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  • 2012 Cubs Oliver Projections, Part 1 132 Comments

    The Hardball Times has released their Oliver projections for the 2012 season. Berselius will once again be writing the player comments. Like the other projections, I’ll break ...

    2012 Cubs Bill James Projections, Part 2 16 Comments

    It’s Bill James week here at Obstructed View. We published the hitter’s projections a few days ago, our interview with Bill James and now the pitcher projections. I calculated ...

    2012 Cubs Bill James Projections, Part 1 262 Comments

    Over the years a lot of people have claimed that the Bill James projections are optimistic. In a straight player to player comparison it will often seem that way, but the league average ...

    2012 Cubs ZiPS Projections, Part 2 138 Comments

    We looked at the ZiPS projections for the batters already so here are the pitchers. Player IP H HR BB K ERA FIP Matt Garza 194.3 176 19 64 181 3.52 3.60 Andrew Cashner 64.7 59 5 30 51 3.76 4.02 Ryan ...

    2012 Cubs ZiPS Projections, Part 1 83 Comments

    Dan has already released the 2012 ZiPS for the Cubs so I thought I’d highlight several players and post them here. Player PA H HR BB K AVG OBP SLG wOBA Carlos Pena 522 101 28 82 145 .230 .355 .480 .360 Aramis ...

    2012 Cubs CAIRO Projections, Part 2 123 Comments

    Below are the pitching projections for SG’s CAIRO. ZiPS is already out so I’ll post the batter projections later today. Name IP HR BB SO RA ERA FIP Matt Garza 194 21 64 177 4.11 3.65 3.66 Ryan ...

    2012 Cubs CAIRO Projections, Part 1 ***UPDATED*** 399 Comments

    We can thank the Yankees early exit from the playoffs for SG’s CAIRO being released so early. For those of you who read ACB, the format for these projections will be similar. ...

    Trade Value: Carlos Pena 25 Comments

    The first of June is tomorrow and while no significant trades are likely to be made in the first few weeks of June, the Cubs do find themselves to be far from contenders at this point. ...