Time for the irrationally positive take, spin this will the best projection for each player. [Projected wRC+ by Steamer, unless noted otherwise]

  • Mune 122 wRC+ (OOPSY) [118-Steamer]
  • Vargas 110 (The Bat X) [107]
  • Meidroth 108
  • Teel 107 (ATC) [106]
  • Quero 104
  • Benintendi 103
  • LaMonte Wade 103
  • Baldwin 100
  • Colson 99 (OOPSY) [98]
  • Pereira 98 (ZiPS) [89]
  • Antonacci 101 (ZiPS) [92]
  • Mead 97 (OOPSY) [93]
  • Sosa 94 (The BAT) [93]
  • Acuña 88
  • Kelenic 88 (OOPSY) [83]
  • Dustin Harris 89
  • Derek Hill 85

That is 9 average or above hitters, without counting Colson.

9 comments

  1. I just can’t imagine a world where Curtis Mead outproduces Lenyn Sosa at the plate, plate appearances being equal.

  3. I’ll take the over on Colson and think there is a decent shot he leads the team and i think he or Mune could be all stars.

    I also think it’s a great sign that Teal and Quero are over 100. There is a growing leaguewide trend of carrying multiple average or better catchers. The Dodgers, Braves, Cubs, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Rangers, Mariners, (it’s easier to say who isn’t) carry multiple good catchers.

    I’m a Cubs fan and caught a lot of crap for saying I’d rather have Colson than Shaw before last year. Colson has such a unique combo of bat speed, barrel rate, a pull rate that makes me think 40-50 homer seasons in his prime are possible. Just needs to watch the Ks but you really don’t find many guys that swing that hard that don’t K.

    If he can become near average in Ks he has Caminero type upside. His downside right now is as a Eugenio Suarez type. Great extension candidate for the Sox

  4. All y’all are forgetting that these projections use minor league data as well, and all of it counts. Colson was terrible in the minors going back to 2024, can’t just cherry pick his best few months.

  7. 2025 actuals next to 2026 projections just for context and noting instances of less than 100 plate appearances.

    ⁠- Vargas 110 (The Bat X) [107] – 101
    • ⁠Meidroth 108 – 87
    • ⁠Teel 107 (ATC) [106] – 125
    • ⁠Quero 104 – 95
    • ⁠Benintendi 103 – 103
    • ⁠LaMonte Wade 103 – 52
    • ⁠Baldwin 100 – 92
    • ⁠Colson 99 (OOPSY) [98] – 129
    • ⁠Pereira 98 (ZiPS) [89] – 30 (73 PA)
    • ⁠Antonacci 101 (ZiPS) [92] – almost certainly won’t play with the major league roster this year
    • ⁠Mead 97 (OOPSY) [93] – 76
    • ⁠Sosa 94 (The BAT) [93] – 100
    • ⁠Acuña 88 – 65
    • ⁠Kelenic 88 (OOPSY) [83] – 47 (65 PA)
    • ⁠Dustin Harris 89 – 69 (43 PA)
    • ⁠Derek Hill 85 – 70

    The Kelenic,Harris, Wade, Acuña, Pereira, Mead, and even Meidroth numbers seem out of reach. On the flip side I think there’s a decent chance Teel, Quero, Montgomery, Sosa, and maybe even Vargas could outperform these projections.

  8. I sure hope Colson outproduces that number. Obviously not expecting the same HR rate as last year, but I’m hoping he makes up for that with a few more walks.

  9. Pre-registering some predictions based on these.

    – Meidroth is low
    – Teel is very low
    – Beni is high
    – LaMonte Wade Jr is wrong by 20 points. But the direction of wrong could actually go either eay.
    – Colson is low
    – Sosa is low
    – the pitching and defense are going to be very very bad but the offense will be solid. Sort of like the 2025 A’s. You can see a very good team there, they just need to fix half of it which is not an easy thing to achieve.

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