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Written by Joe Veno on July 2, 2009 – 1:37 PM -

Zack Greinke has been pushed aside: But why? Why has everything cooled off for Greinke? His performance is still good. He had a 3.19 FIP and 4.05 ERA in June. Still very good, as he had to deal with a .340 BABIP that month. Granted, it isn’t all summed up in FIP. And it isn’t all summed up in BABIP. But Greinke still deserves to be getting praise, like he did early in the season. But I guess it’s all about the hottest hand. And fans don’t exactly love small market teams either. But Greinke is still the Cy Young winner up until this point in the season.

The resurgence of Scott Rolen: One of the greatest defensive third baseman ever, is hitting well AND playing regularly. .333/.394/.494. Speaking of solutions if Lowell is hurt worse than expected (except I don’t really want him in 2010 for $11 mill …This is a situation where even though the Blue Jays are still somewhat in contention, they should explore a potential trade including Scott Rolen. Because Rolen can be bitten by the injury bug at any given moment. And with good offense and solid D, there is no better time to sell on Scott Rolen.

Pujols is easily one of the greatest ever: If you didn’t already know. I watched him walk twice last night, single twice, and steal a base. Even when he is not hitting a monster home run, he is incredibly valuable. Do you know what his Slugging is? It is .745. 7 freaking 45! That is remarkable, astonishing, amazing, astronomical, heightened beyond belief, ludicrous, ridiculous. Get my point? Is there any doubt that he’s the best in the game now?

ARod’s line since he was given rest: .355/.512/.742. 4 HR, 10 BB’s. I guess it was a *particularly good* idea to give him the rest that the Yankees were supposed to give him.

Julia Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Shocking – you mean following doctor’s orders is a good thing?
Joe Veno Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Yes, apparently