Here Come the 2024 ZiPS Projectins!

The FanGraphs Newsletter, November 17, 2023 [READ IN BROWSER]( November 17, 2023 Once again, it’s time for Dan Szymborski to fire up his computer and crank out the yearly team-by-team ZiPS projections. ZiPS is a computer projection system initially developed in 2002–04, becoming public in 2005. At its core, it does two primary tasks: estimating what the baseline expectation for a player is at the moment Dan hits the button, and then estimating where that player may be going using large cohorts of relatively similar players. ZiPS uses multi-year statistics, with more recent seasons weighted more heavily; in the beginning, all the statistics received the same yearly weighting, but eventually, this became more varied based on additional research. And research is a big part of ZiPS. Every year, Dan runs hundreds of studies on various aspects of the system to determine their predictive value and better calibrate the player baselines. Over the next several weeks, we will be releasing team-specific articles detailing the 2024 ZiPS projections. You can find the Mets page [here](. [Learn More]( [2024 ZiPS Projections: Tampa Bay Rays]( Even without their best pitcher and best hitter, the Rays are solid, if unexciting. | by Dan Szymborski [Contracting the Zone: Three Shocking Called Balls From This Season]( Grooved pitches taken with no hesitation. Catchers bemused who just hold the ball, waiting. Batters rewarded for failing to swing. These are a few of my favorite things. | by Ben Clemens [Clock, Stock, and Two Smoking Seconds]( Time's predation upon humanity grows slightly more urgent. | by Michael Baumann [40-Man Roster Deadline Reaction and Analysis: American League]( Breaking down which American League prospects got roster spots and which were left unprotected ahead of next month's Rule 5 Draft. | by Eric Longenhagen [2024 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Bill White]( After starring as a first baseman, White broke new ground as a broadcaster and league executive. | by Jay Jaffe [Bunts Didn't Take the Diamondbacks Higher]( One last final last look at all of Arizona's bunting hijinks. | by Ben Clemens 🎧 [Effectively Wild Episode 2086: Eyewash, Greenwash, Sportswash, Tell ’im Wash]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [Owners' vote shows the Oakland A's move is about money, not fans]( by Tim Keown, ESPN [Whole new ballgame: MLB’s new rules changed everything]( by Jayson Stark, The Athletic ($) [There have been 187 MVPs -- we ranked them all]( by Will Leitch, MLB [10 Sleepers In College Baseball’s 2024 Recruiting Class With Impact Potential]( via Baseball America ($) [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2023 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](