In my last post I alluded to Chris Heisey’s impressive production in about half a season’s worth of plate appearances. Thanks to a couple multi-homerun games, Heisey had 18 dingers, this after belting 8 round trippers in 226 PAs as a rookie.
Well, Fangraphs just released a set of player projections from RotoChamp. I don’t really know anything about RotoChamp, except that they are one of the many sources for player projections, and apparently they’re good enough to meet Fangraphs’ standards. Anyhow, the first rule when it comes to player projections is that there are always anomalies. Usually, they come from younger players with limited sample sizes who turned in some sort of unsustainable trend.
Enter Chris Heisey. Just out of curiosity I sorted by homeruns, descending, and sure enough, there’s Chris Heisey smashing 30 homeruns in under 500 plate appearances. This ties him for 15th in all of Major League Baseball, matching some of baseball’s most promising young stars like Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki, Evan Longoria and Justin Upton.
Here’s to hoping.