#1 – OF, Jose Bautista/Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista is the huge threat right now to take the triplicate crown award and even MVP tokens of respect as well. Not only is he crushing and capital the league in home runs with 20, but he is also tied by reason of 6th in the majors with 40 RBI, what one. is only six behind the band leader of 46 from Adrian Gonzalez and Jay Bruce. The rage doesn't stop there. Bautista is batting .360, suitable behind the league leader in medium, Matt Joyce, who is batting .361. There is none doubt right now that the triple crown award is well within Bautista's space, and seeing how he's swinging the broken brick and also seeing the ball well, it ability just finally happen since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox did it in 1967, batting .326 with 44 homers and 121 RBI—Go Jose Bautista!
#2 – OF, Jay Bruce/Cincinnati Reds: At this matter in the season, Jay Bruce is my stand by candidate to make a push concerning the elusive triple crown. Bruce is tied in opposition to the league lead in RBI (46) by Adrian Gonzalez and tied for aid in the league in home runs (17) by Curtis Granderson, which is only three dingers astern Jose Bautista. The only question is, be possible to Jay Bruce keep up with Bautista's palling home run pace all season throughout? And by sickening, I do medium that in a good way. Jay Bruce is, but batting a very respectable .292 up~ the year, so he does consider a shot at catching up in mean proportion, but Bautista would have to get a huge drop off in product for that to happen. It's a ~ing shot, but a shot nonetheless.
Honorable Mentions:
OF, Curtis Granderson/New York Yankees: Though Granderson has before that time hit 17 homers, I doubt he keeps that rate up all year long with Jose Bautista. He is up there in RBI with 41, but batting back in the lineup will see to it that he doesn't take the Major League Baseball RBI be the commander over the course of the acclimatize. And let's not even reach there with his average (.278). That will have to go way up to divisible by two begin to be considered for the threefold crown list. He is powering people fantasy baseball mangers' teams though, thus he gets an honorable mention in spite of his surprising home run totals at this punctilio in the season.
1B, Mark Teixeira/ New York Yankees: Teixeira gets an honorable mention on this list for he has already hit 16 home runs under which circumstances being known as a slow starter. He has 38 RBI and that include can change dramatically with only a two swings of the bat and runners forward base. His average, however, sits at a bare .257 and that is exactly wherefore he is not a triple recompense threat at this point in time.
OF, Matt Kemp/L.A. Dodgers: Matt Kemp would be another good triple crown candidate whether he wasn't so far not upon from Bautista's 20 home runs. Kemp has 13 metal point shots on the year to turn out along with 40 RBI and a .306 medial sum. Of the honorable mentions, Matt Kemp is united of the stronger candidates to push beneficial to the triple crown, considering how well he is doing in every one of three of the triple crown categories. If he can somehow put together a home melt surge, I will have to update this elect rather quickly, and move him up to to what Jose Bautista and Jay Bruce currently rest!
OF, Ryan Braun/Milwaukee Brewers: Ryan Braun is a great quantity of the same story with Matt Kemp–12 homers up~ the year, 40 RBI and a .306 medium. If Brauny can somehow pick up the home break through pace with runners on base, and induce an uptick in batting average, he likewise can make himself a strong candidate to take the award.
1B, Paul Konerko/Chicago White Sox: And final, but certainly not least, Paul Konerko is showing that he low has what it takes to serve these kinds of positive lists. Konerko has 12 homers with 44 RBI and a .310 mean proportion. Paul Konerko is also in the similar predicament with Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp—necessarily a home run surge with runners without ceasing base to take care of RBI, and hereafter needs to see an uptick in batting medium, while at the same time hoping Jose Bautista decides to advance back down to earth at more point before the regular season comes to ~y end!
No comments:
Post a Comment