MLB.com Beat the Streak

     MLB.com's Beat the Streak is a fun fantasy baseball game in which you select one or two players a day to extend your own hitting streak. If the player(s) you picked get at least one hit in that day's game, you extend your streak.

     You get prizes starting at a 30 day hitting streak. Prizes range from MLB.TV subscriptions to the grand prize of $5.6 million for the first person to reach 57 games. 

Domonic Brown's Dominant Start to the Season

    

      In the last 30 days, nobody has hit more home runs (in the National League) than Domonic Brown of the Philadelphia Phillies. The outfielder is beginning his first full season in the big leagues as a left fielder, and is already on pace to hit almost 40 homers this season. That is more than both Mike Trout and Bryce Harper in their first full seasons. The main difference is that Brown is 25 years old.

     Brown's 1.385 OPS in the past week leads the majors, as well as his 5 home runs and 8 runs batted in. The big deal about Brown is that he has more raw power than most. His home run per fly ball rate is one of the highest in the league, while only having 9 walks. If he can become more selective to get himself into better  hitting counts, Brown can easily be a perennial 30 to 40 home run hitter with a decent average and the speed to steal bases.

Angel Pagan gives Giants the Walk Off Win with Inside the Park Home Run

     Angel Pagan walked off against the Rockies yesterday in extra innings. His home run never left the park. In other words the Giants may not have ended up winning if he was any bit slower.

     The win moved the Giants into a tie for the lead in the National League West.