No matter what, every week there will be busts. Without them, nobody else
excels -- and this article wouldn't be written. Everyone on the busts this week
are people you wouldn't expect to see this season. It goes to show that not
everyone can keep it up year around.
Hanley Ramirez
Florida Marlins - SS
Notes: Ramirez has been very hot
all year and one of the best performing shortstops. He has played well all year
except for last week; he went one for 11 and had four strikeouts and three
walks. He didn't have any other production. I wouldn't expect to see this from
him very long with how he has been playing. Just a bad week that dropped his
batting average eight points.
Ian Kinsler
Texas Ranger - 2B
Notes: Ian has made the top weekly
performing list quite a few times but this week, it's quite the opposite. It
seemed like someone put an ice cube on him. Kinsler went 0 for 11 with one walk
and nothing else. Hopefully this isn't something that lasts a long time; maybe
just a sluggish start right after the all-star break.
Dan Uggla
Florida Marlins - 2B
Notes: The Marlins infield hasn't
been holding their own like before the All-Star break. Ramirez isn't playing
well and Uggla isn't either. He did have a home run and two RBI's but he went
one for 12 and batted .083. Not what Uggla owners are used to? His average has
been steadily decreasing week by week so who knows if he'll pick back up or not
...
Zack Greinke
Kansas City - SP
Notes: Greinke started one game
last week and only got to throw three innings. Those three innings were the
worst of his career. He gave up 11 hits, seven runs, a home run, and three
walks and only struck out two. He had an ERA of 21.00 and WHIP of 4.67 for that
game allow and raised his season era almost .50 points to 3.90. Zack started
out looking goof and had a lot of potential but four out of his last five games
he had gotten hit hard. Something needs to change soon for this guy.
Jason Isringhausen
St. Louis Cardinals - RP
Notes: Maybe Izzy isn't back. He
hasn't done much of anything since coming back from the DL and it appears that
it's going to stay that way. Some days he looks decent and then the next day he
gives up hits and runs. His time may be numbered. This past week he pitched in
two games, a total of 1.1 innings and looked good whiling looking bad too. He
only struck out one in both games and gave up three hits and two run in .1
innings and ended the week with a 13.50 ERA and 3.00 WHIP. He was looking
pretty good momentarily there.