114 28 4 10 54 37 108 7 2 Daulton Varsho L 25 C 424 383 55 96 19 3 15 48 35 93 10 2 Josh Rojas L 28 2B 569 506 70 127 28 3 13 49 56 131 17 8 Buddy Kennedy R 23 3B 444 395 57 103 9 2 19 51 39 106 11 2 David Peralta L 34 LF 496 454 51 123 25 5 11 61 37 93 2 0 Jamie Ritchie R 29 C 334 293 39 74 16 1 4 26 33 63 1 1 Josh VanMeter L 27 2B 428 374 49 85 22 3 13 51 49 110 8 4 Juniel Querecuto S 29 SS 429 400 44 104 16 4 7 40 22 74 8 4 Christian Walker R 31 1B 506 456 65 113 27 2 17 60 42 128 2 1 Jake Hager R 29 SS 382 348 39 80 20 1 10 41 25 98 6 1 Kole Calhoun L 34 RF 445 395 58 92 19 1 19 56 41 105 3 1 Cooper Hummel S 27 LF 393 330 49 76 15 3 10 40 51 99 3 2 Jose Herrera S 25 C 345 304 35 66 13 1 6 28 36 83 2 1 Seth Beer L 25 1B 516 455 64 118 24 0 17 56 35 110 0 2 Dominic Canzone L 24 LF 355 326 41 83 17 2 12 42 23 79 10 3 Ildemaro Vargas S 30 2B 388 363 43 94 17 3 7 36 19 46 3 1 Pavin Smith L 26 1B 524 474 61 125 23 4 12 47 44 96 2 1 Drew Ellis R 26 3B 463 404 51 86 22 1 13 48 46 132 1 2 Geraldo Perdomo S 22 SS 431 377 47 85 13 4 5 28 43 95 10 7 Christian Lopes R 29 2B 418 365 46 85 18 1 9 37 40 100 8 4 Matt Davidson R 31 1B 400 358 45 83 18 0 19 63 31 115 0 0 Henry Ramos S 30 RF 369 339 42 90 18 1 9 41 23 70 4 3 Andy Yerzy L 23 1B 433 376 56 79 12 0 24 56 41 123 6 1 Jake McCarthy L 24 CF 412 373 46 83 17 6 9 37 33 116 25 6 Ben DeLuzio R 27 CF 363 330 36 73 14 5 3 25 23 99 17 7 Dominic Miroglio R 27 C 333 303 32 70 15 2 6 27 21 75 1 2 Bryan Holaday R 34 C 173 157 16 35 8 0 4 19 11 37 1 1 Renae Martinez R 28 C 327 297 31 60 14 0 7 27 24 96 2 1 Andrew Young R 28 2B 334 293 40 60 19 1 14 42 23 135 1 0 Juan Graterol R 33 C 220 206 19 50 7 0 1 15 7 24 0 0 Nick Dalesandro R 25 C 248 220 22 45 6 0 1 13 22 71 16 2 Josh Reddick L 35 RF 389 357 40 90 16 2 8 37 27 68 2 1 Cam Coursey L 23 2B 331 295 33 69 10 3 3 24 24 51 11 4 Jancarlos Cintron R 27 2B 399 374 39 88 15 1 6 30 18 68 8 4 Dominic Fletcher L 24 RF 446 411 46 95 17 3 10 39 21 117 2 2 Stuart Fairchild R 26 RF 396 355 42 78 16 3 8 37 31 105 8 4 Blaze Alexander R 23 SS 425 386 47 75 13 1 13 38 33 137 13 2 Nick Heath L 28 CF 335 296 32 56 9 3 4 24 30 125 23 9 Ryder Jones L 28 1B 368 338 37 79 17 2 9 38 18 92 2 1 Camden Duzenack R 27 2B 371 342 37 66 12 2 10 34 19 113 6 3 Eduardo Diaz R 24 LF 412 383 45 85 15 2 14 43 18 112 9 4 Luis Alejandro Basabe S 25 3B 390 354 38 73 13 2 6 28 33 125 7 6 Batters – Advanced Player BA OBP SLG OPS+ ISO BABIP RC/27 Def WAR No. 1 Comp Ketel Marte .290 .348 .485 119 .194 .321 6.5 1 3.3 Tito Francona Carson Kelly .240 .331 .419 99 .179 .277 4.9 1 1.7 Tim DeCinces Alek Thomas .264 .327 .421 98 .157 .323 5.0 1 1.7 Rick Manning Nick Ahmed .243 .299 .384 81 .141 .296 4.2 7 1.6 Don Zimmer Daulton Varsho .251 .319 .433 98 .183 .295 5.2 -4 1.5 Phil Lombardi Josh Rojas .251 .326 .395 91 .144 .315 4.7 -1 1.5 Tony Bernazard Buddy Kennedy .261 .331 .438 103 .177 .311 5.5 -5 1.5 Chris Brown David Peralta .271 .329 .421 98 .150 .320 5.2 3 1.3 Larry Herndon Jamie Ritchie .253 .336 .355 85 .102 .310 4.3 1 1.1 Jim Sundberg Josh VanMeter .227 .320 .406 92 .179 .287 4.5 -1 1.1 Kevin Randel Juniel Querecuto .260 .300 .373 78 .113 .304 4.1 4 1.0 Jack Wilson Christian Walker .248 .316 .428 96 .180 .309 4.9 2 1.0 Jarrod Patterson Jake Hager .230 .282 .379 74 .149 .292 3.9 5 1.0 Greg Connors Kole Calhoun .233 .310 .430 95 .197 .269 4.7 2 0.9 Jeromy Burnitz Cooper Hummel .230 .344 .385 94 .155 .299 4.6 1 0.9 Derek Nicholson Jose Herrera .217 .299 .326 67 .109 .279 3.4 7 0.9 Matt Treanor Seth Beer .259 .340 .424 102 .165 .308 5.2 -4 0.8 Ed Kranepool Dominic Canzone .255 .309 .429 94 .175 .302 4.9 1 0.8 Kevin Bass Ildemaro Vargas .259 .295 .380 79 .121 .281 4.1 4 0.7 Clint Barmes Pavin Smith .264 .326 .405 94 .141 .309 4.8 0 0.7 Tommy Gregg Drew Ellis .213 .302 .369 78 .156 .282 3.7 2 0.6 Eric Chavez Geraldo Perdomo .225 .315 .321 71 .095 .289 3.4 3 0.6 Ramon Vazquez Christian Lopes .233 .316 .362 80 .129 .297 4.0 -1 0.5 Jason Maxwell Matt Davidson .232 .302 .441 95 .209 .286 4.7 0 0.5 Earl Williams Henry Ramos .265 .314 .404 90 .139 .312 4.6 1 0.4 Mike Brown Andy Yerzy .210 .306 .434 94 .223 .240 4.6 -3 0.4 Brad Hawpe Jake McCarthy .223 .292 .373 76 .150 .298 4.1 -3 0.3 Terrence Long Ben DeLuzio .221 .285 .321 62 .100 .307 3.3 6 0.3 Adrian Myers Dominic Miroglio .231 .290 .353 71 .122 .288 3.5 -1 0.2 Chad Moeller Bryan Holaday .223 .279 .350 67 .127 .267 3.3 1 0.1 Joe Oliver Renae Martinez .202 .269 .320 57 .118 .273 2.9 3 0.1 Bill Dobrolsky Andrew Young .205 .289 .420 86 .215 .319 4.2 -7 0.1 Matt Macri Juan Graterol .243 .279 .291 53 .049 .271 2.9 2 -0.1 Chris Ashby Nick Dalesandro .205 .280 .245 43 .041 .297 2.9 1 -0.2 Jeff Tackett Josh Reddick .252 .302 .375 79 .123 .292 4.1 -1 -0.2 Bill Stein Cam Coursey .234 .291 .319 63 .085 .274 3.4 -1 -0.3 Manny Patel Jancarlos Cintron .235 .276 .329 61 .094 .273 3.2 1 -0.3 Joey Aragon Dominic Fletcher .231 .276 .360 68 .129 .299 3.4 3 -0.5 Pedro Valdes Stuart Fairchild .220 .294 .349 71 .130 .289 3.5 -1 -0.5 Rashad Eldridge Blaze Alexander .194 .264 .334 58 .140 .263 3.2 -4 -0.5 Giomar Guevara Nick Heath .189 .267 .280 47 .091 .311 2.7 4 -0.5 Lorenzo Scott Ryder Jones .234 .279 .376 73 .142 .295 3.7 1 -0.5 Greg Monda Camden Duzenack .193 .246 .327 51 .135 .256 2.7 4 -0.5 Brandon Warriax Eduardo Diaz .222 .266 .381 70 .159 .276 3.5 -1 -0.7 Tyler Minges Luis Alejandro Basabe .206 .275 .305 55 .099 .300 2.7 -1 -1.0 Ron Marigny Pitchers – Standard Player T Age W L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO FIP Zac Gallen R 26 9 7 4.05 25 25 135.7 121 61 20 49 149 4.14 Merrill Kelly R 33 9 9 4.75 24 24 140.3 148 74 23 42 114 4.67 Luis Frías R 24 9 8 4.56 28 24 116.3 112 59 15 50 105 4.50 Ryan Weiss R 25 6 4 4.06 32 11 84.3 81 38 9 32 79 3.97 Madison Bumgarner L 32 7 8 4.89 26 26 143.7 147 78 28 38 122 5.00 Humberto Mejia R 25 9 9 4.80 25 25 123.7 131 66 19 42 104 4.66 Josh Green R 26 7 7 4.72 25 18 114.3 131 60 14 33 68 4.61 Ryne Nelson R 24 6 6 4.76 22 22 111.7 111 59 18 39 104 4.62 Matt Tabor R 23 9 9 4.77 23 22 109.3 117 58 15 39 80 4.73 Luke Weaver R 28 6 6 4.73 21 20 97.0 97 51 17 30 97 4.48 Drey Jameson R 24 6 6 4.86 22 21 111.0 116 60 17 38 94 4.64 Jeff Bain R 26 6 6 4.75 27 17 100.3 106 53 13 39 78 4.66 Tyler Holton L 26 4 4 4.35 26 11 70.3 73 34 8 23 60 4.10 Tommy Henry L 24 5 5 4.94 24 24 114.7 113 63 18 54 111 4.85 Brandon Pfaadt R 23 7 8 5.01 22 22 124.0 129 69 24 38 112 4.98 Edwin Uceta R 24 5 5 4.56 26 14 81.0 77 41 11 36 85 4.33 Tyler Gilbert L 28 5 5 4.62 26 12 78.0 78 40 12 26 66 4.64 Humberto Castellanos R 24 5 5 4.85 26 16 94.7 100 51 16 28 74 4.89 Taylor Clarke R 29 5 6 4.87 36 13 92.3 96 50 15 33 81 4.74 Kevin McCanna R 28 4 4 4.68 23 9 65.3 66 34 9 26 60 4.51 Bryce Jarvis R 24 3 3 5.00 18 18 77.3 80 43 14 31 70 5.08 Mitchell Stumpo R 26 1 1 3.75 36 0 48.0 44 20 5 17 48 3.72 Riley Smith R 27 4 4 5.08 27 16 102.7 116 58 17 31 72 4.98 Sean Poppen R 28 5 5 4.68 36 8 75.0 77 39 10 33 71 4.50 Jon Duplantier R 27 3 3 4.93 23 16 69.3 68 38 10 38 68 4.95 Shumpei Yoshikawa R 27 3 3 4.85 15 13 55.7 57 30 9 24 50 4.94 Caleb Smith L 30 6 7 5.10 36 16 109.3 98 62 21 55 121 5.11 Matt Peacock R 28 6 7 5.01 33 12 91.7 102 51 12 38 59 4.97 J.B. Bukauskas R 25 3 3 4.91 27 10 66.0 63 36 9 40 65 4.94 Joe Mantiply L 31 2 2 3.89 49 0 41.7 39 18 5 14 43 3.76 Noé Ramirez R 32 3 3 4.25 50 2 53.0 47 25 8 19 57 4.29 Chester Pimentel R 26 2 2 4.15 41 0 56.3 52 26 6 28 57 4.19 Blake Workman R 24 6 5 4.21 32 0 57.7 56 27 8 19 55 4.22 Taylor Widener R 27 3 4 5.32 26 18 88.0 87 52 17 44 90 5.35 Justin Lewis R 26 3 3 4.94 32 6 62.0 64 34 7 34 51 4.84 Jake Faria R 28 4 4 5.20 32 11 79.7 82 46 13 38 78 4.92 Kevin Ginkel R 28 2 2 4.33 44 0 43.7 38 21 7 22 54 4.44 Mack Lemieux L 25 4 3 4.37 37 0 47.3 43 23 5 30 49 4.51 Miguel Aguilar L 30 4 3 4.47 46 0 44.3 43 22 6 19 41 4.51 Tyler Clippard R 37 2 2 4.61 42 1 41.0 38 21 8 14 41 4.96 Edgar Arredondo R 25 4 5 5.37 27 11 58.7 65 35 9 26 41 5.26 J.B. Wendelken R 29 4 4 4.61 52 0 56.7 54 29 8 25 57 4.43 Corbin Martin R 26 3 4 5.64 17 14 68.7 73 43 13 36 62 5.54 Chris Devenski R 31 2 2 4.87 41 1 44.3 45 24 9 13 43 4.89 Seth Frankoff R 33 2 2 5.60 11 6 35.3 37 22 6 21 31 5.67 Ryan Buchter L 35 1 2 4.83 39 0 31.7 30 17 5 17 34 4.79 Keegan Curtis R 26 3 3 4.94 24 0 27.3 27 15 4 14 26 4.83 Brandyn Sittinger R 28 2 2 4.87 37 0 40.7 37 22 6 24 43 4.98 Zack Burdi R 27 1 1 4.95 31 0 36.3 35 20 6 20 39 5.00 Stefan Crichton R 30 3 4 4.86 50 0 53.7 56 29 8 22 44 4.99 Brett de Geus R 24 2 3 5.03 49 0 53.7 58 30 7 26 39 5.32 Jordan Weems R 29 2 3 5.71 38 0 41.0 42 26 7 28 40 5.72 Levi Kelly R 23 1 1 6.45 16 0 22.3 22 16 4 19 23 6.14 Pitchers – Advanced Player K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BB% K% BABIP ERA+ ERA- WAR No. 1 Comp Zac Gallen 9.9 3.3 1.3 8.5% 25.9% .289 110 91 2.3 Ben McDonald Merrill Kelly 7.3 2.7 1.5 6.9% 18.8% .296 94 107 1.4 Doyle Alexander Luis Frías 8.1 3.9 1.2 9.8% 20.6% .291 97 103 1.3 Brian Williams Ryan Weiss 8.4 3.4 1.0 8.8% 21.7% .300 110 91 1.3 Jose Capellan Madison Bumgarner 7.6 2.4 1.8 6.2% 19.9% .285 91 110 1.2 Darrell May Humberto Mejia 7.6 3.1 1.4 7.8% 19.2% .303 93 108 1.1 Mike Brown Josh Green 5.4 2.6 1.1 6.5% 13.5% .305 94 106 1.1 Lary Sorensen Ryne Nelson 8.4 3.1 1.5 8.1% 21.5% .294 93 107 1.1 Juan Acevedo Matt Tabor 6.6 3.2 1.2 8.1% 16.6% .298 93 107 1.0 Cha Seung Baek Luke Weaver 9.0 2.8 1.6 7.2% 23.4% .300 94 106 0.9 Matt Wise Drey Jameson 7.6 3.1 1.4 7.9% 19.4% .300 91 109 0.9 Ross Ohlendorf Jeff Bain 7.0 3.5 1.2 8.8% 17.6% .302 93 107 0.9 Jake Westbrook Tyler Holton 7.7 2.9 1.0 7.5% 19.6% .308 102 98 0.9 Lenny DiNardo Tommy Henry 8.7 4.2 1.4 10.6% 21.8% .297 90 111 0.9 Micah Bowie Brandon Pfaadt 8.1 2.8 1.7 7.1% 20.9% .295 89 113 0.9 Keith Foulke Edwin Uceta 9.4 4.0 1.2 10.1% 23.9% .301 98 102 0.9 Darren Dreifort Tyler Gilbert 7.6 3.0 1.4 7.7% 19.6% .289 96 104 0.8 John Martin Humberto Castellanos 7.0 2.7 1.5 6.8% 18.0% .293 92 109 0.7 Kris Wilson 윌슨 Taylor Clarke 7.9 3.2 1.5 8.2% 20.1% .300 91 110 0.6 Carlos Reyes Kevin McCanna 8.3 3.6 1.2 9.1% 20.9% .303 95 105 0.6 Blake Mayo Bryce Jarvis 8.1 3.6 1.6 9.1% 20.5% .297 89 113 0.6 Duaner Sanchez Mitchell Stumpo 9.0 3.2 0.9 8.3% 23.5% .295 119 84 0.5 Randy St. Claire Riley Smith 6.3 2.7 1.5 6.9% 15.9% .303 87 114 0.5 Gary Wilson Sean Poppen 8.5 4.0 1.2 9.9% 21.3% .310 95 105 0.5 Dwight Bernard Jon Duplantier 8.8 4.9 1.3 12.1% 21.7% .301 90 111 0.5 Todd Worrell Shumpei Yoshikawa 8.1 3.9 1.5 9.7% 20.2% .298 92 109 0.5 Jason Isringhausen Caleb Smith 10.0 4.5 1.7 11.5% 25.3% .278 87 115 0.5 Bob McClure Matt Peacock 5.8 3.7 1.2 9.2% 14.3% .301 89 113 0.4 Stan Kyles J.B. Bukauskas 8.9 5.5 1.2 13.4% 21.7% .297 91 110 0.4 Steve Curry Joe Mantiply 9.3 3.0 1.1 8.0% 24.4% .301 114 87 0.4 Tommy Phelps Noé Ramirez 9.7 3.2 1.4 8.4% 25.2% .283 105 96 0.4 Doug Henry Chester Pimentel 9.1 4.5 1.0 11.3% 23.0% .299 107 93 0.4 Wayne Nix Blake Workman 8.6 3.0 1.2 7.7% 22.3% .296 105 95 0.3 Edward Mujica Taylor Widener 9.2 4.5 1.7 11.1% 22.8% .294 84 120 0.3 Michael Tejera Justin Lewis 7.4 4.9 1.0 12.0% 18.0% .305 90 111 0.2 Marc Pisciotta Jake Faria 8.8 4.3 1.5 10.6% 21.8% .307 86 117 0.2 David Holdridge Kevin Ginkel 11.1 4.5 1.4 11.6% 28.4% .295 103 97 0.2 Steve Andrade Mack Lemieux 9.3 5.7 1.0 14.0% 22.9% .297 102 98 0.2 Grant Jackson Miguel Aguilar 8.3 3.9 1.2 9.8% 21.1% .294 100 100 0.1 Aaron Fultz Tyler Clippard 9.0 3.1 1.8 8.0% 23.4% .275 96 104 0.1 Mike Jackson Edgar Arredondo 6.3 4.0 1.4 9.8% 15.5% .301 83 121 0.1 Bubba Nelson J.B. Wendelken 9.1 4.0 1.3 10.1% 23.1% .297 96 104 0.1 David Lee Corbin Martin 8.1 4.7 1.7 11.5% 19.8% .302 79 127 0.0 Brian Slocum Chris Devenski 8.7 2.6 1.8 6.8% 22.6% .293 91 110 0.0 Bruce Walton Seth Frankoff 7.9 5.3 1.5 12.8% 18.9% .301 79 126 0.0 Alan Benes Ryan Buchter 9.7 4.8 1.4 12.1% 24.1% .298 92 109 0.0 Kevin Tolar Keegan Curtis 8.6 4.6 1.3 11.5% 21.3% .299 90 111 -0.1 Calvin Jones Brandyn Sittinger 9.5 5.3 1.3 13.1% 23.5% .290 91 110 -0.1 Kevin Barry Zack Burdi 9.7 5.0 1.5 12.2% 23.8% .299 90 111 -0.1 Eric Ludwick Stefan Crichton 7.4 3.7 1.3 9.2% 18.3% .298 91 109 -0.1 Bryan Corey 코리 Brett de Geus 6.5 4.4 1.2 10.4% 15.7% .302 88 113 -0.2 David Potts Jordan Weems 8.8 6.1 1.5 14.5% 20.7% .304 78 128 -0.4 Kenny Marrero Levi Kelly 9.3 7.7 1.6 17.6% 21.3% .295 69 145 -0.4 Chris Lemp Players are listed with their most recent teams wherever possible. This includes players who are unsigned, players who will miss 2022 due to injury, and players who were released in 2021. So yes, if you see Joe Schmoe, who quit baseball back in August to form a big band orchestra that only plays nu-metal versions of baroque cantatas, he’s still listed here intentionally. ZiPS is assuming a league with an ERA of 4.36, similar to the post-June substance-enforcement environment. 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 that 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 assuming that the designated hitter will continue in force in 2022. ZiPS is agnostic about future playing time by design. For more information about ZiPS, please refer to this article, or get angry at Dan on Twitter.