We’re one month into the Major League Baseball season and getting ready to turn our calendars to May. The season is still extremely young, but since we’re a month in now, let’s take a look at the baseball players who have had the most disappointing April for their fantasy owners (hitters edition):

*Note* All fantasy rankings used are from Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball

Jose Ramirez (2B/3B), Cleveland Indians

By far the most disappointing start to the major league baseball season is Jose Ramirez. In Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, he was the pre-season 10th overall best player, and now he ranks 577th. After collecting 60 home runs and 188 RBI in the last two seasons, Ramirez has just two home runs so far with nine RBI, while hitting an abysmal .188. The 26 year old will surely come around soon, especially with Francisco Lindor back in the lineup, but he’s had a brutal April.

Manny Machado (3B/SS), San Diego Padres

After signing the big contract in the offseason, Machado has struggled out of the gate with his new team. He’s been one of the better players in the game for a while now, which is why he got his contract, so it’s disappointing to fantasy owners that he’s just .242 so far with 4 home runs and 12 RBI. He was ranked 23rd overall in fantasy before the season, but now sits at 495th.

Kris Bryant (3B/OF), Chicago Cubs

I love Kris Bryant, but I feel like he underperforms every year according to his expectations (with exception to the MVP season. Very similar to Manny Machado, Bryant started the season in fantasy ranked 24th and is now 467th. He’s hitting a lowly .229 with three home runs and 13 RBI. Fantasy owners must wait it out though and don’t sell low on him.

Anthony Rizzo (1B), Chicago Cubs

Next is Kris Bryant’s teammate Anthony Rizzo. Like Bryant, Rizzo is off to a really slow start, which is why the Cubs haven’t gotten off to the start they would like. Anthony Rizzo is hitting even lower than Kris, at .214, with five home runs and 16 RBI. He was ranked 31st overall before the season in fantasy, but now is 409th. I do have a better feeling about Rizzo than Bryant going forward because Rizzo is just an RBI machine.

Joey Votto (1B), Cincinnati Reds

Votto is getting older, but it doesn’t feel right seeing him hit this low. Easily one of the best hitters in the game, and has been for a while, Votto is off to a sluggish .233 start with just three home runs and (wait for it…..) 5 RBI! 5 RBI is hard to fathom with Votto after a month of baseball. He started the season ranked 47th overall and now stands at 699th. With Votto being one of the smartest and most talented hitters in the game, I expect him to get it going sooner rather than later. Just ride it out, fantasy owners.

Corey Seager (SS), Los Angeles Dodgers

I’m a big fan of Corey’s, having played against him in high school, so I like to see him do well. However, that hasn’t really been the case so far this season. Starting out ranked 54th overall and sliding to 628th currently, Seager has nowhere to go but up. He’s hitting .255, which isn’t too terrible, but has just two home runs and nine RBI while batting in the middle of a very powerful Dodgers lineup. I know he missed basically all of last season due to Tommy John and he was going to be a little rusty, but I thought he would get off to a better start than this.

Matt Carpenter (1B, 2B, 3B), St. Louis Cardinals

After making an argument for the MVP award last year and giving plenty of optimism to his fantasy owners once again, Carpenter has gotten off to a very slow start batting just .219 with three home runs and 5 RBI. He was ranked 66th overall before the season, but now is all the way down at 724th. I don’t know what to make of him. He’s getting older, and started to fade a little two years ago, but then came back with a vengeance. Still, he HAS to start putting up numbers better than this soon in a good Cardinals lineup.

Photo: Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The Most Disappointing Fantasy Baseball Players So Far This Season (Hitters)