Ken Griffey Jr. has approved a trade to the White Sox that sends baseball's newest member of the 600-HR Club back to the American League, where he starred with the Seattle Mariners in the 1990s. The Reds will get infiedler Danny Richar and pitcher Nick Masset from the White Sox in exchange.
Our four-part series moves on to the National League, and the breakout players in the farm systems of the Senior Circuit.
A week ago two of the players featured in this week's Who's He were playing in Triple-A waiting for an opportunity to get a shot at the big leagues. Now, through some pre-deadline deals that cleared out the veterans ahead of them, not only are they in the majors, but they're everyday starters and should be for the rest of the season. So it goes for the ever-changing world of fantasy baseball.
As Major League Baseball does its best to honor Barry Bonds this week when he finally passes Hank Aaron as the all-time home run leader -- whether we like it or not -- it's appropriate at this time to take a quick look at this year's home run leaders to see if there were any surprises. To be truthful, most of the Top 50 home run hitters as of this week were predictable, but there were a few sluggers we didn't see coming.
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