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Red Sox	27	18	1.5
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Ian Desmond

Birthdate: 9/20/1985 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-2/205 Position: SS
Contract: $3.8M / 1 Years (2013)

5/19/2013: Desmond is out of the Nationals' lineup Sunday in San Diego.

3/28/2013 - Blake Murphy's 10 Bold Fantasy Predictions by Blake Murphy (RotoGraphs)

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Standard Projections

Season	Type	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SB	CS	AVG
2013	RotoChamp		565	603	152	95	33	3	21	69	78	34	1	124	4		21	7	.269
2013	Steamer	140	543	590	147	96	31	3	17	70	68	36	2	118	4	4	15	7	.270
2013	Bill James	149	559	595	156	102	33	3	18	73	68	36	1	114			22	8	.279
2013	Oliver		519	568	141	94	27	3	17	72	68	37	2	115	4	4	18	6	.272
2013	ZiPS	151	565	611	152	100	30	4	18	71	70	33	2	126	4	3	22	7	.269
2013	All Fans (44)	148	592	635	163	108	31	4	20	71	84	34	2	132	4	5	24	6	.275
2013	Other Fans (39)	148	595	635	163	108	31	4	20	70	82	31	2	130	4	5	25	6	.274
2013	Team Fans (5)	148	574	635	164	106	30	4	24	83	101	52	3	149	4	5	21	5	.286

Advanced Projections

Season	Type	BB%	K%	BB/K	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	Spd	BABIP	wSB	wRC	wRAA	wOBA
2013	RotoChamp	5.6 %	20.6 %	0.27	.315	.450	.765	.181	5.3	.312	0.8	76.4	7.6	.331
2013	Steamer	6.0 %	20.0 %	0.30	.317	.429	.746	.159	4.9	.315	-0.5	71.0	3.7	.323
2013	Bill James	6.1 %	19.2 %	0.32	.326	.445	.771	.166	5.4	.323	0.6	76.3	8.4	.333
2013	Oliver	6.5 %	20.2 %	0.32	.323	.434	.756	.162	5.4	.317	0.6	70.3	5.5	.327
2013	ZiPS	5.4 %	20.6 %	0.26	.312	.432	.744	.163	5.7	.316	1.0	72.8	3.1	.321
2013	All Fans (44)	5.4 %	20.8 %	0.26	.317	.443	.759	.167	5.7	.321	1.8	77.9	6.0	.327
2013	Other Fans (39)	4.9 %	20.5 %	0.24	.312	.440	.752	.166	5.8	.318	2.0	76.2	4.4	.324
2013	Team Fans (5)	8.2 %	23.5 %	0.35	.346	.477	.824	.192	5.6	.345	1.5	91.7	19.8	.354

Value Projections

Season	Type	Batting	Fielding	Base Running	Replacement	Positional	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2013	Steamer	0.9	0.7	0.6	17.4	6.5	27.8	2.9	$14.5
2013	Oliver	5.5	0.5	0.6	18.9	6.3	31.8	3.3	$15.0
2013	All Fans (44)	6.0	1.0	1.8	21.2	6.9	36.8	3.9	$17.5
2013	Other Fans (39)	4.4	0.0	2.0	21.2	6.9	34.4	3.6	$16.4
2013	Team Fans (5)	19.8	4.0	1.5	21.2	6.8	53.3	5.6	$25.4

Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013 4:20 AM ET

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