Every year in baseball, surprising or not, we’re witnesses to unorthodox outbreaks during the first few weeks of America’s pastime.
Quick hitting, hot pitching and all-around great play make-up these specific breakout performances from some of the least expected players.
In 2011, amidst slow and unexpected starts from top-notch players like Albert Pujols, Dan Uggla, Hanley Ramirez, Chris Carpenter and Phil Hughes, other positional hitters and pitchers have stepped their game up and earned the recognition.
Realizing that we’ve only seen a short sample of the 2011 baseball season, expectations should be in-check.
However, due to the blazing starts that some of these players have accumulated, it’s hard not to pay tribute and point out the not so obvious.
With that said, here are the positional players who have out performed the “elite” through the first two weeks of baseball and earned the title, “I can do anything better than you.”