The Braves now have the top projected rotation per FanGraphs to go along with their top projected lineup
December 30, 2023
The Braves now have the top projected rotation per FanGraphs to go along with their top projected lineup
37 comments
Projecting Chris Sale for 140 innings feels… optimistic.
*moves and counter moves*
141 IP for Sale is crazy bullish.
Honestly so is 185 for Fried after only 77 IP last year. He has only hit 185 IP once and adding 110 IP from last year is a lot
It’d be a real shame if they happen to meet the Phillies in the NLDS again.
How could they ruin baseball like this?
141 innings from sale is crazy to expect.
They are really really expecting morton, sale, and elder to be pretty mid too.
I love a good absolutely best case scenario graphic
Best team in baseball.
But I was told the Dodgers had already won the 2024 world series and every single one for the next decade
I’m unmoved
As a Sox fan I genuinely hope Sale puts up 2.6 WAR for Atlanta. Also as a Sox fan hahahaha yeah right get real.
dyl’do’dd w 6.9 k/9
140 IP for Sale… huh
And 185 IP for Fried. Fangraphs is crazy
If Fried, Morton, and Sale combine for nearly 500 IP that would be bonkers
But the Dodgers are supposed to be the obvious best team that’s ruining baseball
Chris sale should be the closer or set up man. He can’t hold up in a rotation.
I’ll cut up my itchy Red Sox jersey and get my belly button pierced if Chris Sale pitches 140 innings.
They are definitely the team to beat. Fried will win the Cy Young and come home to LA in 2025.
That said, projections seem optimistic for a team that screams some good deal of regression from last season.
Projections seem high, but another veteran voice can’t hurt things for the Braves. Plus Grissom probably wasn’t going to get any pt anytime soon. Seems like a reasonable trade.
Dodgers punching air
Then we’ll fight in the shade!
My sister lives in Morton’s hometown and he had the nickname “Double Dick Charlie”
I have no idea what that means.
My god, FIP is ruining front office thinking. I think he either pitches fewer and is good but barely pitches or pitches this many and is bad
Elder at 1.2 WAR and Sale at 2.6. I have a feeling they’ll be reversed by the end of the year.
Whatever happened to Ian Anderson. Is he a trade fix project candidate
Wait, Chris Sale went to the Braves?
As a Dodgers fan, I love being this optimistic about projected innings for oft-injured pitchers
The fact Smith-Shawver is an up and comer means that when Chris goes down AJ can get some IP in the big leagues on a reserve basis. That’s quality right there
Steamer isn’t that good…
I hope either the braves or the dodgers wins the NL this year, or the cardinals
Or the giants
Or the Rockies
One of them
Maybe the Mets.
Huascar Ynoa is still an Atlanta Brave what
Please stop the Dodgers.
I agree with the rest of you: FanGraphs seems exceedingly generous here, and projections aren’t worth jack, really … but still, it makes me proud given all the noise the Dodgers have made this winter.
i see a Rockies Marlins NLCS
Getting knocked out of the playoffs early has really skewed the broader baseball fandom’s view that the Braves are still probably the best team in the league. Dodgers have star names, but the Braves are really deep and boast two top candidates for the best pitcher (Strider) and best position player (Acuna) in the NL in 2024. And their stars are younger, Acuna, Olson, Riley, Albies, Murphy, and Harris III are all under 30.
37 comments
Projecting Chris Sale for 140 innings feels… optimistic.
*moves and counter moves*
141 IP for Sale is crazy bullish.
Honestly so is 185 for Fried after only 77 IP last year. He has only hit 185 IP once and adding 110 IP from last year is a lot
It’d be a real shame if they happen to meet the Phillies in the NLDS again.
How could they ruin baseball like this?
141 innings from sale is crazy to expect.
They are really really expecting morton, sale, and elder to be pretty mid too.
I love a good absolutely best case scenario graphic
Best team in baseball.
But I was told the Dodgers had already won the 2024 world series and every single one for the next decade
I’m unmoved
As a Sox fan I genuinely hope Sale puts up 2.6 WAR for Atlanta. Also as a Sox fan hahahaha yeah right get real.
dyl’do’dd w 6.9 k/9
140 IP for Sale… huh
And 185 IP for Fried. Fangraphs is crazy
If Fried, Morton, and Sale combine for nearly 500 IP that would be bonkers
But the Dodgers are supposed to be the obvious best team that’s ruining baseball
Chris sale should be the closer or set up man. He can’t hold up in a rotation.
I’ll cut up my itchy Red Sox jersey and get my belly button pierced if Chris Sale pitches 140 innings.
They are definitely the team to beat. Fried will win the Cy Young and come home to LA in 2025.
That said, projections seem optimistic for a team that screams some good deal of regression from last season.
Projections seem high, but another veteran voice can’t hurt things for the Braves. Plus Grissom probably wasn’t going to get any pt anytime soon. Seems like a reasonable trade.
Dodgers punching air
Then we’ll fight in the shade!
My sister lives in Morton’s hometown and he had the nickname “Double Dick Charlie”
I have no idea what that means.
My god, FIP is ruining front office thinking. I think he either pitches fewer and is good but barely pitches or pitches this many and is bad
Elder at 1.2 WAR and Sale at 2.6. I have a feeling they’ll be reversed by the end of the year.
Whatever happened to Ian Anderson. Is he a trade fix project candidate
Wait, Chris Sale went to the Braves?
As a Dodgers fan, I love being this optimistic about projected innings for oft-injured pitchers
The fact Smith-Shawver is an up and comer means that when Chris goes down AJ can get some IP in the big leagues on a reserve basis. That’s quality right there
Steamer isn’t that good…
I hope either the braves or the dodgers wins the NL this year, or the cardinals
Or the giants
Or the Rockies
One of them
Maybe the Mets.
Huascar Ynoa is still an Atlanta Brave what
Please stop the Dodgers.
I agree with the rest of you: FanGraphs seems exceedingly generous here, and projections aren’t worth jack, really … but still, it makes me proud given all the noise the Dodgers have made this winter.
i see a Rockies Marlins NLCS
Getting knocked out of the playoffs early has really skewed the broader baseball fandom’s view that the Braves are still probably the best team in the league. Dodgers have star names, but the Braves are really deep and boast two top candidates for the best pitcher (Strider) and best position player (Acuna) in the NL in 2024. And their stars are younger, Acuna, Olson, Riley, Albies, Murphy, and Harris III are all under 30.
All to lose to a 90 wins Phillies team
Sale isn’t pitching 140 innings lmao