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Beltre is the Best Third Basemen of 2010

There are no newcomers to the top five third basemen list. Although everyone is the same, four out of the five players moved in the standings. Read on to see who the new number one is!

1. Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox: Moving up three spots to number one, Beltre is proving to everyone that he can still hit. Beltre is still hitting .333 for the season, the same as early June. I thought by now he would have come back to earth, but he continues to surprise everyone this season. Beltre has the fifth best record in baseball, no one would have guessed he would even be close a .300 average this season because he hasn’t been there in six years! The Red Sox are looking like geniuses for picking Beltre up. Without Beltre the Red Sox wouldn’t even be close to where they are now. The Red Sox are currently in third place six and a half games behind the first place Yankees. The Red Sox are 15 games over .500, but the Rays and Yankees are having such good years that it looks like the Red Sox are doing terrible.
The Red Sox are another team that surprisingly did not make any moves at the trade deadline. The Red Sox still have a shot at least making the playoffs with a wild card berth, but they have to hope the Yankees and Rays start to struggle or they will not make it.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network


August 2, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Boston Red Sox, MLB, Red Sox News, Red Sox Stuff | , , , | No Comments Yet

Did Adrian Beltre Take Steroids In 2004?

I took a look back at the year 2004 and discovered many players who were only average players really stepped up their offense that year. Then there are other players who were already good and had a spectacular year in 2004. The players that I came up with that stood out the most in 2004 are a little fishy to me. Is their production up that year by natural talent or was it a product of the steroid era?

Adrian Beltre: Beltre’s numbers really stand out in 2004 compared to the rest of the years he has played. Beltre averaged 20 home runs and 70 RBI’s from 1999-2003. All of a sudden in 2004 Beltre hit 48 home runs and 121 RBI’s. This huge year helped Beltre land a huge contract the next year with the Mariners where he went back to his usual numbers of around 23 home runs and 70 RBI’s from 2005 to 2010.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network


June 23, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | MLB | , , | No Comments Yet

Adrian Beltre Makes #4 of the Best Third Baseman of 2010

Three out of the five third baseman on this list are having comeback years. One of the players career looked like it was over, one of them hasn’t had a good year since he was in the National League, and the last comeback player had a power outage last year.

4. Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox: Beltre has already passed last years season total in home runs with nine and tied his total in RBI’s with 44 RBI’s. Beltre had a terrible season last year and was traded from the Mariners to the Red Sox. Maybe Beltre needed a change of scenery, the Mariners haven’t been a good team for a while, and getting traded to the Red Sox may have motivated Beltre to become his former self once again. The most surprising stat with Beltre is his average, which is .333. Beltre has only hit over .300 once back in 2004 with the Dodgers. Some people may think Beltre was using steroids that year because he hasn’t had stats like that ever since then. Beltre is helping the Red Sox out a great deal this year leading the team in average and RBI’s. Motivation is the key to Beltre’s success.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network


June 16, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Boston Red Sox, MLB, Red Sox News | , , | No Comments Yet

   

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