Alan Benes

A former phenom, Benes was derailed by arm injuries early in his career, and he has never made it all the way back. He spent most of 2002 in pitching poorly in Triple-A - 85/53 K/BB, 5.65 ERA in 113 IP - but oddly enough, Benes pitched fairly well in a brief September call up: 32/12 K/BB in 4.35 ERA in 39 1/3 IP. That said, Benes allowed 42 hits, and given his Triple-A struggles and the small major league sample size, we still think Benes is a long shot to turn things around in 2003.