Travis d’Arnaud had a tough year with injuries which torpedoed his playing time. The playing time he did have was quite productive, especially for a catcher, let’s see how it compares to the projections the computers thought he would put up before the start of the 2015 season. Here are the original projections:
PECOTA (BP): 360 PA, 39 R, 18 2B, 1 3B, 12 HR, 46 RBI, .251 BA, .315 OBP
PECOTA (MLB.com): 504 AB, 63 R, 19 HR, 68 RBI, .252 BA, .318 OBP
MLB.com: 435 AB, 54 R, 15 HR, 58 RBI, .253 BA, .309 OBP
ZiPS: 399 PA, 50 R, 20 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 49 RBI, .255 BA, .313 OBP
Steamer: 497 PA, 52 R, 24 2B, 2 3B, 18 HR, 61 RBI, .252 BA, .311 OBP
ESPN: .255 BA, 57 R, 17 HR, 52 RBI
Average: 418.7 PA, 470 AB, 52.5 R, 20.6 2B, 1.7 3B, 15.8 HR, 55.7 RBI, .253 BA, .313 OBP
(Originally posted here)
And these are his 2015 numbers:
268 PA, 31 R, 14 2B, 1 3B, 12 HR, 41 RBI, .268 BA, .340 OBP
Travis crushed it. His numbers are extremely close to his projected numbers, and he played way, way less than the computers thought he would. The evidence is really in his OBP, its almost 30 points higher than projected, that combined with his homers, show that if he played the whole year, he could have had a really special year.
