Biggest Impact

[santini1]

Tere has obviously been a big change this season, and it was all due to many different factors including strengthening the bullpen, the emergence of young players, etc. However, who has had the biggest impact? Personally, I would have to include Richards, Calhoun, and Street.

Richards emergence as an elite young pitcher has gave us so much more power in our rotation (imagine our rotation without him).

Calhoun has anchored this lineup at the top of the order. He's no trout, but man in terms of productivity, being able to be put on base and create more preassure on pitchers who would otherwise IBB Trout and Pujols now have to worry about sending calhoun to second. On top of that, the extra pop and glove have really helped the team.

And finally...Street. Man, anyone would have been an upgrade over having to watch frieri closing games out for us. I cant even imagine the thought of having frieri pitching a save game situation during a playoff elimination game. Street has been lights out for us so far.

out of these guys, or any other guy you can think of, who has had the biggest impact?

[LAAMike]

Shoemaker has been our biggest contributor - from expectations to actual results.  Who even knew about this stud before this year.

[dimitrig]

Richards. Has performed far above expectations. It's like signing an ace in the offseason.

[santini1]

Shoemaker has been our biggest contributor - from expectations to actual results. Who even knew about this stud before this year.

great point mike, I completely overlooked him

[LAAMike]

I rest my case.

[Don]

Yeah, having an undrafted guy that was never suppose to make the team turn into a legit starter is pretty big.