The New York Yankees whether you want to admit or not, are the face of Major League Baseball. They are winners, they are the most hated, and they have the biggest payroll to sign guys like Curtis Granderson and Mark Texiera. Well, many writers, bloggers, and sport personalties believed the Yankees were not a AL East betting favorite or even a wild card team. Much to the dismay of countless opinion makers, the Yankees are on a mean streak right now. The reason why critics thought they were going to struggle in 2011 is because of there lack of starting pitcher. New York signed veteran arms like Freddy Garcia and the always out of shape Bartolo Colon. Needless to say, Garcia and Colon especially, are pitching like there old selves in the early 2000's. The Yankees are first in the east standings right now and look to be challenging the heavily favored Red Sox all season long.
Future baseball greats is very fun interest to examine for your baseball teams. Many guys like Ryan Braun, Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, and Eric Hosmer were playing ball in the minor leagues a few years ago. My great state of Alabama has some of the best prospects in baseball right now. The Southern League, a AA league for the MiLB, have four teams from Alabama: the Birmingham Barons, the Huntsville Stars, the Mobile Baybears, and the Montgomery Biscuits. Biscuits starting pitcher Matt Moore, has been dominating for the past two years in high A ball and this year in Montgomery. The lefty leads all minor league pitchers with 107 punch outs with only 82.2 innings pitch. Do not be surprised if he gets a September call-up by the Tampa Bay Rays. Former West Virginia Mountaineer, Tyler Kuhn is playing second base for the Birmingham Barons is leading the team in a big way. Kuhn is leading the Southern League with a .360 average. He has great speed and a little pop, but unless Gordon Beckham moves to third base again, the twenty-five year old Kuhn may not get a call up until 2012. Last but not least, the Arizona Diamondbacks surprising slugger is Paul Goldschmidt. The first baseman is hitting everything in Mobile for average and power to all fields. Goldschmidt has a .317 average, 89 hits, 60 runs, 25 home runs, and 74 runs batted in. Also, Paul is an imposing figure at 6'3 and 245 pounds and he will be called up after the All-Star break with no immediate block at first in Phoenix.
I am very excited to be podcasting again with my good friend Arky Shea. Arky and I went to the University of Montevallo together and we have been buds ever since. Anyways, we are talking about college football this summer and will be previewing each team's schedule, potential, and future endeavors. We just finished the South Carolina Gamecocks and will be talking about the reigning National Champions, the Auburn Tigers in two weeks. I will keep everybody in the know when the podcasts are up on Arky's website, outoftownscoreboard.com. Arky is on twitter and goes by the handle, ArkyShea, follow him now!
Locks of the Day:
Blue Jays (Romero) vs Phillies (Kendrick) -Blue Jays
Yankees (Nova) vs Mets (Niese) -Over 9 Runs
Cardinals (Westbrook) vs Rays (Davis) -Over 9 Runs
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