Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Call him CC, not C.C.

It's been a while since my last column, so I hope everyone had a happy Cuatro De Julio. I know i promised new rankings every month, and I promise I will get to those either during or after the All Star Break. A lot of player's stock has changed since my last rankings, but do some of the few include names like CC Sabathia and Rich Harden? I personally believe CC will be the same pitcher that he was in Cleveland. Yes he will have a better offense behind him, so you can go ahead and expect a few more wins, but he isn't exactly a buy low or sell high. Rich Harden is another guy that has recently been on the move to the NL Central. He's been healthy now for 11 starts in a row, so is his luck starting to run dry, or is he the real deal? It's hard to say that he has a better chance to get injured in Chicago when he has been on the DL 6 times in the past 4 years with Oakland, but I'm not buying him. I don't know what it is with pitchers getting injured in Chicago, or that 100 year-old World Series drought, but i can't trust him there. I believe he is a sell high guy.

Guys Under the Radar
Manny Parra is 7-0 with a 2.27 ERA in his last 11 starts.
I Love me the Manny Parra. I've always loved me my Brew Crew.
And Now I love me the CC Sabathia. This is the year fellow Brewers fans.
And Yes... it is CC, not C.C.

In his last month Aubrey Huff is batting .385 with 9 HR and 25 RBI.
Willy Taveras leads the MLB with 38 steals.
Adam Laroche has 8 runs and 10 RBI in his last 10 games.
Mike Pelfrey is 5-0 in his last 5 starts. and has posted a 2.62 ERA since May 26th.
Ubaldo Jimenez is 3-3 in his last 8 starts with a 2.79 ERA.
Carlos Delgado has 16 HR, and has a post all star break .290 BA in his last 3 years.
Justin Duchscherer has been the best pitcher in baseball the past month. His stats look something like this. 5-1 with a 1.16 ERA and a 0.66 WHIP.
And the 2nd best pitcher in baseball the past month? Try Ricky Nolasco. 5-0 with a 1.82 ERA and 0.78 WHIP.
Brandon Morrow has been arguably the best closer in baseball since being put in the role. His stats look something like this the past month: 1 Win and 7 saves. 0.00 ERA and an astounding 0.17 WHIP. his K/9 is 10.80.
Dustin Pedroia is batting .426 over his last month.
J.J. Hardy is the hottest hitter in baseball. His BA has went up 34 points in his last 13 games. He has 7 HR and 15 RBI in that time period.
And where as Evan Longoria isn't the Ryan Braun of this year, he has been pretty close. He is now batting .280 with 16 HR and 53 RBI. He even has 6 SB. Also keep in mind he was batting an abysmal .237 a little over a month ago. He also missed significant time at the beginning of the year.

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