Giancarlo Stanton grabs National League Player of the Month status - MLB Update
Giancarlo Stanton has been rewarded. Hitting excellence he showed in the month of May has now earned a rightful recognition from Major League Baseball. Lifting the Miami Marlins from tatters and taking them to an enviable position on the table, Stanton has
spearheaded the recovery. A dream month the Marlins went through saw Stanton as part and parcel in their victories.
With official accreditation now clinched, Stanton will be high on confidence. This can result in even better performance in the games to come. The fact the Marlins feature a vulnerable offence, getting Stanton to keep momentum afloat means a lot to their
prospects.
Although, hitters like Jose Reyes and Hanley Ramirez boast special recognition, display of power during penultimate moments of the game has been a monopoly of Stanton. This makes him such an important component in the line-up, one will say, without him the
Marlins will never have drawn the number of home-runs that they have to their name at the moment.
Grossly impressed by an uncanny power Stanton can generate, the Marlins’ manager Ozzie Guillen does not remember any other player the baseball has produced who can be as strong as he is.
“More power than this kid or the ball jumping off a bat, I haven’t seen anyone better in the big leagues,” Guillen said. “Better hitters, I’ve seen plenty. Better home run hitters, I’ve seen a lot, but with more strength? None.”
Drawing a continuum of progress being made over the years, Stanton recalls days when earning the honour of Player of the Week status used to spell jubilation all-around. All the way from down there to now, being named Player of the Month in National League
is a big achievement and thus continued progress is something he aims to make all through the career, he elaborated.
“When I got Player of the Week (August 9, 2010) I was like, ‘Jeez, I don’t know if I can play any better than that,’” Stanton said. “I thought Player of the Month was something way out there…Awesome, just keep it going.”
Marlins cannot afford to see him declining at any stage of the season. Only way Stanton can shape his impressive run of form into something that can take the Marlins to a substantial position at the end of the regular season is by carrying the momentum forward.
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