Looking At The Leaders
Early in the season, looking at league leaders is meaningless. But now that we are a little bit into the season, the good players start separating themselves from the pack.
Here are some players who are leading the way statistically:
Alex Rodriguez - Nobody can even come close to the numbers that Rodriguez is putting up so far this season. After an offseason where the biggest stories involving ARod had nothing to do with the game, he’s again reminded everyone that he’s one of the most talented players this sport has ever seen. Right now, he has twice as many home runs as anyone in the league (14). He’s also far an away leading everyone in RBIs (34). On top of that, he’s hitting .385. It’s impossible that he keeps up this pace, but it’s not impossible that he ends the season as the game’s best fantasy player.
Vladimir Guerrero - Guerrero has already missed a little time due to injury, but he’s having a great season through it all. He’s leading everyone with a .403 batting average. To go along with that, he has five homers and 18 RBIs. As long as he remains healthy, he should be a strong bat for the Angels all year.
Hanley Ramirez - The leadoff batter for the Florida Marlins is already having a very fine season. He has a National League leading 22 runs and is batting .388. There were some questions about him before the season starting concerning whether he is for real or not. It’s not safe to say he’s one of the better young talents in the game.
Jose Reyes - Like Ramirez, Reyes is a multi-talented leadoff batter who plays shortstop in the National League. He’s batting .329 and is leading baseball in triples (5) and stolen bases (12). If there’s a guy who can end up even more valuable than ARod this season, it could very likely be this guy. Reyes does it all … and does it all well.
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