I can't believe he's active!

Every once in a while, you see a name in a box score, and you do a double-take. "Jorge Velandia is still playing? Didn't he suck in like, 1996? What? That guy?? I mean, really???" Well, I've noticed more than my fair share of these guys recently. Maybe they haven't played since 2004; maybe they've been toiling in obscurity for last-place, small-market teams. Or maybe they pulled a Crash Davis and were only there to groom some fireballing young hothead. Here, in no particular order, I present the top ten guys who have played in at least one game in 2009, who you would have bet were the bullpen catcher for the Lowell Spinners by now.

The top ten "I can't believe he's actives!"

Pitchers
10: Kris Benson
9: Dennis Stark
8: Randy Choate
7: Tomokazu Ohka
6: Mike Lincoln
5: Chad Fox
4: Glendon Rusch
3: Elmer Dessens
2: Mike Hampton
1: Eric Milton

Batters
10. Raul Chavez
9. Paul Bako
8. Emil Brown
7. Chad Moeller
6. Mike Redmond
5. Russell Branyan
4. Ramon Martinez (the utility infielder, not Pedro's pitchin' brother)
3. Tony Graffanino
2. Greg Norton
1. Miguel Cairo