Whose performance surprised you the most this year?

[Ty Hope]

Whether it was for good or bad reasons, who (player) did you expect more (or less!) of in 2012?

 

[ThoseBackPages]

i'll go with the Rookies Of The Year, Harper and Trout.

 

[matfanofold]

Trout for sure, I don't think anyone can say his level of play was expected. I was also surprised how well Posey played considering his time off. I'm sure there are more but it's late here and I am tired...

 

[ThoseBackPages]

RA Dickey. if the mets dont trade him now, they're foolish.

and yes, the are foolish.

 

[Ty Hope]

RA Dickey. if the mets dont trade him now, they're foolish.

and yes, the are foolish.

"Let's go Mets, let's do it again!"

 

[PadresFan86]

Melky lol

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[ThoseBackPages]

one of my favorite's that they had posted outside of Shea

"Show up at Shea"

 

[WNP22]

I'll go the other way than everyone else. Tim Lincecum was shockingly awful this year.

 

[Austin]

R.A. Dickey.
Why couldn't he pitch like that when he was a Ranger?
He'll be a one-year wonder.

 

[cubfanbudman]

Eric Hosmer was a big disappointment

Alfonso Soriano was a very nice suprise in the field and at the dish

 

[PadresFan86]

How about Chase Headley? He lead the N.L in Rbi's and his power surge was amazing.

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[WaxPax]

Fernando Rodney....No way anyone would have predicted the year he had....

 

[padremurph]

How about Chase Headley? He lead the N.L in Rbi's and his power surge was amazing.

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Yup, Headley for me.

 

[HPC]

I'd have to go with Trout and Dickey.

Harper didnt surprise me since he showed since he was 12 that he has the tools to do what he did.

 

[James52411]

Surprises: Allen Craig, R.A. Dickey, A.J. Burnett, Kris Medlen, Chris Davis

Disappointments: Rickie Weeks, Tim Lincecum, Heath Bell, Jon Lester, Brett Lawrie, Dan Haren

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Nationals (kind of)
Orioles (definitely)

 

[Y4NK335]

Exceeded my expectations:
A's
O's
Yoenis Cespedes
Carlos Beltran
Fernando Rodney
Edwin Encarnacion
Trevor Plouffe

I know it is a random list but I'll quickly justify each of them. Rodney, Encarnacion, and Beltran had great years and Beltran was able to stay relatively healthy. Thought the Cespedes hype was originally a bit overblown with his "workout" videos, but he certainly lived up to expectation. Plouffe made my list because he was one of, if not the first guy I "prospected". I wrote him off last year, but it was nice to see him develop into a MLB caliber player. A's and O's for obvious reasons. Had a hard time believing they would stick around as long as they did.

 

[pootshwan]

Justin Upton anyone?

Thought he took that step forward to super stardom last year. But this year was very disappointing....

 

[aarne13]

Ricky Romero. He was 8-1 at one pt in the season but was very lucky considering how hard he was being hit. The wheels then fell off. He lost 13 in a row and ended the season 9-14 with a 5.77 era and 100+ walks. I really hope this season was an aberration.

EE was also a big surprise. Encarnacion had a breakout season with joey bats on the sidelines.

 

[hive17]

I'll go with Ryan Braun. The pressure to repeat, then the drug test fiasco and the loss of Prince should have been a recipe for massive regression; instead he was even better than his MVP year.

But I also didn't think Posey would come back the way he did.