Are you a fan of the Chicago Cubs or Boston Red Sox? If so, you're in luck. Or at least you'll have high hopes for the 2016 MLB season. Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies fans? Not so much.
FanGraphs released its projections for the upcoming season earlier this week, including team records and stats for every player. According to their calculations, the Cubs and Red Sox will sit atop the MLB in 2016 while the Braves and Phillies will remain at the bottom.
Check out the projections below to see how your team may end up next year:
2016 FanGraphs Team Projections (* = projected division winner, # = WC)
Chicago Cubs - 95-67 (2015 record: 97-65)*
Boston Red Sox - 92-70 (2015 record: 78-84)*
Los Angeles Dodgers - 90-72 (2015 record: 92-70)*
Washington Nationals - 88-74 (2015 record: 83-79)*
New York Yankees - 86-76 (2015 record: 87-75)#
Houston Astros - 86-76 (2015 record: 86-76)*
San Francisco Giants - 86-76 (2015 record: 84-78)#
Cleveland Indians - 85-77 (2015 record: 81-80)*
St. Louis Cardinals - 84-78 (2015 record: 100-62)#
Seattle Mariners - 84-78 (2015 record: 76-86)#
Toronto Blue Jays - 84-78 (2015 record: 93-69)
New York Mets - 84-78 (2015 record: 90-72)
Pittsburgh Pirates - 83-79 (2015 record: 98-64)
Texas Rangers - 83-79 (2015 record: 88-74)
Tampa Bay Rays - 82-80 (2015 record: 80-82)
Miami Marlins - 81-81 (2015 record: 71-91)
Los Angeles Angels - 81-81 (2015 record: 85-77)
Chicago White Sox - 81-81 (2015 record: 76-86)
Oakland Athletics - 79-83 (205 record: 68-94)
Detroit Tigers - 79-83 (2015 record: 74-87)
Arizona Diamondbacks - 79-83 (2015 record: 79-83)
Kansas City Royals - 79-83 (2015 record: 95-67)
Minnesota Twins - 78-84 (2015 record: 83-79)
Baltimore Orioles - 76-86 (2015 record: 81-81)
Colorado Rockies - 75-87 (2015 record: 68-94)
San Diego Padres - 73-89 (2015 record: 74-88)
Cincinnati Reds - 73-89 (2015 record: 64-98)
Milwaukee Brewers - 71-91 (2015 record: 68-94)
Atlanta Braves - 67-95 (2015 record: 67-95)
Philadelphia Phillies - 66-96 (2015 record: 63-99)
Now, before everyone starts freaking out (looking at you, Royals fans), just remember, these are projections and nothing more. Don't go badmouthing FanGraphs all over the Internet because your team isn't placed on this list where you thought they would be. FanGraphs does a solid job and their writers are good. So maybe there's a chance your team actually is as bad as their prognosticators forecast (think about it).
Then again, who thought the Mets would reach the World Series? Or that the Astros would make the playoffs? Or that the Blue Jays would snap a 22-year postseason drought? Or that the lowly Cubs would take down the MLB's top two teams in the playoffs? Or that the Royals would win their first title in 30 years?
People, we live in an unpredictable blueberry. The stats are there for reference, but they are not definitive.
