Random thoughts from watching games and checking stats in the fantasy baseball world...
How far have we come from the steroid era? I'm not saying the game is clean, but we may not have a 40 HR guys this year in the majors. Of the 15 guys who are currently in double digits, only Mark Reynolds, Chase Utley, Andre Ethier (and he's hurt), Dan Uggla, Paul Konerko, Vlad Guerrero, Jose Guillen, and Justin Morneau have even reached 30 in a season. The rest of the guys include a few (Alex Gonzalez, Kelly Johnson, Ty Wigginton, Jose Bautista) who will be lucky to get to 20. Paging, Mr. Howard, Mr. Ryan Howard. It's time to giddyup.
Jose Contreras, Manny Corpas, and Carlos Villanueva are your new closers du jour. I think all of them have a chance to hold the job for over a month.
Leading the league in stolen base attempts is.....Elvis Andrus, with 24 (17 successful).
It's also worth noting that both Matt Kemp (6-for-14) and Nyjer Morgan (8-for-16) have been caught as much as they have been successful.
Sticking with stolen bases, one guy people thought would run this year was Alcides Escobar in Milwaukee, yet he's just 1-for-2. I attribute this to teams letting young players just try and learn one skill at a time. We know Escobar has the wheels and the glove, the team is probably just trying to keep it simple. Arizona did the same a couple of years ago with Justin Upton, and now he's a 25 steal threat. Escobar will get there next year.
Luke Scott has five homers and 19 hits in his last 11 games.
Adam Jones, also in Baltimore is coming around too. He did have an inside the paker last night, but it was hit well and he has homers in two straight. I smell a hot streak, good time to buy low on him.
That's 12 RBI for Nelson Cruz in his last six games. Gotta love that Ranger lineup.
Good time to get Mike Napoli. He's got three HR in three games and Mathis is hurt, leaving Nap most of the PT.
Milton Bradley is back.
I'm off to watch a full slate this afternoon. I'll report tomorrow.
Cheers,
TFAM
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