Lets give 'em something to talk about.

So i have yet another top 5 of what people are not talking about ... take a look let me know what you think.


TOP 5 Things people are not talking about

~~~~~~1. The Pittsburgh Pirates are for realz?!?!?

11 - 8 (Second place in the central)


Pitching

#1 Team ERA in MLB, Tied for most Quality starts in MLB w/ 12

Batting

#8 Team Hitting Avg, #12 in RBIs AND despite being #25 in Home runs they are #11 in Total Bases... Despite all the talk of pitching they are also doing this with timely hitting.

Defense

Point Diff +38, Team UZR of +9.7 (3rd in the majors) and only 9 team errors ... they are really an above average team that is better than people orignally thought....INCLUDING this guy...

While it's STILL VERY early, could this be the year that they break the 17 year streak? It's very possible if they keep playing good ball.


~~~~~~2.Is David Ortiz career on it's down ward turn???

0 Hrs / .237 / 20 Ks / swinging at 30% of pitches out of the zone, which is up 10% from last year... and has increasingly grown for the past five years.

~~~~~~3. Mike Cameron still playing like a super star...

5 Homers , 12 RBIs, 2 SBs, Hitting .328 with The second highest player value in the big leagues with a UZR of 3.5

This guy has to be consistantly the most UNDER RATED player in the bigs.


~~~~~4. Felix and Bedard are the best 1-2 combo in the majors...

Bedard 2-1 Era 2.08 WHIP 0.923 and 9th in Strike outs

Hernandez 3-0 3.12 WHIP 1.23 and 10th in Strike outs


I know Gil Meche and Grineke have been pitching really well..

~~~~~5. Frank Francisco is the best reliver in the game

0 Rs in 9 2/3 Innings

0.62 WHIP

5 of 5 SVs

Best WPA (1.33) of all relivers in Baseball


Omgosh.... i thought the rangers bullpen was bad?!?! i'm confused...