The first week of the MLB season is over. Who are the seven biggest losers of the first week? (Teams & Players)

1. San Francisco Giants 1-5

Disappointing start for the Giants to say the least. The pitching has been decent at best and the offense has been awful. The Giants have scored only 14 runs, the fewest in the major leagues. I made some predictions about how great the Giants were going to be this year. Looks like that's going really well, eh?

2. Barry Bonds & Barry Zito

The Barry Brothers as I like to call them. Both off to pretty crap starts for the Giants which of course has quite a bit to do with the #1 selection. Zito is off to an 0-2 start with an 8.18 ERA. Bonds is hitting .222 during the first week. Interestingly him hitting 3rd seems to be working as he's now got 4 hits in 5 first inning at bats but unfortunately he's a hitless in 13 at bats in the 2nd through 9th innings. I'm sure there are other players that should be included here but these guys are included because I'm a Giants fan and I was (and am still trying to be...) so hopeful about their performance this year.

3. Houston Astros 1-5

Not only are they 3 games out of first place already but they are killing their shot at getting Roger to come back to Houston.

4. St. Louis Cardinals 2-4

The defending champions are 2-4 and got swept by the Mets in the first series. Not exactly the way they wanted to start the season.

5. New York Yankees 2-3

The Yankees are 2-3 which isn't that bad I suppose but I really wanted to include them. Plus you have to consider they have started their season against the awful Devil Rays and O's. They are actually lucky not to be 1-4 because of A-Rod's grand slam Saturday night.

6. Washington Nationals 1-6

18 runs scored. 45 runs allowed (by far league worst.) I only ranked them 6th because everyone knew they would be bad but they may be even worse than expected.

7. Philadelphia Phillies 1-5

The Phillies have got off to a slow start and they are already 4 games behind the Braves. They are going to have to get their act together fast because the NL East has the best teams in the NL in my opinion (besides the Nationals of course...)

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Contributed by Josh
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