He is not human. Yasiel Puig has hit the league by storm with such force that some are likely not yet aware he has arrived, and yet last night he had two hits, one of them a Grand Slam.
Puig-Mania. Catch it.
MVP Standings after the jump:
I would NOT want to ride this roller coaster:
Apologies to Troy Tulowitzki, Kyle Seager and Julio Teheran, but the MVP of Yesterday is Carlos Gonzalez. Three hits, three homers, six RBIs.
As always, standings below the jump:
Tomorrow, the MLB draft begins. As I mentioned before, College Baseball is sort of the odd man out in college sports. And, as I referred to in that post, a lot of high schoolers get drafted in the MLB draft. So, with that in mind, in most years you need a scorecard to know who the people being drafted are. So, with that in mind, I’ve done some research to get you up to speed on the draft, and who will probably get drafted, check it out underneath the jump:
(Portions of this are copied or modified from last year’s Q&A)
Stephen Strasburg is headed to the DL, and I must wonder: could this be the continued work of the Curse of Steve McCatty’s Playgirl shoot?
With apologies to John Mayberry Jr. and Stephen Drew, the MVP of Yesterday goes to newly called up rookie sensation Yasiel Puig, who went 3-4 with two homers and five RBIs in just his second game with the Dodgers.
MVP Standings, as always, below the jump:
BREAKING: MLB will seek to suspend A-Rod, Ryan Braun and about 20 players connected to Miami clinic. Founder Tony Bosch agreed to cooperate.
— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) June 4, 2013
Well, I wouldn’t say this came out of nowhere, but I don’t think I was expecting to see this today. You?
Yesterday, I looked at the early voting for the American League All-Stars. Today the NL’s early voting results came out, so, here are my early impressions on them:
Okay, catcher. It’s Posey, then Molina, then everyone else. Seems about right, as the two of them are by far the best catchers in the NL.
First Base has Joey Votto with a big lead, and he deserves it. Paul Goldschmidt, however, is having a much better year than Brandon Belt, who inexplicably is in 2nd place.
Brandon Phillips isn’t a bad leader at second, but there are others, including Marco Scutaro and Cardinals Super-Utility Matt Carpenter, who are doing better than him. I have no idea how Dan Uggla is in the top five with his .175 batting average and league-leading 71 strikeouts.
Troy Tulowitzki is the correct answer at Shortstop.
Third Base is where I have a bit of a nitpick, as Pablo Sandoval holds a small lead over David Wright. Given that this All-Star Game is taking place in Flushing, I feel like it’d be better if Wright was the starting 3B and Kung Fu Panda was the DH (since the DH is now used at all All-Star Games). That’s just my opinion, though.
The outfield, much like the outfield with the AL, is really hard to pick. It’s hard to argue with Justin Upton (although he has cooled off significantly lately), Bryce Harper and Ryan Braun, but Shin-Soo Choo, Carlos Gomez and plenty of others are also having great seasons. So many good choices but only three starting spots!
That said… again, not that bad of a early ballot results, although I feel like the Braves and Giants may be trying to stuff the ballots. Although, admittedly, every team does that- it’s just that the Giants and Braves are doing the best at it this year so far.
Is Rock Shoulders a great name, or the greatest name? We may never know.
It was a smaller schedule yesterday, allowing Kyle Kendrick‘s complete-game victory to stand out more and snagging him the MVP of Yesterday. He also had an RBI at the plate!
MVP Standings, as always, below the jump:
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