Crystal Ball: George Springer, OF, Houston Astros

By reader request, here is a Crystal Ball for George Springer of the Houston Astros.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out." The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one?

	George Springer
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	SB	HBP	Age
2014	Astros	78	295	45	68	8	1	20	51	39	114	0.231	0.338	0.468	5	9	24
2015	Astros	102	388	59	107	19	2	16	41	50	109	0.276	0.37	0.459	15	8	25
2016	Astros	162	644	116	168	29	5	29	82	88	178	0.261	0.359	0.457	9	11	26
2017	Astros	152	600	98	148	27	6	24	87	79	169	0.247	0.341	0.432	15	7	27
2018	Astros	162	621	125	159	30	7	35	108	100	159	0.256	0.368	0.496	22	10	28
2019	Astros	126	431	84	116	21	3	33	92	66	125	0.269	0.376	0.561	14	8	29
2020	Astros	93	275	49	85	14	2	14	52	48	75	0.309	0.424	0.527	9	7	30
2021	Cardinals	158	597	102	156	34	7	22	99	90	171	0.261	0.369	0.452	6	12	31
2022	Cardinals	158	603	97	168	27	4	29	102	87	156	0.279	0.376	0.481	10	7	32
2023	Cardinals	156	621	110	189	33	4	30	99	77	145	0.304	0.389	0.515	5	9	33
2024	Cardinals	104	397	60	103	20	1	15	49	49	99	0.259	0.347	0.428	2	4	34
2025	Cardinals	153	603	72	133	25	3	24	83	79	139	0.221	0.315	0.391	4	4	35
2026	Red Sox	137	421	63	115	18	2	20	76	61	109	0.273	0.372	0.468	3	5	36
2027	Braves	142	467	63	115	17	1	17	68	59	120	0.246	0.337	0.396	2	5	37
2028	Braves	71	222	29	52	11	2	6	34	29	70	0.234	0.333	0.383	2	4	38

		1954	7185	1172	1882	333	50	334	1123	1001	1938	0.262	0.361	0.462	123	110

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