Ferrell is an executive producer of " Eastbound , " which stars doughy Danny McBride -- the Buddhist drug dealer in " Pineapple Express , " the pyrotechnics guy in " Tropic Thunder " and Ferrell 's costar in the upcoming " Land of the Lost " -- as Kenny Powers , a former big-league , big-star ballplayer whose career , ignited in a moment of rookie glory , has come to ashes in a conflagration of inflated ego and contracting talent .