With pitchers and catchers reporting next week and the Grapefruit League schedule right around the corner, season predictions and projections are starting to become available. Another slow offseason could make a lot of these projections seem like a work in progress as one major signing could have a major impact on where they fall.
Still they are a good and fun starting point to look at while we wait for spring training to kick into high gear. Baseball Prospectus released its annual PECOTA projections Thursday morning and they project the Braves to finish 84-78 in a third place tie with the Philadelphia Phillies.