Revisiting MLB Preseason Bold Predictions
Adam Dunn hits 45 HRs but has no more than 90 RBIs – Wrong 38 HR 105 RBI
The New York Yankees finish 3rd in the division and barely beat out the Orioles for it – Horribly Wrong
The Twins and Royals finish 1st and 2nd in the AL Central – 1/2 right
The Cubs finish 2nd in the NL Central even after a midseason trade for Jake Peavy 1/2 Â right
Josh Hamilton will have a better year than last year – horribly wrong but he was injured
Zach Greinke finishes second in Cy Young voting (or wins it) – He should win it
Rick Ankiel hits 30 HR with 100 RBI – Is he still in the majors?
The Phillies miss the playoffs – Wrong
Carlos Zambrano finishes with an ERA of at least 4.00 – Wrong 3.77
Billy Butler hits .300 – Right .301
Wandy Rodriguez wins at least 12 games – Right 14 wins
Jay Bruce plays less than 140 games in the majors – 1/2 right, I meant he’d get sent down to the minors
Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter make 60 starts between them – Right, 62 starts
Yovani Gallardo is a top 10 fantasy pitcher – Wrong 27th
Hanley Ramirez hits below .285 and moves to 3B – Horribly wrong
The Atlanta Braves trade for Nate McLouth – Right
Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez both finish as top 15 fantasy pitchers – 1/2 right, if Bedard could stay healthy he was on his way
Matt Holliday steals 35 bases – Wrong only 14
Brian Fuentes blows one save or less – wrong 7 blown saves
Miguel Cabrera goes .310/40/125 – Wrong .324/34/103 if he would’ve cut back on the alcohol I’d have had a chance
Grady Sizemore finish .290/35/100 and with 40 stolen bases – wrong, injured the whole season
Scott Baker finishes as a higher rated fantasy pitcher than Francisco Liriano – My prediction was more saying Scott Bake would be an ace, which was somewhat true but Liriano was god awful
Roy Halladay wins 30% of his teams games – wrong
Nick Markakis goes .310/25/105 – wrong
Daisuke Matsuzaka finsihs with an ERA above 4.00 – right 5.71, although he was injured most of the year
John Smoltz plays a vital role in the Red Sox making the playoffs down the stretch – wrong
A.J. Burnett makes fewer than 20 starts – wrong, but really only because they had no other options
Alfonso Soriano plays in less than 120 games – correct
Ryan Braun hits 42 HRs – wrong
Jair Jurrjens wins 17 games – wrong but he was light out this year
Brad Lidge finishes with less than 33 saves – correct 31 saves
Francisco Rodriguez gets replaced as the Mets closer – wrong
The Atlanta Braves beat the Twins in the World Series – wrong
So I went 11/33 which is better than what I thought I would have done. I was expecting closer to 25%.
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