Ladies and Gentlemen, the clutchest player in the major leagues ...

Jose Lopez.

That is just perfect.

Yes, Jose Lopez's inspiring clutch play will probably propel the Mariners into the Wild Card race in the last month of the season.


Albert Pujols, The Best Hitter In Baseball, is middle-of-the-pack. -0.17.

Albert Pujols is not clutch in 2008

Uh huh. That makes a whole lot of sense right there.

You know who's more clutch than Albert Pujols?

Fred Lewis. Batting .283 with 9 HRs and I've never heard of the guy.

You know who else is more clutch than Albert Pujols.

Yunel Escobar. Batting .282 with 8 HRs. Not the worst player in the Universe, but not exactly .363 with 30 HRs.


Now, I will list the bottom twelve, from lowest to highest:

ARod
Dye
Utley
Ludwick
Atkins
Beltre
Howard
McCann
Thome
Loney
Millar
Huff

I'd say about seven of them will receive MVP votes.


If you care to take a gander at the full list, you'll see a statistic that reveals little. Basically, a random dispersal of the players.

Milton Bradley and J.D. Drew are -1.00 while David DeJesus is +.98.

If you'd prefer DeJesus with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, be my guest.

If that's what you decide, you simply don't understand How Things Work.