Top Five Worst Angels in The Past Five Years

This is a list of Angel players that Angel fans were used to seeing in the Disney era of the Anaheim Angels.  The rosters during that era were littered by players like these.  As much as I wanted to place Darren Oliver on the list, his strong 2008 season made him a step up from the players in this list.  Yes, I know, this article is rather bias.

Dishonorable Mentions:

Dallas McPherson - The often injured, prodigy who was supposed to have Anaheim fans forgetting who Troy Glaus was.  Now Angel fans must thank Chone Figgins for handling the third base duties for now.  His inability to stay on the active roster as well as not living up to the hype makes him fall off the list, no matter how badly I wanted to place him on it.

Statistics with the Angels:

Steve Finley - Steve Finley had a good career in the show.  He was top fifteen in the NL MVP voting twice.  This is a case where a ball player hung up his spikes a couple of years too late. This is not what Angel fans were expecting when they signed the veteran center fielder.  Good enough to be an dishonorable mention on my top 5.

Statistics with the Angels:

Hector Carrasco - Much like Yan, when Carrasco was brought into ball game, it meant that Angel fans should get up and head through the tunnels to leave the ball park.  Arte Moreno must have loved of relievers with plus fastballs with bad numbers in the past to have signed Yan and Carrasco.  We can only be happy they are no longer part of the Angel's roster.  Don't worry, I was as surprised as you were to see his productive 2006 season, but due to my personal bias, this would not be complete without an dishonorable mention of Hector Carrasco.

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Now to the Top 5:

5. Shea Hillinbrand - The good news was that former Angel's GM, Bill Stoneman, had a short leash with Hillenbrand.  The bad news is that he was signed by the Angels in the first place.  He made me miss Tim Salmon.

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4. Esteban Yan - When the fireballer Esteban Yan was brought into games, it meant that if the game was not yet out of reach, Yan would make it that way.  No pitcher is better at turning a 4 run deficit into a 8 run slaughter.  No pitcher has ever been less productive with a high 90's fastball.

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3. J.C. Romero -J.C. Romero had a solid career with the Twins early in his career, but this trend did not continue with the Angels.  He has also pitched better since he has left Anaheim, but his 2006 season was awful for the left hander.

Statistics with the Angels:

2. Gary Matthews Jr. - I do not have the time or the energy to describe my discust with Gary Matthews Jr.'s play, or contract with the Angels.  The only player on this list that is currently on the roster, so conventional wisdom is that he will only get worse.  His awful play is not limited to the batters box.  If anyone was watching game one of the 2008 ALDS, you would know what I mean.  He makes catching a fly ball look as tough as National League pitchers make putting the bat on the ball look. 8 errors in one year in the outfield is upsurd coming from a outfielder that is supposed to be good defensivly.  5 year $50 million dollar gaurenteed contract... no trade clause... well at least we didn't sign Andrew Jones.

Statistics with the Angels:

1. Jeff Weaver - Brought on to help his brother's first year in the big leagues, the two looked like they were not from the same lineage.  Just awful.

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*stats provided by http://www.baseball-reference.com