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By John Town
Biggest Disappointment: Scott Kingery
While plenty of players have taken a step up this year, not everyone has been having success. One of the bigger letdowns of the season has been the performance of Scott Kingery. The bar was set high when he signed a six-year contract extension before ever playing a major-league game. So far, the contract has not looked good.
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In 91 major-league games, Kingery has a .237/.282/.338 line with a 24.0 percent strikeout rate and a 5.6 percent walk rate. He has been barely replacement-level with 0.1 oWAR while producing little defensively with -0.3 dWAR.
In Kingery’s defense, he was thrown in a bad situation. He started the year not playing on a consistent basis, starting all over the diamond when given the chance.
Kingery has been forced to play out of position at shortstop after spending almost all of his minor-league career at second base. His defense has been far better recently, but he is still prone to errors and has -4 defensive runs saved.
Overall, Kingery has failed to reach the expectations his contract set. He was supposed to spend at least the first part of this season honing his craft in Triple-A, but instead got thrown into the major leagues. His lack of production was one of the main reasons why the team pursued Manny Machado so hard.
Runners-up: Carlos Santana, Hector Neris, Aaron Altherr, Tommy Hunter