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2001 PLAYER PROJECTIONS

Starters	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Piazza, Mike	389	68	121	20	1	27	81	43	56	2	2	0.310	0.382	0.572
Zeile, Todd	578	85	158	33	2	22	87	70	93	3	2	0.274	0.355	0.453
Alfonzo, Edgardo	562	96	169	34	2	25	95	86	74	5	4	0.301	0.396	0.503
Ventura, Robin	567	88	151	29	2	26	91	81	109	2	2	0.266	0.360	0.463
Ordonez, Rey	592	66	148	28	3	3	51	56	71	6	4	0.250	0.318	0.323
Agbayani, Benny	570	94	157	31	4	24	88	78	113	10	5	0.275	0.365	0.470
Payton, Jay	605	84	171	31	4	20	85	43	81	7	4	0.283	0.334	0.446
Perez, Timo	607	88	181	33	6	14	77	41	67	17	7	0.297	0.345	0.440

Reserves	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Pratt, Todd	389	56	107	19	1	14	56	43	77	2	2	0.276	0.351	0.441
Harris, Lenny	603	80	163	30	3	11	68	45	55	16	7	0.271	0.325	0.385
Franco, Matt	565	75	141	25	3	10	60	83	95	2	2	0.250	0.350	0.359
McEwing, Joe	603	78	157	35	5	11	69	45	107	12	5	0.259	0.313	0.391
Hamilton, Darryl	573	80	161	25	3	9	62	75	74	7	4	0.281	0.367	0.382
Shinjo, Tsuyoshi	607	76	155	31	5	17	75	41	101	17	6	0.256	0.306	0.407

Prospects	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Escobar, Alex	593	82	141	27	5	17	71	55	170	17	6	0.238	0.306	0.386
Cole, Brian	602	87	156	30	4	14	71	46	106	26	8	0.260	0.315	0.396
Wigginton, Ty	615	74	149	28	3	21	80	33	162	5	3	0.242	0.284	0.401

Longshots	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
DePastino, Joe	397	50	97	19	2	13	51	35	83	3	2	0.244	0.308	0.393
Leyritz, Jim	380	52	95	17	1	13	51	52	91	1	1	0.249	0.342	0.402
Johnson, Mark	561	91	142	30	2	25	87	87	125	11	5	0.253	0.356	0.444
Relaford, Desi	571	79	140	26	4	8	56	77	93	14	6	0.245	0.338	0.346
Velandia, Jorge	597	71	146	31	2	12	66	51	107	7	4	0.245	0.308	0.363
Bragg, Darren	573	78	140	29	3	12	65	75	142	8	5	0.245	0.335	0.371
Carpenter, Bubba	556	84	128	24	3	21	74	92	149	6	4	0.229	0.342	0.399
Montgomery, Ray	598	77	154	30	3	18	78	50	118	6	3	0.257	0.317	0.408

Notes:

Left field is still wide open, but I'll give the job to Agbayani since he's earned it.
Piazza gets the standard playing time for a catcher, but be aware that he usually plays more than that.
Tsuyoshi Shinjo is Japanese for Derek Bell.
A nice pair of outfield prospects are here in Escobar and Cole.
The projection for Mark Johnson seems a little high, I suppose, but he hit .253/.345/.479 in Japan in 1999 while Shinjo hit .255/.301/.418. He hit .274/.361/.458 in 343 MLB at bats in 1996 for Pittsburgh.

Vörös McCracken
voros@daruma.co.jp
February 25, 2001