Projecting the 2009 Cubs: Kosuke Fukudome

2009 PROJECTIONS Rich Harden | Carlos Zambrano | Ryan Dempster | Ted Lilly | Sean Marshall | Kevin Gregg | Aaron Heilman | Chad Gaudin | Carlos Marmol | Angel Guzman | Neal Cotts | Luis Vizcaino | Kevin Hart | Jeff Samardzija | Geovany Soto | Derrek Lee | Mike Fontenot | Aramis Ramirez | Micah Hoffpauir | Aaron Miles | Reed Johnson | Joey Gathright | Paul Bako | Koyie Hill | Ryan Theriot | Alfonso Soriano | Kosuke Fukudome KOSUKE FUKUDOME STATS Fan Graphs | The Hardball Times | ESPN | Baseball Reference | Cubs.com | Baseball Prospectus I have nothing to add about Fukudome. Fukudome PA HR BB K AVG OBP SLG CAIRO 506 13 68 44 0.284 0.381 0.454 MARCELS 495 10 60 87 0.258 0.349 0.389 ZIPS 493 9 59 89 0.27 0.357 0.4 JAMES 539 13 62 104 0.274 0.363 0.439 CHONE 533 13 68 105 0.274 0.368 0.429 PECOTA 465 10 64 76 0.286 0.386 0.439 CBS 506 9 70 88 0.258 0.363 0.385 THT 540 10 68 96 0.263 0.358 0.392 AVERAGE 511 11 65 87 0.271 0.365 0.416 Per 700 PAs Pos PA OBP SLG wOBA Hit BR Pos Fld Rep WAR FA $ WAR Fukudome CF 469 .365 .416 1.01 0.00 0.25 0.30 2.00 3.56 $11.9 2.4 That's better than I thought it would be. 2 WAR is league average for what it's worth and over 700 PA he's worth 2.47 so he's a bit better than average. +/- $WAR: $134.35 million Running total for team projected wins (updated as I do each profile) Replacement level team: 48.6 wins Kevin Gregg: 1.08 WAR Rich Harden: 5.75 WAR Carlos Zambrano: 3.65 WAR Ryan Dempster: 3.42 WAR Ted Lilly: 2.92 WAR Sean Marshall: 1.84 WAR Aaron Heilman: 0.61 WAR Chad Gaudin: 0.52 WAR Carlos Marmol: 1.41 WAR Angel Guzman: 0.11 WAR Neal Cotts: 0.31 WAR Luis Vizcaino: 0.42 WAR Kevin Hart: -0.06 WAR Jeff Samardzija: -0.13 WAR Geovany Soto: 5.3 WAR Derrek Lee: 3.4 WAR Mike Fontenot: 4.0 WAR Aramis Ramirez: 5.1 WAR Micah Hoffpauir: 0.7 WAR Aaron Miles: 0.3 WAR Reed Johnson: 0.8 WAR Joey Gathright: 0.4 WAR Paul Bako: 0.0 WAR Koyie Hill: 0.2 WAR Ryan Theriot: 2.1 WAR Alfonso Soriano: 4.4 WAR Kosuke Fukudome: 2.4 WAR TOTAL: 99.3 wins