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from ESPN.com Bartolo ranks as the third most overpaid player in the game, trailing only Mike Hampton and a quartet of Dodgers.

 

Raise another Big Mac for Bart.

 

 

3. Bartolo Colon, Angels ($11,000,000)

The highest-paid Angel (along with Vlad Guerrero) signed a fat four-year, $51 million contract in December. His 6-8 record and 6.38 ERA this year are entirely deserved; opponents have racked up an impressive .296 batting average against the Angels' "ace."

 

 

It's possible Colon will set a new major-league record this season -- for most home runs surrendered by a pitcher. The current mark of 50 is held by Bert Blyleven, who accomplished the feat in 271+ innings in 1986. Colon has given up 27 taters in just 104.1 innings.

 

 

Colon has been getting worse as the innings wear on his 5-11, 260-pound frame, something that Angels manager Mike Scioscia has failed to address. But ESPN's Dave Campbell, on a Sunday Night Baseball broadcast, has made his opinion clear: "It doesn't seem politically correct to tell somebody they're fat, but Bartolo Colon is fat, and so is Sidney Ponson.

 

 

"They both have a lot of money, and they need to push themselves away from the dinner table. I mean, after all these excuses about mechanics and all this -- well, they have tried to fix their mechanics. Try pushing your butt away from the table."

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