Joba Chamberlain, Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were cited as baseball’s top three overrated players, according to a poll of major league players.
The poll, conducted by ESPN the Magazine during spring training, also found that 67 percent of the players feel home-run king Barry Bonds deserves enshrinement in baseball’s Hall of Fame.
The former Giants star still faces perjury charges stemming from grand-jury testimony he had not used performance enhancing drugs.
Among other results, players favored eliminating the designated hitter by 55 to 45 percent and 87 percent said they would rather win a World Series than an MVP award.