F/F SPOTLIGHT: José Berríos

Ben Franklin once said that only two things are certain: death and taxes. To that, we might add a third: José Berríos will be a reliable mid-rotation fantasy starter, quietly knocking together stats that won't win anybody a league, but probably won't lose one, either. That said, Berríos has been hard to take for his fantasy managers this year.

In this edition of the BaseballHQ Facts & Flukes Spotlight, we'll look at Berríos, and try to figure out gives with Berríos, and what might be done about managing him in 2022. His performance history will show that he isn't as bad as he's sometimes looked so far in 2022—but that he also was never quite as good as he looked in 2021. In all, he's being what he's always been: a mid-rotation starter...

Almost!

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