What Do You Think of These Ten Surprising Hitters?

Been a long time since I ran a polling post. So, this is going to be one of those, where I ask you, the smart audience, to tell me what you think about certain questions. Typically, these polling posts focus on teams. This time around, the focus is on ten specific hitters. These are ten hitters whose performances to this point don’t look very much like their preseason Steamer and ZiPS projections. I’ve selected five significant overachievers, and five significant underachievers. Their names!

• Max Muncy
• Brandon Nimmo
• Mookie Betts
• Matt Davidson
• Eddie Rosario
• Bryce Harper
• Jackie Bradley Jr.
• Giancarlo Stanton
• Dexter Fowler
• Chris Davis

We spend a lot of time writing about players who are in some way defying expectations. Players who might have reached or sunk to a new level. For example, I’ve written about Muncy a couple times lately, and Jay Jaffe recently wrote about Davis. It’s interesting when players don’t do what we think they’re going to do. Rarely, though, do we open things up to audience opinion. You all watch a lot of baseball, and you all are familiar with contemporary analysis. That’s why you’re here. But most of the time, all you get is a comment section. Consider this something like a midseason fan-projection project. How much do you believe in the success of the players above? Are you expecting positive or negative regression, or do you believe some of them have new true talents?

Everything that follows is simple. I’m not going to offer any analysis, beyond each player’s current wRC+, and projected rest-of-season wRC+. All I’m asking for each guy is what you think his wRC+ will be over the remainder of the season. When the results are in, we can see what the community thinks of each of the players. Doesn’t mean anything is conclusive or correct! It’s just nice to get other data points for a change. Thank you in advance for your participation. You don’t have to vote in every poll if you don’t want to. You don’t have to do anything here if you don’t want to. You wouldn’t believe how completely voluntary this is!

Max Muncy

• Current wRC+: 165
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 98

Brandon Nimmo

• Current wRC+: 167
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 101

Mookie Betts

• Current wRC+: 196
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 136

Matt Davidson

• Current wRC+: 131
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 85

Eddie Rosario

• Current wRC+: 152
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 108

Bryce Harper

• Current wRC+: 120
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 139

Jackie Bradley Jr.

• Current wRC+: 59
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 91

Giancarlo Stanton

• Current wRC+: 115
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 147

Dexter Fowler

• Current wRC+: 60
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 100

Chris Davis

• Current wRC+: 23
• Projected rest-of-season wRC+: 89