There’s a lot of talk about All-Stars, sleepers, and guys who stepped up their game. But what about those few souls who royally screwed over fantasy managers like Eric Mangini has done to the Pats? Well, I’ve decided to use my ability to flood the internets with garbage to give these individuals the recognition they deserve for destroying the hopes and dreams of fantasy managers worldwide.

Catcher: Joe Mauer (MIN)
Joe spent a lot of time on the DL this season, and to date has only 6 homeruns and his .287 average is a far cry from the .347 which led to him being drafted - on average - with the 30th pick in Yahoo! drafts. Joe, personally is screwing up my universe as a member on my keeper squad, and Joe fully regressed back to his 2005 numbers suggesting that the surges of 2006 might have been a complete fluke. In all, there were at least 6 catchers with better fantasy numbers than Joe, including Bengie freakin Molina who went about 180 picks later… if he was drafted at all.
Runner up: Ramón Hernández

First Base: Richie Sexon (SEA)
Honestly… when hasn’t Richie been disappointing? That’s why I avoided Richie like the plague in drafts, but the popular vote had Richie going with the 97th pick and being drafted in every Yahoo! league. That made Richie the 15th first base eligible player selected; right now he is 49th with basic 5×5 roto stats. Let’s use this to analyze Richie: there are 18 second baseman and 16 shortstops with slugging percentages higher than Mr. Sexon.
Runner up: Carlos Delgado

Second Base: Orlando Hudson (ARI)
This one was tough, and I chose Orlando because he was considered a sleeper/ breakout pick in the preseason and his April line of .352/ .415/ .514 sent many a fantasy owners into a sudden panic to make trades for Mr. Hudson - including Hudson straight up for Joe Nathan in my keeper league. Many more sat on Hudson with the firm belief that they had just struck sleeper gold. Since April, his line has been about .280/ .365/ .422.
Runner up:Rickie Weeks

Third Base: Scott Rolen (STL)
Granted Scott has had his fair share of time on the DL, but a .398 slugging percentage makes you a below-average middle infielder… and a terrible disappointment at the hot corner - the deepest position of 2007.
Runner up: Nomar Garciaparra

Shortstop: Rafael Furcal (LAD)
Taken with the 49th pick on average, Furcal was selected this high because he is able to contribute 15 HR and 40+SB - quite the combo. Instead Furcal is having his worst statistical season since 2002 and might not even be owned anymore in some 12 team leagues.
Runner up: Bill Hall

Outfield: Manny Ramirez (BOS), Vernon Wells (TOR), and Jason Bay (PIT)
Right now, Manny is not being Manny. I know he is in pain, but Manny’s slugging percentage is currently his career low with the lone exception of the 22 games he played in his debut (1993). He also hasn’t hit fewer than 33 homeruns in the 2000’s - but is currently sitting on 20.
Vernon Wells had a breakout season last year and as a result went in the top 30 of many drafts. He is having season ending surgery, which is probably a good thing because it ends what it likely his worst statistical season with at least 100 at bats.
Jason Bay actually went before Vernon in drafts, and IS having his worst statistical season, no conditions attached to that statement. In addition, Bay is money in leagues that count walks, and his 58 walks right now are well below his totals for 2005 and 2006 (95, 102).
Runners up: Andruw Jones, Johnny Damon, Rocco Baldelli

Starting Pitchers: Chris Carpenter (STL), Roy Oswalt (HOU), Roy Halladay (TOR), Carlos Zambrano (CHI)
According to average draft ranks, after Johan Santana these were the next four pitchers drafted. With their current numbers, not a one is in the top 25 performing starting pitcher eligible players in 2007.
Runners up: Felix Hernandez, Rich Hill, John Maine, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jered Weaver, Jeremy Bonderman

Relief Pitchers: Tom Gordon (PHI), Chad Cordero (WAS), Mariano Rivera (NYY)
I’m trying not to hold BJ Ryan’s injury against him too much, so I’ll just make him a runner-up. But Gordon isn’t even the closer anymore despite being the 10th closer to be taken in drafts. Cordero probably shouldn’t be the closer and his value plummeted early, but Rivera is the biggest disappointment to me because he was the 3rd most valuable closer going into the season, and in a public roto league I’m in he was dropped for Justin Germano. Talk about a fall from grace.
Runners up: BJ Ryan, Houston Street

So that’s it; that’s my list of the guys who caused the most distress and undoubtedly countless hours of wasted company time while owners searched for ways out. To think, the bad seasons of these 15 individuals were probably responsibility for millions of dollars in lost productivity… and writing about them just cost me another hour of time I could have been doing school work. So thanks for that, and here’s to wasting time in other ways like figuring out what the hell I’m going to do with Stephen Jackson, Laurence Maroney and Maurice Jones-Drew.