Monday, Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs released his annual ZiPS projections for the Philadelphia Phillies.
For those unfamiliar with ZiPS, MLB.com offers the following explanation of how the projection system makes its calculations:
“ZiPS is a system of player projections developed by FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski when he was at Baseball Think Factory. According a Q&A on the Baseball Think Factory website, ZiPS uses growth and decline curves based on player type to find trends. It then factors those trends into the past performance of those players to come up with projections.