Key Highlights
- It could be a problem if he doesn’t make the needed improvements before March 26, Opening Day against the Detroit Tigers. With the roster still missing a 1B/DH and at least one starting pitcher, the projections for 2026 are not favorable, according to certain projections. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThere are two different projections found on the FanGraphs pages.
- The Steamer projections are the work of Jared Cross, Dash Davidson and Peter Rosenbloom.
- The definition from MLB:Steamer uses past performance and aging trends to develop a future projection for players.
- It also uses pitch-tracking data to help forecast pitchers.
- On Fangraphs, the projections are updated daily and predict each player’s numbers over the course of the remainder of the season. These are the objective evaluations that are available to fans and media alike. There is another system published on FanGraphs, the ZiPS projections developed by Dave Zymborski.