[ThePundit]

Since 1980 to present who would you say were the all time Yankee busts. Guys that came to NY with a big contract and/or high expectations and just didn't perform. Here are some pitchers:

Staff:
1) Ed Whitson (Could only pitch on the road)
2) Steve Trout ( As soon as he came to the Yankees he couldn't throw the ball over the plate.
3) Kenny Rogers - the bigger the game the more scared he got.
4) Rick Rhoden - Yanks traded Doug Drabek to get him. Eek.
5) Dale Murray - Yanks traded Fred McGriff to get him..

Bullpen: Felix Heredia - never got anyone out. Joe Torre was obsessed with using him for some odd reason.

Manager: Stump Merrill....How could the Yankees hire anybody who not only called himself Stump but looked like one as well.

Position Players: I'll start off with one:

Steve Kemp: Was never the same player as he was in Detroit.
Who else?

[MVB]

Kevin Brown tops them all! Moderately large salary.....and the guy could not get a win no matter what... But even worse was that every time the Yankees needed him most, he hurt his arm or was "fatigued"....

[legend]

Matt Nokes, the Tiger catcher
Ruben Sierra the first time around
Dave Collins from the Reds
Roy Smalley from the Twins
Butch Wynegar from the Twins
KEN PHELPS from Seattle-Ouch-for Jay Buhner, although I doubt Buhner would have blossomed in NY
Kevin Maas-lived off of one year
Hensley Meulens- a rare home grown bust
Danny Tartabull- need I go on?

[Grozny]

Hensley Meulens- a rare home grown bust

Good one! Maas is another good choice for biggest bust. He had some monster hype behind him when he jacked 21 in only 250 AB's his rookie year.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Since 1980 to present who would you say were the all time Yankee busts. Guys that came to NY with a big contract and/or high expectations and just didn't perform. Here are some pitchers:

Staff:
1) Ed Whitson (Could only pitch on the road)
2) Steve Trout ( As soon as he came to the Yankees he couldn't throw the ball over the plate.
3) Kenny Rogers - the bigger the game the more scared he got.
4) Rick Rhoden - Yanks traded Doug Drabek to get him. Eek.
5) Dale Murray - Yanks traded Fred McGriff to get him..

Bullpen: Felix Heredia - never got anyone out. Joe Torre was obsessed with using him for some odd reason.

Manager: Stump Merrill....How could the Yankees hire anybody who not only called himself Stump but looked like one as well.

Position Players: I'll start off with one:

Steve Kemp: Was never the same player as he was in Detroit.
Who else?

You forgot Dave Collins ...came from the Reds after stealing 79 bases and hitting .300 ...was going to be their leadoff man....and poof...nothing...than he goes to Toronto...15 triples and 60 stolen bases...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Sorry...I guess Legend covered Collins...my bad...

[Grozny]

1) Ed Whitson (Could only pitch on the road)

That's cause he kept getting death threats at home.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Grozny

That's cause he kept getting death threats at home.

Dude...those were from his wife...he was that bad

[CityofBrotherlyShove]

Kevin Brown tops them all!

MVB beat me to it - KB was my answer. That's a no brainer.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by CityofBrotherlyShove

MVB beat me to it - KB was my answer. That's a no brainer.

...err...are we forgetting the "Fat Toad" Hideki Irabu?

[ThePundit]

Oh how could I forget Ken Phelps for Jay Buhner?
I overlooked Kevin Brown too.

Here's a few more:

Position players: Omar Moreno, Toby Harrah, Dale Berra, Ron Kittle, Stanley Jefferson (was supposed to be the second coming), Rupert Jones.

Pitchers: Greg Cadaret, Neil Allen, Charles Hudson, Jimmy Jones, Lance McCullers, Eric Plunk, Rich Dotson and John Candeleria.

[legend]

How about Johnny Damon? Oh, sorry. That's for next year's posting on this topic.

I lived through the late 80's early 90's Stankees:

C: Bob Geren
1B: Kevin Maas
2B: Steve Sax
3B: Andy Stankiewicz
SS: Alvaro Espinoza
OF: Roberto Kelly
OF: Hensley Muelens
OF: Ruben Rivera
DH: (3-WAY TIE!) Ken Phelps / Jack Clark / Steve Balboni
P: Brien Taylor
P: Sam Militello
P: Ed Witt
P: Steve Howe
P: Andy Hawkins (Who throws a no-hitter and loses?!)