Sorry I missed two days, faithful readers (and if you ARE one of those, would you do me the favor of a reply? Thanks!) Today we look at the monthly HR breakdown of 2006's leading HR hitters.
----------April----May----June----July----Aug. (thru 24th)
Ortiz------10-------5-------8-------14-------9----46 total
Howard---5------13-------9---------8-------9----44
Soriano----7------12------5---------8-------9-----41
Hafner-----7-------7-------7--------8-------10----39
Dunn------9-------8-------9---------5--------7-----38
Pujols-----14-----11------1 (inj.)----7--------5-----38
You can see that Ortiz had a monster July, Howard (and Soriano) a huge May, and Pujols a hot 1st 2 months. Hafner gets the consistency award, and is turning it up now. An average of just over 8 a month would result in 50 for the year; 10 a month would bring a 60 total; 12 a month would be 72, one off Bonds' record. It looks like we're headed for 2 or 3 players in the 50's this year, with a possible high of about 58. It's also worth noting that all 4 in the top four are having very good and equal Augusts, so there is little change among them from where those 4 stood a month ago. The only change is Dunn and Pujols have dropped off the pace.
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