SPECULATOR: The 2022 answer key
Sep 21 2022
The answer key. This is the column we all wish we could travel back to March (err... April, this year) and read.
As we put a bow on the Speculator for 2022, it's time to reflect on how things shook out. We have final answers to a number of questions posed here back in February and March. We ran some preseason columns speculating on 2022's long shot stat leaders, first-round players, early landmines, and an all second-half team.
Today, we’ll revisit those "out on a limb" calls—not only to see what went right or wrong—but to see how things actually played out, dropping in some 2023 takeaways along the way.
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2022's end-of-season first round | March 30
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