What the hell is going on with the Orioles projection here?

[David]

http://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings#AL-E

 

And why do they project to a slightly worse record than the Cubs with a slightly better run differential?

[Cubswin11]

I see them with a 78-84 record and -31 run differential projection.....

[weis21]

I don't understand

[SouthSideRyan]

I figured the Giants projected offense would've done David in.

[David]

I swear to you that when I pulled it up and posted that, it had the Orioles as second in baseball, with a 92-70 projection and a run differential 1 run better than the Cubs. I even refreshed and it stayed the same.

 

Oh, well, whatever.

[davell]

They ARE the only team in the AL picked to finish more than 9 games behind the division winner. What a crapshoot going on there.

[weis21]

They ARE the only team in the AL picked to finish more than 9 games behind the division winner. What a crapshoot going on there.

yep, no AL team projected to go worse than 6 games under .500. it's like the entire league is sort of up in the air. may be a fun trade deadline (well, i suppose they all are).

[weis21]

it also projects only four AL teams to have a losing record

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Sammy Sofa]

I swear to you that when I pulled it up and posted that, it had the Orioles as second in baseball, with a 92-70 projection and a run differential 1 run better than the Cubs. I even refreshed and it stayed the same.

 

Oh, well, whatever.

 

[sneakypower]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/27715544/images/1381650782313.jpg

[toonsterwu]

They ARE the only team in the AL picked to finish more than 9 games behind the division winner. What a crapshoot going on there.

yep, no AL team projected to go worse than 6 games under .500. it's like the entire league is sort of up in the air. may be a fun trade deadline (well, i suppose they all are).

 

I suspect that if so many teams are bunched together, the trade deadline may be quite boring, as too few teams are going to be willing to sell.

 

That said, while I think the Orioles went the wrong way this offseason strategically, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were competitive and hung around (don't get me wrong, I wouldn't bet on them being .500 as of now). That back end of the pen (Brach/Givens/O'Day/Britton) is one of the best in baseball.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Fangraphs' projections do that about twice a month all offseason. There will be a data entry error and one team's projection will go crazy, then they fix it a few hours later.

[SouthSideRyan]

I figured the Giants projected offense would've done David in.

 

Well, I thought it was clever.

[Bull]

I figured the Giants projected offense would've done David in.

 

Well, I thought it was clever.

 

I don't get it.

[SouthSideRyan]

I figured the Giants projected offense would've done David in.

 

Well, I thought it was clever.

 

I don't get it.

 

4.04 R/G

[Banedon]

 

Well, I thought it was clever.

 

I don't get it.

 

4.04 R/G

 

http://gfycat.com/HighAcademicFruitfly

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[Bull]

 

Well, I thought it was clever.

 

I don't get it.

 

4.04 R/G

Aha. Shows 4.05 for me.

[SouthSideRyan]

 

I don't get it.

 

4.04 R/G

Aha. Shows 4.05 for me.

 

Dammit, it's changed now, ruining clearly the greatest joke of all time.