Rookie of the Year - Home Run Hitters

by faketeams on Aug 24, 2007 6:39 AM EDT in Baseball

The American League has added a disappointing crop of rookie HR hitters. This was not supposed to occur. Royals 3B Alex Gordon and Devil Rays OF Delmon Young were projected to be elite hitters. 11 HRs for Gordon and 9 for Young say otherwise. As a matter of fact, White Sox 3B Josh Fields is likely to lead AL rookies in HRs as his 15 seems out of reach for 2007 - at least to those disappointed fantasy owners of Gordon and Young.

In the National League, the situation is different. Brewers 3B Ryan Braun has seamlessly handled his promotion from AAA to hit 24 HRs. However, that does not lead NL rookies. Arizona CF Chris B. Young does with 26 HRs. Rockies' SS Troy Tulowitzki's 17 HRs are impressive, but like Steve McCroskey in Airplane, TT picked the wrong season to be a rookie.

PLAYER	TEAM	HR	RBI	SB	BA
Chris B. Young	ARI	26	47	21	0.237
Ryan Braun	MIL	24	62	10	0.332
Troy Tulowitzki	COL	17	67	6	0.293
Josh Hamilton	CIN	17	39	3	0.286
Josh Fields	CHW	15	46	1	0.245
Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDG	13	54	1	0.236
Hunter Pence	HOU	12	46	8	0.328
Alex Gordon	KAN	11	42	13	0.246
Mark Reynolds	ARI	11	44	0	0.271
Elijah Dukes	TAM	10	21	2	0.190
Delmon Young	TAM	9	64	7	0.284
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	9	25	0	0.261
Adam Lind	TOR	8	30	1	0.230
Travis Buck	OAK	7	34	4	0.288
Miguel Montero	ARI	7	30	0	0.227
Dustin Pedroia	BOS	6	38	5	0.323
Shelley Duncan	NYY	6	13	0	0.295
James Loney	LAD	6	30	0	0.311
Billy Butler	KAN	5	40	0	0.298

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MLB with Jerry Crasnick at noon.

MLB with Jayson Stark at 1PM.

FFB with Scott Engel at 4PM.

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Tim (Bflo): CUS! Now that I've got your attention - As a Mets fan, I am absolutely PETRIFIED with the thought of Heilman, Mota, Feliciano and now WAGNER (9/00 ERA in his last three appearances) being rolled out in front of the Phils and Braves lineups next week. Is there any playoff run for the Mets with this bullpen?

Jayson Stark: (1:54 PM ET ) OK, Tim. Just wanted to makde you work for this. Nobody except the two of us knows that you've posted a version of this question at least 300 times since we started this chat. So apparently, you REALLY want an answer. I don't think the Mets' big worry is next week. Their big worry is getting this pen in order in the next six weeks. This is a team good enough to win the World Series IF Pedro can make any kind of difference and IF that bullpen gets its act together. I can't tell you whether that's going to happen or not. I'm not Miss Cleo. But I DID answer your question.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Aug 24, 2007 2:07 PM EDT reply actions

9.00 ERA

To have an ERA of 9.00 in three appearances, Wagner likely would pich three innings and give-up three ERs. No big deal.

Mota does suck though and Minaya has to answer why he gave a pitcher, whose ability suddenly returned in the second half only to be followed by a 50-game steroids suspension, a two year contract.

by faketeams on Aug 24, 2007 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

Mota

The Mota obsession is beyond bizarre. He pitched 18 very good innings last September (F--king Sample Size!!!) and sucked in the post season and somehow he became the go-to reliever. Way beyond my comprehension.

Anyway the two years is no big deal to a team with the Mets budget...it is a big deal when Willie uses him in close games.

by DB11 on Aug 25, 2007 1:02 AM EDT reply actions

Or

When Willie uses him at well. He has sure sucked this year.

by faketeams on Aug 25, 2007 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

Heilman

Willie used Heilman to close because Wags gave-up a run in thre consecutive appearances, each with a day of rest between. Seems dumb, but maybe something is wrong?

by faketeams on Aug 25, 2007 7:26 PM EDT reply actions