Most hated pitcher in D-Backs history?
--Howry
--Byung Hyun Kim
--Russ Ortiz
--Jon Rauch
--Other
Place your votes below!
I would not even put Jon Rauch or Byung Hyun Kim on my top five most hated Diamondbacks pitchers. Really I cannot understand why any D'backs fan would hate Kim, if we had lost that World Series he would be hated, but that is not the case. Jon Rauch had a down first half of the year last season but he pulled it together prior to being traded.
I would probably rate them:
1. Russ Ortiz
- Quite possibly the worst free agent acquisition in Arizona professional sports history.
2. Willie Blair
- Signed to a huge contract, becoming the 6th highest paid player on the team in their first season, Blair went 4-15 in only 23 starts (making no relief appearances) before being shipped off to the Mets for Bernard Gilkey who we are still paying today.
3. Jason Grimsley
- Plenty of reasons to dislike this juicer.
4. Elmer Dessens
- Power hitter Durazo was shipped to Oakland in a three team deal that sent only Dessens to Arizona. Elmer, whose previous only good statistical year was that prior to joining the Diamondback, struggled as the #3 starter behind Johnson/Schilling and would eventually lose his spot in the rotation less than 10 months of being acquired.
5. Bob Howry
- The worst pitcher on a historically bad bullpen. If he had played longer I am sure that he would be much higher on this list.
My vote for the most hated position player to ever wear a Diamondbacks uniform would probably be Richie Sexson. Who only played 23 games after being acquired and promptly bolted for Seattle after only cashing in his huge pay checks while on the DL here.
