So far this season Jose Valentin has an OPS of .865, with nine homers. At the same time he has struck out 45 times out of his 134 at bats. One thing should be mentioned that he plays a lot better defense than Hernandez. Valentin makes a lot of errors, but as someone who watches most Sox games, his errors rarely affect the outcome of a game, as it seems to happen when the Sox are way up or way down. To think that the White Sox have constantly tried to move him from SS, like when they brought in the awful Royce Clayton. Valentin has been one of the most underrated players in Major League baseball, during his career.

Over the past 4 seasons, Jose has had SLG averages of .491, .509, .479, .463. For a shortstop with excellent range and the team leader in the clubhouse, that is pretty awesome. Of course, he has been under the radar screen, even underappreciated by his own team and fans. I will admit that the pencil-thin mustache he sports really creeps me out.