Who were you wrong about?

[Creamsicle]

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Your username ... my old neighborhood! Once at a party on Suffolk I met the owner of DD Pies - he lived in the yellow house on the corner of Barclay and Southway. That had to be about 2008 or 09.

[Creamsicle]

Finally read the entire thread and I can't believe nobody mentioned Anna - I mean - Kris Benson.

[25 Nuggets]

Finally read the entire thread and I can't believe nobody mentioned Anna - I mean - Kris Benson.

Can't speak for others, but I never thought he would lead the rotation. Benson was another in a long line of middling acquisitions sold to us as people who would turn the team around during the dark years.

John Maine, traded for Benson, was the better pitcher moving forward.

[TCAlumni9700]

Not sure if anyone mentioned Billy Rowell, but definitely him, Penn, Matusz, and Hobgood.

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[Nevermore]

I was wrong about Travis Snider. Once O's management let Markakis walk, and they eventually traded for Snider, I thought that, perhaps, Snider would be a younger replacement for Markakis. I was very wrong.

[QBsILLEST1]

Ben McDonald. Thought he was gonna better than Moose.

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[SpinJr]

That's an easy one for me. I liked the move. I liked going for the 27 year old with the strong second half in 2014 and possible breakout season. Now that I've seen him for more than half a season, I wish we had never made the move. He even looks worse than his numbers.

Still don't dislike the move because 4/44 for NM was silly money. It was a small amount of money and it hasn't worked out.

[SpinJr]

I was wrong about Mark Teixeira. I though he was DONE two years ago.

[Creamsicle]

Ben McDonald. Thought he was gonna better than Moose.

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How is that possible? Ben's ML debut was two years before Moose's.

[ShaneDawg85]

Ben McDonald. Thought he was gonna better than Moose.

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I'd have been ecstatic if any of your young pitchers, past or present, had a career like Ben McDonald. People dismiss his career because of where he was drafted and the hype, but he had a pretty respectable, albeit short career.

[Creamsicle]

surprised no mentions so far of Jimmy Haynes

[DrungoHazewood]

I'd have been ecstatic if any of your young pitchers, past or present, had a career like Ben McDonald. People dismiss his career because of where he was drafted and the hype, but he had a pretty respectable, albeit short career.

Per start or per inning Ben's career was more than respectable. He just got hurt. Which may have been inevitable given his workload prior to being drafted. As a 21-year-old at LSU he threw 152 innings, 21 starts, five relief appearances, three shutouts, eight complete games, four saves, in, what... a 60-something game schedule?

[24fps]

Per start or per inning Ben's career was more than respectable. He just got hurt. Which may have been inevitable given his workload prior to being drafted. As a 21-year-old at LSU he threw 152 innings, 21 starts, five relief appearances, three shutouts, eight complete games, four saves, in, what... a 60-something game schedule?

IIRC he was also notorious for the number of warmup pitches he threw between each inning, something that must have significantly added to the wear and tear on his pitching arm.

[MeSoHardy]

LJ had a combatative manner but he was a pretty smart poster. He was right about Bergesen too.

There are sooooo many disappointing guys I thought would be contributors... I agree with most already posted but hadn't seen these guys yet:

David Hernandez

Gary Matthews

Cory Patterson

Felix Pie

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speaking of Hernandez, I watched him pitch last night against the Nationals

[sportsfan8703]

Chris Richard. After that series in NY, I thought he was going to be a 20 HR a year guy.