Here's a list of most of the has been's who have been given spring training invites in the hopes of making a comeback to the bigs.
Always find it a little interesting to see people who haven't been relevant in five years try to make a big league roster.
The funny part is you can actually make a pretty good team from these guys if you take them at their peak.
I'm also listing only the guys I care about which is still pretty long, so for all of you Brandon Fahey fans, I'm sorry for leaving him off the list. If you want to know who he signed with look it up. While your at it, you may want to look up who the hell Brandon Fahey is as well, or just not and save yourself some valuable time.
I tried to put some comments in here and there to make the list a little more readable, but feel free to just glance over. Your not really missing anything important.
Kris Benson Best season: 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates Last seen: 2006 Baltimore Orioles Signed with: Texas Rangers (he will be forced to go home to his incredibly hot slut for a wife if he can't make the team, tough life.)
Emil Brown Best season: 2006 Kansas City Royals Last seen: 2008 Oakland Athletics Signed with: San Diego Padres
Vinnie Chulk: Best season: Think he had like one decent year with the Jays back when they still had Delgado, I really don't know or care Last seen: 2008 San Francisco Giants Signed with: Cleveland Indians
Alex Cintron Best season: 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks Last seen: 2008 Baltimore Orioles Signed with: Washington Nationals
Brendan Donnelly Best season: 2003 Anaheim Angels Last seen: 2008 Cleveland Indians Signed with: Texas Rangers
Shawn Estes Best season: 1997 San Francisco Giants (the pre roided Bonds era) Last seen: 2008 San Diego Padres Signed with: Los Angeles Dodgers
Randy Flores Best season: 2005 St. Louis Cardinals Last seen: 2008 St. Louis Cardinals Signed with: Colorado Rockies
Josh Fogg Best season: 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Last seen: 2008 Cincinnati Reds Signed with: Colorado Rockies (again)
Eric Gagne Best season: 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers Last seen: 2008 Milwaukee Brewers Signed with: Milwaukee Brewers (at a much reduced salary this time)
Edgar Gonzalez Best season: 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks Last seen: 2008 Arizona Diamondbacks Signed with: Oakland Athletics
Tony Graffanino Best season: 2006 KC Royals/Milwaukee Brewers (he ruled) Last seen: 2007 Milwaukee Brewers (he sucked) Signed with: Cleveland Indians
Livan Hernandez Best season: 2004 Montreal Expos Last seen: 2008 Colorado Rockies Signed with: New York Mets
Jason Jennings Best season: 2006 Colorado Rockies Last seen: 2008 Texas Rangers Signed with: Texas Rangers (this is their 3rd pitcher on the list so far, seriously how desperate can this team be for pitching?)
Andrew Jones Best season: 2000 Atlanta Braves Last seen: The buffet line Signed with: Texas Rangers
Jacque Jones Best season: 2002 Minnesota Twins Last seen: 2008 Florida Marlins Signed with: Cincinnati Reds
Corey Koskie Best season: 2001 Minnesota Twins Last seen: 2006 Milwaukee Brewers Signed with: Chicago Cubs
Jason Lane Best season: 2005 Houston Astros Last seen: 2007 San Diego Padres (2 AB's, 1 SO, 0 hits) Signed with: Toronto Blue Jays
Adam Melhuse Best season: 2004 Oakland Athletics (the year he backed up the least) Last seen: 2008 Colorado Rockies Signed with: Texas Rangers
Ramiro Mendoza Best season: 1998 New York Yankees Last seen: 2005 New York Yankees Signed with: Milwaukee Brewers
Kevin Millar Best season: 2001 Florida Marlins Last seen: 2008 Baltimore Orioles Signed with: Toronto Blue Jays
David Newhan Best season: 2004 Baltimore Orioles Last seen: 2008 Houston Astros Signed with: Houston Astros (I have a feeling Newhan is going to do great things in Houston, especially if he can keep being a .250 singles hitter with little to no speed)
Ramon Ortiz Best season: 2002 Anaheim Angels Last seen: 2007 Colorado Rockies Signed with: San Francisco Giants
John Parrish Best season: 2004 Baltimore Orioles Last seen: 2008 Toronto Blue Jays Signed with: Baltimore Orioles (again)
Timo Perez Best season: 2002 New York Mets (somehow able to fool not one but two different managers that he was capable of being an everday starter) Last seen: 2007 Detroit Tigers Signed with: Detroit Tigers (why not)
Juan Rincon Best season: 2004 Minnesota Twins (the year he started taking steroids to get better) Last seen: 2008 Cleveland Indians (same year the Twins cut him, because they were tired of having a steroid user on their team) Signed with: Detroit Tigers (currently on a very heavy steroid program in order to get back into shape)
Tanyon Sturtze Best season: 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Last seen: 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers (if you call 2 2/3 IP of work being seen) Signed with: Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Sweeney Best season: 2000 Kansas City Royals Last seen: 2008 Oakland Athletics Signed with: Seattle Mariners (surprised nobody signed his brother Mark, and his monsterous .130 BA in 92 AB's last year. He did manage 5 RBI's though.)
Juan Uribe Best season: 1999 Cincinnati Reds Last seen: 2008 Chicago White Sox Signed with: San Francisco Giants
Javier Valentin Best season: 2005 Cincinnati Reds Last seen: 2008 Cincinnati Reds Signed with: Washington Nationals
Ron Villone Best season: 1999 Cincinnati Reds Last seen: 2008 St. Louis Cardinals Signed with: New York Mets
Omar Vizquel Best season: 1999 Cleveland Indians Last seen: 2008 San Francisco Giants Signed with: Holy **** he's still trying to play!!!! (signed with the Rangers by the way) Basically the Rangers are offering a tryout to anyone who shows up to camp.
Daryle Ward Best season: 2002 Houston Astros Last seen: 2008 Chicago Cubs Signed with: Cincinnati Reds
Jeff Weaver Best season: 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers Last seen: 2007 Seattle Mariners Signed with: Los Angeles Dodgers (again)
Scott Williamson Best season: 1999 Cincinnati Reds Last seen: 2007 Baltimore Orioles Signed with: Detroit Tigers
Vance Wilson Best season: 2003 New York Mets (the catcher to replace Piazza) Last seen: 2006 Detroit Tigers (the cacther to replace Pudge) Signed with: Kansas City Royals (the catcher to replace the bullpen catcher)
Jamey Wright Best season: 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Last seen: 2008 Texas Rangers Signed with: Kansas City Royals (although I'm a little suspicious given that the Texas Rangers gave up on him)
