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Raleigh’s Really Rocking

As we reach the All-Star break, Aaron Judge is having yet another monster season, leading the majors in all three slash categories, plus WAR, Hits and Total Bases, and leading the AL in Runs and Walks. Yet, somehow, Judge’s 35 dingers are only second best this season, trailing nobody’s pre-season pick for home run champ, Seattle’s switch-hitting catcher Cal Raleigh. More on Raleigh’s improbable power surge after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1980 Part 1 Runoff: Minnie Minoso vs. Scott Rolen

This post is for voting and discussion in a runoff election to decide the winner of the 141st round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG).  Here are the career AL and NL stats for our two candidates.

Player WAR OPS+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
Minnie Minoso 50.4 130 1835 7713 6579 1136 1963 336 83 186 1023 814 584 216 .298 .389 .459 .848 759H8/36 CHW-CLE-STL-WSA
Scott Rolen 70.1 122 2038 8518 7398 1211 2077 517 43 316 1287 899 1410 118 .281 .364 .490 .855 *5/H PHI-STL-TOR-CIN
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/28/2019.

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The Unhittable Mr. Francis

August’s AL Pitcher of the Month was the Blue Jays’ Bowden Francis. If you’ve never heard of him, you’re not alone. Despite that lack of notoriety, Francis, whose career totals prior to August included just 81⅓ IP and four starts, has turned in two of the more remarkable months of pitching of the modern era. More after the jump.

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