Circling the Bases: Year-End Thoughts

Some random thoughts on players as the 2012 regular season reaches it's conclusion.

Ryan Braun has been the exact same player he was last year. In 2011 he hit .332-33-111-109-33 with a .994 OPS. This year he has hit .321-41-112-106-30 with a .994 OPS. So much for him failing because of PED use or Prince Fielder being out of town. Hope you listened to me on draft day (he was my #1 ranked player heading into the year).

Jay Bruce is not Ryan Braun, but he's pretty close in terms of his consistency. After going .256-32-97-84-8 last year he's posted a nearly identical line this season (.251-34-98-89-9).

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