He hasn’t done it on his own, but if we were to single out one player that has played the biggest role in the Boston Red Sox climbing to the top of the American League East ahead of the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays then that player would be Adrian Gonzalez. After a slow start, the Red Sox first basemen has been lights out since the beginning of May and is one of the biggest reasons why they are at the top of the AL East ahead of the 2011 Belmont Stakes betting race.
Gonzalez is hitting .336 on the year with 12 home runs and 55 RBI, ranking only behind Toronto Blue Jays’ slugger Jose Bautista and Matt Joyce of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL in average. The fact that all three of those hitters resides in the East division is testament to how much talent resides there especially considering none of them players for the hated Yankees. There is no betonline.com scam, Gonzalez ranked first in the league in doubles with 19 through his first 256 at-bats, and his RBI numbers are the most as well. It is a long online sports betting season and there is still plenty of time for things to change in the AL East standings, but right now it is Gonzalez that has the Red Sox at the top of the division and most fantasy baseball owners in good position.
