Ben Sheets

f depth in the rotation.

Other than re-signing Oliver Perez, I'm hoping Minaya is keeping tabs on Ben Sheets. Yes he has injury issues, but Sheets did start the 2008 All-Star game, and person

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or those slim pickings, in my very humble opinion, here are the top five free agent pitchers:

(1) Ben Sheets, (2) Oliver Perez, (3) Jon Garland, (4) Andy Pettitte, and (5) Randy Wolf

Sheets is unquestionably the best pitcher of the group, but his injury history is immensely discouraging. Even though he's the top gun remaining, I wouldn't touch him if I were the Mets. He'll get hurt and either Jon Niese or Bobby Parnell will be in the rotation before we know it. Can't have one of them on top of Maine and Redding.

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Milwaukee Brewers (77-55), 2nd place in NL Central, 1st place in NL Wild Card:  IN  Ben Sheets and C.C. Sabathia provide the best 1-2 punch in the majors, and any number of players can contribute on offense.  The bullpen is a major problem, but the starters have been going very deep (see:  Sabathia's five complete games, and Sheets' four), so as long as Sheets stays healthy they should maintain their four-game lead for the Wild Card.

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Sabathia and Ben Sheets pitched back-to-back complete game shutouts last week, so it seems their pitching is performing as advertised.  Dave Bush has pitched well of late, and Manny Parra

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pick up a victory for the first time since he was traded to the Brewers.  Carlos Zambrano and Ben Sheets will battle it out tonight.

Check back later today for a full assessment of the trade market before Thursday's deadline. 

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; The best pitching matchup of next week will be on Tuesday between Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs and Ben Sheets of the Brewers.  Zambrano is 11-4 with a 2.96 ERA and Sheets is 10-3 with a 2.87 ERA, and these two aces will help sort out the power balance in the NL Central.  The Cubs' offense has been struggling since the All-Star break, and Milwaukee has climbed to within one game of Chicago for first place.

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($10M)Roy Oswalt ($13M Gil Meche ($11.4M) Jon Garland ($12M)Jason Schmidt ($15.2M) Derek Lowe ($10M)Ben Sheets ($10.1M)Johan Santana ($16.9M)Pedro Martinez ($11.8M)Andy Pettitte ($16M)Mike Mussina ($11M)Carl Pavano ($11M)Matt Morris ($10M)Greg Maddux ($10M) Barry Zito ($14.5M)Chris Carpenter ($10.5M)Vincente Padilla ($11M)Kevin Millwood ($10.3M) AJ Burnett ($13.2M)Roy Halladay ($10M)

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e depth and a veteran presence to a Brewers team that seems to be going for it all this year.  Ben Sheets will pitch tomorrow in the finale against the Cardinals, as the Brewers look to sweep the four-game series.

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er for the National League, and making his first ever trip to Yankee Stadium will be Brewers hurler Ben Sheets. He was selected by manager Clint Hurdle based on his stature among on the players ballots cast. His peers are the best judge of talent, and Sheets fails to gain criticism with his numbers. His 2.85 ERA is just about a full run lower than his numbers the past years and his 10 wins are only two shy of his career high which he set in 2004 and matched in 2007. Despite the brilliance Sheets has shown so far in his career, his tenure could be easily summed up by his strong potential for injuries which have clearly limited his career totals.  In his second All-Star campaign in 2004, his first since his rookie year in 2001, Sheets pitched 237 innings, leading the league strikeout to walk ratio but was limited to 12 wins due to his 6th place Brewers. But since that breakout year,

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ins after the Indians scored two runs or less in nine of his 18 starts.  The Crew's other ace, Ben Sheets, takes the hill tonight against Colorado in search of his 11th win.

    The Philadelphia Phillies have lost six of their last seven series, and after getting shut out by Joel Piniero of St. Louis last night have seen their division lead shrink to just 1.5 games over the Marlins and Mets.  They will look to reverse that trend tonight against Mark Mulder, who is making his first start since September 16, 2007.

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ht of the federal investigation, will probably lead to another down year.

Milwaukee Brewers

Can Ben Sheets stay healthy?

Sheets always seems on the verge of becoming one of the best young pitchers in the game when he is healthy, but his seasons always end up broken up by frequent stints on the DL for one thing after another. The Brewers have some young pitchers with tons of potential in Yovani Gallardo and Manny Parra as well as some serviceable veterans, but they really need Sheets to become the ace of the rotation and innings eater that he is capable of. Unfortunately it is tough to predict if he is past his injuries as they have so often been the unforeseen and freak variety. With him in the rotation, a middle of the road staff becomes one in the top third of the league, something Milwaukee will need in order to compete with the Cubs.

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