Hitter projections for the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers

Welcome to the 2019 edition of the RW23 hitter projections for the Milwaukee Brewers. RW23 — creatively named after Rickie Weeks — was created in 2017 with the help of Mike Podhorzer and his book, “Projecting X 2.0: How to Forecast Baseball Player Performance.”

Below you’ll find the RW23 hitter projections for the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers, along with the Steamer and ZiPS projection systems for comparison. In its debut season, RW23’s hitter projections went toe-to-toe with Steamer, while solidly beating ZiPS.

Remember projections are just projections. Don’t take them as fact. But feel free to bash them in the comments section.

C Yasmani Grandal

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	532	.247	.355	.487	.842	.240	.361	28	24.0%	14.1%	.280
Steamer	496	.237	.344	.453	.797	.216	.345	23	25.0%	13.5%	.277
ZiPS	475	.238	.349	.462	.811	.223	.351	23	25.7%	14.3%	.281

1B Jesus Aguilar

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	595	.258	.329	.480	.810	.223	.346	30	27.2%	8.8%	.309
Steamer	578	.242	.317	.454	.771	.212	.330	28	26.4%	9.1%	.286
ZiPS	526	.258	.333	.492	.825	.234	.350	28	25.3%	9.5%	.297

2B Mike Moustakas

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	603	.269	.330	.508	.838	.239	.356	34	16.6%	8.1%	.270
Steamer	575	.261	.321	.489	.809	.228	.342	30	16.5%	7.5%	.264
ZiPS	580	.267	.324	.506	.818	.239	.350	32	16.2%	7.1%	.268

3B Travis Shaw

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	595	.282	.376	.534	.910	.252	.386	34	19.0%	12.9%	.298
Steamer	598	.249	.334	.457	.791	.209	.338	27	21.3%	10.8%	.276
ZiPS	560	.261	.340	.472	.812	.219	.346	26	21.4%	11.1%	.282

SS Orlando Arcia

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	552	.245	.293	.357	.650	.112	.286	11	22.9%	6.2%	.303
Steamer	507	.253	.302	.377	.679	.123	.293	10	19.4%	6.2%	.299
ZiPS	553	.247	.294	.360	.654	.113	.283	10	21.3%	6.0%	.302

OF Ryan Braun

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	460	.270	.331	.493	.824	.222	.351	20	19.8%	8.0%	.300
Steamer	507	.265	.330	.476	.807	.212	.342	23	19.6%	8.4%	.290
ZiPS	440	.269	.332	.470	.802	.201	.340	18	19.5%	8.2%	.300

OF Lorenzo Cain

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	600	.296	.372	.424	.796	.128	.349	12	15.8%	10.3%	.339
Steamer	620	.284	.356	.422	.778	.138	.339	14	16.9%	9.2%	.327
ZiPS	568	.287	.359	.409	.768	.123	.336	11	16.2%	9.3%	.330

OF Christian Yelich

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	662	.310	.390	.544	.934	.234	.397	29	20.5%	11.0%	.360
Steamer	637	.297	.381	.515	.896	.218	.382	26	20.5%	11.2%	.344
ZiPS	673	.298	.379	.522	.901	.224	.384	28	21.1%	10.8%	.349

1B Eric Thames

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	340	.232	.316	.478	.794	.246	.342	19	32.3%	10.0%	.295
Steamer	258	.235	.329	.459	.788	.224	.336	12	30.3%	11.2%	.299
ZiPS	427	.229	.333	.478	.818	.256	.346	23	32.3%	12.2%	.293

OF Ben Gamel

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	322	.272	.346	.416	.762	.144	.332	6	19.7%	9.5%	.330
Steamer	110	.267	.333	.393	.725	.126	.316	2	20.9%	8.5%	.330
ZiPS	530	.267	.331	.413	.744	.146	.322	9	20.4%	8.3%	.326

INF Hernan Perez

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	295	.254	.288	.398	.686	.143	.297	9	21.6%	4.6%	.301
Steamer	216	.253	.290	.294	.685	.141	.295	5	20.0%	4.9%	.294
ZiPS	415	.255	.286	.401	.686	.145	.294	11	20.5%	4.3%	.298

INF Cory Spangenberg

	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	HR	K%	BB%	BABIP
RW23	252	.264	.328	.426	.753	.162	.328	8	27.1%	8.0%	.339
Steamer	75	.245	.306	.383	.688	.138	.300	2	28.4%	7.4%	.328
ZiPS	461	.246	.306	.406	.712	.160	.308	13	30.4%	7.2%	.337