By season’s end, a ball club’s overall success or failure is usually based on the expectations placed upon it in early spring.
Some of April’s supposed powers proved to be underwhelming come September. Here are six teams which best fit that description.
6. Cleveland Indians
Nobody was catching the Kansas City Royals in the American League Central. The Tribe, which finished 13.5 games out in the divisional race, instead remained in the Wild Card hunt until the final week. That false hope, though, masked a season in which they far too often toed the line of mediocrity.