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Ten slow starters poised to improve

By Brendan Roberts
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 11, 2009

They must think I'm stupid. No, I'm not talking about those of you who lashed out at me about Adam Jones and Aaron Hill and Chris Davis and Dustin Pedroia and … Instead, I'm talking about owners I've played with for years. In the past week, I've gotten trade offers for Stephen Drew, Chris Iannetta, Rick Ankiel and Francisco Liriano, among other slumping hitters and pitchers. One guy even told me he'd "be happy to take Iannetta off my hands." Shah. No way am I trading guys like that right n ...

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