Remember 1996, when Jose Valentin had a career year and folks were saying that pretty soon it would be John's turn to be the "other Valentin"? You did realize that wasn't really going to happen, didn't you?

Of course, in terms of offensive production relative to other players at the same position, Valentin was an awesone second baseman, but a mediocre third baseman. Since he only qualifies at third base in 1999, he was released after the 1998 season.