Upsetting the Cargo

Just as the hype was building on the possibility of having a Triple Crown winner in the NL for the first time in... forever (it seems), along comes the kid from Venezuela to upset the cart. The scary thing is he has an outside chance of taking the Crown himself! Yes, Carlos Gonzalez is that good!

So good in fact that he has the Rockies on another late season charge up the ranks of the NL West and fighting for a playoff shot. He's strong, fast and powerful at the plate and reminds me a little of Willie Mays in that he can do it all on the baseball field. The prototypical Center Fielder.



Can he possibly take the Triple Crown away from St. Louis icon Albert Pujols and Cincinatti's surprising Joey Votto? Well, he has easily eclipsed those two in batting average. He's been on an absolute tear at the plate since the end of August, hitting .500 in that span with 10 RBIs and 3 HRs. Those ribbies gave him the NL lead with 100. .. .

CarGo's issue is the same as Votto's. Will he catch Prince Albert in the HR Department where he trails by 4 as of this writing? One hope is that he is in Colorado and the ball does fly out of the park there with regular ease.




As much as I like the kid. As much as I hope he can pull it off. I have to say that in my heart, I don't think he can do it. He has 32 HRs and 100 RBIs with a .340 average in 125 games this year - incredibly impressive numbers for the soon to be 25yr old. I'm sure he will be filling his trophy case with a ton of metal over the years, I just don't think one of them will be the Triple Crown in 2010.

Offenses on Fire in first week.

It was a good first week of MLB for the men at the dish. Balls were flying all over (and out of) every host stadium. That's always a good sign for Hitting fans like us.


Who's really hot? Well, as mentioned in the previous blog, the Jays have a solid hitting lineup. The hottest Jay is not Adam Lind or even Vernon Wells. It's the shortstop with the short quick bat - Alex Gonzalez. He stayed red hot on Sunday with a solid 2 for 4 performance that netted 2 more Home Runs to give him 4 on the season. He also picked up a couple more Ribs at the plate. In the past week he's ripped at an 8 for 22 clip. No wonder the Jays are on top of the AL East.

In St. Louis it's more than just the King Albert show. Although, Albert is
certainly off to a super start at .375 with 4 Big flies and 10 Ribs.. all putting him among the leaders in the NL. It's his counterpart Matt Holliday who is on fire as a Cardinal. Matt is stroking a .423 average with 3 Bombs and is providing a lot of protection to Pujols. Last night was no exception as the Cards were down by 3 going into the 9th in Milwaukee. Low and Behold, Albert belted a 2 run shot to get them close. Then, Matt crushed a shot to deep center field to tie it. Pretty incredible encore from Matt. Watch these back to back gems Here! No Surprise, they're on top in the Central Division.

Because of San Francisco's uncharacteristic hot start, the D'Backs are not atop the NL West despite the offensive flash from Chris Young. He's on fire in the desert. How hot? How about 7 for his last 20 with 11 RBIs to lead the league in the Ribby department. Chris has also belted out 3 Bombs to sit among the leaders in the power display.


So, there ya have it. Some of the hottest bats in baseball as we roll into week number 2. Enjoy the barrage of hits. I know we do here at BABH.com

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