Baseball Prospectus has recently released their PECOTA projections which contains player comparables. Here is the list starting with the hitters:
| NAME | COMPARABLES | ||
| Jeff Francoeur | Ruben Sierra | Xavier Nady | Al Cowens |
| Brayan Pena | Bob Boone | J.R. House | Brian Harper |
| Billy Butler | Sean Casey | Wally Joyner | Brian Giles |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff | Tony Batista | Frank Thomas | Greg Dobbs |
| Mitch Maier | Jeff Salazar | Hideki Matsui | Bob Skinner |
| Greg Golson | Reggie Williams | Devon White | Mookie Wilson |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | Danny Sandoval | Neifi Perez | Alex Cintron |
| Mario Lisson | Travis Fryman | John Hattig | Doug Rader |
| Lorenzo Cain | Russ Snyder | Rocco Baldelli | Angel Pagan |
| Irving Falu | Scott Fletcher | Mark Loretta | Brendan Ryan |
| Chris Getz | Ted Sizemore | Cookie Rojas | Dave Cash |
| Alcides Escobar | Chin-lung Hu | Julio Franco | Erick Aybar |
| Manny Pina | Dave Nilsson | Jonathan Lucroy | Sal Fasano |
| Max Ramirez | Jorge Posada | George Kottaras | Chris Gimenez |
| Derrick Robinson | Luis Melendez | Curtis Goodwin | Vic Harris |
| Jarrod Dyson | Nook Logan | Bob Dernier | Tom Goodwin |
| Alex Gordon | Seth Smith | Jim Ray Hart | Rico Carty |
| Paulo Orlando | Mike Davis | Tommy Gregg | Gene Kingsale |
| Clint Robinson | Justin Morneau | Glenn Davis | Kent Hrbek |
| Anthony Seratelli | John Vander Wal | Jim Leyritz | Wes Parker |
| Salvador Perez | Milt May | Pablo Sandoval | Tim McCarver |
| Mike Moustakas | Eric Chavez | Pablo Sandoval | Andy Carey |
| Eric Hosmer | Jason Thompson | John Olerud | Billy Butler |
| Johnny Giavotella | Jose Lind | Ken Boswell | Daniel Descalso |
| Wil Myers | Jason Heyward | Ed Kirkpatrick | Ron Fairly |
| Christian Colon | Gary Sutherland | Luis Gomez | Tim Foli |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | Robin Yount | Ed Kranepool | Wayne Causey |
| Brett Eibner | Rick Monday | Roger Maris | Jordan Schafer |
Notes:
- Betancout is like Nefi Perez. You don't say.
- Looks like Perez has a future as a bad announcer.
- Eric Hosmer may turn into Billy Butler. He better start eating some BBQ.
Now the pitchers:
| NAME | COMPARABLES | ||
| Joakim Soria | Rafael Soriano | Lee Smith | Bobby Jenks |
| Jonathan Broxton | Mark Wohlers | Michael Gonzalez | Francisco Rodriguez |
| Louis Coleman | Bobby Jenks | Chris Ray | Al Hrabosky |
| Greg Holland | Chris Ray | Ramon Ramirez | Jeff Stevens |
| Tim Collins | Oscar Villarreal | Masanori Murakami | Terry Forster |
| Brandon Sisk | Craig Breslow | Mark Lowe | Jose Mijares |
| Jonathan Sanchez | Rich Hill | Jorge De La Rosa | Rich Harden |
| Jose Mijares | Craig Breslow | Mark Lowe | Mike Stanton |
| Bruce Chen | Mike Cuellar | Whitey Ford | Bruce Hurst |
| Jeff Francis | Odalis Perez | John Smiley | Denny Neagle |
| Danny Duffy | Dennis Bennett | Brian Matusz | Scott Olsen |
| Luke Hochevar | Jeremy Bonderman | Jason Hammel | Kevin Millwood |
| Juan Gutierrez | Pete Vuckovich | Nick Masset | Kevin Correia |
| Aaron Crow | Jonathan Papelbon | Bill Slayback | John Montefusco |
| Blake Wood | Carlos Rosa | Gordie Richardson | Bob Grim |
| Mike Montgomery | Franklin Morales | Curt Simmons | Jaime Garcia |
| Felipe Paulino | Dwight Gooden | Geraldo Guzman | Scott Sanders |
| Henry Barrera | Scott Strickland | Luis Perdomo | Chad Orvella |
| John Lamb | Ryan Feierabend | CC Sabathia | Clayton Kershaw |
| Kelvin Herrera | Mike Fornieles | Don Gullett | David Palmer |
| Chris Dwyer | Edinson Volquez | Antonio Bastardo | Tim Hudson |
| Luis Mendoza | Jake Westbrook | Jaime Navarro | Tommy John |
| Vin Mazzaro | Pedro Astacio | Kevin Mulvey | Mitch Talbot |
| Sean O'Sullivan | Troy Patton | Justin Germano | Anthony Swarzak |
| Jeremy Jeffress | Jason Bere | Floyd Youmans | Dave Boswell |
| Everett Teaford | Jarrod Washburn | Tom Browning | Pete Schourek |
| Kevin Pucetas | Eric Hacker | Mel Stottlemyre | Brian Moehler |
| Will Smith | Sean O'Sullivan | Brandon Lyon | Tommy Hunter |
| Jeff Suppan | Orel Hershiser | Bob Feller | Mark Portugal |
| Tommy Hottovy | Bill Werle | Pablo Torrealba | Rich Folkers |
| Yordano Ventura | Mark Grant | Vern Law | Hayden Penn |
| Nathan Adcock | Omar Olivares | Jon Garland | Jim Beattie |
| Greg Billo | Dave McNally | Catfish Hunter | Dan Petry |
| Jason Adam | Dick Brodowski | Catfish Hunter | Milt Pappas |
| Robinson Yambati | Tug McGraw | Gene Nelson | Red Swanson |
Notes:
- How could The Royals let Suppan go when he could have been like Orel Hershiser or Bob Feller.
- Hoch's comps are pretty sad.
- Sean O'Sullivan is a comparable for Will Smith. Great.
- John Lamb has the best comps by far with Sabathia and Kershaw
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