National League Player And Rookie Of The Month

Yasiel Puig was named the National League Player and Rookie of the Month today, the day after Jonathan Papelbon of the Red Sox referred to Puig being named to the National League All-Star team as "a big joke." All I have to say, is suck on that, Papelbon. I remember Omar Infante of the Atlanta Braves being named to the team and he barely had 150 at bats and not nearly the stats that Puig has. Don Mattingly said that he was not sure if Puig deserved to be an All-Star or not and after only 27 games and I don't believe he has been in the majors long enough, but you cannot deny he has had the hottest start to a career in major league baseball history. The last time a player had 44 hits in his first 100 career at bats was Earle Combs of the 1924-25 New York Yankees. That is 90 years worth of baseball history that he has covered.