By Darryl Reina
Baseball's All-Star Game will be held in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 11, with the 2006 World Series home-field advantage at stake. Take a look at this week's NEW RealGM.com's Top 10 Player Rankings as MLB reaches the season's halfway mark, including a NEW #1 ranked player.
This Week (Last Week)
1.(3.) Joe Mauer: The All-Star catcher is hitting .391 for the Twins and is worthy of moving into RealGM.com's top spot. Can the Twins catch the White Sox and Tigers, and will Mauer raise his average to .400 by season end?
2.(2.) Ichiro Suzuki: Another All-Star year for Ichiro, now hitting .355 for the improving Mariners.
3.(1.) David Wright: Wright is an All-Star and continues to produce "big time" numbers for the Mets at the plate and defensively at 3B.
4.(3.) Derek Jeter: Jeter is hitting .341 for the Yankees as they try to stay within reach of the Red Sox in the AL-East.
5.(6.) Miquel Cabrera: Cabrera is a rising star, raising his average to .346 this week, as the Marlins are now suddenly playing every team tough.
6.(7.) David Ortiz: The Red Sox DH has 76 RBI's and 27 HR's for hot, hot, hot, Boston.
7.(HM) Albert Pujols: He's back! Pujols is back in our Top 10 with 73 RBI's and is hitting .319 for first-place St. Louis.
8.(HM) Jose Contreras: The White Sox ace and All-Star is 9-0, with 17 straight wins over two season's. Jose make his first appearance in our Top 10.
9.(17.) Roy Halliday: Halliday's outstanding 11-2, 3.02 ERA record for the Blue Jays jumps him all the way up to #9 this week.
10.(HM.) Lance Berkman: Berkman is hitting .322, with 76 RBI's for the Astro's and into our Top 10 for the first time this year.
11.(HM) Johan Santana
12.(5.) Alfonso Soriano
13.(8.) Scott Rolen
14.(9.) Vernon Wells
15.(10.) Tom Glavine
16.(11.) Alex Rios
17.(12.) Miquel Tejada
18.(13.) Vladamir Guerrero
19.(14.) Brandon Webb
20.(16.) Jonathan Papelbon
21.(15.) Curt Schilling
22.(18.) Michael Young
23.(19.) Paul Konerko
24.(25.) Manny Ramirez
25.(23.) Mike Mussina
Honorable Mention: Francisco Liriano, Justin Morneau, Dan Uggla, Jermaine Dye, Jorge Posada, Mark Buehrle, Nomar Garciaparra, Gary Matthews, Jr., Ryan Howard, Pedro Martinez, Freddy Sanchez, Magglio Ordonez, Jim Thome, Brian McCann, Brad Penny, Jason Bay, Trevor Hoffman, Shea Hillenbrand, Jose Reyes, Travis Hafner, Andruw Jones, Casey Blake, Grady Sizemore, Chipper Jones, Shawn Green, David Eckstein, Edgar Renteria, A.J. Pierznyski, Bronson Arroyo, Houston Street, Chris Carpenter, Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Carl Crawford, Chase Utley, Carlos Beltran, Trot Nixon, Robinson Cano, Carlos Lee, Derek Lee, Kenny Rogers, Efren Santana, Barry Zito, Tom Gordon, Jason Isringhausen, Bobby Abreu, Jeremy Boderman, Scott Kasmir, Mariano Rivera, Jose Lopez, B.J. Ryan, Ivan Rodriquez, Alex Rodriquez, Jason Schmidt, Matt Holliday, and Todd Helton






