No real preamble today, I?m just going to get to giving some of my thoughts on the world o? baseball.
Jason Bay was finally hitting with a .317 mark, a .969 OPS and 13 RBI through 18 games in September. Of course, he?s now missed three games in a row with the flu. He?s no Justin Morneau, but it looks like Bay?s skills just disappeared, despite his nice three week run.
Lance Berkman has hit only seven homers with 28 RBI over his last 56 games, but on the year he is batting .300 with 31 homers, 91 RBI a .412 OBP and a .967 OPS, a rather phenomenal campaign from a guy who pretty much everyone thought was washed up. It?s being reported that he?s agreed to a one year deal worth $12 million to play with the Cardinals next season. I think it?s a fair deal for both sides, the Cardinals can?t risk losing Albert Pujols next year and not having someone who can hit in the middle of the lineup, but I think they?d be fooling themselves if their expectations were for Berkman to repeat this years effort next season.
Am I the only one that thinks that working a job that you can wear slippers to is about as good as it gets?
Vladimir Guerrero has long been on of my favorite players (perhaps it goes back to the days that he was on my minor league taxi squad). I even have a Vlad G. Montreal Expos jersey in my closet (you?re jealous aren?t you?). This season hasn?t gone as planned for Vlad, but that doesn?t mean that he is ready to hang up his cleats. In fact, he wants to play a couple of more seasons. ?I feel I can play two or three more years,? he said. ?And I just need to work a little harder this offseason when I go to the Dominican and see what happens.? Guerrero is three hits behind Julio Franco for the most hits every by a Dominican born player, he has 2,583. He?s also on quite a tear right now hitting .400 over his last 16 games to push his average up to .292. If he can get it to .300 it would be the 14th time in 15 seasons he hit that mark. However, with only 13 homers, this will be the first time in his career that he?s had 400 at-bats and failed to go deep 27 times.
The Marlins have placed closer Leo Nunez on the restricted list for ?undisclosed reasons? (he has already? headed back to the Dominican Republic, so his 2011 season is over). Nunez will finish the year with middling ratios (4.06 ERA, 1.21 WHIP), but he did produce 36 saves in 42 chances. Edward Mujica might get a look in the ninth, after all he?s been great this year with a 0.97 WHIP and 4.69 K/BB ratio, but I would pick up Steve Cishek if I was looking for a few cheap saves.
I was watching Supernatural the other night and I noticed that Genevieve Courtese had a recurring role (OK, I?m a bit behind with the series ? I?m only working on season IV right now). I admit it, I?m such a sucker for brunettes.
Ben Revere is hitting .263, has no homer,s sports a terrible .310 OBP and has a sickly .297 SLG (how awful is that?). So why am I wasting any time writing about him? His recent play of course. Over the last eight games Ben has produced 15 hits, including one in each outing, while he?s also swiped seven bags. That?s the type of a waiver-wire pickup that can win you your league. Reverse certainly has a lot of limitations on offense, but his late season push will certainly have him in the mix for a substantial role with the Twins next season.
Iwasn?t a big believer when the Rangers decided to move C.J. Wilson from the pen to the rotation. Consider my opinion to be in error. Wilson went 15-8 with a 3.35 ERA last year, and he?s been slightly better this year going 16-7 with a 2.97 ERA. He?s also upped his K mark this season to 8.38 per nine which has resulted in 206 punchouts. That dude is gonna get straight paid in the free agent market this offseason.
By Ray Flowers
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