It's never too early...

To start looking at some stats and projections for next year. It is a good way of wasting some time during this long holiday week.

2009 ZIPS Team-By-Team Projections

2009 Marcel Projections

2009 Oliver Projections

You can also start to form your own projections and databases by following this great post on setting one up and building your own database.

What might be the best resource for new sabermetricians and their craft, The Baseball Databank

Let us not forget the reasons for sabermetrics, from David Grabiner's Sabermetric Manifesto:

Bill James defined sabermetrics as "the search for objective knowledge about baseball." Thus, sabermetrics attempts to answer objective questions about baseball, such as "which player on the Red Sox contributed the most to the team's offense?" or "How many home runs will Ken Griffey, Jr. hit next year?" It cannot deal with the subjective judgments which are also important to the game, such as "Who is your favorite player?"