Yasiel Puig

Yasiel Puig has had quite a start to his major league career. He received his promotion from AA Chattanooga at the beginning of the week. It is very unusual for the Dodgers to promote a regular from AA with no major league experience and I couldn't begin to tell you the last time that happened. In 4 games he is 7 for 16 with 3 Homeruns and 9 RBI's, including an opposite field grand slam against the Atlanta Braves last night that slammed the door on that 5-0 victory. There were quite a few baseball people, including Puig himself, that thought he should have made the Dodgers coming out of Spring Training. Now, thanks to the Dodgers never ending battle against injuries, Puig is making the most of his chance. Scott Van Slyke is not doing too badly with his opportunities either as he has hit 6 Homeruns and has 16 RBI's in 57 at bats. Neither one of them will be able to keep up this pace but it is exciting to see them give the Dodgers the offensive spark they have been lacking all season.