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Delgado's hot-hot-hot

July 30th 2008 14:21

Carlos Delgado loves the month of July. He has been an integral part in the New York Mets resurgence in the NL East. After last nights win against the Marlins, Delgado has 9 homeruns and 24 RBI’s for the month. The Metropolitans are still in first place with a ½ game lead over the Phillies.

Earlier in the season, there were those that thought Delgado’s best years were behind him. I was one of those that subscribed to the theory that the Mets should have held on to the young first baseman Mike Jacobs. Based on Delgado’s lethargic attitude at the plate and his sloppy fielding, he would better serve the team by selling yearbooks and scorecards on the first base side. But he seems to be redeeming himself. The rest of the team seems to be fired up. They have a lot of heart after all they have been through the past year. Maybe that’s what is giving them the fire they need to caoture the divsion and move on to the playoffs this year. Manager Jerry Manuel is 24-14 since taking over for Willie Randolph and the players are responding very well to his leadership. The National League East is a tough division these days. The Marlins and the Phillies are right there in the race. This is going to be very interesting as the season heads into the final two months. Mister Met has a lot to cheer about lately.

The Pittsburgh Pirates seem to be cleaning house. They gave up outfielder Xavier Nady to the Yankees for a bunch of prospects. At press time, they are considering Trading away Jason Bay. That would really shore up the D-Rays outfield. They are already holding their lead in the AL East by 2 games over the Red Sox.

The Angels just got stronger by acquiring first baseman Mark Teixiera From the Atlanta Braves for INF Casey Kotchman and RHP Steve Marek .

Today is the trade deadline and there should be more transactions before the day is done. Stay tuned folks! Gotta go.