A member of the Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series Championship team, Joe Blanton arrived in Philly as part of a mid-season trade to go for the championship.  He came from Oakland where he had a 16 Win season two years prior where he also finished 10^th in ERA.  Blanton would later play for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals and would retire with a record of 101 and 97.

Joaquin Benoit spent most of his career in the bullpen in various forms of middle relief over a 16-year career that saw stops in Texas, Tampa, Detroit, San Diego and Seattle.  Benoit would have two seasons where he surprisingly finished in the top ten in Win Probability Added (2005 & 2007) when he was with the Rangers.  He would have 53 Saves and 185 Games Finished over his career.

Jhonny Peralta spent the first half of his career with the Cleveland Indians where he had five straight years collecting 140 Hits.  The Dominican Shortstop was never an All-Star as an Indian but he would become one three times in the second half of his career, two with the Detroit Tigers and one with the St. Louis Cardinals.  Peralta had decent power with five seasons that would see him belt over 20 Home Runs and he did accumulate 1,761 Hits over his career.  Peralta was also a good defensive infielder and probably should have one at least one Gold Glove in his career.

Jered Weaver was a college phenom where at California State University, Long Beach he won both the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy.  Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Weaver was in the starting rotation as a rookie (2006) and in 2009 he had a 16 and 8 season.  That would usher in a three-year stint where he was amongst the best hurlers in the American League going to the All-Star Game three years straight (2010-12) and he was in the top five in Cy Young voting those campaigns peaking with a runner-up in 2011.  He won the Strikeout Title in 2010 and the Wins and WHIP Title in 2012.  While the 2010-12 stretch was his best, he would have a league leading 18 Wins in 2014.  Weaver retired with 150 Wins.