Greetings Baseball Fans!

The weather outside is still cold but the games are hot.

Carlos Carrasco of the Cleveland Indians earns his spot to a point, he still has the wins and the innings but the ERA and most of all – the stuff, but in the AL he faces far better hitters than he ever would and he also faces the DHs that he would never face in the NL. That puts a coffee stain on his white tuxedo. He is a really good hurler to be in the top 15 pitchers, but not yet, not unless he shows that he’s maybe even close to Kershaw.

Andrelton Simmons of the Los Angeles Angels is a really good player and an even more amazing fielder but he never had the talent of hitting well. Simmons has the usual power of a player with great fielding and a lot of speed, you know what I’m talking about, triples, stand-up doubles, the occasional stand-up triple and an inside the park homer. I think I could compare him with Orlando Arcia of the Milwaukee Brewers.  Simmons’ average is good, actually really good, now that I think about it. He and Arcia have a lot in common – but Simmons’ power is not up to snuff but his speed tells the press “Don’t say anything about my power because I got speed and a lot of it and I’m good at fielding.” That’s a white lie. Simmons is good going back to the average – he hits a good .280 every season and steals 19 bases and hits the triples, but he is really underrated in the hits column, he really has a lot of hits – 164 last season.

Anthony Rendon of the Washington Nationals definitely does not deserve 33rd but rather a worse spot like 43rd or so. Sure he whooped the Mets’ butt last year with 3 Hrs and 10 RBIs and had another really good game later in the year and finished the year with a .301 average, 25 Hrs and 100 RBIs, highest it’s ever been in his whole career. He is in a rebuilding mode and he’s doing the best job I’ve seen in MLB. He used to not smoke the balls over the fence and he’s rebuilding his legs, but even the fastest – always lose a step or two in their later years. But he can now hit for average, he has moderate to beefy power, has limited speed but his speed does not put a blotch on his team because of the speedsters Trea Turner and Adam Eaton, and he can field. I think the most under-rated aspect of him is his hair…

Robinson Cano of the Seattle Mariners is an All-Star caliber performer with 30+ homers and 110+ when he was with the Yankees, then the first two years on the Mariners and he still has 20+ HRs and 85+ RBIs and he could steal bases – something  like two a day. The average is still there because, I mean, he’s Robinson Cano, one of the players that age doesn’t deteriorate. He deserves a better spot in the 25 range because, I mean, he’s Robinson Cano, he’s good, the best, well not now.

Noah Syndergaard of The Mets is next. Let’s be honest, his fastballs are absolute fire and heat and his breaking balls have so much whip (because of his heat) and he could fool even the best and most experienced players – his hair helps too. I’d feel so scared if I’m facing him because this is no fast pitcher, this is fire and it’s Syndergaard. He has the strikeouts, but he really doesn’t need them. Most of his strikeouts are catching the batters looking because it’s like a deer in headlights.

Turning to this season … The Mets are playing right now and Todd Frazier is a joke, he’s like in his mind, “I’m just going tip up my cap and cost the Mets their 3-run lead on an error.” Frazier is good at hitting but his fielding is catastrophically horrible. Justin Bour just hit his first dinger of the year, I thought to myself, if he just hit his first homer, then – he’s not going to the Home Run Derby this year. I’m a Mets fan, I usually protect them, but this is not the case, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a no-doubt HR and then does a very flamboyant, annoying bat-flip that I think deserved some words from the Caleb Smith, but he didn’t say anything. So now that Xander Bogaerts is the head-honcho of the Red Sox, leading them in hitting, in karma and in confidence.

Leave a comment if you think this is wrong and we’ll discuss it next time: Bogaerts is the best Red Sox overall player. He is on the DL and they’re playing the Yankees, which is a huge boost, because this year, they are absolutely horrible. The Mets (8:1) and Red Sox are tied for the majors’ best, and, hopefully, the Mets will regain that title. At first, Tim Anderson didn’t seem too fast, I mean, he seemed like a power-hitting shortstop, with some speed but not a lot, but now he’s leading the majors in SBs with Trea Turner.

This week was interesting but not the games I was hoping for – I mean walk-off wins and huge wins and high-scoring wins. I repeat my first challenge, this will become a regular thing – Who do you think is the best player in all the divisions (NL East, NL Central, NL West, AL East, AL Central and AL West), leave the answers in the comments sections.

While you’re thinking, finish that hot dog and don’t forget to wipe the mustard of your lips.