Most Overrated Players in Baseball

Can't wait to hear rebuttles on this one.  Fair warning:  I've had 32 oz. of Coke, ran 13 miles this morning and it's 75 degrees outside and I'm NOT at work on a Friday afternoon.  Laptop on the patio outside with a nice breeze on March 25th?  Freaking LOVE Arizona. 

Ryan Howard is a slopply mess of waste.  Check this out.  .279 career average.  Ok, thats decent for a power hitting first basemen.  No complaints there.  But lets put out there that he just signed a 7 year deal at $25 million a year.  He'll be 31 this year.  Another contract signed at the peak of a players prime that will take them well past their crappy years.  So why is he overrated?  I'd even go so far as saying the MOST overrated player in baseball.  The overall scope of it is the $25 million a year.  If you are making THAT much money you better be putting up some serious stats.  Quick look at 2010:

.276 AVG in 152 games.  87 Runs, 23 2B, 31 HR, 108 RBI, 157 K, 59 BB, .353 OBP, .505 SLG, .859 OPS

Solid right?  Until you look at Adam LaRoche from the Dbacks in 2010 and realize they had almost the same year.  Or that Dan Uggla had the same year or that David Ortiz had a better year or that Votto, Pujols, Cabrera, Dunn and about 30 other players had a much better year.  Down year?  Sure, but he's had a down year every year since his 2006 MONSTER MVP season.  He's still great, but when you are not having a better year than Jayson Werth and are the 3rd-4th best hitter on your team I think you should stop doing commericals and maybe take a little less money in arbitration every year.

Here's the whammy though.  Someone actually gave him a 1st place MVP vote for 2010.  That means someone voted for Howard for MVP over Votto or Pujols last year.  What in the freaking hell??  Flawed system for sure but thats another post. 

Most telling stat is up Arod's alley.  2010 Postseason?  0 RBI's in 9 Games.  Also, 30 of his last 52 Postseason at bats dating back to 2009 World Series have been strikeouts....!!!!!!  And if it weren't for Mark Reynolds every year topping 200 k's Howard would be all over the news with his 199 K's in 2007 and 2008.  And he's rated below average defensively. 

$25 million. 

Almost as bad as Jeters contract.