Triple Crown Watch

[Frayed Knot]

---	HRs	Place	RBIs	Place	BA	Place
Joey Votto	33	3rd	102	2nd	.320	3rd
Albert Pujols	39	1st	104	1st	.309	6th
Carlos Gonzalez	32	4th	100	3rd	.337	1st

Just the simple fact that there are three of them in this race makes it even more unlikely than usual that any one will walk away with all three categories. After all, there's a reason no one in baseball has done this in 42 years or in the NL in 73.
But it'll be fun to watch down the stretch anyway.

[metirish]

Gee, I don't even know who Carlos Gonzalez is, he's to far ahead in AVG to get caught int that.

[ashie62]

Pujols has quite a lead in HR's but it is interesting.

[Benjamin Grimm]

metirish wrote: Gee, I don't even know who Carlos Gonzalez is, he's to far ahead in AVG to get caught int that.

Me neither. I can't believe I've reached a point where I guy I never heard of is being talked about for an NL Triple Crown.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gonzalez is quite the comer --- a Padre who gave only hints of this in his first two seasons.

71 OPS+ in 85 games in 2008.
120 OPS+ in 89 games in 2009.
150 OPS+ in 129 games this season.

[ashie62]

OT: but a guy coming out of nowhere is Casey McGehee

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgehca01.shtml

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: Gonzalez is quite the comer --- a Padre who gave only hints of this in his first two seasons. 71 OPS+ in 85 games in 2008. 120 OPS+ in 89 games in 2009. 150 OPS+ in 129 games this season.

In fact, you've even got his team wrong. He's a Rockie. Traded from AZ to Oakland for Haren, then Oakland to Colorado for Holliday.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not sure what I'm typing anymore. I think one thing and another comes out my fingers.

Is Gonzalez a Mormon?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: I'm not sure what I'm typing anymore. I think one thing and another comes out my fingers. Is Gonzalez a Mormon?

Only after he gets traded to Minnesota

[ashie62]

I wish I would get traded to Minnesota.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I'm not sure what I'm typing anymore. I think one thing and another comes out my fingers. Is Gonzalez a Mormon? Only after he gets traded to Minnesota

There have been several references to a Minnesota/ Mormon connection here over the last few days.
What started it? ( newspaper/ internet story that somebody posted? A CPF-er comment?)
Please provide a link.
Thanks,
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's a joke at my own expense. Mormons don't tend to come from Minnesota, as I accidentally suggested in another thread, so much as Lutherans do. You're not missing much.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

He's been a pretty highly-touted prospect (like, top 20 in the BA rankings) for a few years now. Odd that he's moved twice... but there are worse players to have on the other side of your personal trade ledger than Haren and Holliday.

[Guest attgig]

yeah, he's been on my fantasy league's minor league roster for a while. big time prospect breaking out this year.

[Frayed Knot]

---	HRs	Place	RBIs	Place	BA	Place
Joey Votto	37	T-2nd	111	3rd	.326	2nd
Albert Pujols	42	1st	116	1st	.311	T-4th
Carlos Gonzalez	33	4th	114	2nd	.341	1st

[DocTee]

Given the torrid finish by Troy Tolowitzki, I wonder if any of these three win the MVP? I suppose Votto has the best claim, and Gonzalez will probably steal some votes from Tulo (and vice versa).

[Gwreck]

I would only consider giving Tulowitzki a first place vote if his team actually makes the playoffs. Votto seems a pretty clear choice to me.

[MFS62]

We're only talking triple crown here.
When it comes time for the MVP voting in the NL this year, I think there are several pitchers who will get support, too.
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Several? I doubt that.

[Gwreck]

MFS62 wrote: We're only talking triple crown here. When it comes time for the MVP voting in the NL this year, I think there are several pitchers who will get support, too.

I don't think any pitchers in the NL are deserving of first-place MVP votes. Which ones are you thinking of?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd vote for Frankie Rodriguez as Most Volatile Player.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'd vote for Frankie Rodriguez as Most Volatile Player.

"I politely but firmly take issue with that vote, and ask you to consider other options."