Dan Szymborski’s ZIPS projections for the 2016 St. Louis Cardinals were released yesterday at FanGraphs.com. As many of you might expect, he projects a less than stellar offensive unit. Matt Carpenter (3.8) and Yadier Molina (3.3) are the only Cardinal position players projected to have WAR values above 3.0.
Brandon Moss (1.2) and Matt Adams (0.9) are projected to combine for 2.1 WAR in 2016, less than the projected WAR of 2.4 for Kolten Wong by himself. The highest home run projection for the Cardinals is Brandon Moss with 21.