Pujols and the Triple Crown

Last night, Albert Pujols went three-for-four; he hit a single, a double and a three-run home run which was the 399th of his career.
Pujols now leads the National League with 33 home runs, 92 runs batted in, and he’s third in batting average at .319. Pujols trails only Joey Votto (.323) and Martin Prado (.320). In 18 games this August, Pujols is hitting .425 with nine home runs and 20 RBI.
All this means that Pujols has a good chance of becoming the first major leaguer to win the Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. In fact, no one has really come close since then. In all that time, perhaps the next closest is Joey Votto this year who, as mentioned, is leading the league in batting, and he’s second in RBI and third in home runs.
Even if Pujols win the Triple Crown, there’s a good chance that Votto might edge him out for MVP. Votto’s Reds are currently 2.5 games head of Pujols’ Cardinals in the NL Central.
In my book, Hank Aaron is still the home run king. When he does hit his next home run, Pujols will be the third youngest to 400. I’ll be strongly rooting for him to get to 756.

Posted by on August 24th, 2010 at 9:56 am


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