Albert Pujols through 66 games.

Obviously, the St. Louis Cardinals are not quite where they want to be…. Yet… They sit at 6 games under .500, and 6.5 games out of first place. We have two weeks left of June, then another 10 games or so before the All Star Break. So, there is time. The Brewers will not RUN AWAY from the division, and is anyone REALLY scared of the Cubs? Now, our guy Albert? If he hadn’t of struggled so poorly his first 25-30 games, this guy would be having a MONSTER season. His numbers are slowly looking very good. Let’s take a look:Through 66 games, Albert is hitting .305, with 16 homeruns, 45 rbi’s, and scored 41 runs. He leads the Cardinals in all four of these categories. Now you ask, how is he doing compared to the rest of the NL.. Here we go:

His .305 batting average, currently sits him at 13th in the National League, .58 behind the leader, Matt Holliday, of the Colorado Rockie, and only .39 behind second place, Derrek Lee of the Cubs.

His 16 homeruns, places him tied in 5th in the National League, 9 behind Prince Fielder, of the Brewers, and three behind Adam Dunn of the Reds.

His 45 rbi’s places him 13th currently in the National League. A big rbi day would easily put Albert in the top ten as he trails four guys by 1 rbi, and is only 9 behind the leader Carlos Lee of the Astros.

Albert’s 41 runs, currently puts him at 16th overall in the NL, but again trails several guys by just a few, and sits 17 behind the leader, Hanley Ramirez of the Marlins.