Starting Lineup Predictions

To make things a little bit easier on me, and more simple for the reader, I'm going to post the projected statistics of the Braves starting lineup in one article. I'm not going to have time to do full articles on each player individually. Like I did with the pitchers, I'm going to remain conservative with stats. There are a few guys who I think could potentially have much better seasons than I predict though. Jason Heyward was a rookie last year, obviously in his 2nd year of Bigs he could be even better.

I'm going to stick to a few basic stats. These are all based on a full season of play except for Chipper Jones. Here we go.

1. LF- Martin Prado

105 Runs, 33 Doubles, 2 Triples, 13 HR, 60 RBI, 7 SB, .310 BA, .350 OBP, .460 SLUG, .810 OPS

2. CF- Nate McLouth

93 Runs, 25 Doubles, 3 Triples, 17 HR, 68 RBI, 13 SB, .258 BA, .346 OBP, .445 SLUG, .791 OPS

3. 3B- Chipper Jones (130 Games) *Based on last couple seasons. Spring results not considered. Could have .300/.400/.500 line based on excellent spring.

80 Runs, 25 Doubles, 1 Triple, 20 HR, 80 RBI, 5 SB, .275 BA .385 OBP, .470 SLUG, .855 OPS

4. 2B- Dan Uggla

91 Runs, 34 Doubles, 0 Triples, 34 HR, 108 RBI, 4 SB, .263 BA, .365 OBP, .510 SLUG, .875 OPS

5. C-Brian McCann

65 Runs, 39 Doubles, 0 Triples, 23 HR, 85 RBI, 3 SB, .277 BA, .372 OBP, .490 SLUG, .862 OPS

6. RF- Jason Heyward *Where he bats in lineup could change numbers.

87 Runs, 37 Doubles, 5 Triples, 26 HR, 94 RBI, 15 SB, .289 BA, .402 OBP, .510 SLUG, .912 OPS

7. SS- Alex Gonzalez

67 Runs, 30 Doubles, 3 Triples, 16 HR, 68 RBI, 2 SB, .254 BA, .305 OBP, .410 SLUG, .715 OPS

8. 1B- Freddie Freeman *Rookie player-Basing numbers off 8th spot of batting order and minor leagues.

53 Runs, 25 Doubles, 1 Triple, 15 HR, 70 RBI, 6 SB, .283 BA, .358 OBP, .485 SLUG, .843 OPS