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In case you missed it, Manny Ramirez hit his 500th home run on Saturday night (then hit number 501 the following day) and Sean McAdam attempts to touch on Manny's place in history all-time and as a right-handed hitter. After looking at his place in history, Manny Ramirez is quite simply not only one of the greatest hitters of this generation but of any generation.
Randy Johnson tied Roger Clemens for second place all-time in strikeouts on Thursday night. Johnson now has 4,672 strikeouts. The all-time leader is Nolan Ryan with 5,714. I doubt anyone will be able to break Ryan's record anytime soon.
Looks like one of the Rockies biggest decisions this season will be whether or not to trade Matt Holliday. I keep hearing Cleveland as the team that is most likely to trade for Holliday and quite frankly, they are probably the team that needs him the most. Now I'm not really up to date on the Rockies finances, but I would think they have enough money to sign Holliday. Of course his agent is Scott Boras, so he'll probably be in-line for a huge contract. I'm not sure he is worth one though because he just strikes me as someone who is going to have a short peak and then flame out pretty quickly.
The Chicago White Sox are off to a suprising start and they lead the AL Central at the moment. There are a few reasons why the White Sox have been playing so well this season and one of the main reasons is the hitting of Carlos Quentin. Quentin was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks and is currently hitting .293 with 14 HRs and 48 RBI.
Jay Bruce debuted for the Cincinnati Reds this past week and so far is off to a great start, hitting .591 with 2 HRs and 6 RBI in his first 22 at-bats. Jay Bruce is a 5-tool prospect and Driveline Mechanics takes a look at his hitting mechanics. The Reds are definitely a team to keep an eye on. They have a lot of good young talent on their team and while they do need some pitching help, I wouldn't be surprised to see RHP Daryl Thompson called up at some point to help them out in the pitching department.
Here's an interesting fact via BeyondTheBoxscore:
According to VORP, 25 of the top 30 position players so far this year play in the National League. Additionally, of the five AL players who crack the top 30, three (Josh Hamilton, Milton Bradley, and Ian Kinsler) play for the Texas Rangers.
Also of note, the Pittsburgh Pirates have three of the top 30 players (Nate McLouth, Jason Bay, and Xavier Nady).
Seems pretty crazy that the National League has that many of the top players this season but this is not that surprising because the trend that started last year is that the National League has alot more young stars then the American League does: Hanley Ramirez, David Wright, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, etc. It could be that the talent in the two leagues is starting to shift towards the NL.
Carlos Delgado is still struggling and it looks like his full time job is on the line. Looks like the writing is on the wall for Delgado, unless he has an unprobable turnaround, then it's only a matter of time before the Mets start platooning him or give him his out right release.
In other Mets news, finally someone makes the case that the Mets poor peformance is not due to Manager Willie Randolph. That Mets team is terribly overrated. The other day they started Fernando Tatis, Damien Easley, and Brian Schnieder to go along with an aging Carlos Delgado. I really do not see why Mets have such high expectations for a team that is fielding a lineup like that. They better hope Pedro Martinez can stay healthy the rest of the season and give them a boost in the pitching department.
While Delmon Young has yet to show much power this season, BeyondTheBoxscore notes that he has become more patient at the plate and is a good sign for his development as a hitter. Not sure where his power is though, but as noted, he still has time to develop in that area since he is still only 23 years old.
They also took a look at one of Young's ex-teammates with the Rays, Carl Crawford, and look into what has been bothering Carl Crawford at the plate this season.
Tampa Bay Rays fans are speculating that David Price could be this year's Joba Chamberlain. Price who was the top pick in the draft last season has been impressive so far in two starts in the minors but nobody knows if Price is in the Rays plans for 2008 yet.
SaberScouting has a ridiculously detailed analysis of Pedro Alvarez. The Vanderbilt third basemen is seen as the # 2 prospect in the upcoming MLB Draft.
Finally, the Angels will host the 2010 All-Star Game.
Randy Johnson tied Roger Clemens for second place all-time in strikeouts on Thursday night. Johnson now has 4,672 strikeouts. The all-time leader is Nolan Ryan with 5,714. I doubt anyone will be able to break Ryan's record anytime soon.
Looks like one of the Rockies biggest decisions this season will be whether or not to trade Matt Holliday. I keep hearing Cleveland as the team that is most likely to trade for Holliday and quite frankly, they are probably the team that needs him the most. Now I'm not really up to date on the Rockies finances, but I would think they have enough money to sign Holliday. Of course his agent is Scott Boras, so he'll probably be in-line for a huge contract. I'm not sure he is worth one though because he just strikes me as someone who is going to have a short peak and then flame out pretty quickly.
The Chicago White Sox are off to a suprising start and they lead the AL Central at the moment. There are a few reasons why the White Sox have been playing so well this season and one of the main reasons is the hitting of Carlos Quentin. Quentin was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks and is currently hitting .293 with 14 HRs and 48 RBI.
Jay Bruce debuted for the Cincinnati Reds this past week and so far is off to a great start, hitting .591 with 2 HRs and 6 RBI in his first 22 at-bats. Jay Bruce is a 5-tool prospect and Driveline Mechanics takes a look at his hitting mechanics. The Reds are definitely a team to keep an eye on. They have a lot of good young talent on their team and while they do need some pitching help, I wouldn't be surprised to see RHP Daryl Thompson called up at some point to help them out in the pitching department.
Here's an interesting fact via BeyondTheBoxscore:
According to VORP, 25 of the top 30 position players so far this year play in the National League. Additionally, of the five AL players who crack the top 30, three (Josh Hamilton, Milton Bradley, and Ian Kinsler) play for the Texas Rangers.
Also of note, the Pittsburgh Pirates have three of the top 30 players (Nate McLouth, Jason Bay, and Xavier Nady).
Seems pretty crazy that the National League has that many of the top players this season but this is not that surprising because the trend that started last year is that the National League has alot more young stars then the American League does: Hanley Ramirez, David Wright, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, etc. It could be that the talent in the two leagues is starting to shift towards the NL.
Carlos Delgado is still struggling and it looks like his full time job is on the line. Looks like the writing is on the wall for Delgado, unless he has an unprobable turnaround, then it's only a matter of time before the Mets start platooning him or give him his out right release.
In other Mets news, finally someone makes the case that the Mets poor peformance is not due to Manager Willie Randolph. That Mets team is terribly overrated. The other day they started Fernando Tatis, Damien Easley, and Brian Schnieder to go along with an aging Carlos Delgado. I really do not see why Mets have such high expectations for a team that is fielding a lineup like that. They better hope Pedro Martinez can stay healthy the rest of the season and give them a boost in the pitching department.
While Delmon Young has yet to show much power this season, BeyondTheBoxscore notes that he has become more patient at the plate and is a good sign for his development as a hitter. Not sure where his power is though, but as noted, he still has time to develop in that area since he is still only 23 years old.
They also took a look at one of Young's ex-teammates with the Rays, Carl Crawford, and look into what has been bothering Carl Crawford at the plate this season.
Tampa Bay Rays fans are speculating that David Price could be this year's Joba Chamberlain. Price who was the top pick in the draft last season has been impressive so far in two starts in the minors but nobody knows if Price is in the Rays plans for 2008 yet.
SaberScouting has a ridiculously detailed analysis of Pedro Alvarez. The Vanderbilt third basemen is seen as the # 2 prospect in the upcoming MLB Draft.
Finally, the Angels will host the 2010 All-Star Game.
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