The Hardball Times will be updating Marcel forecasts on a weekly basis throughout the season. Now, when someone asks what we can expect from a player going forward, we have a pretty good answer. As usual, Marcel’s main weaknesses are with players without much playing time, players who switch leagues and/or ballpark, and predicting playing time.

Here are the Rays’ Marcels as of July 30:

Last    	OPS
Pena 	 	.870
Longoria 	.860
Upton 	 	.819
Gomes  		.787
Crawford 	.786
Hinske  	.786
Floyd 	 	.769
Aybar 	 	.764
Gross 	 	.761
Ruggiano 	.761
Iwamura 	.739
Johnson 	.733
Navarro 	.732
Riggans 	.715
Haynes  	.703
DiFelice 	.688
Bartlett 	.687
Zobrist 	.662

(The difference between “Rest Of Season” and “True Talent” projections is just that the True Talent projections pro-rate every player’s line to 650 plate appearances. The AVG/OBP/SLG line is exactly the same.)

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