SPECULATOR: The BF19 UP: list—Pitchers

Within the player commentaries of the 2019 Baseball Forecaster, we offer some UP: (and DN:) projections that are intended to reflect a ceiling (or floor) beyond the accompanying 2019 projection. As described in the book:

Upside (UP) and downside (DN) statistical potential appears for some players; these are less grounded in hard data and more speculative of skills potential.

Speculative? Sounds a lot like what we do in this space! We thought it would be appropriate to continue our 2019 Speculator run with a review of some of those UP: projections found in the Forecaster. We covered the batters last week; we now turn our attention to the mound with thoughts on outlooks that may have changed since press time.

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