Righting Wrongs - 1999 Phillies, Pirates and Padres

 

Mickey Morandini had a couple cards in the 2000 set, and both were similarly useless. Year prior would've given Mickey a more forgiving card, keeping his alright defense and giving a better on-base and a better chart that could land him on some benches.

Chad Ogea had arguably the worst card ever in the 2000 set. A 0 control and could still surrender homers on his own chart. There's a reason his career was over after 1999. Back him up a few years with the Indians and Chad was a much better pitcher. As I was making his 1996 card, I realized he wasn't included in my 1995 Indians set I made some time ago, so I'm going to rectify that retroactively and just include a 2nd Ogea card as a bonus here.

Mike Benjamin was another completely forgettable SS from the 2000 set, but with the Giants he featured a 10 on-base and multiple position eligibility.

Brant Brown was another guy with multiple 2000 cards, but neither had as good of an on-base as he does here, and the trade off on his chart is minimal. That low on base brought big homer opportunity, but he still retains excellent XBH potential here.

Chad Hermansen was another low on-base/good chart card. Here he goes from 5 to 8 on-base with a huge compromise on chart stats. I was on the fence about calling this card an upgrade, but since I made it already I figured I'd include it anyway.

The 1999 Pirates obviously went with the quantity over quality option at SS. Pat Mears was another awful on-base card but at least a few seasons earlier would've given him a very attractive chart to help you rationalize carrying a SS with a 6 on-base.

Tony Gwynn had a pretty good 2000 Showdown card, but we all know he had far superior seasons earlier in his career. I've previously featured an insanely good Gwynn card, so this time I figure I'd highlight a classic uniform from his early days.

Wally Joyner exploded on the scene in the late 80s, then completely lost that magic and spent the rest of his career trying to rekindle the 30 home run power later on. Here you can take advantage of the card that brought about that 34 homer year.

Dave Magadan was the kind of card in 2000 that you'd shrug at and include if you needed one last bat on the bench. In 1990 Dave still had 1B/3B prowess but this time he can play defense on both ends. Still no power but the 12 on-base means you can hold him on the bench for the right situation.