Over at ESPN.com, Jayson Stark has a nice little self-aggrandizing column where he lists his picks for the 10 most overrated MLB players - while plugging his book about the same subject, of course. It's not an uninformed list, by any means, and we're thrilled to find zero Cardinals (current, anyway) on it. Yet Stark doesn't appear to have done much research or homework to arrive at his conclusions. The whole list reads like a giant case of "No shit." Anyway, here are his picks:
1. Barry Zito
- Couldn't agree more. He thought moving to the NL would turn him into Clemens (Astros version). Wrong.
2. J.D. Drew
- We root for the Cardinals, thus we are all too aware of the unfulfilled potential that lies here.
3. Andruw Jones
- He's on our fantasy team - and he's killing us. He'll still end up with 40 homers, but he'll strike out 150+ times doing it.
4. Juan Pierre
- He steals bases. Yippy skippy. Fuck him.
5. Bobby Abreu
- Remember when he had power? Stop living in the past.
6. Brian Giles
- He plays in Petco Park, cut him some slack.
7. Alfonso Soriano
- Oh yeah, the Cubs definitely got swindled on this one. He's good, but not that good.
8. Richie Sexon
- We didn't realize he made so much damn money. By all rights, he should be top-three on this list - easy.
9. Bob Wickman
- Rafael Soriano is a far better option and the Braves are holding him back because of this fat ass. Boggling.
10. Jeff Suppan
- We love Soops. He helped us win a World Series. He's a perfect NL number three starter. We never claimed he was anything more. If the Brewers weren't paying him so much he wouldn't be anywhere near this list. But they are, so he is.
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