Players Who Don't Belong

These are the players who should not be on a major league roster, based solely on a glance at the rosters. No detailed analysis here. These guys hurt their teams more than they help. An asterisk (*) denotes a starter.

AL East         AL Central      AL West
M. Cairo        N. Perez        J. Ellison
J. McDonald*    N. Punto*       B. Crosby*
R. Clayton      D. Erstad       M. Kotsay
J. Phillips     S. Podsednik*   J. Hairston
P. Bako         A. Cintron
D. Navarro*     T. Pena*
                J. LaRue
                       

NL East         NL Central      NL West
A. Nunez*       J. Kendall*     T. Sledge  
S. Thorman      C. Izturis      H. Bocachica
C. Woodward     C. Counsell     S. Finley
P. Orr          G. Bennett      R. Martinez
J. Borchard     J. Castro       B. Clark
                J. Lane
                J. Castillo
                M. Kata
                C. Duffy

Craig Biggio would also be here, but he is already taken care of.


One more year like this, and these guys make the list too:

Julio Lugo
Reed Johnson
Jay Payton
Jay Gibbons
Toby Hall
Craig Monroe
Emil Brown*
Josh Barfield
Damian Miller
Jim Edmonds*
Shea Hillenbrand*
Gerald Laird*
Marcus Giles
Ray Durham*
Omar Vizquel*