The Nick Markakis Projection Thread

[Frobby]

Nick is coming off the worst year of his career by far. Is he done, or was that an anomoly?

[weams]

Nick is coming off the worst year of his career by far. Is he done, or was that an anomoly?

He looks thick. It is his contract year as well.

[Rene88]

Anyone know if he bulked up at all in the offseason? Reports from ST?

Being a lumberjack in the winter should help your upper body:)

[Babypowder]

I don't think he will be as bad as last year, but I definitely think we can forget about the .800 plus bat he used to be. I have him in the low to mid-.700s.

[Moose Milligan]

Contract year. .825+

[oriole]

I'll go with an even .800 please.

I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and say all those flukey injuries were holding him back. He had a healthy off-season. If he does OPS .800 then he could even be a candidate for Come Back Player of the Year. That'd be nice.

[wildcard]

750 ops. 350 obp.

[srock]

I really think Nick's injuries over the last 2 years derailed him. I project him to have a nice bounce back. Maybe not the HR, but I expect OBP and doubles.

Basically similar to Brian Roberts back in the day.

[Can_of_corn]

I think he realized he couldn't coast off of natural ability any longer and got to work this offseason.

[BradyBunch]

Going with .719 or lower. If I am wrong on, it's on the upside. But I just don't think Markakis has the ability to slug .400 or higher and I think he's a bit lost at the plate.

[33rdst]

A return to his career average seems likely to me. He's healthy again this year. He's relatively young having just turned thirty. He appears to be highly motivated given how fit he appears in the videos. An .800 OPS doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility.

[BradyBunch]

I really think Nick's injuries over the last 2 years derailed him. I project him to have a nice bounce back. Maybe not the HR, but I expect OBP and doubles.

Basically similar to Brian Roberts back in the day.

Last year Nick came into camp healthy, had that one week off due to the neck. But the talk was he was finally healthy again. The sky was blue and the sun was shining. Then he left big turd on the field, defensively and at the plate. Nick is just getting old and is slower. If he's in the .750 range people should be happy.

[OFFNY]

Being a lumberjack in the winter should help your upper body.

Carlton Fisk will attest to that.

Unfortunately, he also attested to chewing tobacco.

Oo

[video=youtube;wwuzz63sdTw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwuzz63sdTw

[Scrat1]

I'm guessing .780 or around there. Solid, but not the player he used to be.

[El Gordo]

I doubt he's ready to fall off the cliff. I'm hoping for .760 OPS or better and at least a .340 OBP.