by Paul Semendinger
January 1, 2023
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The following is a quick look at the probable starting position players for the 2023 Yankees and their projected 2023 statistics from baseball-reference.
The first statistics are old-time traditional stats - Batting Average/Home Runs/Runs Batted In
The next featured are - On Base Percentage/Slugging Percentage/On Base + Slugging
2023 Projected Yankees Position Players
1B- Anthony Rizzo: .231/23/61 .330/.434/.765
2B - Gleyber Torres: .258/16/62 .323/.412/.735
SS - Oswald Peraza: .265/6/22 .342/.417/.757
3B - Josh Donaldson: .228/18/60 .316/.398/.714
UTL - D.J. LeMahieu: .266/12/48 .346/.388/.735
UTL - Oswaldo Cabrera: .253/9/32 .319/.416/.736
UTL - Isiah Kiner-Falefa: .265/7/45 .315/.356/.671
UTL - Anthony Volpe: No projection from baseball-reference
LF - Estevan Florial: .235/6/21 .314/.383/.696
CF - Harrison Bader: .251/11/42 .311/.401/.711
RF - Aaron Judge: .288/41/99 .383/.570/.953
DH - Giancarlo Stanton: .239/26/73 .320/.457/.776
OF - Aaron Hicks: .218/10/42 .320/.343/.663
C - Jose Trevino: .242/10/45 .283/.374/.657
C - Kyle Higashioka: .221/13/42 .273/.385/.658
That slash line for Peraza is pretty impressive. I hope he lives up to it.
Not good enough right now. Still weak at LF, 3B, C and possibly SS. Not enough lefty bats.
Here are the Steamer projections for the Yankees::
https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=steamer&team=9&lg=all&players=
and the Astros (which is the one we should be most concerned with):
https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=steamer&team=21&lg=all&players=
which one looks stronger?
seems to me that Judge should show a great increase in offense this season.
last season was not poor, but he should do much better in 2023
I like the optimism on Pereza.....I'd be stoked if he ended up there, not to mention mildly surprised. Here's hoping.