GM's OFFICE: Evaluating the process, 2016

When he was in charge of the site, one of Ron Shandler's annual season-ending columns was "When good projections go bad," an annual exercise that served as a warts-and-all look at the hits and misses between our pre-season projections and actual results.

In the spirit of Ron's annual exercise, this week we'll sort through this year's outlier performances and place them into the appropriate buckets, and maybe take a few new looks at the just-concluding season as well.

 

First, the performances that exceeded projection by at least $10...

Development beyond the growth trend: These are young players for whom we knew there was skill. Some of them were prized prospects in the past who have taken their time ascending the growth curve. Others...

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