CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The war on machines is bound for Baltimore, Kansas City and St. Louis.
In less than two months, the 30 major-league teams will commence a lengthy journey through another baseball season. By the end, some teams will overachieve, others will disappoint.
No one will remember if the clubs' records match the preseason projections, including those concocted in some number-crunching computer program. Yet, here we are, with another batch of the annual PECOTA projections, released by Baseball Prospectus.
The formula forecasts each team's outcome. The teams will still play 162 games; we won't just use the projections to crown the Dodgers the 2017 World Series champions.