Thursday, June 30, 2011

On The Plus Side

Ian Kinsler homered not once but twice last night. That gives him 11 for the season and passes his 2010 HR total of 9 HR's. The only other derby players that have passed their 2010 HR totals at this point are Carlos Beltran, Mitch Moreland, Carlos Santana and Brett Wallace.

Monday, June 20, 2011

I'm not a machine, I am Albert!

Looks like Pujols wasn't lying on the ESPN promo. Today he proved he was human by going on the DL. He will miss 4-6 weeks with a wrist injury. That will make the monthly derby race interesting. The current top 2 teams for the month have Pujols. That leaves the door wide open!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Bronx Bombers

The Yankees are a team built to hit HR's. In yesterdays game they added 3 more long balls to their season total. Granderson, Teixeira and Arod were all contributors. All 3 players are in the top 10 for HR's in the AL. Granderson is tied for the MLB lead with Jose Bautista. They both have 20.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Its Good To Be Prince

Brewer 1B Prince Fielder is a big man who hits the ball a long way. It took this locomotive a while to get started but now that he has he's not slowing down. He has 17 HR's total, and had a recent stretch where he hit 6 HR's in 7 games. He's ahead of last years pace and his name appears quite a bit in the Derby Top 20. Looks like veggies work too!

1 Morse Time

National OF Michael Morse is on fire. He started the year battling for a spot in the lineup. Over the first month of the season he was batting .200 with 1 HR. As of today he is batting .306 with 10 HR's. He has 3 HR's in his last 6 games. This guys a beast.

Kemperature Rising

Dodgers OF Matt Kemp hit his 19th of the season last night. He is well ahead of last years pace of 28 HR's which was his previous career best. Kemp was overlooked by everyone in the derby. Being a Dodger fan I would love to have that pick back.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Nelson Meet Josh, Josh Meet Nelson

Texas OF Josh Hamilton went yard again yesterday. That gives him 2 HR's since returning from the DL. Thats good news for Nelson Cruz owners. In each game that Hamilton has homered Cruz has also gone deep. Both owners can only hope that trend continues.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Bruce Is Loose

Reds OF Jay Bruce just finished an amazing month of baseball. In May he hit .342 and had a .739 slugging %. He had 12 HR's and 33 RBI's in 28 games. In his final 14 games of the month he went on a tear with 9 HR's and 22 RBI's. He is the early favorite for pick of the year!

Over The Hill

On May 29th Toronto 2B Aaron Hill finally recorded his first HR. That leaves Joe Mauer as the only player thats not out for the year who has not recorded a HR.