Combined WAR Projections

Way back on December 8th, I ran some WAR projections using ZiPS. Today, I’m going to the same, using the same simple WAR calculator, but this time I’ll be using averages of the Bill James and RotoChamp projections found on FanGraphs player pages. Click through for the fun.

For defense/base running, lower is better. For defense, 4 is average; for base running, 3 is average.

Russell Martin (2 D; 3 BR; .287 BABIP): 3.9 WAR

Mark Teixeira (3 D; 4 BR; .275 BABIP): 3.8 WAR

Robinson Cano (3 D; 4 BR; .320 BABIP): 4.7 WAR

Alex Rodriguez (3 D; 3 BR; .305 BABIP): 4.2 WAR

Derek Jeter (5 D; 2 BR; .333 BABIP): 3.2 WAR

Brett Gardner (1 D; 1 BR; .323 BABIP): 4.0 WAR

Curtis Granderson (4 D; 2 BR; .297 BABIP): 4.4 WAR

Nick Swisher: (3 D; 4 BR; .297 BABIP): 3.6 WAR

Jesus Montero: (O D as DH; 4 BR; .332 BABIP): 1.9 WAR

Everything there is about where it should be, though neither projection system adjusted for Gardner being a platoon player. Just to see what would happen, I adjusted Jesus Montero’s projection to put him at catcher and gave him a 7 (the worst possible rating) for defense. Even with that, he came out as a 3.2 WAR player.

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