1. Pedro Martinez- Now I just made the case that Pedro has some of the greatest pitching stats of all time, but those days are behind him. Teams have been trying to sign him since the WBC, but he wants at least $5 million to play. Guess what Pedro, teams don't have money (except apparently the Cubs, but that money is only to be used for cutting bad relief pitchers) you aren't that good, you can't stay healthy for an entire season, and you won't put up good numbers. Not to mention it will take him a few weeks to get ready for full time playing duties. No help in a hurry here.
2. Ben Sheets- Sheets won't be healthy until August at the earliest, do I really need to say more?
3. Paul Byrd- Byrd decided to take a Roger Clemens approach to this season, and now that he says he is ready to pitch, a team will probably sign him soon. He will still need at least a month to get ready to play in the majors (that is no hurry) and he isn't a good pitcher anyway. I'd guess he ends up eating innings for a fringe contender, and his only real impact will be negative.
4. Jim Edmonds- I like Edmonds, and I want the Cubs to sign him, but I don't think he will helping in a hurry. He will also take a month to get ready, and even then his defense is awful and his bat may or may not be there.
5-7. Frank Thomas, Geoff Jenkins, Luis Gonzalez- I'll tackle these three all at once. I bet they can all play tomorrow but their impact will be very bad. Thomas is finished, Jenkins might be able to pinch hit or DH platoon in the AL, and Gonzalez is DONE.
8. Mark Mulder- Finally we arrive at the dumbest one of all. Mulder has pitched 12.2 innings the last two seasons. He might only be 31, but he isn't healthy and never will be healthy again. His ERA was 7.14 in 2006 when he managed 93.1 innings so he isn't good anyway. Hurt pitchers cannot help a team nor can they do it in a hurry.
Take your stupid crap somewhere else MLB.com. Next time try to pimp out players that don't suck/ can't play anyway because they are hurt.
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