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Rolen Falls to Fourth Best Third Basemen of 2010

There are no newcomers to the top five third basemen list. Although everyone is the same, four out of the five players moved in the standings. Read on to see who the new number one is!

4. Scott Rolen, Cincinnati Reds: Rolen fell back two spot to number four. Seeing Rolen anywhere on this list is a big accomplishment for him. Even though he fell two spots, he is still have a great year compared to his last few seasons. No one expected Rolen to put up these kind of numbers this season, so he is allowed to fall back a little. His average fell 8 points since early June, which isn’t that bad because he still is hitting over .300. Rolen has a .303 bating average, 18 home runs, which is only four more since early June and 62 RBI’s, which is only 17 more since early June. Rolen is slowing down from his hot start and it shows in the Reds standings. The Reds are currently in second place in their division behind the Cardinals. The Reds had the lead for most of the season, but they are only a half a game out of first so they are still right in the race. With Rolen’s help the Reds can win the division, but if he continues to slide it will be hard for them to win.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network

August 2, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Cincinnati Reds, MLB, Reds News | MLB, Reds, Scott Rolen, third base | No Comments Yet

Scott Rolen Makes #2 of the Best Third Baseman of 2010

Three out of the five third baseman on this list are having comeback years. One of the players career looked like it was over, one of them hasn’t had a good year since he was in the National League, and the last comeback player had a power outage last year.

2. Scott Rolen, Cincinatti Reds: No he did not retire, Rolen is back in the National League and is putting up better numbers than most of the third baseman in all of baseball. Rolen has 14 home runs already this season, which is more than his season ending totals the last three seasons. Rolen is one of the reasons why the Reds are actually competing for once this year. The Reds are still in first place tied with the Cardinals thanks to Rolen’s production. Rolen is leading his team in average hitting .311, RBI’s with 45, home runs with 14 and with slugging .594. The Reds will need Rolen to keep up this pace if they want any chance of making it into the playoffs. The biggest reason Rolen is doing better probably has to do with the hitter friendly Great American Ballpark where the Reds play their home games. I went to this ballpark a few years back and noticed the balls fly out of there, all the batters have to do is hit the ball in the air and it will most likely be a home run.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network

June 16, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Cincinnati Reds, MLB, Reds News | MLB, Reds, Scott Rolen | No Comments Yet