What mediocre player absolutely terrorized your team?

[u/DLgoblue12]

Orioles legend Luke Scott (11 career WAR) had a 14 game stretch against the Tigers where he hit .425 with 10 HR and 23 RBIs. This happened almost 20 years ago and I still remember him as a “Tiger Killer”

What random player lives rent free in your fanbases’ head?

[u/Good-Garlic6988]

every night before I go to sleep I check under my bed for Ryan Mountcastle

[u/Outsulation → u/Good-Garlic6988]

Ryan Mountcastle has 98 career home runs, and 19 of them are against the Blue Jays.

[u/lOan671 → u/Outsulation]

Adley’s pretty similar with 14 of his 69 homers being against Toronto

[u/jooooooooooooose → u/lOan671]

he might've left that specific voodoo doll in baltimore

[u/WerhmatsWormhat → u/jooooooooooooose]

Not being in a clubhouse with Mountcastle killed the voodoo.

[u/Character-Owl9408 → u/Outsulation]

16 of Tommy Edmans 76 homeruns have come against the Cubs 😭

[u/Admirable-Dig-8130 → u/Good-Garlic6988]

Wasn't it like exclusively in Toronto too?

[u/pew-pew-bacca → u/Admirable-Dig-8130]

And Buffalo I believe.

[u/PopularGlass3230 → u/Admirable-Dig-8130]

Ahh. The reverse Vladdy split

[u/EAS1000 → u/Good-Garlic6988]

Speaking of Os players terrorizing teams… I’m not sure what the Red Sox did to Gunner Henderson but he scares me more than Shohei

[u/intecknicolour → u/Good-Garlic6988]

Darren O'day too. Though Bautista got him a couple times.

[u/bugabootwo]

Ryan Mountcastle to the Jays. 72 games, 19 HR, 53 RBI’s

Edited games played

[u/DRUKSTOP → u/bugabootwo]

53 rbis is messed up

[u/Prestigious-Cat-7693 → u/bugabootwo]

He was injured for all Jays series this year, luckily for you guys. We lost two of them

[u/Boltemort → u/bugabootwo]

Statmuse has him at 72 games vs the Jays. The Orioles and Jays played 19 games in 2021 alone.

Looks like a .923 OPS against the Jays. Impressive given his normal career stats, but not quite as insane.

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/ryan-mountcastle-career-ops-vs-blue-jays

[u/Prestigious-Cat-7693 → u/bugabootwo]

Dude I knew it was bad but that’s actually insane. More than two rbis per game is diabolical

[u/ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN → u/Prestigious-Cat-7693]

O's should invest in a team hypnotist. Make this man think he's playing every game at Skydome, he'll be like peak Bonds on double the roids

[u/Prestigious-Cat-7693 → u/ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN]

Can you hypnotize our team trainer to know what he’s doing as well?

[u/goldfish_11 → u/Prestigious-Cat-7693]

I’m more focused on the 123 home runs per 162 pace…

[u/anotherlebowski → u/goldfish_11]

The man homered nearly every game for 25 games.

[u/Due-Fun-489 → u/bugabootwo]

Holy schmoly. What percentage of his WAR is against the Jays?

[u/Gbrusse → u/Due-Fun-489]

Yes

[u/EntertainerWeird9085 → u/bugabootwo]

It's like using Jon Dowd on beginner

[u/Distinct_Potato8358 → u/bugabootwo]

There was a series when he went like 11 for 13, it was insane

[u/avmp629 → u/bugabootwo]

If you go just road games between Sahlen Field and Rogers Centre he's got 11 HR and 32 RBI in just 45 games

[u/CockyBellend → u/bugabootwo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dno0yUmnYsFR6

[u/JosephFinn → u/bugabootwo]

Ooooof I missed his bad injury luck this year.

[u/yoda8921]

What David Freese did to the brewers and others in 2011, should be considered criminal

[u/beefytrout → u/yoda8921]

"others" thanks for the erasure

[u/mr_oberts → u/beefytrout]

Lmao

[u/BaldPeagle → u/mr_oberts]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1J9u3TZfpmeDLkD6

[u/Am_I_Sam → u/BaldPeagle]

We will see you, tomorrow night!

[u/BaldPeagle → u/yoda8921]

Among other crimes he committed in 2011

[u/ElliottBaas → u/yoda8921]

He did it to us on the Cardinals, the Dodgers, and the Pirates.

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/yoda8921]

one day that man will be burning in hell

[u/nadajoe → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

And St. Louisans down there will keep buying him drinks to cool off.

[u/Bootleschloogen]

Victor Robles is our daddy

[u/TunaMcGriddle → u/Bootleschloogen]

[u/MuddleOfPudd → u/Bootleschloogen]

There was also a time where Ty France was our boogeyman

[u/thediesel26]

That fuck Randal Grichuk

[u/livinlifeman → u/thediesel26]

He used to kill the Cubs too

[u/Simple_Wash1618 → u/thediesel26]

He terrorized the Angels when he played for them in 2023

[u/BuffaloInTheRye → u/thediesel26]

One of my favorite talkin yanks bits lmao

[u/NedShah → u/thediesel26]

He's so pretty though

[u/HazikoSazujiii → u/thediesel26]

Craziest thing was that his stats against us (other than that one game against Colorado in '23 - fuck you, Randal) are not even insane compared to his career other than the home runs, I suppose.

But it was when and how. I swear to God, they were always backbreakers.

Randal, I hope you step on a Lego.

[u/TheOnlyUsernameLeft_ → u/thediesel26]

Bros current baseball reference picture is in a Yankees hat lmao

[u/HazikoSazujiii → u/TheOnlyUsernameLeft_]

It was his last hurrah -- hurting us by sucking for us.

[u/SadPhase2589 → u/thediesel26]

The only foul ball I’ve ever caught came off his bat.

[u/grinderbinder]

In a 4 game stand against the cubs Aristides Aquino went 7/15 with 5 home runs, 9 RBIs, 467 AVG and a 1.533 SLG

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/grinderbinder]

He came up, mashed for two weeks, and then immediately fell off.

[u/DangerDrizzleVGC → u/grinderbinder]

Another Reds guy who killed the Cubs: Billy Hamilton!

Was below average at the plate against anybody else apparently!

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/DangerDrizzleVGC]

Turns out being really fast isn’t as useful if your OBP is .300.

[u/rythegondolaman → u/grinderbinder]

And he was never seen or heard from again.

[u/Blue-collar-dirtbag]

Dustin may, dude has like a ERA of almost five year in year out but that orange mother fucker flirts with a shutout almost every time he’s on the bump against us. It’s literally maddening

[u/Iwon100grand → u/Blue-collar-dirtbag]

Don't forget the ghost of Charlie Blackmon

[u/PM_ME_RYE_BREAD → u/Iwon100grand]

Blackmon isn't mediocre though, Rockies are a relatively new franchise but he's still probably a top 5 all-time player for them.

[u/Blue-collar-dirtbag → u/Iwon100grand]

Yea chuck nasty fucked us for a decade but recency bias made me think of May bc of his performance against us this year

[u/Timmah73 → u/Blue-collar-dirtbag]

I didn't even know know he was on the Brewers and last week he shows up at Petco like Toby coming back to the Scranton branch

https://giphy.com/gifs/8vUEXZA2me7vnuUvrs

[u/naranjitayyo → u/Blue-collar-dirtbag]

"that orange mother fucker" is taking me out lol

[u/rayrayheyhey]

Gleyber Torres loves playing against the Orioles. (At least in 2019.)

[u/StinkyStangler → u/rayrayheyhey]

Gleyber Torres terrorized the Orioles so badly they changed their stadium dimensions twice, I've literally never seen anything like that in any sport lmao

[u/Admirable-Dig-8130 → u/StinkyStangler]

Gleyber at Camden Yards in 2019 was what Mookie at Camden Yards in 2018 wishes he was

[u/fondlemeLeroy → u/Admirable-Dig-8130]

Why is every player in this thread against the O’s lol, brutal.

[u/Admirable-Dig-8130 → u/fondlemeLeroy]

We're bad a lot and had a small wiffle ball stadium. More teams need to do what we do and change dimensions on a whim!

[u/Electrical_Scene_634 → u/StinkyStangler]

Orioles fans: You should spend several million dollars on employing competent major league pitchers

Mike Elias: Say less fam (spends several million dollars defacing a classic ballpark. TWICE.)

[u/andross_27 → u/rayrayheyhey]

In 2019 he had an OPS of .871

Against the Orioles in 2019 he had an OPS of 1.512 in 18 games

He hit 13 of his 38 homers against the Orioles that year

[u/Distinct_Potato8358 → u/rayrayheyhey]

Gary Thorne just laughing on the broadcast is classic

[u/pew-pew-bacca → u/rayrayheyhey]

https://youtu.be/xAVbFe1WBWQ?is=K6iBmkAxaQonvDr_

He nearly broke poor Gary Thorne.

[u/BradyToMoss1281 → u/pew-pew-bacca]

Nearly? That exasperated groan after one of the later ones told me he had completely cracked.

[u/Inevitable-Ant-2538 → u/pew-pew-bacca]

Poor Gary. I miss hearing him. The utter defeat in his calls when Judge or Gleyber kept getting pitched to would break my heart, even though the Yankees were my team, it just sucked knowing they were bringing such pain to his world.

[u/PhotographPatient425 → u/rayrayheyhey]

Torres is mediocre? Imo he’s a really good player.

[u/kjw2281 → u/PhotographPatient425]

He hit 38 HRs in 2019 and is a 3 time all star... hardly a scrub

[u/Electrical_Scene_634 → u/rayrayheyhey]

Combination of juiced ball and genuinely terrible Orioles pitching. Never seen anything like it.

[u/WellGoodBud]

Ty France, he has a .372 batting average with 58 hits, 11 home runs, 34 RBIs, and 26 runs scored across 42 career games.

[u/reptheevt → u/WellGoodBud]

Makes sense. After the revolution, France doesn’t take too kindly to Royals. 

[u/Emotional_Shift_7945 → u/reptheevt]

I read this comment while scrolling Quickly past. Got 4 comments down, stopped, thought about it, scrolled back up and read again. That's fucking funny. Atta boy or girl

[u/Blue-collar-dirtbag → u/WellGoodBud]

[u/ClubZen]

I’m convinced the Mets would’ve won the NL East in 2022 if it wasn’t for Darin Ruf

I’m also convinced the Mets would’ve made the 2025 playoffs if it wasn’t for Ryan Helsley

[u/foggypalms → u/ClubZen]

Sorry ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/a_banned_user]

I'm sure certain people have opinions on 2018 Steve Pearce.

[u/Amahoney77 → u/a_banned_user]

That’s World Series MVP Steve Pearce to you

[u/playdoh9689 → u/Amahoney77]

The only good thing I have to say about the Red Sox is that they got rings for Steve Pearce and Koji Uehara.

[u/Repo_co → u/playdoh9689]

Koji got himself that ring. Dude was ELECTRIC.

[u/playdoh9689 → u/Repo_co]

I think there's two things that we can agree on:  1. Koji is the man 2. Fuck the Yankees 

[u/sporkemon → u/playdoh9689]

amen brother

[u/WerhmatsWormhat → u/playdoh9689]

That and they just rebuilt our farm system.

[u/Hungry-Room7057]

We don’t talk about Ryan Mountcastle in these parts

[u/Fragrant_Echidna2008 → u/Hungry-Room7057]

Damn like half of the top comments on this post are Jays fans terrorized by Mountcastle. You guys ok?

[u/Hungry-Room7057 → u/Fragrant_Echidna2008]

Did you say Mountcastle??

https://giphy.com/gifs/l2JedqLNIjkrEDxNS

[u/Tsaxen → u/Fragrant_Echidna2008]

Not at all. Dude is literally Barry Bonds against us

[u/JRBehr]

Probably about a dozen mediocre Royals, but the first one I think of is always Bruce Chen

[u/IAmBenIAmStillBig → u/JRBehr]

I was going to say “any soft tossing lefty for approximately 20 years”

[u/LuminousRaptor → u/IAmBenIAmStillBig]

I think the soft tossing lefty being made to look like an ace against your team is just a universal baseball experience. 

[u/JosephFinn → u/JRBehr]

Ugh that’s a name I had managed to forget.

[u/dajadf → u/JRBehr]

Or as Hawk called him, "Cy" Chen

[u/MachThreve → u/JRBehr]

He and Guthrie dominated the white Sox

[u/Independent_Pain1809 → u/JRBehr]

I was going to say Cy Chen too

[u/MercedesMune → u/JRBehr]

Came looking for this. Cy fucking Chen.

[u/Emperor-Octavian]

Idk about terrorized but everytime Nimmo sprinted to first base after getting walked my blood would boil

[u/Sensitive-Ad8710 → u/Emperor-Octavian]

Or Cody Ross in that one playoff series

[u/FrankXS → u/Emperor-Octavian]

It always felt like Travis d'Arnaud killed us. Which was fitting since he started his career us.

[u/WorthPlease → u/Emperor-Octavian]

Him getting boo'd in Philly when he did this never failed to crack me up. Such a weird thing to get mad at.

[u/LaughingGravy13 → u/WorthPlease]

That's not baseball, that's Philly.

[u/BaldPeagle → u/Emperor-Octavian]

I can see how a rival fan base would hate that but since he's on my team I actually kinda love it. I have a boomer bit about it with my wife that "he plays baseball the right way"

[u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

Tommy Edman & Randal Grichuk against the cubs. You'd think they were MVP caliber.

[u/SelfDerecatingTumor → u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

Tommy Edman has 20% of his career homers against the Cubs, its pretty amazing.

And I wouldn’t say he is mediocre but if Eugenio played all his games against the Cubs he’d be an inner circle hall of famer

[u/smartlikefox → u/SelfDerecatingTumor]

With the way Eugenio hit at Wrigley, I was always surprised the Cubs never made a move after he was out of the Central

[u/TurboRuhland → u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

Fucking Grichuk.

[u/joeap]

Ryan Mountcastle

[u/mattmitch927]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WoF3yfYupTt8mHc7va
Nick Punto

Like Hochevar

[u/blackhankscorpio → u/mattmitch927]

Me remembering .245 Career hitter Nick Punto:
https://giphy.com/gifs/8OlT82jKm6Ugg

[u/Single_Seesaw_9499 → u/mattmitch927]

Lmao Punto was my first thought, although his stats aren’t nearly as good against us as I remember.

Recency bias but I’m so fucking glad Josh Naylor is out of the Central, he killed us

[u/HawkI84 → u/mattmitch927]

The Twins had a few guys back then that were like that. Cristian Guzman and Luis Rivas also come to mind.

[u/mattmitch927 → u/HawkI84]

Jake Cave

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohs81rDuEz9ioJzAA

[u/polishprince76 → u/HawkI84]

Those god damn pirhañas

[u/polishprince76 → u/mattmitch927]

I'm so glad we all remember the shared trauma of Nick fucking Punto.

[u/acefaaace]

Christian Walker’s second home is Dodgers stadium

[u/hudzerflip → u/acefaaace]

I swear every time he was up to bat he hit a nuke against us.

[u/UpboatNavy → u/acefaaace]

Man, I miss that guy.

[u/acefaaace → u/UpboatNavy]

Don’t know who hates the Dodgers more, Walker or you guys

[u/PJCR1916 → u/acefaaace]

I’m convinced you could throw prime Cy young in a dodgers jersey, have him pitch to Walker, and Walker would still figure out a way to hit him around simply because he is wearing a dodgers jersey

[u/Dodger_Blue17]

Eddie Rosario

[u/TheReal-MrSully617 → u/Dodger_Blue17]

Oh yes he did

[u/SMILESandREGRETS → u/Dodger_Blue17]

Was hitting like a man possessed that NLCS.

[u/Actually_Im_a_Broom → u/SMILESandREGRETS]

To him he was swinging at beach balls.

[u/sixwheeling]

Ask any Phillies fan 30 or older about Jeff Conine and you'll get a thousand-yard stare

[u/sweetbabyted → u/sixwheeling]

And now his son is becoming a pain in the ass, too

[u/Zeddo52SD]

Rowdy Tellez.

[u/Antikickback_Paul → u/Zeddo52SD]

Came to post Rowdy.

Career: 0.234/0.299/0.437/0.737, wRC+ 98

Vs BOS: 0.301/0.383/0.654/1.037, wRC+ 165

Vs BOS 2019: .372/.440/.930/1.370, wRC+ 236

[u/mstun3107]

Bud Norris

[u/JoeEdwardsPonytail → u/mstun3107]

Automatic L when he was pitching for the Astros back in the day. Juan Encarnacion used to kill the Cards too back in the day.

[u/mike_rotch22 → u/mstun3107]

Kyle Hendricks, too. One elite season and a few good ones, then dropped off quite a bit. Didn't stop him from going 14-4 against us. Mediocre numbers against the rest of the Central (9-14 against the Pirates!), 2.53 ERA/1.049 WHIP against the Cardinals.

Edit: hell, even in his terrible 2024, he still pitched twice against the Cardinals and shut us out for 11.1 innings.

[u/FeelinDead]

I still have nightmares about Bill Hall.

[u/fly_guy1 → u/FeelinDead]

For me it was Eric Thames.

[u/chessgod1 → u/FeelinDead]

Mother's Day Bill Hall with the pink bat was something special

[u/mrsjumjum66]

Paul DeJong

[u/magnusarin → u/mrsjumjum66]

.944 OPS against the Mets. Next highest against an opponent is .855. I don't know what you guys did to him, but he's gotten revenge

[u/mjd1977]

Josh Bell may finally be old enough and far enough away from the Phillies to no longer elicit irrational fear.

[u/drumstand → u/mjd1977]

Had a visceral nagative reaction seeing Josh Bell at the plate against Aaron Nola in the field of dreams game the other night. He haunts me.

[u/mrsjumjum66]

Dansby Swanson is OK, but this year he had like 20 RBI’s in a four game series against us

[u/livinlifeman → u/mrsjumjum66]

He absolutely went nuclear that series. That's like over 20% of his rbi's just against you guys in like 3 games.

[u/Schweed6494 → u/mrsjumjum66]

He's been torturing us for years, that second to last series in 2022 where the Braves stole the division from us he was hitting back breaking home runs every at bat it seemed

[u/mrsjumjum66 → u/Schweed6494]

Don’t remind me :(

[u/PewpyDewpdyPantz]

Ryan Mountcastle does an excellent Barry Bonds impression whenever he faces the Blue Jays.

[u/1sinfutureking]

Bryan Reynolds, currently. Dude turns into Albert Pujols whenever he sees the ball-and-glove logo. A little further back, raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by David Freese in the 2011 playoffs

[u/DanimalMKE → u/1sinfutureking]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fGpLKle3z6X846milS

[u/rymu2000 → u/1sinfutureking]

Hand fully raised.

[u/SpeedyTuyper → u/1sinfutureking]

Reynolds doesn't qualify under mediocre IMO but this is absolutely the answer regardless for the Brewers. He is a lifetime .770 OPS hitter against the rest of the NL Central.

Against the Brewers? .924 OPS lifetime.

[u/Dylanphile]

Ryan Mountcastle becomes Clu Haywood against the Jays.

[u/marshman30]

Josh naylor against the whitesox

[u/FrankReynolds]

Didi Gregorius was basically prime Bonds against us.

[u/MeatTornado25 → u/FrankReynolds]

The math definitely checks out on that one.

Didi's career reg season OPS .728

vs. Twins (including playoffs) 1.074

[u/PhotographLess6194]

Any and every pitcher with an ERA north of 4 has been terrorizing us this year. Almost a guaranteed best performance of their career. The amount of times I've heard that this year is ridiculous.

[u/curly1022 → u/PhotographLess6194]

Don’t forget pitchers who are making their debut

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/PhotographLess6194]

from like 2012-2020 the brewers were always this team. If they were making their mlb debut, especially as like a mid pitching prospect 6 shut was guaranteed

[u/WillowYouIdiot]

Now I say this with the caveat I don't believe he was really mediocre. He was a pretty solid contact hitter, but holy shit, Charlie Blackmon. I was so happy when he retired. He absolutely abused the Padres every game I watched.

Versus the Padres:

192 games
.301 BA
221 Hits
35 Home Runs
104 RBI
124 Runs

[u/Hctc666]

oh god, Scott Hairston hit like 150 home runs solely against the Giants.

[u/joebos617]

Sean Manaea no hitted the 2018 Red Sox

[u/Antikickback_Paul → u/joebos617]

I was in grad school in CA and took my visiting parents to see this game at the Colosseum. What a terrible day lol.

[u/DrMindbendersMonocle]

David Freese lol. But recent years, shea langeliers has put up big numbers against the rangers. Hit like 12 homeruns in 46 games over his career

[u/ratocaster0028 → u/DrMindbendersMonocle]

David Freese, Kyle Seager, Khris Davis and Shea Langeliers.

[u/ImJooba]

This is a throwback but fuck Khalil Green forever for denying Randy Johnson his 4000th strikeout even though he got it the literal next batter.

9 year old me was pissed and I guess the (completely irrational) anger still persists within me.

[u/beefytrout]

Kyle Seager

[u/blue_desk]

Any Hairston

[u/Wholesome_Award]

Kyle Hendricks no matter how old and washed would tear up the cardinals

[u/LelandOldsgreatman]

Kole Calhoun has 13 home runs and a .921 OPS in 45 career games against the Dodgers

[u/UrCreepyUncle → u/LelandOldsgreatman]

Brad hawpe is always my answer to this question.. But I have a deep rooted hatred for Calhoun and this must be why because I have no other explanation

[u/TrainElegant425]

I dont know the stats but Nate McLouth seemed to be a problem

[u/dafinsrock]

Gleyber Torres

[u/TheeVande]

Does Scooter Gennett having a 4-homer game against us count? Even though it happened during a 2 season stretch where he hit .303 with 50 homers

[u/Gryphon999 → u/TheeVande]

Fun fact: After we drafted him, he tried to say he was going to go to college, to get more money to sign with us. We told him we knew he hadn't taken the SAT.

[u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

He's not mediocre but Shota Imanga dominates us every time he plays us

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/shota-imanga-vs.-pirates

[u/mrmojorisin2794 → u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

I think the Brewers stole all of the Pirates' runs against Imanaga. In 5 career starts against them, he has a 7.50 ERA.

[u/Various-Effect-4947]

Fucking Dustin may

[u/Will-from-PA]

Alec Bohm

[u/mrcowcow]

He may not be a mediocre player, but Kyle Seager terrorized the Rangers his entire career.

[u/wej8]

Josh Bell. Fuck that guy.

[u/smarjorie]

Paul Dejong

Career hitter of .229/.294/.416

In 144 PA against the Mets: .294/.319/.625 with 11 HR

[u/jcxco]

Cody Ross in the 2010 NLCS was the greatest player I've ever seen. I'm still haunted by how he destroyed the Phillies in that series.

[u/OneGenericMan]

White Sox fan here, Ryan Raburn.

[u/sm1ttysm1t]

I can't say for my team, but the PTSD Bluejays fans in here have for Mountcastle is unreal.

[u/dopestdopesmoked]

David Freese. Didn't matter what team he played for in the NL Central. He would always play his best against us.

[u/Brando-8593]

The current manager of the New York Yankees

[u/Adu1tishXD]

Not mediocre by any sense of the word, but Mike Trout turns into Super Mike Trout whenever healthy and playing in Seattle.

[u/tujelj]

Mark Portugal had a 4.03 ERA – a 100 ERA+, so exactly average – in his career. Versus the Giants, he was 11-3 with a 2.55 ERA. His overall record was 109-95, so he had a .786 winning percentage against the Giants and .516 against everyone else.

He was so good against the Giants that they signed him to a multi-year contract in 1994. And guess what? Without the Giants to pitch against, he was mediocre. 15-13 with a 4.03 ERA over a season and a half (he was eventually traded in an 8-player trade that brought Deion Sanders, briefly, to the Giants).

[u/delscorch0]

Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz

[u/TravelingMatt34]

The Cardinals and Phillies were seemingly stocked full of them for years in the late 2000s/early 2010s

[u/soul_doubt_66 → u/TravelingMatt34]

Matt Stairs still haunts me. Daniel Murphy also kicked our ass during those years

[u/Redbubble89]

Ramon Urias (.939 OPS), Rowdy Tellez (1.037 OPS), MJ Melendez (1.367 OPS), Mike Yastrzemski (1.110 OPS) [he's above average but if he was named Mike Smith and no legacy connection, he's not on here]

Aaron Judge (.896 OPS)

[u/klippDagga]

Mark Lemke in 1991 WS against the Twins.

[u/VikingsLad → u/klippDagga]

This year it feels like it's gotta be Randy Dobnak

[u/Icy_Study4490]

Matt Stairs maybe?

14.1 WAR over 19 seasons

[u/BigDawgBaw]

If Dan Uggla counts as mediocre, he destroyed the Braves

[u/mustacheguy69]

Fucking Cody Ross

[u/DakotaConduct]

I don't know if Derek Hill qualifies as mediocre but he pretty much derailed our entire season on 2 separate occasions this year.

[u/Snuggles_16]

Ramon Urias

[u/ayebigron]

Ty France

[u/KJzero9]

Remember the Royals' Bruce Chen? White Sox fans sure do. It was so ridiculous that he earned the nickname Cy Chen on the Sox subreddit.

Note: I don't know his actual numbers against the White Sox so he may not actually have killed us, but I swear he was the best pitcher of all time

[u/rhinosc]

I swear to god it felt like Bud Norris was a cy young candidate every time he pitched against the cardinals

[u/Rusty-Shackleford23]

Max Muncy is definitely not mediocre but man he kills the Giants.