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Originally Posted by Sipimi
Regarding Bellinger, maybe he was a 100+++ like Mike Trout, so even with a bad year, he's not going to go under 100.
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I would venture to guess this is probably correct.
The aging curve is a huge part of projection systems, including ZiPS. Bellinger put up 7.8 WAR at age 24, which is pretty amazing. I'm guessing that bought him sufficient goodwill to withstand a subpar 2020.