KFDM COOP Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Astros' Berkman extends lead in vote at first Also in the NL infield: Tejada's 2nd, Matsui's third for July 15 game Lance Berkman maintained his lead among National League first basemen in the All-Star balloting, and he's not all that far away from having a teammate join him among the NL greats. Miguel Tejada is fewer than 8,000 votes behind Florida's Hanley Ramirez for the NL's starting shortstop spot. Ramirez leads 418,197-410,553 with New York's Jose Reyes a distant third in balloting announced Tuesday. Tejada leads NL shortstops with 73 hits and 37 RBIs in to go with a .312 batting average. Ramirez leads all his peers with nine homers and 44 runs to go with a .292 average and 13 steals. Berkman extended his lead with 585,369 votes, roughly 96,000 clear of St. Louis' Albert Pujols. Berkman is the NL leader in slugging percentage (.750) and runs (57) while also residing in the top three in home runs, RBIs, batting average and on-base percentage. Kaz Matsui is third among second basemen, but doesn't have a third the votes of the NL's overall vote leader, Chase Utley of the Phillies. Ty Wigginton is a distant fifth at third base, and Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence are sixth and 12th, respectively in the outfield. The All-Star teams will be announced July 6 for the July 15 game at Yankee Stadium. NL positional leaders: C — Geovany Soto (Chicago); 1B — Lance Berkman (Houston); 2B — Chase Utley (Philadelphia); 3B — Chipper Jones (Atlanta); SS — Hanley Ramirez (Florida); OF — Alfonso Soriano (Chicago); OF — Kosuke Fukudome (Chicago); OF — Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati)
bobcatfan Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 I think the fans got it right for the most part, there are a few bad ones though. Tejada is in a close race with Hanley, if he beats out Hanley i think it'd be ok because he is having a great season. I think the outfield is all wrong though. Fukudome is having a fine season but nothing near top outfielder status, i suspect the japanese vote has him there. Griffey's numbers arent that good, hes only there because of popularity. I think the top 3 outfielders in the NL are Nate Mclouth, Ryan Ludwick, and either Soriano or Braun. Do yall agree?
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