If Josh Hamilton keeps up this pace, is he the hands down MVP this year?

[Dick Shitman]

he has to be. especially with detroit falling out of the playoff picture

 

[deeroc22]

According to Tom Verducci(CNN/ Sports Illustrated) he's the best player in baseball:

"The legend of Josh Hamilton, Texas Ranger, is growing on a nightly basis. There is nobody like him in baseball, and possibly nobody this good, this big, this fast and this unique -- a 6'4", 235-pound sledgehammer of a hitter who can run balls down in center field and fly around the bases and hit for such a high average -- since Mickey Mantle in his prime.

Hamilton leads the league in batting (.362), slugging (.634), hits (161) and total bases (282). The rest of the league is playing for second place in the MVP race. He has no contemporaries, especially when you consider that the Rangers, somewhat against their better judgment, have started him 26 times in center field.

How rare is that kind of skill set? The last three players to have batted .360 and slugged .600 while playing that much center field are none other than Mantle in 1957, Stan Musial in 1948 and Joe DiMaggio in 1939."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin#ixzz0wyK8pbLB

NOT SURE I AGREE BUT HE'S HAVING A MONSTER SEASON

 

[dbrazil412]

According to Tom Verducci(CNN/ Sports Illustrated) he's the best player in baseball:

"The legend of Josh Hamilton, Texas Ranger, is growing on a nightly basis. There is nobody like him in baseball, and possibly nobody this good, this big, this fast and this unique -- a 6'4", 235-pound sledgehammer of a hitter who can run balls down in center field and fly around the bases and hit for such a high average -- since Mickey Mantle in his prime.

Hamilton leads the league in batting (.362), slugging (.634), hits (161) and total bases (282). The rest of the league is playing for second place in the MVP race. He has no contemporaries, especially when you consider that the Rangers, somewhat against their better judgment, have started him 26 times in center field.

How rare is that kind of skill set? The last three players to have batted .360 and slugged .600 while playing that much center field are none other than Mantle in 1957, Stan Musial in 1948 and Joe DiMaggio in 1939."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin#ixzz0wyK8pbLB

NOT SURE I AGREE BUT HE'S HAVING A MONSTER SEASON

yeah until albert pujols retires, he will be the best player in the game..

as for AL MVP...hes running away with it

 

[Darius]

According to Tom Verducci(CNN/ Sports Illustrated) he's the best player in baseball:

"The legend of Josh Hamilton, Texas Ranger, is growing on a nightly basis. There is nobody like him in baseball, and possibly nobody this good, this big, this fast and this unique -- a 6'4", 235-pound sledgehammer of a hitter who can run balls down in center field and fly around the bases and hit for such a high average -- since Mickey Mantle in his prime.

Hamilton leads the league in batting (.362), slugging (.634), hits (161) and total bases (282). The rest of the league is playing for second place in the MVP race. He has no contemporaries, especially when you consider that the Rangers, somewhat against their better judgment, have started him 26 times in center field.

How rare is that kind of skill set? The last three players to have batted .360 and slugged .600 while playing that much center field are none other than Mantle in 1957, Stan Musial in 1948 and Joe DiMaggio in 1939."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin#ixzz0wyK8pbLB

NOT SURE I AGREE BUT HE'S HAVING A MONSTER SEASON

i mean the case can be made that he is the best player THIS YEAR.

 

[Darius]

but i remember getting SI a few years ago and they proclaimed Grady Sizemore as 'one of the greatest players of our generation" which he had been great up until that point.

and SI also picked carolina to win a superbowl a few years back and they won 7 games that year

 

[dbrazil412]

oh

well yeah if there was only one MVP award, i'd give it to hamilton.

 

[deeroc22]

NO DOUBT he's MVP THIS YEAR

 

[jbrooks229]

for the AL.

i think so, smh if not for drugs he probably would have would up as one of the greatest of all time.

leading in slugging and batting average and total bases

and not too far behind Cabrera in other categories, and Hamilton is a far superior defender.

you musta been doing the drugs with him to say some shit like that

 

[KeepOnPushing]

you musta been doing the drugs with him to say some shit like that

Uuummmm He Probably would have had that Opportunity if not for the drugs , His Talent Level Was Compared to Ken Griffey JR. coming out of Highschool....he didnt really start playing Drug Free Until age 26 with the reds but played only in 90 games , He was out of Pro Ball for 4 years....the Josh Hamilton you Seeing now is What We would have saw at a much younger age had he never been a coke head.

First Full Year wasnt until age 27 .... His first full year he Put Up .304 , 32 Homeruns , 130 RBI's

His Second Year in texas Injuries got him

and You see what he's doing his Third Year in Texas a MVP type season

So Dude is 29 and Really Only Played 2 Full Seasons in the MLB ..

 

[jbrooks229]

Uuummmm He Probably would have had that Opportunity if not for the drugs , His Talent Level Was Compared to Ken Griffey JR. coming out of Highschool....he didnt really start playing Drug Free Until age 26 with the reds but played only in 90 games , He was out of Pro Ball for 4 years....the Josh Hamilton you Seeing now is What We would have saw at a much younger age had he never been a coke head.

First Full Year wasnt until age 27 .... His first full year he Put Up .304 , 32 Homeruns , 130 RBI's

His Second Year in texas Injuries got him

and You see what he's doing his Third Year in Texas a MVP type season

So Dude is 29 and Really Only Played 2 Full Seasons in the MLB ..

your not tellin me anything i dont know.. i live in the market area he plays in.. so ive checked up on dude and have seen him play numerous time... hes not even the best player in the al west

 

[KeepOnPushing]

your not tellin me anything i dont know.. i live in the market area he plays in.. so ive checked up on dude and have seen him play numerous time... hes not even the best player in the al west

The AL West is :

Texas

Angels

Oakland

Seattle

Now Tell Me Which Player is better than him in the AL West??

 

[Craig Robinson]

your not tellin me anything i dont know.. i live in the market area he plays in.. so ive checked up on dude and have seen him play numerous time... hes not even the best player in the al west

who is?

............

 

[KeepOnPushing]

if you Dare Say Ichiro Nobody in there Right mind would Trade a Power Hitting number 3 hole hitter who does .300+ Average, 30+ Homeruns 100 Runs Scored and 100 RBI's , For a Leadoff hitter.

 

[jbrooks229]

micheal young 4 one

I Suzuki

The AL West is :

Texas
Angels
Oakland
Seattle

Now Tell Me Which Player is better than him in the AL West??

 

[jbrooks229]

who is?

............

who you be?

 

[KeepOnPushing]

micheal young 4 one

I Suzuki

Ight yea u Failed.....

 

[Craig Robinson]

who you be?

just another anonymous internet personality really...

 

[Primus]

Miggy Cabrera > Josh Hamilton

 

[KeepOnPushing]

Miggy Cabrera > Josh Hamilton

When Josh is Healthy it' would be a good debate, Cant go wrong either way , Miggy is a top 2 or 3 hitter in all of baseball and pretty much pencil in .300 , 30+ Hr's , 100RBI ...Miggy is a animal....

i Just Think Josh Hamilton would be in that Pujols,Cabrera Discussion had he not went down the wrong road early in his career...... cuz both years he's been healthy and played a full season he's done those type of numbers.

 

[Craig Robinson]

Miggy Cabrera > Josh Hamilton

imo hamilton and cabrera are neck and neck

but hamilton is having a better season and players for playoff contenders are favored in mvp voting