Midseason All-Surprise, All-Disappointment and All-Fantasy Teams + Grades

Hey everyone,

On today’s podcast, we unveiled our midseason all-surprise, all-disappointment and all-fantasy teams and graded Mike and Cory’s preseason overrated and underrated teams. Here’s the printed version. Catch the podcast for the discussion. Keep in mind that I did the grading and I’m a very tough grader!

-Zach

                                                                                                                                             ALL-SURPRISE TEAM

C    Carlos Ruiz

1B  Mark Trumbo

2B  Jason Kipnis

SS  Ian Desmond

3B  Edwin Encarnacion

OF  Carlos Beltran

OF  Melky Cabrera

OF  Josh Reddick

SP  R.A. Dickey

SP  James McDonald/Chris Sale/A.J. Burnett/Chris Capuano/Jason Hammel

RP  Fernando Rodney

                                                                                                                       ALL-DISAPPOINTMENT TEAM

C  Carlos Santana

1B  Adrian Gonzalez

2B  Rickie Weeks

SS  Erick Aybar

3B  Ryan Zimmerman/Kevin Youkilis

OF  Justin Upton

OF  Cameron Maybin

OF  Alex Gordon/B.J. Upton/Shane Victorino

SP  Tim Lincecum

SP  Dan Haren

RP  Heath Bell

                                                                                                                                      ALL-FANTASY TEAM

C    Carlos Ruiz

1B  Miguel Cabrera/Joey Votto

2B  Robinson Cano

SS  Ian Desmond

3B  Edwin Encarnacion/David Wright/Jose Bautista

OF  Andrew McCutchen

OF  Ryan Braun

OF  Mike Trout/Josh Hamilton/Carlos Gonzalez

SP  R.A. Dickey

SP  Justin Verlander/Matt Cain

RP  Craig Kimbrel/Fernando Rodney/Kenley Jansen

                                                                                                                                     MIDSEASON GRADES

SIANO OVERRATED

C – Joe Mauer  B

1B – Lance Berkman  B+

2B – Dustin Ackley  A

3B – Kevin Youkilis  A-

SS – Starlin Castro  D

OF – Michael Morse  INC

OF – Melky Cabrera  F

OF – Yoenis Cespedes  D

SP – Yu Darvish  D-

SP – Jeremy Hellickson  B+

CL – Andrew Bailey  A

 

SIANO UNDERRATED

C –  Wilson Ramos  INC

1B – Ike Davis  C-

2B – Kelly Johnson  B-

3B – David Freese  A

SS – Marco Scutaro  B

OF – Chris Heisey  F

OF – Lorenzo Cain  INC

OF – Dominic Brown  F

SP – Derek Holland  C-

SP – Mike Minor  F

CL – Jason Motte  A

 

SCHWARTZ OVERRATED

C – Mike Napoli  A-

1B – Ryan Howard  A

2B – Dustin Ackley  A

3B – David Freese  F

SS – J.J. Hardy  A

OF – Andre Ethier  C-

OF – Emilio Bonifacio  INC

OF – Carlos Quentin  B+

SP – Josh Johnson  B+

SP – Matt Moore  A-

CL – Andrew Bailey  A

 

SCHWARTZ UNDERRATED

C –  Wilson Ramos  INC

1B – Paul Goldschmidt  A-

2B – Jose Altuve  A

3B – Edwin Encarnacion  A+

SS – Tyler Pastornicky  F

OF – Brett Gardner  INC

OF – Michael Cuddyer  A-

OF – Alex Presley  D

SP – Jon Niese  A-

SP – Brandon McCarthy  A-

CL – Rafael Betancourt  A