Last week, Baseball Prospectus published its annual PECOTA projections for 2019, and their high profile within the sport means that they’re certainly worth taking a serious look into. So, with pitchers and catchers finally about to report, let’s look even further ahead at the coming season, and what to make of these predictions.
The Astros are still really good
I want to start here. Obviously, we all expect them to be good to some extent, so it’s not like this is a surprise. But still, I think before diving deep into the individual trees, it’s important just to take a look at the whole forest that is these projections.