Prospectus Hit & Run: The Five Disappointments

Last season, the National League West played host to the majors' most exciting and most surprising playoff race, with the Giants ending the Dodgers' two-year reign of division supremacy, the Padres rebounding from a last-place finish to chase a playoff spot all the way to the final day of the season, and the Rockies threatening to cause a three-team pileup atop the standings well into mid-September. Yet amid those surprises were disappointing seasons from players expected to star for their teams, involving youngsters as well as more seasoned veterans. What follows is a look at the underwhelming campaigns put together by five key NL West hitters, and what the first release of our PECOTA projections says about their chances of bouncing back.

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