For todays All-Star conversation, were going to talk about players who wont be making the trip to Cleveland for baseballs annual Midsummer Cla sic. But were not going to talk about All-Star snubs.No, these are big names who have produced seasons so far, lets point out that have not been even close Guillermo Heredia Jersey to deserving of spots in the All-Star game. Its not a list of the worst players in the sport, but more of a look at seven of the more disappointing seasons so far.MORE:These guys reside for the first half of 2019, at least at the intersection of lofty expectations and disappointing production, if that makes sense. Lets jump in.Jose Ramirez, 3B, IndiansWhy hes here: Ramirez finished third in the AL MVP vote in 2017, and he was third again in 2018. In 2019, though? His production through the 81 games hes played has dropped off the table. His OPS+ is 68, down from 151 in 2018. He has just five homers, after blasting 39 last year. His on-base percentage is .310, down from .387. He has just 21 extra-base hits this year, after 81 last year.Its a shame, too, because it would have been great to see Cleveland celebrate another great season from Ramirez at the hometown All-Star Game.Bryce Harper, OF, PhilliesWhy hes here: At that aforementioned intersection of expectations and production, its not a stretch to say no player has produced a more disappointing season to this point than Bryce Harper. The Phillies gave him a 13-year, $330-million deal early in spring training, hoping hed be the final piece to Richard Rodriguez Jersey take the franchise into the postseason and on to a World Series championship. The results for the player and team have been mixed, at best.Harper hasnt been awful, but he hasnt been great, either. For example, he leads the Phillies in plate appearances (371), but hes seventh among position players in bWAR (0.8). Well, hes tied for seventh with Jay Bruce, who has 85 plate appearances with the squad.Chris Archer, SP, PiratesWhy hes here: The Pirates surprised many people in the industry last summer when they traded for Rays starter Chris Archer, a high-ceiling right-hander who had been the subject of trade rumors for years. He was good-not-great for the Pirates in 10 starts after the deal, posting a 4.00 FIP and 10.3 K/9 rate, with 3.1 walks per nine.This year has been rough. Through 14 starts, Archer has a 5.50 ERA and 5.80 FIP. His strikeouts per nine are similar (9.8), but his walks per nine number has Kevin Newman Jersey skyrocketed to 4.6; that ranks 101 of 105 bigleague starters with at least 70 innings this year. Hes lasted at least six full innings only five times in 14 starts. His HR/9 number is up, but thats mostly because of one particularly ugly start in Atlanta when he allowed five homers in six innings of work; aside from that start, he hasnt allowed more than two in any game.It didnt help that the two players the Pirates traded have looked like stars for the Rays. Tyler Glasnow had a 1.86 ERA in eight starts this year before he was sidelined by a forearm strain. Austin Meadows, the other piece, has cooled off lately but was just named to the AL All-Star squad.Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, CardinalsWhy hes here: From 2013 to 2018with the Diamondbacks, Goldschmidt produced a .301/.406/.541 slash line, with a 150 OPS+ and 6.1 bWAR. He averaged 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 100 runs scored. The Cardinals traded for him this offseason and gave him a five-year, $130 million extension before he played his first regular-season game for the franchise. And Goldschmidt started his Cardinals career with a bang, blasting three home runs in just his second game wearing the uniform.Since then, though? His production has been decidedly non-Goldschmidtesque. His slash line sits at .247/.337/.404 and his OPS+ is 97, below league average. And, yes, RBIs are a flawed statistic, but I dont think anyone imagined a scenario in which Goldschmidt led the team in plate appearances but was fifth in RBIs, behind Kolten Wong and Yadier Molina. The Cardinals are 12th of 15 NL teams in runs scored, and though Goldschmidt isnt the only i sue Matt Carpenter has an OPS+ of just 88 hes not helping much.Robinson Cano, 2B, MetsWhy hes here: I could almost copy/paste part of what I just wrote about Goldschmidt. The Mets traded for Cano this offseason, after a year in which he hit .303/.374/.471 and produced an OPS+ of 135, despite being suspended for 80 games (OK, that parts different than Goldschmidt). And he started his time with the Mets with a bang, homering in his first at-bat (off Max Scherzer) and delivering an eighth-inning RBI single in a 2-0 win on Opening Day.Since then hes looked like an aging veteran in his Age 36 season. Cano has a .243/.293/.372 slash line and an OPS+ of 80. Hes still under contract through 2023, at $24 million a season (the Mariners are paying Roberto Clemente Jersey $3.75 million of that each remaining year).Harrison Bader, OF, CardinalsWhy hes here: There were times last year when Bader looked like the teams next superstar flashing power, speed and defensive wizardry in center field. He finished 2018 with 12 homers, 15 stolen bases and a 3.8 bWAR in 427 plate appearances, and the stage was set for Lonnie Chisenhall Jersey his emergence on a national stage. Instead, hes struggled at the plate, batting .203 with an OPS+ of 83. Hes in an especially deep funk at the moment, with just two hits in his past 39 at-bats (.051 average).As Cardinals fans know, too, the team traded Tommy Pham to the Rays last summer in part to give full-time at-bats to Bader. In 117 games with Tampa Bay 39 in 2018 and 78 this year Pham has a .303/.406/.519 slash line and 5.2 bWAR and 149 OPS+.Brandon Crawford, SS, GiantsWhy hes here: The longtime Giants shortstop finished 12th in the NL MVP vote in 2016 and was an All-Star in 2018, but his offensive numbers are full-season career lows, pretty much acro s the board. Hes batting .223 with a .289 on-base percentage. His OPS+ of 69 is by far the worst for any MLB shortstop with at least 200 plate appearances, and that -0.1 bWAR isnt like Crawford, either (his career low is 2.0).
