With Spring Training just over a week away, season predictions and projections are starting to roll out. While the slow offseason free agent market could make these projections very much a work in progress, they are still a fun snapshot of where things stand heading into the regular season.
First, a disclaimer: projection systems such as PECOTA are very much like prospect lists. Different systems value different things and it is best to take them all into account and form an opinion. With that said, Baseball Prospectus annual PECOTA rankings were released Wednesday morning and project the Atlanta Braves for a 76-86 record and a fourth place finish in the NL East.