Who were you wrong about?

[TheDirtyBird]

Matt Kemp, I was very willing to have the team eat that salary. He's not horrible batting .258 or whatever but I expected more in terms of power and what not

[TINSTAAPP]

Billy Rowell. I thought he was going to be a superstar. The worst part about that draft pick is the two picks directly after him were Tim Lincecum and Max Scherzer. Of all the years for the Orioles not to draft a pitcher, the Orioles picked the year when there were two stud aces available. That year and the 2005 draft when the Pirates and Reds snatched up Andrew McCutchen and Jay Bruce really burned my soul. The Orioles had to settle for Brandon Snyder who is a big downgrade over those guys.Winning all those meaningless games in September 2004 was very costly in the long run.

[Can_of_corn]

Billy Rowell. I thought he was going to be a superstar. The worst part about that draft pick is the two picks directly after him were Tim Lincecum and Max Scherzer. Of all the years for the Orioles not to draft a pitcher, the Orioles picked the year when there were two stud aces available. That year and the 2005 draft when the Pirates and Reds snatched up Andrew McCutchen and Jay Bruce really burned my soul. The Orioles had to settle for Brandon Snyder who is a big downgrade over those guys.Winning all those meaningless games in September 2004 was very costly in the long run.

I think there is a pretty good chance they would have messed up Lincecum.

[DrungoHazewood]

Matt Kemp, I was very willing to have the team eat that salary. He's not horrible batting .258 or whatever but I expected more in terms of power and what not

If 0.0 wins for $21M is "not horrible", how would you describe horrible? I didn't think this was possible, Kemp has actually been less productive than Ryan Howard in 2015.

[Roll Tide]

I think Oakland was a bad landing spot for Butler. I think he would've benefitted by playing in a smaller ballpark.

[25 Nuggets]

If 0.0 wins for $21M is "not horrible", how would you describe horrible? I didn't think this was possible, Kemp has actually been less productive than Ryan Howard in 2015.

...and the Dodgers say "thank you very much San Diego" and Justin Turner gets snubbed for the All Star team. :laughlol:

Speaking of which, anyone else wishing Justin Turner stuck with the Orioles about now?

[jjnono]

I haven't had time to read all responses in this thread, but I thought Jeffrey Hammonds was going to be a bona fide star. Didn't work out that way...

[Ohfan67]

I haven't had time to read all responses in this thread, but I thought Jeffrey Hammonds was going to be a bona fide star. Didn't work out that way...

Don't feel bad, everybody shared that thought. Weird health issues.

[JayThomas]

Echo echo echo echo ...

Jeffery Hammonds

Adam Loewen

Storm Davis

Rocky Coppinger

Hayden Penn

{ basically, the cool name triumvirate}

Calvin Pickering

Nolan Reimold

Travis Snider

Nick Markakis (I actually posted on OH that I thought he would be the first guy to win the Triple Crown since Carl Yaz)

[25 Nuggets]

No. We already HAVE a third baseman. Maybe you've heard of him.Turner isn't better than him .

Aww, Turner doesn't have to play 3B!

[Rene88]

You guys do realize that Jeffrey Hammonds still had 110 career home runs, right?

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[DrungoHazewood]

You guys do realize that Jeffrey Hammonds still had 110 career home runs, right?

Yes, he did. His 8 win career is probably about average for an early first round pick. But he was also an advanced college guy, drafted #4 overall, and playing well in the majors a year later at the age of 22. But he really never improved from there. Career high in games played was 128, career high in fWAR was 2.4. Had an impressive-looking year with the Rockies in 2000 where he hit .335, but that was one of the most extreme hitters' environments in MLB history. People endlessly moan and wail about Matt Wieters just becoming a solid regular... well, Hammonds was about as highly regarded and he only played 100+ games in consecutive years once.

[TheDirtyBird]

If 0.0 wins for $21M is "not horrible", how would you describe horrible? I didn't think this was possible, Kemp has actually been less productive than Ryan Howard in 2015.

Yea you're right. I just don't ever look up WAR for players. Never have, probably will, just not today

[MeSoHardy]

I was big on Dennis Sarfate. Also Troy Patton, Brian Burres, and Xavier Avery

[Creamsicle]

You?

SIAP - I was so enamored with the name "Even On Coffee" that I really wanted him to turn out to be a special player. "He's a sleeper!"

Srsly have to say Brook Fordyce. Just because that felt like the most glaring trade (2-for-1) of the great Y2K purge. I wanted him to be worth it. Some might argue that he was.