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Posted by James Lincoln Ray Jun 1, 2008 |
Man, I'm getting my ass kicked on some of my pre-season predictions for individual award winners and standout players.
Here we are, a full one-third of the way through the 2008 season, and my pick for American League Most Valuable Player, Robinson Cano, is hitting .219 with 4 homers and 19 RBI. Now, I know that Cano is a slow starter, but this is ridiiculous. He'll need to hit .380 the rest of the way with at least 20 homers and 95 RBI to even get himself in the running.
Another prediction that may not have been so wise was my pick of Joe Girardi of the Yankees. I am still sticking by it, because I think he is going to get the Bombers to the playoffs, but these first two shaky months of his Yankee skipper career has made me long for Joe Torre's calm and air of complete control.
NL MVP pick David Wright is having a good year, batting .284 with 11 home runs and 40 RBI. Unfortunately, Lance Berkman and Chase Utley are playing like Chuck Klein and Rogers Hornsby. Utley just smacked his 20th home run and drove in his 50th RBI. The guy's a second baseman, for God's Sake! How can he hit like this?
J.J. Putz has betrayed my trust. Jacoby Ellsbury is being outplayed by many A.L. rookies, and I must have been on Qualuudes when I picked Chase Headley for NL Rookie honors.
But Johan Santana is pitching according to plan. Right now, Brandon Webb is far ahead of him in the Cy Young race, but Johan could roll off 8 in a row at some point.
Maybe.