Drafted tenth overall in the 1999 draft, Sheets made his Milwaukee Brewers debut in 2001. He made the All-Star team that summer. He also was an All-Star in 2004, 2007, and 2008.
If the Milwaukee Brewers had Ben Sheets circa 2004 at the top of the rotation in 2017, we wouldn’t be talking about Jose Quintana or Sonny Gray right now. We wouldn’t be worried about the Cubs getting hot. The Brewers would be solidifying the bullpen and it would be business as usual.
Unfortunately for Sheets, he was with the Brewers during the dark times.