But let’s hope he’s not sequestered in Las Vegas for too long. The Mets also have a quality reserve outfield option in Juan Lagares. The Mets have Yoenis Cespedes in left, Bruce in right, and a resurgent Adrian Gonzalez at first base. This week, the club sent down their second-best hitter (217 wRC+) and position player to date (0.3) in Brandon Nimmo, ostensibly because there was no place to put him following the return of Conforto. The Mets are being rewarded early for electing to bolster this talented, but highly volatile, core with the signings of Jay Bruce, Todd Frazier, and Anthony Swarzak. Michael Conforto, meanwhile, has made a remarkable return from his shoulder injury. Now a couple turns through the rotation, the Mets’ starters have generally pitched well and remain healthy. The Mets always had significant potential, and downside - considerable error bars in either direction - given both the club’s talent and injury concerns. They have increased their playoff odds more than other club since Opening Day. In an era increasingly populated almost entirely of super teams and tanking teams, there is theoretically less possibility of contention, less reason to hope, for teams forecast to finish lower in the standings. Our projections have the Royals winning 71 games, the Tigers 70, and the White Sox 65 in the AL Central - or 25, 26, and 31 games, respectively, behind the Indians. Some players even visit this very web site. PECOTA forecasts appear on MLB Network’s preseason coverage. They reach the ears of on-field personnel, too. Of course, these prognostications aren’t available only to the interested public. The same was true for a handful of other teams, as well.
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In fact, according to FanGraphs, those three clubs each featured a 0% chance of winning the World Series as of Opening Day. The projection systems have given those clubs little chance at postseason contention. There are no great expectations in Baltimore, Detroit, and Kansas City this spring. I dropped by the road locker room at Progressive Field when the Tigers and Royals were guests there last week. I’ve been in Sarasota, Florida, to visit the Orioles. CLEVELAND - This spring, I’ve briefly inhabited the clubhouses of some teams that aren’t expected to do very well in 2018.
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