Baseball Prospectus 2019

by Baseball Prospectus

The 2019 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide.

PLAY BALL! The 24th edition of this industry-leading baseball annual contains all of the important statistics, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers have come to expect, along with significant improvements to several statistics that were created by, and are exclusive to, Baseball Prospectus, and an expanded focus on international players and teams.

Baseball Prospectus 2019 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which The New York Times called "the �berforecast of every player's performance." With more than 50 Baseball Prospectus alumni currently working for major-league baseball teams, nearly every organization has sought the advice of current or former BP analysts, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2019 will understand why!

Genres: Sports, Baseball, Nonfiction

593 pages, Paperback

Published February 12, 2019

About the author

Baseball Prospectus is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well as player and team performance projections on the site.

Since 1996 the BP staff has also published a Baseball Prospectus annual as well as several other books devoted to baseball analysis and history.

Reviews

[Chaim Wachtel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another year another great book

Having read BP for over 15 years, the annual keeps getting better and better... The authors may change, but the quality remains the same

[Craig Werner · Rating 2 out of 5]

The two stars is a protest against the continuing shift in the Prospectus essays from what happens on the field--the players, y'know?--to front office analytics (which aren't irrelevant but aren't the damn *point*) and existential noodling about how hard it is to be a Red Sox fan and listen to sports talk radio in Boston. I'd rather read someone who's interested in whether Rodriguez is going to finally get his act together or (fill in roughly 1000 different performance oriented questions).

There were a handful of good team essays--Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa. And a couple I wish hadn't been published before the free agent signings--I'm a Rockies fan and our whole cosmos was redfined by Arenado's signing, which the team essay didn't see coming.

I'll keep buying and reading the Prospectus each year, and I appreciate the player comments, but damn I'm sick of the prima donna writing as audition for front office sensibility.

[David C Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

You don’t really read this right through but keep it handy to dip in and out of. Informative as always although my interest in advanced analytics is waning under the onslaught of so much statistical measurements. Is the game any better for knowing all this? In this edition I think some of the essayists (Cubs, Nationals) try too hard and others (Yankees) don’t have much insight. I did think it was amusing that the Red Sox essay, written by a columnist at the Globe, criticized the media. And the one on the Astros bemoans that the team is too good, too bulletproof: it was more fun when they were coming up. Can’t win for winning!

[Nick Pearson · Rating 4 out of 5]

After two straight down years, the Annual makes a triumphant return to the big stage! Of the 30 team essays there was only one or two that were poor, a marked improvement over both {17 and ‘18. The player comments, while not exactly vintage Christina Kahrl, were generally fun and informative. 5 stars is out of reach for the annual due to the atrocious composition of the Kindle edition which has numerous format errors, randomly inserted spaces and punctuation, and misplaced charts and sections.

[North Landesman · Rating 5 out of 5]

An annual treat. Gleeman doing an excellent job editing.

[Matt Suder · Rating 4 out of 5]

annual classic