It’s the age-old battle of Guardians’ grit and computer calculations with the hearts of Cleveland fans hanging in the balance.
If you haven’t had the chance to look over FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski’s article accompanying the ZiPS projections for the 2024 Cleveland Guardians, it’s an encouraging exercise that also shows where the team should look to improve before the season starts and where players will have to outplay the robots to give the Guardians a chance at a playoff run. Today, we will take a look at what the projections have to say about the Guardians’ position players.