CHONE is another projection system, and right now only the 2010 hitter projections are released. The CHONE projections are a good deal more pessimistic for the Astros than Bill James' projections. In fact, for Astros' fans they are downright depressing: a below .900 OPS for Berkman; a plunge in Bourn's offensive stats (.700 OPS); Kaz Matsui falling further, etc. Tejada isn't shown...I assume because he is a free agent. Keppinger, Lee, J.R. Towles and Pence have reasonably decent projections. These projections show the ML projections for a good number of minor leaguers, and that isn't very pretty either. Some guys expected to contribute this year: Chris Johnson with a .288 OBP and mid-.600's OPS, Maysonet with a similar projection to Johnson, Manzella with a low .600's OPS, Jason Castros with a mid-.600's OPS and a .248 batting average. Drew Locke is the only minor leaguer with a projection over .700 (barely), and his numbers are on the edge of being bench-worthy. I don't agree with some of these projections...but here they are.