I sent this to FJM...

I'd like to walk up to ESPN's Jayson Stark and ask him to define the word "overrated." His answer would probably be about 50% right, 30% completely wrong, and 20% almost-kinda-sorta-yeah-you're-actually-wrong wrong. Kind of like this article on baseball's top 10 overrated players. Let's go!

1. Barry Zito

I couldn't agree more, Jayson. This guy is earning a boatload of money for being good 4 years ago. This is a good start!

2. J.D. Drew

OK, this is stupid. Does anyone like J.D. Drew? No one? Didn't think so. Thanks to the fact that J.D. is injury prone, everyone sees him as kind of a lollygagger. Someone who is immensely talented, but doesn't play up to his abilities for whatever reasons. Drew is not well-liked in St. Louis, or anywhere else. However, his career stats are pretty good; this is clouded by the perception that he's a bit of a pussy. In this article, Jayson Stark points out Drew's statistics, and then points out that despite them, he's never made an All-Star game. You know, the game in the summer where the fans vote for who plays. Wouldn't an overrated player be in like...lots of All-Star games?

3. Andruw Jones

Eh, whatever. He's having a bad year. Doesn't get on-base enough. If he were having a career-average year, he wouldn't be on this list.

4. Juan Pierre

Well, he was definitely overrated by the Dodgers this off-season. He doesn't walk, gives away a lot of outs, gets caught stealing often, throws like a toddler, and has 12 career home runs in over 4700 plate appearances. He's the best example of how GMs spend waaaaaayyyy too much money on speed. Though, I think the average fan, thanks to Moneyball, is catching up to the fact that Juan Pierre stinks. So, in a sense, his overrated-ness is decreasing. Thank god.

5. Bobby Abreu

Like Andruw Jones, Bobby Abreu is having a bad year. Except, his bad year is occurring in New York.

The folks who only peruse Abreu's numbers don't just wonder what he's doing on this list. They wonder when he's getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. How multitalented is Bobby Abreu? Well, he does happen to be the only active player with a .300 career batting average, a .400 on-base percentage, 200 homers and 250 stolen bases.

Bobby Abreu has put up excellent numbers in his career. He's damned good. Jayson Stark agrees.

And his .909 career OPS tops the OPS of Sammy Sosa, Chase Utley, Derrek Lee, and many, many, many other famed batsmiths out there.

This is also true. Bobby Abreu has a wonderful career OPS. Better than guys who are really good. This makes him overrated how?

But there sure are a lot of people who watched him in Philadelphia who think Abreu is the poster boy for an unquantifiable division of the All-Overrated Team -- players who mysteriously seem to be less than the sum of their spectacular numbers.

Jayson, sorry to interrupt again...but aren't Phillies fans batshit fucking crazy? Don't they hate EVERYONE, especially after they leave Philadelphia? This is not a good source to use when you're saying that Bobby Abreu is overrated.

When people battle me on this guy, I always sum it up this way: As great as Bobby Abreu can be, he lacks that all-important Derek Jeter gene. There is no voice in his head, screaming: "This ball has to be caught." Or: "That runner on third has to be driven in." In Philadelphia, where he was the centerpiece of the franchise, that one flaw showed up way too glaringly. Now, in New York, as the Yankees flounder, they're getting aggravated over the same stuff. Funny how that happens.

Good fucking god. Bobby Abreu does not have a miniature Derek Jeter in his head, yelling at him to drive in runs or make plays in the outfield. Instead, he has a little Alex Rodriguez that sits on his right shoulder, shivering, naked, with icicles dangling from his shaped eyebrows. Little A-Rod whispers in Bobby's ear when he comes to the plate with a man on third: "You're going to fuck up, ohmygod!" Note: Bobby Abreu was great for the Yankees last year. He played like Bobby Abreu usually plays. This year, he's not doing so well. However, he's had a wonderful career, as our boy Jay has pointed out. He's played in front of difficult fans, who complain a lot, masking his awesome statistics. How does this make Bobby Abreu overrated?

6. Brian Giles

Brian Giles is also having a bad year. He's an older guy now, but in his prime, he was an MVP-level player. Not many people know this, because he played in Pittsburgh. Most recognize that he's mainly a doubles hitter these days. How does that make him overrated?

7. Alfonso Soriano

Definitely overrated. A guy with a .325 career OBP shouldn't be making $136 million over eight years. The Cubs are going to hate this guy really soon. Especially when he's making outs at the top of the lineup, instead of driving in runs in the middle of the lineup (which is where he should be). Being fast does not equal being a good leadoff hitter.

8. Richie Sexson

Uhhh....people think Richie Sexson is good? Jayson Stark pisses me off though, because he lumps Adam Dunn (who is good) with Sexson:

Sexson and Adam Dunn fit into a category of overratedness I figured I'd better get to in this column someplace: Guys We Love Because They Can Pulverize A Baseball About 900 Feet.

Why? Because they both hit home runs. That's what they are known for. Dunn, however, draws a shit ton more walks than Sexson. Adam Dunn is vastly underrated because he strikes out a lot and has a low batting average. He doesn't "play the game the right way." Seriously, people hate Adam Dunn. He's not overrated.

9. Bob Wickman

Why the hell is he on the list? Is he even "rated?" He's a fat, mediocre closer. Everyone knows this.

10. Jeff Suppan

Suppan is a league-average starting pitcher. He has a reputation for being a big-game pitcher. Now, he's making a lot of money. So yeah, probably overrated. But more overrated than David Eckstein, or Carlos Lee? I don't know about that.

Blah. Lists are stupid. Nonetheless, check out the Daily Grego's new book, A 400-Page List of the Worst Lists of All Time, when it's released in July.