Stars Stuck on Sinking Ships
Good, healthy players having strong seasons on teams going nowhere.
Today we look at the best players going to waste on the league's worst teams. Some of the biggest names in baseball are putting up huge numbers for clubs buried in the standings. The talent is real; the wins just aren't showing up.
Aces going to waste
The best arms (by form) on the five worst teams in each league — healthy, stuck on losing clubs. Tap a name for where they shine.
Cincinnati's Chase Burns leads this lonely group with a 2.01 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP, plus 95 strikeouts and eight wins for a 35-38 Reds team. Reid Detmers does his damage by missing bats, topping the list with 100 strikeouts and a tidy 1.00 WHIP despite the Angels' record.
Chase Burns
Cincinnati Reds2.01ERAelite›ERA 2.01 · WHIP 1.02 · IP 80.2GS 14 · 8 W · 95 KFORM85elite
Max Meyer
Miami Marlins2.75ERAabove avg›ERA 2.75 · WHIP 1.12 · IP 85GS 15 · 7 W · 95 KFORM73above avg
José Soriano
Los Angeles Angels2.79ERAabove avg›ERA 2.79 · WHIP 1.23 · IP 87GS 15 · 8 W · 92 KFORM68above avg
Reid DetmersLos Angeles Angels3.68ERAabove avg›ERA 3.68 · WHIP 1.00 · IP 88GS 15 · 3 W · 100 KFORM67above avg
Nolan McLean
New York Mets3.67ERAabove avg›ERA 3.67 · WHIP 1.09 · IP 83.1GS 15 · 4 W · 97 KFORM64above avg
Bats stuck on bad teams
The best bats (by OPS) on those same teams.
No surprise who heads the bats: Houston's Yordan Alvarez at a 1.070 OPS with 24 homers and a .325 average, a giant carrying a sub-.500 club. Behind him, the Mets' Juan Soto hits .300 with 17 homers, and Colorado's Hunter Goodman has quietly piled up 21 home runs on a last-place team.
Yordan Alvarez
Houston Astros1.070OPSelite historic›AVG .325 · HR 24 · OPS 1.07055 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.070elite
Juan SotoNew York Mets0.980OPSelite›AVG .300 · HR 17 · OPS 0.98038 RBI · 6 SBOPS0.980elite
Willson Contreras
Boston Red Sox0.926OPSelite›AVG .289 · HR 16 · OPS 0.92644 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.926elite
Hunter Goodman
Colorado Rockies0.858OPSabove avg›AVG .251 · HR 21 · OPS 0.85839 RBI · 5 SBOPS0.858above avg
Dillon Dingler
Detroit Tigers0.851OPSabove avg›AVG .255 · HR 16 · OPS 0.85151 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.851above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.