GM's OFFICE: Projections housekeeping, with some Quality Starts validation

Last week in this space, we walked through our approach to projecting batter performance in light of the new restrictions on defensive shifts. While that is an important topic, the takeaway from that work was that the overall impact on our projected data set is fairly minimal.

Separate from the topic of new rules, there is always a lot going on with our projections at this time of year, and I thought this week I would pivot to discussing some of that "regular" work that's ongoing, and share what I thought was an interesting example of that work.

This week is a milestone on our offseason calendar, with spring training camps opening around Florida and Arizona. In terms of projections, this is a good checkpoint. Our projections have been...

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