Some Braves Need Your Help
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Well fans here we are again. It’s early June and all we can hear when we watch a baseball game is how we need to go online and cast our votes for the All Star Game. Well don’t expect any different from me. When looking at the latest All Star voting results I feel like it is my duty to touch on this for just a second. Look, I get why Chase Utley is a popular guy. He’s a hard worker and a really good ballplayer as well. However, this season he has not been the best NL position player by any means. But the NL isn’t the only problem. In the American League Miguel Cabrera is batting .358 with 17 homers, so he has to be leading the league in 1B right? Nope, try third. Come on guys when you vote there is a button that says “compare stats” and it lays out all the numbers for you.
But hey this IS a Braves blog right? So what Braves need your help? How about these three guys:
Martin Prado: Here is a guy who is leading the league in batting average right now and has more multi-hit games than anyone in the NL. However, in the latest polls he was trailing Utley and Rickie Weeks. Take a tip from Peter Moylan (see picture above) and VOTE FOR PRADO.
Troy Glaus: I’m not saying that Pujols shouldn’t start for NL, but with the past month and a half that Troy has had I do feel like he should be in consideration for a reserve spot. Glaus went on a tear in May batting .330 with 6 homers. In June he has not let up. In the six games in June he has hit 3 homers with an .882 slugging %.
Jason Heyward: Jay-Hey is killing the ball, and he has been all season. The two time Rookie of the Month has been as advertised. Even though he has let up as of late he is still one of the most impressive outfielders the NL has to offer this year and he needs your help getting him to LA. At last check he was 5th overall for NL outfielders.
Too Early to Get Excited? One more thing. I can’t leave here without mentioning the great offensive play we’ve seen from the Braves as of late. Although it is early, I did find something interesting when looking at research this week. In six of the past eight seasons the team that was leading the NL East on June 1 won the division that season. Like I said it is early, but I’m still excited about what we’ve seen from the Braves so far this season.
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I have voted for all the position players! How come we can’t vote for pitchers?
Thanks for the comment! I hope you become a loyal reader of my blog. Good job on voting and keep it up. The reason they don’t let fans vote on pitchers is because the coaches for each team decide which pitchers get to go.