{"id":921445,"date":"2026-10-05T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921445\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:40:13","slug":"7-mlb-players-worse-than-you-think-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921445\/","title":{"rendered":"7 MLB Players Worse Than You Think in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Jose Altuve did homer in Game 2 of the ALWCS against the Chicago White Sox, his 28th career postseason homer. Only Manny Ramirez (29) has more in MLB history. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With that said, the former AL MVP isn&#8217;t nearly the player he used to be. In his age-36 season, Altuve hit just .250, far below his .300 career batting average. And for the first time since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Altuve finished with an OPS+ below 100 (which is considered league average), posting a 97 in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">What&#8217;s more, he continues to be a nightmare in the field, as evidenced by his minus-17 <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/players\/jose-altuve\/5417\/stats\/batting#fielding\">defensive runs saved<\/a> and minus-10 outs above average at second base this season. With Yordan Alvarez at DH and the experiment of Altuve in left field failing in 2025, there&#8217;s not much they can do with their franchise icon defensively. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Altuve has a resume deserving of induction into the Hall of Fame, but the final three seasons of a five-year, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/8688\/jose-altuve\">$125 million deal<\/a> could be ugly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jose Altuve did homer in Game 2 of the ALWCS against the Chicago White Sox, his 28th career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-921445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}