2015 Steamer Projections!

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October 7, 2014

The 2015 Steamer Projections are now live on the site! Much thanks goes out to Jared Cross, Dash Davidson, and Peter Rosenbloom for putting these together every year.

We have two different playing time allocations for Steamer projections this year:

Steamer – This uses the playing time projection from our depth charts. These are temporarily using playoff rosters, so there may be the occasional weird playing time allocation. Playing time may be updated on a nightly basis.

Steamer600 – This version uses a static 600 PA (450 PA for catchers), 200 IP for starting pitchers, and 65 IP for relievers.

The regular Steamer projections can be found on the player pages, and both Steamer and Steamer 600 can be found in our projection section.

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Ray
11 years ago

Wither Kris Bryant?

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IlikeKs
11 years ago

Looks like i will be dominating K’s next year. Targets include: Santos Rodriguez, Danny Hultzen, Lucas Giolito, Alex Meyer and Robert Osuna! Championship!

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benulitron
11 years ago

Would like to see Rusney Castillo’s projections.

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Mike
11 years ago
Reply to  benulitron

Same.

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J. Cross
11 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Sorry, we don’t have one yet… soon!

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MustBunique
11 years ago

Giancarlo?

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ericmilburn
11 years ago

Thanks for getting these posted so soon!

Looks like there’s a bug/error for anyone who wasn’t playing at the end of the season…Stanton, Wieters, Chris Davis, etc.

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David AppelmanFanGraphs Staff
11 years ago
Reply to  ericmilburn

Yep, we are going to get the playing time updated for these guys.

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Spencer JonesMember since 2020
11 years ago

Will we see /600 projections for all systems? That would make player evaluation much easier.

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Big Mike
11 years ago

Wow – Steamer doesn’t like Julio Teheran much, does it? I would have expected a better projection for him.

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brian_msbc
11 years ago

Mookie Betts, Steve Pearce, Holliday and Werth got a LOT of love.

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brian_msbc
11 years ago
Reply to  brian_msbc

Pearce looks better that Carlos Gomez in these projections

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The Departed
11 years ago

Who loves Jamie Garcia? You do. Yes, you do.

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Jacob
11 years ago

51 year old Jamie Moyer with the 32nd highest Steamer/600 projection, oh what fun we can have with numbers!

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brian_msbc
11 years ago

Why is Corey Dickerson expected only 167 ABs?

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Ryan BrockMember since 2025
11 years ago
Reply to  brian_msbc

CarGo, Cuddyer, Blackmon – who knows what the playing time breakdown will be? Probably becomes more clear in the spring and gets updated…

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Scott
11 years ago

Is there anywhere that breaks down how these projections are made? Whether it’s a formula, or more from the gut?

Thanks!

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Graham
11 years ago

Can you update the Steamer projections export .csv to include all the data that you are projecting on the individual player pages. For example, for batters expected Games Played and pitchers Total Batters Faced etc.

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