I mean, he has 12 homers and 28 RBI's and April isn't even over.  He's batting .344...he's the best hitter and now defensive player in baseball.  Why pitch to him?
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Pujols gets pitches to hit because he has Rolen and Edmonds protecting him in the lineup. Managers know that if they put Pujols on base, one of those two guys will likely punish them.\n\nPujols is the best hitter...but best defensive player? Give me a break. 1B is one of the least important defensive positions. He's great at 1B, but he's not as important to his team's defense as Andruw Jones or Orlando Hudson.
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Well he is strong physically and he considers Cricket another form of Baseball and he may be a little bit lacking in technique but the sheer power he has allows him to score runs at the rate he does.It is yet to early to compare him with one of the greatest players in the history of Cricket-Sachin Tendulkar and it is also too early to say whether he will break any of Sachin's records.If he keeps going at this rate he definately will break some records.
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I think pitchers should hit him in that elbow/arm protector thing and keep doing it until it comes off.  \n\nPlus he hurt the game of baseball since the whole steriod thing came about.
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Nope he is not going to start & when he pinch hits he will be walked.There are scared of him especially after he is starting to heat up.
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sadly if pitchers keep throwing to him. If I was a pitcher facing bonds he could expect a bean ball every at bat. If I was a manager I'd tell every pitch to hit him with the ball or they'll be benched.\nWhat a loser to baseball and a disgrace to society. Barry Bonds is nothing but a joke.
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Of course he should. Why not give him the Cy Young as well? I mean, the Yankees have played almost 21% of their schedule already, the season is practically over! Seriously though, let him continue pitching this way into September and then decide. At the end of May of last year Matt Clement was 6-0 with an ERA of 3.01. For the remainder of the year he was 7-6 with an ERA of 5.46. It's nice that Mussina is off to a good start but he has 20+ starts left this year.
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Keep Him.  At this time last season he had one less homerun and 3 less RBIs, the only difference is his average but there is no doubt he'll finish the season with 30 homeruns, 100 RBIs, 100 Runs and a .280 average.  He never starts the season well.  At the very worst, trade him because just giving him up would not be a good idea.
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This question can have many answers.\n\nIt's too bad that you don't have Bonds in a private league which uses either BB or On Base Percentage, as the walks would be crucial to your success.\n\nUnfortunately, his walks in a public league don't lead to much more than runs scored (sometimes) and don't usually subsantiate much more, unless he's in a situation which won't give the Giants the lead or make it a close gome, or in a situation where he won't score too many runs batted in.\n\nThere should be many quality outfielders available in your league's free agent pool.\n\nFurthermore, it really depends on who you have at which position.  You could possibly trade Bonds for pitching if it's weak, or you could try for a 3B or 2Bman.  It really just depends on what your need is.  If you want to post your league ID# (assuming that you're in a public league), I can take a look on what I think you might need improving on.\n\nFurthermore, I would consider just keeping him as a bench player.  He may not have too much value right now.\n\nAt this point, you may want to wait for him to get a few hits, HR, RBI, etc...\n\nGood luck.\nCraig
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So, you know him on a first name basis? Then you know one of the game's best fielders and hitters. Definitely he should be in right field for the all star game.\n\nI hope you agree.
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Why should I feel sorry for him?  He's the one associating with known steroid users.  If he wants the media to leave him alone, then he should retire.  I'm sick of him whining.  I couldn't imagine how much baseball ratings would decline if he broke the record.
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I don't think you should worry.  Most of the people don't worry.  He still hit well last September, it's not likely he will go down when he is healthier than that time.  However, if you do have concern, you can consider to trade him.  A lot of people would like to have him in the lineup.
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Rose didnt' cheat so he's out of the race. Rogers  who cares? Half the pitchers in base baseball are doctoring the ball. Every year a few get caught. Some like Perry made a career out of it. \n\nBonds, Sosa, McGwire, Canseco, Palmiero, Caminitti. Sheffied, McGriff, Giambi are just a few of those busted cold with steriods. \nWith McGwire I think it actually hurt his stats. McGwire and Canseco were both TOO strong. They lost huge parts of thier careers to injuries I think were steroid related. If you watch McGwire's swing nobody ever designed a more perfect HR swing. It was perfect. Most of McGwire's blasts were overkill. If he were not on Roids I think McGwire would have hit more HRs. It's meaningless now since he used them and it taints his stats. \n\nBonds would have been in the hall. I think Sosa will help keep Bonds and McGwire out. After seeing declines in power and general hitting and basically facing the end of his career suddenly Bonds beats his best HR total ever in a year most thought would be his last??? Then the next year hits 70+ HRs. His stats alone bust him and show exactly why Steroids are banned. \n\nOn a side not. People Bonds ADMITED using steroids. He said it was by accident but his steroid use is proven. Whether he did it intentionally or not the fact is he was roided out when he set that record. \n\nThen you have Sosa. Not only did he use steroids. He was twice caught with corked bats. Not once, but twice in MLB games. He was also caught using one in a pre-season game if I remember correctly. So I'd have to go with Sosa. He's a known Steroid user, busted with corked bats and suspected of HG usage. What DIDN"T he do to enhance his own personal stats? He sure didn't do it for the team. \n\nSo Sosa hands down is the biggest cheater the game has seen in years. Not since Ty Cobb was there a player that broke more rules. Unlike Ty Cobb Sosa was motivated purely for personal stats. Cobb wanted to win. He also enjoyed his personal stats but Cobb did most of his cheating to help his team.
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He has a disgusting curveball.  Looks like a high fastball, then falls straight down.  Struck out both Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran looking in NLCS Game 7 without argument... just filthy pitching.\n\nAlso has good fastball (think he touches 94,95 with it) and a slider.  You don't need much else to be a good set-up guy.
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He is awesum\n\ntoday when he pitched he had a no-hitter throught 7 1/3 innings\n\nHe pitched a Fantastic game...though he let up one run..he pitched a one hitter\n\n\nIt would defintely be worth it to get him
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I think you're getting at the 'staturation' (my term, or?) of baseball. I think the whole Moneyball analysis is hyper-rational, questionable in its practicality and downright dismissive of the tempo, traditions, and feel of the game. As far as pitch counts, I absolutely agree with you. More on that in a bit. However, as long as pitch counts are relied upon by managers to aid in deciding their pitching changes, I think it's necessary to include in box scores. In fact, I get annoyed when newspapers fail to include pitch counts in their roundups. \n\nBut I have to wonder about the whole notion of pitch counts. I feel like the media often hype high pitch counts  as indicative of a.)a gutsy performance, if the P gets a W or b.)a poor use of a pitcher, if the P gets a L. In the former, you have hero-hyping, which makes good copy. In the latter case you have a classic case of double-guessing, which I'm sure managers hate to no end. In the end, I think managers are cowed into keeping pitch counts relatively low not for fear of hurting their pitchers, but for fear of being deemed my management or media as unable to responsibly harness the talents of the team's "poor, fragile" pitchers (I definitely have wee Pedro Martinez in mind here). \n\nFrankly, SPs should be insulted by this. Any SP worth his cleats wants to hang onto the ball, and it is always a good thing to hear of private spats between P and MGR about a quick hook. At the same time, SPs should protect theit MGR if he is called to task for allowing a high pitch count, if he can attest that he was, indeed, feeling good. \n\nAnd that's the thing about baseball, and the stats therefrom. It's all relative. There is no arbitrary safe pitch limit across pitchers, or even for one pitcher. Factors such as pitch selection, temperature, and field conditions all come into play. One day a P may be spent at 100, the next game he's still pumping at 125. \n\nBut for newbie's information, it seems to me that 120 is often an upper pitch limit. Occasionally you'll see a pitcher crack 130. Livan Hernandez, at least once a year, will hit 150. A lot of times, a manager with a history with a certain pitcher can sometimes get away with using him a little bit more than another might be comfortable with. Interestingly, everyone knows knuckleballers can pitch all day, but for some reason quality knucklers like Wakefield seem to be coddled like any other SP. \n\nI don't buy the 'insurance' or 'fragile arm' arguments. Baseball players today are the strongest, healthiest, most athletic ballplayers in history. This goes for pitchers as much as for hitters. Yet if you analyzed innings pitched, CGs, GS, and pitch counts over the last several decades, you might conclude that within the last 20 years SPs have become spindly weaklings. The hyper-reliance on pitch counts, which might be partly due to the unfortunate development of the professional reliever definitely feeds this trend (that is, trained as such in the minor leagues and before). It is undeniable that pitchers are coddled even more so in the minor leagues, and it is possible that they just don't have the stamina that they once did. If this is the case, then I think we can point blame at the farm systems. Today's pitchers are, however, physically still capable of hard workloads if they are just given the opportunity to work up to that level. \n\nEither way, I would argue that the decline in pitching quality has several factors, chief of which is the expansion of the pitching pool. Teams employ more pitchers now than they ever have in history. 12-man squads are now typical; 10 years ago it was 11-man squads; and that was an expansion from ten. If SPs were allowed (or were capable) to last longer, there would be fewer pitchers needed, and thus you'd have a richer pool. If, at the same time, baseball's best pitchers were groomed as starters exclusively, there would
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I think he's going to end up on the DL again he just doesn't look like he's completely healthy. His last two starts have not been that impressive. His velocity has not been up it's in the mid 80s and he's normally in the low 90s, plus he's been giving up to many home runs.\n\nJune 24\n5.2 IP, 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 er, 2 hr, 2 bb, 4 k, 5.74 era\n\nJune 19\n7.0 IP, 9 hits, 4 runs, 2 er, 2 hr, 1 bb, 5 k, 5.57 era
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He can pitch all 6 but he can not pitch more than 6 per week.  Most only pitch about 3 per game though since little league games only last 6 innings.