I guess other players around the league don’t like the Yankees very much. A poll conducted by ESPN the Magazine back in Spring Training had Joba, A-Rod & Swish as baseball’s top three most overrated players. Now, these poll results have been released by Sports Illustrated:
WHO IS THE MOST OVERRATED PLAYER?
Joba Chamberlain, Yankees P 12%
Alex Rodriguez, Yankees 3B 5%
Gary Matthews Jr., Reds CF 5%
Nick Swisher, Yankees RF 4%
J.D. Drew, Red Sox RF 3%
FAST FACTS
Overrated by whom? Outside of Rodriguez, none of the top five vote-getters have more than one All-Star appearance…. They Hate New York: Seven of the 16 with at least three votes have played this season for one of the two Big Apple teams…. Maybe the voters knew something: On June 15 the Mets released Matthews. Nine days later Cincinnati signed the 35-year-old but shipped him to Triple A Louisville.
Based on 187 MLB players who responded to SI’s survey
What do you guys think about this? Are they right, or are they wrong?
M. B. Rozell
Kevin Rozell
I agree about Joba, the fat bastard, but Swisher? If anything he’s played way above his rep since joining the Yanks.