Jeff Sullivan at Lookout Landing matched up team AVG/OBP/SLG lines to the players that most similarly matched them (over the past 3 years).

Check out the Giants' most similar player. LOL us

I don't know if this was discussed in the GDT's, but WHY IS BUMGARNER?

I was hoping for a Steve Treder/Anticon23 collaboration for the Giants but oh well.

If he's right, major OUCHIES for us.

I would not advise reading too much into any projected standings until near the beginning of the season.

P.S. SG also has us in the high 70s and PECOTA has us in the low 80s. I think xanthan (if the dude will get over his buttpee and blizzards) will post his WAR projections soon... should be around 83-84 wins probably.

Reminded me of similar complains about DeRosa, although Winn isn't coming off a wrist injury.

Headline: "Molina Still Doesn't Understand Why Mets Failed to Sign Him."

(h/t: Buster Olney)

Courtesy of Eric Simon from Amazin Avenue

The horrorrrrrr

Free agent projections here

I'd make this into a fanpost, but I don't have the desire to go through and pick out the projections that intrigue me (like last season).

So have at it...

Courtesy of devil_fingers from Driveline Mechanics

He makes Jenkins look like a genius with this piece.

I'm giddy...

I linked to the 2009-2013 MLB payrolls resource.

Payroll by Percentage and Spending by Positiion are also pretty cool.

(H/t to Sky of Beyond the Boxscore)

12 runs in 4 2/3 innings? Ouchies.

From Trip Somers of Texasleaguers.com

Courtesy of Alex Eisenberg of Baseball-Intellect.com

Word of caution: don't read the comments.

Pitchers Wins Above Replacement from the Retrosheet Era (1956-2008), provided by Sean Smith.

A brief explanation can be found here.

(h/t to Tango)

Money quote: ""When you lose a game, you think about what you could have done better -- instead of pointing the finger at someone else." "

The article explaining how to help is here.

UPDATE: Tango has added some more players to the survey, so if you want to project playing time for those players, you can fill in a ballot with only those guys (leaving the other ones blank).

So apparently Goofus' name is Matthew....

I almost feel bad when I post these for everyone to pick apart, but then I read the mailbag questions and wonder how Mr. Haft can go through his inbox without losing his sanity.

So rip away!

Now more user-friendly. Still only non-pitchers.
Also, note the dates. Please don't freak out because Ted Williams has the same WAR as Mike Lowell, Mickey Rivers and Ron Hunt. That WAR has only Williams' last 6 seasons.

User-friendly awesomeness... still non-pitchers only

Wow, just wow.... huge kudos to Rally

EDIT: Here's his blog post talking about what goes into his WAR.

EDIT 2: Blurb from the blog entry -

"Future enhancements will be, with no definite timetable:

Pitchers
Leaderboards
Team Pages
Players before 1955 - I'll need to develop a crude stand in for defensive ability."

Along with his predicted standings, Sean Smith gives us his "power rankings" based on the team's true talent level relative to the other teams.