11_gil_meche   (11/30)

Once upon a time -- before 2001 -- Meche was the luminous starter who would become the Mariners' new hard-throwing ace. Shoulder surgery in 2001 blew away that possibility, and now he's reinvented himself -- if you can call three consecutive years of 5.00+ ERAs a "reinvention" -- as a back-of-the-rotation guy. The M's horrible track record with young pitchers has become legendary, and Meche is one of the poster children for that incompetence.