A long time ago in a country far, far away....
Strangely enough, I never did revise these after we picked up Carlos Gomez. At any rate, I thought it'd be interesting to take a quick look to see how optimistic-slash-pessimistic I was back in January.
After the jump, we get to it...
Catchers
| Player | Games | AB | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | SB |
| Joe Mauer | 146 | 536 | 176 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 84 | 50 | .328 | .413 | .451 | 1 |
| Projected | 139 | 518 | 172 | 34 | 3 | 14 | 74 | 56 | .332 | .416 | .490 | 9 |
| Mike Redmond | 38 | 129 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .287 | .321 | .333 | 0 |
| Projected | 45 | 153 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .288 | .323 | .359 | 0 |
Mauer: Clearly I was optimistic with homer totals and stolen bases, but to be fair I wasn't optimistic enough about walks and strikeouts. That's just incredible.
Redmond: Projected within 28 OPS points, and I'm calling that batting average a push.
Also: I had predicted a line for Jose Morales as well, but we all know that didn't happen.
Infielders
| Player | Games | AB | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | SB |
| Brian Buscher | 70 | 218 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 42 | .294 | .340 | .390 | 0 |
| Projected | 31 | 87 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | .253 | .330 | .402 | 1 |
| Alexi Casilla | 98 | 385 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 45 | .281 | .333 | .374 | 7 |
| Projected | 64 | 205 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 30 | .259 | .318 | .317 | 13 |
| Adam Everett | 48 | 127 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | .213 | .278 | .323 | 0 |
| Projected | 150 | 495 | 121 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 68 | .244 | .286 | .345 | 10 |
| Brendan Harris | 130 | 434 | 115 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 98 | .265 | .327 | .394 | 1 |
| Projected | 102 | 332 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 63 | .271 | .318 | .398 | 4 |
| Mike Lamb | 81 | 236 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 32 | .233 | .276 | .322 | 0 |
| Projected | 134 | 448 | 124 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 42 | 57 | .277 | .339 | .429 | 1 |
| Justin Morneau | 163 | 623 | 187 | 47 | 4 | 23 | 76 | 85 | .300 | .374 | .499 | 0 |
| Projected | 156 | 585 | 162 | 35 | 2 | 36 | 68 | 90 | .277 | .352 | .511 | 1 |
| Nick Punto | 99 | 338 | 96 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 57 | .284 | .344 | .382 | 15 |
| Projected | 72 | 152 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 29 | .243 | .315 | .296 | 8 |
Buscher: He just hit a lot more singles than I thought he would.
Casilla: Wow, he really tailed off at the end of the year. Here's something interesting--after coming back off the disabled list in August, he hit just .225/.304/.289 in 142 at-bats, with 20 strikeouts and 15 walks. Was there something truly different about him after the set-back, or was it just the weight of a longer season settling in?
Everett: Did anyone see this miserable year coming, injuries and all? Oh well, I still lose this one.
Harris: He got more playing time than I thought he would, but he's still projected within 5 OPS points. I'm happy with that.
Lamb: Two former Astros...two cursed former Astros.
Morneau: A great year all around; not quite the homer totals, but he made up for it with all those doubles, as well as the increase in walks. Great year.
Punto: I expected something more middling than what he did, but I'm not complaining. He had a decent year.
Also: Follow the link at the start of this post, I did projections for Matt Tolbert and Matt Macri as well...but their numbers were pretty small on that list.
Outfielders
| Player | Games | AB | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | SB |
| Michael Cuddyer | 71 | 249 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 40 | .249 | .330 | .369 | 5 |
| Projected | 153 | 581 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 26 | 73 | 127 | .279 | .359 | .491 | 5 |
| Jason Kubel | 141 | 463 | 126 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 47 | 91 | .272 | .335 | .471 | 0 |
| Projected | 138 | 483 | 135 | 37 | 2 | 19 | 52 | 86 | .280 | .350 | .478 | 6 |
| Craig Monroe | 58 | 163 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 48 | .202 | .274 | .405 | 0 |
| Projected | 92 | 248 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 55 | .262 | .302 | .452 | 0 |
| Denard Span | 93 | 347 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 60 | .294 | .387 | .432 | 18 |
| Projected | 24 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .235 | .291 | .294 | 4 |
| Delmon Young | 152 | 575 | 167 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 105 | .290 | .336 | .405 | 14 |
| Projected | 153 | 582 | 171 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 35 | 118 | .294 | .332 | .473 | 13 |
Cuddyer: Even if he'd been healthy, this was one of my more optimistic predictions. Next year's will be tempered quite a bit.
Kubel: He had pretty much the same year he had last year; in 2007 he hit .273/.335/.450. The total bases went up, as did walk and strikeout rates. A good year for him, though.
Monroe: My all-or-nothing prediction was accurate, but the "all" didn't come often enough...either that, or the Twins weren't as patient with him as I expected them to be. Ciao, dude.
Span: I didn't see this coming. I just didn't. He should be the leadoff hitter going forward until he loses the job.
Young: Everything was pretty right on target here...except he hit half the bombs I was looking for, and the doubles weren't quite up to scratch, either. I hope he's around next year, because I'd like to see him grow.
Also: Garrett Jones, Jason Pridie and Darnell McDonald have projections too, but aren't worth more than a brief mention.