Is Chris Shelton for real?

[AppGuy04]

What do you guys think of Shelton? Probably the best player in the AL right now.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7259/

.455, 9 HR's, 17 RBI's, leading the AL in all 3 Triple Crown categories

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Shelton is definitely for real, but you have to figure that pitchers will eventually identify a weakness and start to exploit it bringing his numbers down to human level. I still see him being a .300 BA 35-40 HR 100+ RBI guy for a lot of years. Hell, he hit almost .300 in his rookie season.

[HiHiYikas]

I hope he is for real - In all my years of being around Hickory Crawdads baseball, Chris has to be one of the nicest kids I ever met. Always polite, usually came to chapel, had some good conversations with those of us who sat near him at first base or near the batters' box.

I knew he was good back in '02 when Hickory won the SAL title. I just didn't know he was that good.

Obviously, he won't continue to put up numbers like he is right now. I hope he's well above average when he settles down, though.

[AppGuy04]

Here somes the slump

Last 16 games:
1 HR
3 RBI's
Avg dropped from .471 to .311