Ramirez continues MVP campaign: Manny Ramirez hadn't homered for 10 days, which meant he was due. As it turned out, he was due twice. Ramirez hit two homers and drove in five runs, Angel Berroa drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the seventh to force in the go-ahead run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 10-7 Saturday night to lower their magic number for winning the NL West to five. Ramirez hadn't homered since Sept. 10, when he hit a pair in a 7-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. "I'm just happy to be here, trying to go to the playoffs with this team," Ramirez said. "We've got to battle every game. I got a lot of good pitches to it and I drove it good." Ramirez became the fifth player in big league history to hit at least 15 homers with two different teams in the same season, joining Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, David Justice and Carlos Beltran. (Updated 09/21/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 9/22/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Ramirez is headed for free agency and perhaps another $100 million contract. He is absolutely motivated to mash in the final seven games, but it is anybody's guess if he will swing like this after securing his last contract. Consider him a risky pick among the top 10 outfielders in Fantasy next season. (Updated 09/21/2008).
Ramirez hit two homers and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 10-7 Saturday night to lower their magic number for winning the NL West to five. (Updated 09/21/2008)
Advice
Ramirez hit a three-run homer off Brad Hennessey in the third and a two-run shot off Geno Espineli in the eighth for the 53rd multihomer game of his career. Ramirez, who has 526 lifetime homers to rank 17th on baseball's career list, has 16 along with 50 RBIs in 47 games with the Dodgers, and 36 homers and 118 RBIs in 147 games overall this year.
Ramirez continues MVP campaign: Manny Ramirez hadn't homered for 10 days, which meant he was due. As it turned out, he was due twice. Ramirez hit two homers and drove in five runs, Angel Berroa drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the seventh to force in the go-ahead run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 10-7 Saturday night to lower their magic number for winning the NL West to five. Ramirez hadn't homered since Sept. 10, when he hit a pair in a 7-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. "I'm just happy to be here, trying to go to the playoffs with this team," Ramirez said. "We've got to battle every game. I got a lot of good pitches to it and I drove it good." Ramirez became the fifth player in big league history to hit at least 15 homers with two different teams in the same season, joining Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, David Justice and Carlos Beltran. (Updated 09/21/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 9/22/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Ramirez is headed for free agency and perhaps another $100 million contract. He is absolutely motivated to mash in the final seven games, but it is anybody's guess if he will swing like this after securing his last contract. Consider him a risky pick among the top 10 outfielders in Fantasy next season. (Updated 09/21/2008).
