We are a quarter of the way through the 2016 season and we have had some surprises, some of the same, some terrible and some extraordinary performances. If the season ended today, here would be my if you would "All-Pro" selections: (all players selected must have enough AB to qualify for rate stats)
Catcher: Luis Munoz, MAD. 13 HR, 24 RBI, .299/.388/.635. Meltdown has been the best of the best thus far and it isn't even close. On pace for 50 HR and all around the best season of his career
1st Base: Ernesto Roman, CHI. 15 HR, 38 RBI, .335/.431/.696. Roman has been a terror for pitching thus far and a big helping reason why Chicago is off to such a hot start. On pace to shatter career highs all over the board. Leads all 1st basemen in OPS, WAR, XBH, TB, HR and ISO.
2nd Base: Mike Bryant, JER. 12 HR, 54 RBI, .449/.517/.791. Leads the league in most categories. Has absolutely been on a tear all season long. On pave for 295 hits and 224 RBI. Best pure hitter in the game? Certainly debatable.
3rd Base: Felix Morales, GRN. 11 HR, 32 RBI, .296/.401/.634. Former MVP picking up where he left off after a down year in 2015. Leads all hot corners in WAR, OPS, wOBA, HR, ISO and XBH.
Shortstop: Phil Ingilby, MAD. 5 HR, 18 RBI, .309/.356/.557. This is the closest decision so far. It was between him or Keller on STL, and I went with Ingilby. They have the same WAR, and Keller has a better OPS, HR, RBI but Ingilby leads all SS in SLG, runs, ISO, XBH and TB and plays better defense. Not bad for a guy who is 30, has a career .218 average and before this season had hit 22 career HR.
Left Field: Manuel Mozcado, MAD. 8 HR, 22 RBI, .368/.482/.684. Mozcado showing last year wasn't a fluke. Leads all LF in AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, wOBA, ISO and WAR. Roger Anderson was next on my list but with an OBP of almost .100 points higher to go with similar power, Mozcado was my choice.
Center Field: Domingo Cardona, SCS. 16 HR, 33 RBI, .276/.377/.707. Cardona leads the league in HR and tops all CF in SLG, OPS, wOBA and ISO. Chouda would have been a good choice here as well. Cardona is considered a rookie as well, and should be in the thick of things for ROY.
Right Field: Domingo Martinez, SNF. 7 HR, 30 RBI, .409/.472/.610. Guy has been on fire. His WAR sits at 3.4 and the next closest is 2.2. Hitting 2nd in the league only behind Mike Bryant. At 2 million dollars, in the running for best contract in the league.
Starting Pitcher: Scott Hill, HEN. 8-0, 1.81 ERA, 0.70 WHIP. Leads league in K's with 72 in 64.2 IP and has allowed 1, yes 1 walk. His 1.45 FIP would be a new low even for his illustrious career. He is still without a doubt by far the most dominant hurler in the league.
Middle Reliever: Oliver Donahue, HEN. 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.72 WHIP. 18.0 IP and no runs or earned runs allowed for Muscles. He also has 28 K's to go with a single walk while only allowing 12 hits and only 2 of them going for extra bases. Best setup man for the best bullpen in the league.
Closer: Jose Corona, CHI. 1-1, 16 saves, 1.56 ERA, 1.15 WHIP. Converted 16 of 17 saves so far, which is a league lead. There are closers with better ERA's and better K numbers, but with the amount of saves converted so far, he gets my vote.
Quarter of the way through the season and here are my "All-Pro" picks.
Quarter Season MVP - Mike Bryant, JER.
Quarter Season Cy Young - Scott Hil, HEN.
Quarter Seaon ROY - Carlos "Buzzy" Lopez, STL.
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