Wake Up With Wily Mo Pena Hitting A Mammoth Home Run In 2011

Let me start by saying that in the greatest baseball video game ever made, MVP Baseball 2005, Wily Mo Pena could absolutely CRUSH left handed pitchers. He was so good against them (91 power, 82 contact if I remember correctly) that he was a must have in any new franchise mode that began with a fantasy draft, despite the fact that the rest of his attributes were nothing special. His ability to hit lefties was simply too much value to pass up in the later rounds. This was 12 years ago and somehow Wily Mo just turned 35. He hasn't appeared in a major league game since 2011 but that didn't stop the Cleveland Indians from giving him a minor league contract with a chance to make the big league team out of Spring Training.

Not only has Pena not played in the bigs since 2011, he has appeared in just 39 games total since 2008! In other words he has played just 39 MLB games since Obama first took office. He is even farther removed from his best season, which was 2004 when he hit 26 homers. The Indians are a smart, analytical driven organization so they must see some potential in Pena. It's highly unlikely Wily Mo finds himself playing for the Indians this season, but literally every baseball fan alive will be rooting for him.