Viva El Birdos · Feb 21, 2019
The NL Central Race
Photo by Jon Durr/Getty ImagesYesterday, the ZiPS projections of the Chicago Cubs were released, which now means that all five NL Central teams, have up-to-date projections from Dan Szymborski’s system. There’s a helpful graphic that tells you the starting position players, starting pitchers, and relievers on each page. However, it only gives you a vague sense as to how ZiPS thinks those teams will perform. “Ah,” you say as you smoke on your pipe - yes you’re smoking a pipe go with it. “I see a couple stars, about 4 good players, and looks like this part of the team sucks. Let’s see this other NL Central team. Oh yes, couple stars, 4 good players, and a section that sucks.”