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  • #1

    Busts of the Year

    On the tails of the 'Out of Nowhere Breakouts", now let's list some of this seasons busts.


    HUGE BUSTS
    - Jonathan Villar
    - Carlos Gonzalez
    - Jonathan Lucroy
    - Maikel Franco
    - Addison Russell
    - Stephen Piscotty
    - Jon Lester


    MODERATE BUSTS
    - Xander Bogaerts
    - Trevor Story
    - Ian Kinsler
    - Rick Porcello
    - Julio Teheran
    - Evan Gattis
    - Danny Salazar
    - Danny Duffy
    - Tanner Roark
    - Matt Moore
    - Logan Forsthye
    - JA Happ


    SOPHOMORE SLUMP BUSTS
    - Dansby Swanson
    - Aledmys Diaz
    - Jose Peraza
    - Kyle Schwarber
    - Vince Velazquez
    - Joe Ross
    - Blake Snell
    - Raul Mondesi
    - Jharel Cotton
    - Robert Gsellman
    - Tyler Glasnow


    TURRBLE HALF SEASON BUSTS
    - Masahiro Tanaka


    FALLING OFF THE CLIFF BUSTS
    - Todd Frazier
    - Ben Zobrist
    - Adrian Gonzalez
    - Felix Hernandez
    - Russell Martin
    - Victor Martinez
    - Pablo Sandoval


    INJURY/SUSPENSION BUSTS
    - Greg Bird
    - Jeurys Familia
    - Aaron Sanchez
    - Yasmany Tomas
    - David Dahl
    - Starling Marte
    - Yoenis Cespedes
    - Ian Desmond


    CLOSER BUSTS
    - Zach Britton
    - Seung-Hwan Oh
    - Aroldis Chapman
    - David Robertson
    - Sam Dyson
    - Mark Melancon
    - Matt Bush
    - Tony Watson
    - Cam Bedrosian
    - Koda Glover
    - Neftali Feliz
    - Francisco Rodriguez
    - Ryan Madson


    Others:
    - Brad Miller
    - Joc Pederson
    - Steven Matz
    - Jacoby Ellsbury
    - Carlos Beltran
    - Hernan Perez
    - Leonys Martin
    - Ian Kennedy
    - Brandon Crawford
    - Garrett Richards






    Who else you got?
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  • #2
    Starling Marte - suspension.
    Matt F***ing Moore - dumpster fire.
    "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
    "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
    "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."

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    • #3
      I thought Logan Forsythe was going to be great on top of the Dodgers lineup.

      Starling Marte isn't exactly an injury bust but he still belongs on the list.

      Cespedes
      In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.

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      • #4
        Jon Lester
        Ian Desmond
        Starling Marte
        Zach Britton
        JA Happ
        Madison Bumgarner
        Jose Quintana
        Lance McCullers
        If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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        • #5
          CarGo might be the biggest bust - highest drafted player to least successful ratio without an injury

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          • #6
            Originally posted by DMT View Post
            Jon Lester
            Ian Desmond
            Starling Marte
            Zach Britton
            JA Happ
            Madison Bumgarner
            Jose Quintana
            Lance McCullers
            I'm not sure I agree with Quintana and McCullers. Yeah, Quintana's ERA is one run higher than normal, and if you had him in April & May but traded him you hate his guts, but his K% has jumped. McCullers lowered his WHIP dramatically. Both were dominant for stretches this season.

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            • #7
              Closer Busts:
              - Seung-Hwan Oh
              - Aroldis Chapman
              - David Robertson
              - Sam Dyson
              - Mark Melancon
              - Matt Bush
              - Tony Watson
              - Cam Bedrosian
              - Koda Glover
              - Neftali Feliz
              - Francisco Rodriguez
              - Ryan Madson


              Others:
              - Brad Miller
              - Joc Pederson
              - Steven Matz
              - Jacoby Ellsbury
              - Carlos Beltran
              - Hernan Perez
              - Leonys Martin
              - Ian Kennedy
              - Brandon Crawford
              - Garrett Richards
              - Russell Martin
              - Victor Martinez
              - Robert Gsellman
              - Blake Snell
              - Raul Mondesi
              - Jharel Cotton
              - Pablo Sandoval
              - Tyler Glasnow

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              • #8
                Originally posted by swampdragon View Post
                CarGo might be the biggest bust - highest drafted player to least successful ratio without an injury
                Rumor has it that The Rox had a 4-year contract extension laid out for him in the off-season, but he declined to sign. If true... whew, talk about dodging a bullet. I wonder what their offer actually was.
                "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
                "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
                "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by swampdragon View Post
                  CarGo might be the biggest bust - highest drafted player to least successful ratio without an injury
                  Going back to the second half last year (when his power dropped off significantly), he has 14 home runs in his last 730 plate appearances.

                  And here are his road numbers the last two years:

                  2016: .276/.324/.420
                  2017: .197/.258/.276

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by revo View Post
                    I'm not sure I agree with Quintana and McCullers. Yeah, Quintana's ERA is one run higher than normal, and if you had him in April & May but traded him you hate his guts, but his K% has jumped. McCullers lowered his WHIP dramatically. Both were dominant for stretches this season.
                    Ok, but Quintana's BB rate also went up, leading to a significant increase in WHIP from 1.163 to 1.275. That's a drop of 6 points in the standings in my league. McCullers' WHIP improved, but his ERA jumped from 3.22 to 3.97 and he's been hurt multiple times. I seriously doubt he's on many championship rosters.
                    If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                    - Terence McKenna

                    Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                    How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                    • #11
                      Some highlights from my last place keeper league team in addition to Story, Miller, Bedrosian, and Sandoval.

                      Miguel Cabrero = falling off a cliff bust
                      Justin Verlander = first half bust
                      Byron Buxton = first half bust
                      Jim Johnson = second half/closer bust
                      Ryan Braun = moderate/injury bust
                      Madison Bumgarner = first half/injury bust
                      Gregory Polanco = moderate/injury bust
                      Jung Ho Kang = ? bust
                      Drew Smiley = injury bust
                      Matt Shoemaker = injury bust
                      Jerad Eickhoff = falling off a cliff bust
                      “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

                      ― Albert Einstein

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                      • #12
                        kang was a DUI bust
                        "You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper

                        "One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski

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                        • #13
                          I had Adam Eaton = injury bust
                          finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
                          own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
                          won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84

                          SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
                          RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
                          C Stallings 2, Casali 1
                          1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
                          OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by madducks View Post
                            Some highlights from my last place keeper league team in addition to Story, Miller, Bedrosian, and Sandoval.

                            Miguel Cabrero = falling off a cliff bust
                            Justin Verlander = first half bust
                            Byron Buxton = first half bust
                            Jim Johnson = second half/closer bust
                            Ryan Braun = moderate/injury bust
                            Madison Bumgarner = first half/injury bust
                            Gregory Polanco = moderate/injury bust
                            Jung Ho Kang = ? bust
                            Drew Smiley = injury bust
                            Matt Shoemaker = injury bust
                            Jerad Eickhoff = falling off a cliff bust
                            Man that's a loooong list! The only one I had any interest in would have been MadBum. You need a better draft guide in 2018!
                            "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

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                            • #15
                              Do plaques count? I could not find images of the busts.





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