Jeff Mathis really, really sucks.

[erik316wttn]

Nice article here that says Angels C Jeff Mathis is one of the worst hitters of all time, and certainly the worst in the 'post-strike' era of baseball.

 

http://www.halosheaven.com/2010/8/26/1639021/jeff-mathis-making-history

[imb]

wasnt he a top 50 prospect at one point

[TruffleShuffle]

wasnt he a top 50 prospect at one point

 

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:

Pre-2003: Rated #48 Prospect

Pre-2004: Rated #22 Prospect

Pre-2005: Rated #67 Prospect

Pre-2006: Rated #60 Prospect

 

to be fair, he actually did hit for most of his minor league career, though i'm sure the california league, texas league and pacific coast league (salt lake city) helped quite a bit.

 

he's also notable for infuriating fantasy owners of jeff mathis. generally i think mike scioscia is a good manager, but his adoration for mathis' defense is just absurd. even if he's the greatest defensive catcher of all time, there's no way that defense makes up the massive gap between his production and that of mathis.

 

my favorite "hitter" of all time was tony pena jr. in 2008 he had just 235 PAs but managed to be 30 runs below average for a SS by putting up a wonderful .169/.189/.209/.398 line. anyone who can make ronny cedeno's 2006 look like babe ruth did something truly special.

[Guest]

Napoli.

[TruffleShuffle]

lol yeah i screwed that one up pretty good

[Guest]

to be fair, he actually did hit for most of his minor league career, though i'm sure the california league, texas league and pacific coast league (salt lake city) helped quite a bit.

 

I think it's hilarious that he got worse each of the three years he repeated AAA. Went from a 838 OPS (at age 22, no less) to a 763 to a 671.