As promised in our last installment, here are the career projections of 13 up-and-coming AL players based on Bill James' Brock2 method. If you're interested, the spreadsheet is available at Baseball1.com.

If not, just sit back, relax, and look at the numbers. And if you want a really good laugh, look at them again in about 20 years.

Career

Player           G     AB     R     H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    BB   AVG
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Damon, Jo     2022   7251  1102  1999  297   90  204   908   677  .276
Encarnacion   2319   8397  1317  2497  402  142  421  1459   565  .297
Erstad, Da    2293   8616  1360  2552  558   40  346  1342   813  .296  
Garciaparra   2758  10933  1713  3255  620  100  652  2058   738  .298
Grieve, Be    2463   8773  1431  2570  578   20  339  1346  1317  .293
Jeter, De     2851  10961  1909  3331  465   92  296  1445  1149  .304
Ordonez, Ma   1549   5435   770  1562  270   14  196   768   345  .287
Ortiz, Da     2220   7078  1243  2043  464    0  282  1078   963  .289
Posada, Jo    1243   3878   528   978  223    0  180   596   511  .252
Rodriguez, A  3316  12841  2273  3923  717   57  866  2578  1050  .305
Sweeney, Mi   1611   4788   556  1243  248    0  173   652   432  .260
Tejada, Mi     607   2117   335   510  108   11   76   281   161  .241
Walker, To    1762   6031   763  1713  388   22  140   734   547  .284

Peak (age 27)

Player           G     AB     R     H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    BB   AVG
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Damon, Jo      152    558   104   167   24    8   19    81    58  .300
Encarnacion    154    579   117   190   31   13   34   116    41  .329
Erstad, Da     153    592   116   192   43    3   29   106    60  .325
Garciaparra    154    643   135   216   42    8   46   143    44  .336
Grieve, Be     154    563   118   182   41    2   27    99    94  .323
Jeter, De      153    617   139   207   28    7   22    96    71  .336
Ordonez, Ma    152    548    92   169   29    2   22    85    37  .309
Ortiz, Da      153    501   111   158   36    0   24    87    76  .317
Posada, Jo     108    348    58    95   23    0   18    58    52  .273
Rodriguez, A   154    623   144   212   38    4   51   148    54  .340
Sweeney, Mi    152    461    64   131   26    0   19    69    45  .283
Tejada, Mi      29    102    21    27    6    0    5    16    10  .266
Walker, To     138    494    80   155   36    2   14    70    49  .314

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