The mid-point of May has come and gone, and we're now a full six weeks into the 2009 fantasy baseball season; approximately 25% of the way through. There are plenty of players who we drafted early and often, anticipating production, who are now largely contributing factors to our slumping in the standings. Now, it's far too early to call any of these guys 'busts', but Lord knows we've expressed our disappointment in a fit or outrageous profanity at least once this season, if we own them, for either not living up to the numbers we expected given where we drafted them, or in one case earning a fifty game suspension for taking a female fertility drug (allegedly). Thus, we've created the 2009 All-Early Disappointment Team. Let's take a closer look at who these &*@$#!%&$*#$! are on offense...
Catcher:
Geovany Soto, CHC - .188, 1 HR, 8 R, 9 RBI, 0 SB, .561 OPS
First Base:
Mark Teixeira, NYY - .213, 7 HR, 20 R, 20 RBI, 0 SB, .776 OPS
Second Base:
Alexei Ramirez, CHW - .224, 1 HR, 7 R, 13 RBI, 6 SB, .541 OPS
Shortstop:
Jimmy Rollins, PHI - .199, 2 HR, 18 R, 11 RBI, 3 SB, .531 OPS
Third Base:
Garrett Atkins, COL - .193, 3 HR, 14 R, 14 RBI, 0 SB, .576 OPS
Centerfield:
B.J. Upton, TB - .190, 1 HR, 22 R, 5 RBI, 11 SB, .566 OPS
Outfield:
Vladimir Guerrero, LAA - .250, 1 HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, 0 SB, .658 OPS
Manny Ramirez, LAD - .348, 6 HR, 22 R, 20 RBI, 0 SB, 1.133 OPS
Designated Hitter:
David Ortiz, BOS - .208, 0 HR, 14 R, 15 RBI, 0 SB, .618 OPS
Welcome to last place...
Next up: Pitchers!
Until next time...
