Saturday Morning Randomness

I'm not going to speak of last nights Jays game. Shamefull.

Onto some news from yesterday/today.

David Price: September's Joba

He will join the Rays bullpen on Saturday and I think it's a terrible decision. I'm not sure he would even be elligible for the post-season roster anyway. If he comes up and dominates for the rest of the season, you lose a key weapon for the playoffs. If he stinks and gets pounded, you look like you rushed your top prospect, and maybe he is not as good as advertised. He is 23 years old, so he's not exactly a spring chicken, but was just drafted in 2007, so he's pretty raw.

Also coming up for Tampa are other top picks Jeff Neimann & Mitch Talbot (who was a top pick for Houston I believe and picked up for Aubrey Huff).

Carlos Delgado Update

My favourite player of all time, Sir Carlos Juan Delgado, who I wrote an icredible human interest piece and subsequent public speach on in grade 7, is having a remarkable turnaround to his season. He sucked filthy cock early in the season, to the point where he was almost Frank Thomased.

At the end of June, he was hitting under .230 (.228). He had an OBP of .307 to go along with a slugging of .419. He was awful for 3 months. With 14 homers & 45 RsBI, he still would've led the Jays, and probly did enough to keep him on the roster. Since the end of June, he has turned it around substantially. His overall line of .264/.349/.515 isn't the stuff of MVPs, but is incredible if you lift the first 3 months. He should get some serious consideration for MVP if St. Louis & Houston don't make the playoffs. Lance Berkman & Albert Pujols have been remarkably better than year than Sir Carlos, but if they don't make the playoffs, than they don't deserve shit.

Delgado's 35 homers & 104 RsBI put him 4th & 10th in those categories. The Mets would be totally fucked without King Carlos.

Something that could come into play: his option for next season rests at $12 million, with a $4 million buy-out. If he gets 25 more MVP points, his option will vest at $16 million. I don't know how the points work exactly, but a second place should give him a decent amount, maybe not all the ones needed, but he can still win a post-season honor along the way. Could get interesting.

History Made Last Night...By The Marlins

They may only draw 800 people to each game, but the people in whatever town they play in missed out on some pretty impressive history last night.

Jorge Cantu, of Tampa Bay Ray fame, belted his 25th homer last night, giving every starter in their infield 25 or more bombs on the year. Impressive, considering V-Dub leads the Jays with 17.

Mike Jacobs has 32, Dan Uggla has 30, Hanley Ramirez has 29, and Cantu has 25. Imagine having that type of power.