ESPN's Jerry Crasnick lists 2008's Most Disappointing Teams candidates. (He says it's the M's.) Your take?
| He's right -- Mariners |  9 (4.21%) |
| NY's Big Brother -- Yankees | 6 (2.80%) |
| Not so Amazin' -- Mets | 18 (8.41%) |
| What World Series? Rockies | 19 (8.88%) |
| Where's the Offense? Padres | 11 (5.14%) |
| They Still Miss Manny -- Indians | 4 (1.87%) |
| Dontrelle. Miguel. What the hell? Tigers | 146 (68.22%) |
| Other (what team?) | 1 (0.47%) |
214 votes | 4 featured comments
Wow, what's with all this love for Detroit. They have come exactly as advertised - all offense (#3 in AL) with no pitching (#14 in AL). How anybody expected a rotation of Verlander + 4 scrubs to win the Series is beyond me.
San Diego caught me most off guard this season so far. 4 straight above 500 seasons with 2 division titles and just missing the playoffs last year then shooting to last place via a 90 ERA+ and 87 OPS+. Ugh.
The 5 guys with the most starts have ERA+'s of 132 (Peavy)-102 (Maddux) then... gulp... 85-84-64-83 before getting to Estes at 165 over 3 starts. Scary.
The 5 guys with the most starts have ERA+'s of 132 (Peavy)-102 (Maddux) then... gulp... 85-84-64-83 before getting to Estes at 165 over 3 starts. Scary.
I voted Jays because I expected them to be 55-0 right now. Anything less is a disaster.
Now, I'm just guessing, but I do think that Uncle Ted and Cousin J.P. would find 45-10 acceptable, at least as a stopgap.