Major League Baseball

I am going to get it out of the system, so that those who are not a part of sim leagues will never have to worry about blogs on sims ever again.

But most of you have or are a part of a league. If not, sim leagues are like complex fantasy leagues that are beyond fantasy since it's not based on real life production, instead, it's based on rating forumalas and a statistical generator. Geeky, yes, very. But as sports fans, aren't we all? Sim leagues bring out the best in a sabermetrician, ...

1. Andruw Jones - Say what!? Fat Andruw Jones homered again last night, his 4th of the season already, and it was a monster off of David Price. Andruw is now hitting .323 on the season. He's been hitting in the middle of the White Sox lineup and if he can just stay around baseball for, say, 3 more years (not a given seeing what happened to Jermaine Dye, but I think Andruw is willing to settle for less money), a run at the 500-home run club isn't out of the question. Andruw has 392 career ...

Here is how the candidates stack up.


1. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies



24 innings, 3-0, 1.12 ERA, 21 strikeouts, 2 walks

The Doctor is in the house. Halladay has to be the leader in the Cy Young race in the National League thus far. Through 3 starts, he has 3 wins and ...

1. Doug Fister - Fister? I barely knew her.




2. Randy Johnson, a.k.a. "The Big Unit"




3. B.J. Upton




4. Albert Pujols

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Did you know? There are three starting shortstops in baseball with the last name "Cabrera": Asdrubal with Cleveland, Everth with San Diego, and Orlando with Cincinnati. Let's take a look at how they are doing so far.




AS-CAB

Asdrubal Cabrera has had a decent start to the season. He has recorded base hits in each of his games and has been active on the base paths (2 ...