A week of preseason baseball is in the books. Initial thoughts on the D-backs?
Makakilo:
Offense: Two observations:
OBP. My view is the Diamondbacks need to improve their on-base-percentage (OBP) to at least .3245 to be competitive. In spring training through 4 March, their OBP was .323. Their OBP may be good enough to be competitive.
Let’s look at the average of projected OBPs of the 9-man lineups shown in FanGraphs’ Roster Resource to the average OBP in spring training (all batters, weighted by PAs) through 4 March:
- D-backs: .