Biggest disappointments of the year (1 Viewer)

[Dr. Awesome]

Players, teams, or whatever else you can think that is baseball related.

The A's. Realists knew this offense would still suck. I held out hope they would be mediocre and fight for the division at least until the ASB.

Adam Dunn. WTF? Worst free agent signing since Jason Werth? He was the cornerstone to many of my fantasy teams.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Stones

 

[Man In The Box]

Casey McGehee

Can't say I'm surprised though. I knew he'd flop, but drafted him anyway.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Hanley by a mile.

And Longoria is really staking his claim as most overrated player in baseball

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Not that I expected a ton, but Jason Bay is a waste of roster space.

 

[Eephus]

Pedro Alvarez

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Kyle Drabek.

 

[On The Rocks]

The Reds inability to hit when a starting pitcher gave them 7 solid innings.

.....and....

The Reds pitching staff unable to hold a lead when they scored 5 or more runs.

I knew there were no guarantees they would win a pennant and that they would be in a three way battle with the Cards and Brew Crew - but had no idea they would fold up like a cheap lawn chair.

 

[Cool in the pocket]

Kyle Drabek.

That's a tough one. Hard to go from a highly touted rookie to top of the rotation. Sometimes it takes time.I'll agree with Hanley,cost you a first round pick and the return is terrible. You can't trade him for anything close to that and you don't want to outright drop him.I'll throw Cargo and Crawford out there too though injuries certainly played a part.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Kyle Drabek.

That's a tough one. Hard to go from a highly touted rookie to top of the rotation. Sometimes it takes time.

I wasn't expecting him to be an ace. I was, however, expecting him to be able to throw a strike.

 

[Tom Servo]

Adam Dunn. WTF? Worst free agent signing since Jason Werth? He was the cornerstone to many of my fantasy teams.

If I still played, I'd ask you to join my league.

 

[Cool in the pocket]

Kyle Drabek.

That's a tough one. Hard to go from a highly touted rookie to top of the rotation. Sometimes it takes time.

I wasn't expecting him to be an ace. I was, however, expecting him to be able to throw a strike.

Fair enuf, but he's still young and has time to work things out. Tons of pressure on that kid--some respond, some don't.

 

[brewer]

Kyle Drabek.

That's a tough one. Hard to go from a highly touted rookie to top of the rotation. Sometimes it takes time.

I wasn't expecting him to be an ace. I was, however, expecting him to be able to throw a strike.

Fair enuf, but he's still young and has time to work things out. Tons of pressure on that kid--some respond, some don't.

Color me worried, he's responding to the tune of a 6+ ERA since being sent back to the minors.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Kyle Drabek.

That's a tough one. Hard to go from a highly touted rookie to top of the rotation. Sometimes it takes time.

I wasn't expecting him to be an ace. I was, however, expecting him to be able to throw a strike.

Fair enuf, but he's still young and has time to work things out. Tons of pressure on that kid--some respond, some don't.

I'm not near writing the guy off yet. I was expecting him to stick around this season and be typical mediocre rookie pitcher, not a guy who is getting roughed up in the minors (and playing in the PCL makes the numbers look a little worse than they are).

 

[Man In The Box]

Jason Heyward lives here.

 

[Jambi]

Longoria and Hanley - Longoria is not who we thought he was. This guy was going in the first round in some drafts.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Gordon Beckham.

He seemed to really pick it up in the 2nd half of 2010. I figured the momentum would carry over.

It hasn't.

 

[Widbil83]

Alex Rios sucks.

 

[sports_fan]

I have Longo and Hanley on one team. Thought for sure I'd have a top offense. I'm in 11th in a 12 team league.

 

[Smack Tripper]

I have Longo and Hanley on one team. Thought for sure I'd have a top offense. I'm in 11th in a 12 team league.

Same boat, I'm 9th out of 14th, with a longshot from the post season.