Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations:

- Right now perhaps the best fantasy baseball player in baseball is Oriole 2nd baseman Brian Roberts who has 4 HR, 10 RBI and 2 stolen bases to go along with his .394 average and 1.322 OPS. Oh and Pat Burrell hasn't been bad either.

- Toronto and Milwaukee are both in first place. Who knew?

- This won't last. The starting player with the best batting average for the Indians is light hitting shortstop Jhonny "Dyslexic Parents" Peralta at .286. Most of the big hitters for the Indians are hitting .250 or less. That .286 is 55 points above his career average for Peralta BTW (I wasn't kidding about the "light hitting" crack).

- Just sayin' - Jose Contreras has had two starts this year and he has averaged 6 and a third innings per start with 7 total strikeouts and a 3.55 ERA. Randy Johnson has had two starts and has averaged 6 innings per start with 10 K's total and a 3.75 ERA. Contreras is no Randy Johnson but this comparison could end up much closer than people think.

- Nomar Garciaparra is batting .171 and slugging just .171. That may be symetrical but it is not what you'd expect from Nomar. Kevin Mench for the Rangers also has the symetrical deal going with a .231 BA and a .231 SLG.

- What a difference a year makes! Last April Scott Rolen hit .337 with 8 HR and 27 RBI. This April he is hitting just .143 with no HR and just 1 RBI. Yikes!