Biggest 2009 Disappointment

[Jeffy25]

In baseball this year, who has been the biggest disappointment?

[President]

Have to say the Cubs or the Indians, and lately the Rays

Oh and Wieters because of all the hype he recieved

[Jeffy25]

I meant player, but team wise i would say Cubbies yes

[OregonDuck1989]

Magglio

[metsguy234]

The Mets!!!

[ewing6]

BJ Upton has been disappointing. I gonna have to think about the most.

[eggson27]

Yeah the Mets probably. And Wieters because he batted .718 less than he should have.

[KowboyKoop]

Pat Burrell has an argument. He was supposed to put the Rays over the top...instead, .232/.329/.385 85 OPS+

[SirKodiak]

Alfonso Soriano
Alex Rios
Vernon Wells
David Ortiz

[ragecage]

I would think the Cubs. I guess you can say the Mets with most of their top guys coming down with injury.

[HoustonGM]

Player - B.J. Upton

Team - Mets

[filihok]

Not much love for the Rays

They were supposed to be the third head in the AL Easts 3-headed monster.

[HoustonGM]

Not much love for the Rays

They were supposed to be the third head in the AL Easts 3-headed monster.
They do have the fourth best run differential in the AL....just sayin.

[filihok]

They do have the fourth best run differential in the AL....just sayin.

And the 7th best record and are already eliminated from the post season.

Do they have a good team, for sure.

Are they very disappointed in the outcome of this season. For sure.

[HoustonGM]

Most people expected them to finish 3rd (I didn't, I think I "predicted" 2nd), so I just can't see saying they're the "biggest disappointment" when they finished about where most people expected them to. The Mets, for example, were largely predicted to either be first or right there with Philadelphia, not fourth with a .433 winning percentage.

[bucher34]

Player AL - B.J. Upton
Player NL - Russell Martin

Team AL - Chicago White Sox (homer pick, but they greatly disappointed)
Team NL - New York Mets

[FloydtheBarber]

AL- BJ Upton
NL- Albert Pujols

[Jeffy25]

NL-Albert Pujols? he is having one of his top three seasons of his career


and i don't remember exactly, but what was B.J. Upton expected to do this year?

I don't pay a lot of attention to the AL East overall.

i knew that he was having a lot of offensive issues and wasn't hustling like he was expected to, was batting ninth or not in the lineup etc.

I would say team wise, you have to go with the Mets or the Cubs.....

I was a lil surprised the A's didn't do better.

[FloydtheBarber]

NL-Albert Pujols? he is having one of his top three seasons of his career


and i don't remember exactly, but what was B.J. Upton expected to do this year?

I don't pay a lot of attention to the AL East overall.

i knew that he was having a lot of offensive issues and wasn't hustling like he was expected to, was batting ninth or not in the lineup etc.

I would say team wise, you have to go with the Mets or the Cubs.....

I was a lil surprised the A's didn't do better.

Uh, the A's were expected to suck,they had an EXTREMELY young staff and a horrid offense. And look at Upton's stats for last season instead of asking something stupid like that. And hustle really has nothing to do with anything?

[Jeffy25]

Team AL - Chicago White Sox (homer pick, but they greatly disappointed)


to be honest, i didn't expect much out of them at all....they did what i felt like they would do.

sorry bucher :p


who has been the biggest surprise?

team and player?

I would say Garret Jones from Pittsburgh has been quite the eye opener.

and i don't think anyone thought Grienke would have a Cliff Lee esque year.

Team wise, i am honestly a little surprised at my Cardinals.

I remember very clearly at the beginning of the year saying the Cardinals would shock a lot of people....but the trades have made them better then anticipated. I felt like they could win 85-90 reasonably...but with these trades of Holliday, Lugo and DeRosa, it becomes more like 90-95 caliber of a team.

[HoustonGM]

Upton's always been loaded with tools since he was a 1st round pick. Big things have been expected from him. He broke out in 2007, hitting .300/.386/.508 with 24 homers and 22 steals. In 2008, his power went missing though he still got on-base at a strong clip and stole 44 bases. A shoulder injury was blamed for the power outage. Then, in the playoffs, he went on a tear, hitting .288/.333/.652 with 7 HR in 16 games. So, people took it as a sign that he was no longer being bothered by the injury (and had surgery in the offseason), so people expected him to pick up where he left off in 2007.

Of course, he regressed in practically every possible way (http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/whats-with-b-j-upton), save for speed.

[HoustonGM]

Uh, the A's were expected to suck,they had an EXTREMELY young staff and a horrid offense.
The expectations of them varied widely.


And look at Upton's stats for last season instead of asking something stupid like that. And hustle really has nothing to do with anything?
Uh, chill?

[OregonDuck1989]

Uh, the A's were expected to suck,they had an EXTREMELY young staff and a horrid offense. And look at Upton's stats for last season instead of asking something stupid like that. And hustle really has nothing to do with anything?

Whoa. Calm down.

[Jeffy25]

Uh, the A's were expected to suck,they had an EXTREMELY young staff and a horrid offense. And look at Upton's stats for last season instead of asking something stupid like that. And hustle really has nothing to do with anything?

I am aware of Upton's numbers.

I was asking what was he projected to do since so many people are verbalizing it that way. jessh

and I felt like the A's could take advantage of a pretty weak division this year. With Holliday in the mix, and a lot of young players who could prove they were big league ready, i felt they would have been more competitive....i didn't say anything like world champions....i was just saying i felt they would have done better.

[HoustonGM]

I, too, expected the A's to do better. I didn't expect the Rangers or Angels to be as good as they've been.

[FloydtheBarber]

Whoa. Calm down.

Sorry, that was not supposed to sound angry or aggressive.

[OregonDuck1989]

I, too, expected the A's to do better. I didn't expect the Rangers or Angels to be as good as they've been.

I think my biggest surprises are those two teams. I expected the Angels to fall off and the Rangers to be typical Rangers.

[FloydtheBarber]

I think the Angels have been the biggest surprise in the AL. I had picked the Rangers to win the West, and their slow start and losing Adenhart did make it seem they would have a poor season. In the NL, my Rockies definitely, along with the Giants. And I expected Arizona to do better

[Jeffy25]

The Rockies seem to have a knack of being competitive late in the year....just seems that way.

[OregonDuck1989]

The Rockies seem to have a knack of being competitive late in the year....just seems that way.

Second half team for sure.

2006,2007,2009 all large improvements in the second half.

[Red Sox Fan 734]

Mets and Upton

[metsguy234]

I don't consider the Rockies a surprise team, since they won the NL pennant only 2 years ago.

[200tang]

BJ Upton, Matt Wieters (if you really believed the projection system), Milton Bradley, Francisco Liriano, Geovany Soto, Russell Martin

[FloydtheBarber]

BJ Upton, Matt Wieters (if you really believed the projection system), Milton Bradley, Francisco Liriano, Geovany Soto, Russell Martin

Alfonso Soriano has cost his team more then Milton Bradley this year, by quite a bit, actually

[Jeffy25]

Alfonso Soriano has cost his team more then Milton Bradley this year, by quite a bit, actually

In terms of dollars, sure. But bradley was supposed to come in, be that big left handed bat and be an anchor in their lineup, they had a lot riding on him, and he was just awful in comparision to expectations.

I think the Soriano love afair started to end last year.

[TheNamelessPoet]

Most people expected them to finish 3rd (I didn't, I think I "predicted" 2nd), so I just can't see saying they're the "biggest disappointment" when they finished about where most people expected them to. The Mets, for example, were largely predicted to either be first or right there with Philadelphia, not fourth with a .433 winning percentage.


AL East:
Red Sox 98-64
Rays 94-68
Yankees 91-71
Blue Jays 76-86
Orioles 71-91

AL Central
Indians 86-76
Twins 82-80
Tigers 77-85
White Sox 74-88
Royals 74-88

AL West
Athletics 85-77
Angels 82-80
Rangers 76-86
Mariners 75-87

NL East
Mets 93-69
Phillies 90-72
Braves 89-73
Marlins 76-86
Nationals 70-92

NL Central
Cubs 90-72
Cardinals 86-76
Brewers 81-81
Reds 79-83
Astros 71-91
Pirates 65-97

NL West
Dodgers 92-70
Diamondbacks 87-75
Giants 80-82
Rockies 76-86
Padres 64-98

Playoffs:
Mets over Cubs
Dodgers over Phillies
Red Sox over Athletics
Rays over Indians

Mets over Dodgers
Red Sox over Rays

Red Sox over Mets

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy: Roy Halladay
NL Cy: Johan Santana
AL ROTY: Matt Wieters
NL ROTY: Cameron Maybin

you did :D