It looks as if our early star, Albert Pujols, may be losing his lumonisity. Ever since his return from a strained oblique injury on June 22nd, he has not been performing as well as he did before the injury. This adds a series of doubts about his possible capture of the MVP Award, come the end of the season.
It is too early to give away the MLB Awards, anyway. We must truly wait to see how well our All-Star shine all season long. Last year, we could have handed Jon Garland the AL Cy Young Award and forgotten about the impressive year-round performance of Bartolo Colon. The same idea can relate to this year.
We shouldn’t be so eager to hand over the pitching awards to Scott Kazmir, Jose Contreras and other great aces on the mound. Some of the athletes have been known to struggle and snap back into reality. Look at our early bloomer, Chris Shelton, for example.
Chris Shelton had an impressive start belting out a strong 14 homeruns in the early part of the season. Back then, we were talking about granting the MVP award to him, and surpassing other great athletes who didn’t have a great start. It would have been a mistake that would also have been unfair to the other players who participate in the league.
But after all, baseball isn’t fair. There are many decisions that our made behind our backs that were not fair to the fans and the public. Last year, the MLB hid the whole Rafael Palmeiro scandal until after he broke the record. I cannot understand how the league could hide that information and add such an alleged cheater to the record books. It would also be unfair to hand over the Awards without true consideration.
But back to slugger, Albert Pujols, of the St. Louis Cardinals. In his past eight games since his return, he has only smacked one mere homeruns and has knocked in a pair of RBIs. This not only murders his on-pace projections, but messes up fantasy owners who have their trust in him. Hopefully, he will catch back on his “homerun train” and arrive at “MVP Station” by the end of the season.
