Player Projections: All Batters

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I decided to jump ahead and post my player projections for all hitters. The players are projected as if they were relatively healthy all season (no major injuries). Obviously things will happen and players will miss time and players from the minors will make up some of the total at-bats but the overall team projections reflect a pretty close approximation of what I expect the team to post.

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	TB	BA	SLG	OBP	OPS
Joe Mauer	145	545	84	187	34	3	16	91	4	88	75	275	0.343	0.505	0.434	0.939
Ryan Doumit	120	430	51	120	25	0	17	70	1	31	81	196	0.279	0.456	0.328	0.783
Drew Butera	32	95	6	19	5	0	1	6	0	5	23	27	0.200	0.284	0.240	0.524
Chris Herrmann	32	95	8	23	7	1	1	9	1	9	18	35	0.242	0.368	0.308	0.676
Justin Morneau	136	534	85	153	28	1	29	103	2	61	103	270	0.287	0.506	0.360	0.865
Chris Parmelee	105	405	57	107	21	2	17	62	2	41	90	183	0.264	0.452	0.332	0.784
Brian Dozier	134	551	89	154	22	7	10	42	23	47	88	220	0.279	0.399	0.336	0.735
Pedro Florimon	111	404	37	96	13	5	5	29	12	31	97	134	0.238	0.332	0.292	0.624
Trevor Plouffe	132	497	69	133	23	1	25	75	2	42	112	233	0.268	0.469	0.325	0.793
Jamey Carroll	107	367	51	107	19	1	1	34	9	41	53	131	0.292	0.357	0.363	0.720
Eduardo Escobar	75	210	15	45	8	2	1	12	9	13	41	60	0.214	0.286	0.260	0.546
Darin Mastroianni	100	375	60	100	15	4	7	42	25	36	83	144	0.267	0.384	0.331	0.715
Joe Benson	121	463	73	119	18	4	14	51	13	48	111	187	0.257	0.404	0.327	0.731
Aaron Hicks	42	151	22	37	7	2	3	16	5	12	30	57	0.245	0.377	0.301	0.678
Josh Willingham	155	541	81	137	30	1	28	99	3	68	150	253	0.253	0.468	0.337	0.804
Totals		5663	788	1537	275	34	175	741	111	573	1155	2405	0.271	0.425	0.338	0.763

I expect the Twins to score more runs and hit a lot more homeruns this season. I expect Justin Morneau to make another step forward and the M&M Boys to again be a force. I also expect Brian Dozier to emerge as a solid top of the order option. Note also that I project Joe Benson to take the centerfield job and hold it for most of the year. This is my most optimistic projection but I still believe he has the talent to be a major league player. Overall, this looks like a middle of the pack offense but a step up from last year. Next up I will project the pitchers.