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gfoxcook

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Since:Sep 22, 2006

May 10, 2008 5:57 am

Score: 95

Well, I was listening to the FSN broadcast of Friday night's Astros @ Dodgers game 1.... and Jim Deshaies laid down some awesome stats about our Astros sluggers (strangely, Bill Brown repeated all five of the stats a few minutes later, almost as if he hadn't heard Jim say them earlier...).

So far this season, the Astros 3-4-5 hitters (i.e. The BLT) are:

1st in the majors in batting average
1st in the majors in slugging percentage
2nd in the majors in home runs
tied for 1st in the majors in RBI
2nd in the majors in runs scored

Impressive, impressive start to the season for the power core of the Astros lineup. That said... while Carlos Lee's season hasn't started quite as hot as Berkman's and Tejada's have, we all saw what Lee and Berkman did by the end of last season. So here's a question for you:

Based on whatever information/gut feelings/etc. you want, including the season/overall stats I've posted below.... who's gonna have the highest OPS by the end of the 2008 regular season? All three guys are well over their career averages right now, including Lee himself, and I suspect they'll be closer to both their average OPS and to each other by September. But take a gander and then vote. Again...

Who will have the highest OPS at the end of the 2008 regular season?

Will it be Bacon (aka Berkman)?

2008: .380 AVG, 129 AB, 49 H, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 21 BB, .461 OBP, .783 SLG, 1.244 OPS
career: .303 AVG, 4377 AB, 1325 H, 271 HR, 890 RBI, 805 BB, .414 OBP, .566 SLG, .980 OPS

Will it be Lettuce (aka Lee)?

2008: .284 AVG, 134 AB, 38 H, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 11 BB, .336 OBP, .530 SLG, .866 OPS
career: .288 AVG, 5331 AB, 1536 H, 260 HR, 925 RBI, 434 BB, .341 OBP, .500 SLG, .841 OPS

Or will it be Tomato (aka Tejada)?

2008: .338 AVG, 145 AB, 49 H, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 7 BB, .370 OBP, .545 SLG, .915 OPS
career: .288 AVG, 6198 AB, 1785 H, 263 HR, 1059 RBI, 469 BB, .344 OBP, .478 SLG, .822 OPS

(Berkman and Tejada are tied for hits this season! And in their careers, Lee and Tejada are tied for batting average! WHO WILL WIN? Feel free to post about your answer, including reasoning if you want, and talk about any other stats besides OPS and how they'll do... I probably should have included stolen bases, but that wasn't relevant to OPS, so I left it out... drat...)

	Berkman
	Lee
	Tejada

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HOTPEPPERPIE Reputation:91 Level:All-Star Since:Dec 14, 2007
	May 10, 2008 9:27 am Score: 95
	Just think how good their stats would be if we had a leadoff hitter that could get on.
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bassman3 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Jul 13, 2007
	May 10, 2008 11:01 am Score: 93
	there is no way i'm voting against berkman right now. geez, the guy is having an unreal stretch...lee is keeping up the pace from last year and tejada has looked like a genius move both offensively and defensively...but lance has really turned it up a few notches so far this season. go stros!
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The Lock Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 26, 2006
	May 10, 2008 11:26 am Score: 96
	Every night its Berkman, Lee, and Tejada. The Astros probably have the best lineup in baseball. These guys can just flat out hit the ball. Its pretty unbelievable to me. Berkman is on fire right now. Right now its a 2 person run for the NL MVP between him and Utley. ( I know its early but as of right now he is probably the best hitter in baseball.) A guy who is a switch hitter and power like he does. No one wants to see Berkman right now. Honestly not one team wants to see the Astros right now you cant pitch around anyone. I love watching them play.
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Nashmeister Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 27, 2006
	May 10, 2008 12:53 pm Score: 98
	Berkman is going to clear 1.000 again. Tejada and Lee will be between about .850 and .900. Those two just don't walk enough to really high OPS. But in this line-up, they don't need to.
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dread77706 Reputation:81 Level:All-Star Since:Apr 18, 2007
	May 11, 2008 1:52 am Score: 84
	Just think how good their stats would be if we had a leadoff hitter that could get on. Like tonite? LOL
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gfoxcook Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 22, 2006
	May 11, 2008 9:55 pm Score: 96
	LOL! 21 votes (make that 23... I reloaded before I posted!) and Berkman's still at 100%! I feel like this is one of Lou Dobb's polls (for those who've never seen his show on CNN, he picks poll topics that end up with 97.5% to 2.5% "yes/no" spreads almost every single weeknight). It IS a bit of a no-brainer, but I was wondering if anyone would pick Tejada. Berkman is INDEED having an unreal stretch, bassman. He and Pujols are the only two players in the past 50 years of MLB history to have streaks like this. I wish he'd done better than 1/4 today so he coulda stood alone and also tied a record that Pete Rose was the last to hit (only 4 players had done it)... but it's still spectacular. I also like your prediction of an Utley/Berkman MVP race, but I'm going to go one further and suggest it'll be a three-way race with Tejada involved as well! Nash, you're probably right in that the other two just don't walk enough. Maybe I should have made the poll who will have the highest slugging %, then, since the other two would have a chance against Berkman that way. It is absolutely stunning to look at the disparity between Lance and the other two in the BB category in those stats I posted in the original poll post... flat out stunning.
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booger mcfarlan Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Apr 6, 2008
	May 12, 2008 5:30 pm Score: 61
	as posted earlier.. if only bourn could get on once in a while..
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gfoxcook Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 22, 2006
	May 13, 2008 2:44 am Score: 91
	100% with 30 votes.... impressive... most impressive. BIG PUMA... SPIKE THAT OPS ALL SEASON LONG! 3/4 tonight....