Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams entered 2014 with some lofty expectations. In a part-time role in 2013, Adams displayed all the skills that pointed to him being a potentially elite option at first base. He hit for average, added plenty of power and walked at an acceptable rate. First base was a deep position, though, leading to the RotoGraphs experts ranking Adams 17th coming into the season. That proved to be perfect. Adams actually finished 17th among first baseman in the End of Season Rankings. There were plenty of reasons to be concerned about Adams entering 2014, so let’s take a look at what went wrong.

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Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis was supposed to tell us a lot this season. After a power-filled 2013, fans and analysts seemed to take two different paths when discussing the 26-year-old rookie. The fans thought he was ready to breakout, while the analysts saw plenty of signs that pointed to regression. Who was right in 2014? After looking at his stats, it’s fair to say no one. Gattis put up mostly identical numbers during his sophomore season. He posted an identical walk rate, a slightly elevated strikeout rate and hit one more home run in 2014. While the overall offensive performance was better based on his batting line and wOBA, you couldn’t call it a breakout. That wasn’t necessarily the case at midseason, when Gattis was looking like an elite offensive catcher.

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Allow me to begin my 10 Bold Predictions Revisited with a bold statement. RotoGraphs bossman Eno Sarris must love embarrassing his employees*. The concept of the 10 Bold Predictions articles are great, as they allow us to talk about players we are more passionate about heading into the year, and give us an opportunity to go deeper than the standard league articles might allow.

The downside, of course, is that we have to revisit these predictions after the season. Making bold predictions is one thing, looking back on how terrible you are is another. And so, with another year behind us, let’s look at how misguided my thoughts were coming into the year.

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Welcome to the final scheduled day of the regular season. Best of luck to all teams fighting for the division title or at least a wild card berth. It should be a grand day for baseball.

On today’s agenda:
1. Rusney Castillo is flashing his tools
2. Thoughts on Daniel Nava
3. The daily five

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Agenda

1. Rage
2. Daily DFS
3. Huh?
4. Table

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Agenda

1. A Second Opinion
2. Daily DFS
3. Sunday Picks
4. Table

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Agenda

1. T-Minus Three Days
2. Daily DFS
3. Saturday Picks
4. Table

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On September 30th, the film “Serenity” will celebrate its 9th anniversary. The continuation of the TV series “Firefly,” Serenity is another Joss Whedon creation and both are well worth watching.

On today’s agenda:
1. A big day from Yasmani Grandal
2. Jason Hammel’s solid start and season
3. The daily five

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Agenda

1. Ye Olde Innings Exploit
2. Daily DFS
3. Friday Picks
4. Table

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Today is my last day shepherding the Roto Riteup through the 2014 season. While it’s fresh on your mind, please provide some feedback in the comments if you have ideas for what we could do better in 2015.

On today’s agenda:
1. Pitching Changes
2. Fun with arbitrary endpoints
3. The Final Fourteen Five

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