Josh Hamilton

MVPS: Josh Hamilton and David Wright. The young phenoms have taken different paths to greatness, but at the end of the ’09 season, their numbers will be very similar. Hamilton and Wright are both young enough that they haven’t reached their ceilings, and they will both finish with 35 plus home runs, 130 plus RBI and batting averages well over .300. It wouldn’t be a shocker if both spent the season in the running for the Major’s first triple crown winner in hitting since Carl Yastrzemski. While Wright will lead his team to the playoffs as either the NL East victor or via the wildcard, Hamilton and his Texas Rangers will be on the outside looking in unless the Rangers’ staff turns out to be a lot better than the entire world predicts. Hamilton’s numbers will be just too spectacular to ignore. Other potential AL winners: Mark Teixeira, Justin Morneau, Alex Rodriguez, Grady Sizemore and Jason Bay. Other potential NL winners: Manny Ramirez, Albert Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Ryan Braun and Chase Utley.

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Jon Lester, I have two words to say to you: Thank you.  Despite Buchholz's struggle and Tim Wakefield's injury, you give our starting rotation hope.  Yes, Dice-K and Beckett are great too, and it would be rude for us to forget that.  What makes you stand out from the two of them is that you do not have as much pitching experience, and yet you continue to dominate on the mound.

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is younger, a better defender and having a season that's as good as, if not better, than Manny's). Josh Hamilton (with superior offensive numbers) is in center, over the better defender (Grady Sizemore, with only slightly inferior offensive numbers). Jeter’s the starter at short, in spite of being as poor a defender as ever, with Mike Young (better on both sides of the ball) on the bench. Would you take Kevin Youlikis at first over Justin Morneau? Perhaps, or perhaps not—but Terry Francona must, because The Fans Said So.

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hipper, is prone to nagging injuries of late, so it's possible that he might not make it, either.

Josh Hamilton of the Rangers got all the talk going with his strong start to the season, when he shot out of the gate with a .330 average with 6 homers and 32 RBIs. He continued to hit for power, and currently leads the league in homers and RBIs, but his batting average has tapered off to a relatively tepid .315. Even his 17 homers are barely outpacing Carlos Quentin. Hamilton is currently complaining about a virus, so it's possible his decrease in production may be temporary, or it may be a case of statistics reverting to the norms.

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n anemic AL West.

Their reasons for being even this good, of course, is their offense, especially Josh Hamilton, about whom much exuberant ink has been spilled, but their team hitting (.285/.354/.464, which ranks #1/#2/#1 in the AL and #2/#4/#1 in MLB, respectively) is not the problem, nor has it ever been. 

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The Rangers will pin these hopes on Josh Hamilton and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Hamilton had a spectacular comeback year last year for the Reds hitting 19 home runs in only 300 at bats. It’s

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