Chase Utley & Pat Burrell are carrying the Philadelphia Phillies’ offense
Chase Utley and Pat Burrell are both off to great starts to the 2008 season. Utley is the best player on the Planet Earth right now. He has played in 32 games for the Phillies and he is 45 for 126 (.357 avg, 1.194 OPS) with 28 runs scored, 13 homers and 26 RBIs. Almost as impressive as Utley’s start is how well Pat Burrell has played this season. Burrell has played in 32 games this season for the Phillies and he is 35 for 106 (.330 avg, 1.148 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 9 homers and 30 RBIs. Burrell has been much more selective this season as he has walked 26 times already this season which explains his bump in batting average.