Looking at Jeff Francoeur

Another good article by DOB on AJC is about Jeff Francoeur. Francoeur also muscled up during the winter and showed it was worthwhile. Nothing wrong with extra pop to get them balls out of the park.

"What would be ideal is to put the last two seasons together, [batting average] with the home runs and power," he said. "I feel like I can do it."

This will help determine my predictions.

Lets see...Overall, I think we will see a similar Jeff Francoeur with a little bit of improvement in his overall game. I expect an extra bit of power output, as well as increased walks or a higher OBP.

Worst Case Scenario

650 AB, 80 R, 170 H, 25 2b, 1 3b, 18 HR, 90 RBI, 30 BB, 2 SB, .261 AVG, .440 SLUG, .300 OBP


Best Case Scenario

600 AB, 95 R, 185 H, 45 2b, 2 3b, 30 HR, 109 RBI, 58 BB, 6 SB, .308 AVG, .520 SLUG, .357 OBP

These are reasonable. I am completely dropping the sabermetrics prediction sites for now.