Berry Busters – The Untalented Mr. Roto

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?id=3309092

Matthew Berry claimed 75% of his bold predictions for 2008 would come true…
 
…Unfortunately for him, he was correct on just 14.8%
 
*9 right
 
*52 wrong
 
Most notably “off” predictions:
 
Troy Glaus ends the season with more home runs and RBIs than Albert Pujols
 
Nick Swisher hits 35 home runs and gets more than 120 RBIs
 
Erik Bedard finishes the season as the #1 overall fantasy pitcher
 
Justin Verlander finishes as the second best fantasy pitcher in the American League
 
Chad Billingsley finishes the year with an ERA over 4.00 and is considered one of the fantasy busts of the season
 
Manny Ramirez hits fewer than 30
 
Joe Borowski keeps his closer gig all season long and saves 40-plus games again
 
Richie Sexson bounces back
 
Dan Haren finishes the year with an ERA worse than 4.00
 
Chris Denorfia goes 20 and 10
 
WTF…..???…
 
Miguel Tejada hits 30 home runs and has a resurgence in Houston
 
Ryan Garko hits .300 and 30 home runs
 
Mark Prior wins double digit games this year and strikes out more than 150
 
Pedro Feliz hits 30 home runs
 
Shawn Hill pitches more than 150 innings with a sub 3.30 ERA and wins double-digit games
 
Yorvit Torrealba hits 15 home runs
 
Conclusion: Maybe Mr. Berry should be replaced with Mr. NuttySicilian? Or perhaps a blind, Malaysian autistic dog (just kidding, too harsh!).

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