<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>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.
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<div>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).</div>
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<div>Of my 22 hitting Picks/Pan, I got 13 right (59%). Of my 19 pitching Picks/Pan, I got 14 right (74%).</div>
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<div>Here's the full list:</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bobby Abreu –
PAN – CORRECT</span><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Elvis Andrus
– PICK - INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Erick Aybar –
PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Brandon Belt
– PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ryan Braun –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jay Bruce –
PICK - CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Billy Butler
– PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Miguel
Cabrera – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Robinson
Cano – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Carl Crawford – PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ryan Doumit –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Adam Dunn – PAN – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jacoby
Ellsbury – PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">David Freese
– PAN – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Curtis Granderson – PAN – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Eric Hosmer –
PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Derek Jeter – PAN – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jesus
Montero – PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Justin
Morneau – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Martin Prado
– PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jayson Werth
– PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Matt Wieters
– PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Heath Bell –
PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Yu Darvish – PAN – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">RA Dickey –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Cole Hamels –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Tommy Hanson
– PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Kenley
Jansen – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ubaldo
Jimenez – PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Mat Latos –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Matt Moore –
PICK - CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Bud Norris –
PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Michael Pineda – PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">David Robertson – PICK – INCORRECT<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Chris Sale –
PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Sergio Santos – PICK – INCORRECT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Max Scherzer
– PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Huston
Street – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Justin
Verlander – PICK – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jordan
Walden – PAN – CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Jordan
Zimmerman – PICK - CORRECT<o:p></o:p></div>
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