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I'm not bashing Brandon Medders and his performance in 2009 by any means. I thought he was a surprising reliever in 2009. He had a great May where he posted a FIP of 2.85, and a solid September/October where he had a FIP of 3.16, and proved to be an integral part of the Giants' success last year.

What made Medders such a great signing was that he happened to be an unknown, bargain-bin acquisition (he signed a Minor League contract prior to Spring Training last season), and provided great bang for the buck as a middle-to-late innings reliever (his WAR converted to dollars in 2009 was $1.4 million; his contract last year was $475,000).

He wasn't Jeremy Affeldt or Brian Wilson, but he certainly wasn't Bob Howry or Merkin Valdez either.

Yet, after three games into th ...

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