[USML Announce] Picks and Pans

[Jeffrey Winick]

Mr. B has always threatened to go back and look at the prior year's Picks and Pans and offer an assessment about how "expert" the so-called expert really is.


Well, curiosity got the best of me and I've finally done it.  Bottom line - I'm far better at assessing pitching than hitting.  There were some real clunkers last year:  (Crawford, Dunn, Granderson and Jeter) and (Darvish, Pineda and Santos), but there were lots of excellent ones as well:  (Braun, Butler, Cabrera, Doumit) and (Dickey, Sale, Scherzer and Zimmerman).


Of my 22 hitting Picks/Pan, I got 13 right (59%).  Of my 19 pitching Picks/Pan, I got 14 right (74%).


Here's the full list:


Bobby Abreu –PAN – CORRECT


Elvis Andrus– PICK - INCORRECT
Erick Aybar –PICK – INCORRECT
Brandon Belt– PAN – CORRECT
Ryan Braun –PICK – CORRECT
Jay Bruce –PICK - CORRECT
Billy Butler– PICK – CORRECT
MiguelCabrera – PICK – CORRECT
RobinsonCano – PICK – CORRECT
Carl Crawford – PICK – INCORRECT
Ryan Doumit –PICK – CORRECT
Adam Dunn – PAN – INCORRECT
JacobyEllsbury – PAN – CORRECT
David Freese– PAN – INCORRECT
Curtis Granderson – PAN – INCORRECT
Eric Hosmer –PICK – INCORRECT
Derek Jeter – PAN – INCORRECT
JesusMontero – PICK – INCORRECT
JustinMorneau – PICK – CORRECT
Martin Prado– PICK – CORRECT
Jayson Werth– PAN – CORRECT
Matt Wieters– PICK – CORRECT
 
Heath Bell –PAN – CORRECT
Yu Darvish – PAN – INCORRECT
RA Dickey –PICK – CORRECT
Cole Hamels –PICK – CORRECT
Tommy Hanson– PAN – CORRECT
KenleyJansen – PICK – CORRECT
UbaldoJimenez – PAN – CORRECT
Mat Latos –PICK – CORRECT
Matt Moore –PICK - CORRECT
Bud Norris –PICK – INCORRECT
Michael Pineda – PICK – INCORRECT
David Robertson – PICK – INCORRECT
Chris Sale –PICK – CORRECT
Sergio Santos – PICK – INCORRECT
Max Scherzer– PICK – CORRECT
HustonStreet – PICK – CORRECT
JustinVerlander – PICK – CORRECT
JordanWalden – PAN – CORRECT
JordanZimmerman – PICK - CORRECT


Jeff
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