*St. Louis Cardinals 2014 VEB Community Projection Results: Matt Adams

There is actually very little variance in the rate stats predicted for Matt Adams. VEB projected an average of .275, while the others projected between .265 and .270. VEB projected an OBP of .329, while the others projected between .308 and .320. VEB projected a SLG of .498, while the others projected between .464 and .482. For the first time, Steamer wasn't the most optimistic projection system, with Oliver projecting a .001 higher OPS. Counting stats aside, I think we would all take any of the projected slash lines, though.

	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Minimum Values	275	34	12	38	0	0	0.249	0.284	0.360	0.680	0.290
25th Percentile	400	55	21	62	0	0	0.268	0.320	0.485	0.806	0.338
50th Percentile	450	62	23	72	0	0	0.275	0.329	0.495	0.823	0.350
75h Percentile	498	70	26	82	1	1	0.280	0.336	0.512	0.844	0.360
Maximum Values	600	135	38	108	5	5	0.309	0.364	0.580	0.919	0.390

	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
VEB Low OPS (The Glove)	330	72	25	89	3	0	0.288	0.320	0.360	0.680	0.330
VEB High OPS (STLSPORTSFANATIC)	600	60	32	87	2	2	0.289	0.432	0.564	0.996	0.360

Only about 20% of respondents projected Matt Adams for an OPS below .800, which would put him in the neighborhood of the 15th best offensive 1B in the Majors. And that's the very low end of his projection! It's easy to see the logic in letting Carlos Beltran go.

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As a new feature, here are VEB's individual projections divided up by quartile to see how optimistic/pessimistic you were. These are ranked by projected OPS.

CELEBRITY DOPPELGANGER: By a pretty fair margin, John Goodman. Probably because they are both large. You all are lazy.

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