10.Jul.2009 at 10 | UncleLar

SI: David Aardsma tops All-Unexpected Team

david-aardsmaBy Joel Serman

SI.com

David Aardsma has already moved ahead of Hank Aaron, which until this season was going to probably be his biggest claim to fame as a major leaguer.

The righty was listed first in the Baseball Encyclopedia, which is nice alphabetically, but statistically he was third worst in the majors during the 2007-08 seasons with a 5.89 ERA minimum 70 appearances. He was perilously nearing the prototype of the hard-throwing reliever who was going to be given a lot of chances because of the speed of his fastball and blow them all relatively quickly because of an inability to harness that heat — a disease known as either Eric Plunk-itis or Acute Farnsworth.

via David Aardsma, Marco Scutaro, Raul Ibanez top All-Unexpected Team – Joel Sherman – SI.com.

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