![Jose Ramirez has arguably been MLB’s biggest disappointment this season. [Image Source: Flickr | Keith Allison]](https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2019/7/10/660x290/b_502x220x82/jose-ramirez-has-arguably-been-mlbs-biggest-disappointment-this-season-image-source-flickr-keith-allison_2292455.jpg "Jose Ramirez has arguably been MLB’s biggest disappointment this season. [Image Source: Flickr | Keith Allison]")
A couple days ago, award races were looked at as we hit the All-Star break.
Not everything is fine and dandy for everyone though. Here are the league’s biggest disappointments at the unofficial midway point of the regular season.
AL Most Disappointing Hitter - Jose Ramirez
In both 2017 and 2018, Ramirez finished third in AL MVP voting, Out of the 155 hitters in MLB who qualify for the batting title in 2019, he places 150th in batting average (.218), 130th in on-base percentage (.308), and 152nd in slugging percentage (.344).
NL Most Disappointing Hitter - Robinson Cano
Other than 2008, Cano finished every season from 2006-2018 with at least 3.2 WAR according to Baseball Reference. In his first season with the Mets, he currently has an atrocious -0.9 WAR while easily posting career-lows across the board in batting average (.240), on-base percentage (.287), and slugging percentage (.360).
AL Most Disappointing Pitcher - Blake Snell
It was a remarkable season last year for Snell as he won the AL Cy Young with a microscopic 1.89 ERA. That ERA is up nearly three runs to 4.70 through 18 starts. In five appearances, he has given up at least five runs (had just two such games in 2018).
NL Most Disappointing Pitcher - Kyle Freeland
Yes, Edwin Diaz has been awful for the Mets, but Freeland finished fourth in NL Cy Young voting last season. It has been an ugly 12 starts for him this year (7.13 ERA, 1.57 WHIP), and he hasn’t pitched for the Rockies since May 30 as he was sent down to Triple-A (where he has somehow performed even worse).
AL Most Disappointing Team - Red Sox
It’s not that Boston has been bad (49-41), it’s just that the bad AL teams were all expected to not compete heading into the season. The Red Sox haven’t quite reached the height of last year’s championship team and are two games behind the Indians for the second wild card.
NL Most Disappointing Team - Mets
Fans of the Mets have endured a season that can be described as nothing short of miserable as they have the NL’s second-worst record at 40-50. The New York Post gave four players a F grade, as well as their manager (Mickey Callaway) and general manager (Brodie Van Wagenen).
