Ben Sheets, $2.5 Million into the 2010 Season

We are now a little over a quarter of the way through the baseball season, and the Oakland Athletics' Ben Sheets is the center of attention. In the off-season, Sheets signed a one year, 10 million dollar contract with Oakland. Almost unheard of in the scheme of Billy Beane's makeup for the A's.

Now, it is my intention to grade the overall performance of Sheets up to this point.

The 10th overall pick of the Brewers in the 1999 draft has appeared in 10 games this season. Within that stretch, he has had two 6 inning, shutout games, including his most recent outing against the crosstown Giants, which he won 3-0. That being said, he has a 5.04 ERA.

Not what you expect from a man who is supposed to be the leader of your team.

This has resulted in only a 2-3 record...

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