2007-12-12 00:19:27 · 14 answers · asked by PearApple 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The man you are thinking of is Kei Igawa.
2007-12-12 01:43:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, there were. Pavano got hurt. That is at least a reason for his suckiness. Irabu was an unknown talent, but he did suck too.
How about Ken Phelps, just for the fact that the Yankees traded Jay Buhner to get him. What were they thinking?
Maybe Kevin Maas. He was supposed to be the next Don Mattingly. He wasn't even the next Don Slaught.
My vote would go to Hensley Meulens. He was the prized prospect that was off limits in any trade talk when the Yanks stunk and fell flat on his face when he got to the bigs.
Ken Phelps Yankee stats - 17 Home Runs, 51 RBI's, and a .232 BA. They traded him the year after they traded for him. Jay Buhner's career stats? 310 Home Runs, 964 RBI's, and a .254 BA. All but 3 HR's and 14 RBI's with the Mariner's.
2007-12-12 00:31:01 · answer #2 · answered by Benny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hideki Irabu has to be a pretty big bust because of all the hype...remember he was the next cross between Marichal, Gibson and Paige. I still think that Kevin Brown was a big bust for them, Brien Taylor was huge because of the hype but Brown took a lot of money for nothing...like Pavano. Another bust wouldhave to be Contreras although he has been sensational for the WHite Sox since leaving the Yankees.
2007-12-12 02:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by bdough15 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget about Kenny Rogers, Chuck Knoblauch, Jose Canseco, Cecil Fielder, Chili Davis, Sterling Hitchcock, Steve Sax or Raul Mondesi
2007-12-12 09:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by Buzzy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its up for debate. All time flop has to be Mo Vaugn, but Barry Zito is climing the charts. Yankees flops though would be Pavano ... Randy Johnson was a flop for them too, but they were able to deal him even when he was on a down year (injured ... again).
2007-12-12 02:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by josh_huth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brien Taylor
Parkerbenn, I remember a magazine I used to subscribe to about 20 years ago called "Inside Sports", or maybe it was just "Sport". It was a Sports Illustrated type magazine only it came out monthly instead of weekly.
Anyway, one time they came up with a stat that they called Total Average. It incorporated everything a player did, both positive and negative--hits, RBIs, steals, times caught stealing, times hitting into double plays, etc. According to their calculations, Phelps was the MLB leader in this "Total Average" category. That's probably not the reason they traded Buhner for him, but who knows?
2007-12-12 00:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kevin Brown Randy Johnson
2007-12-12 03:01:12 · answer #7 · answered by J Dub 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At $20 million per year I would put Giambi in with that group as well.
2007-12-12 00:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, do you remember Kevin Brown or Jack McDowell?
2007-12-12 02:34:50 · answer #9 · answered by J-Far 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe not yet, but Kei Igawa is certainly going to contend.
2007-12-12 01:58:20 · answer #10 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋