34-year old switch-hitting RF Carlos Beltran has done his part since coming over from the Mets in a deal in July. Beltran has played in 37 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 49 for 144 (.340 avg, .946 OPS) with 15 runs scored, 5 homers, 16 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has now played in 135 games overall this year for the Mets & Giants and he is 151 for 497 (.304 avg, .916 OPS) with 76 runs scored, 20 homers, 82 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. It will be interesting to see if the Giants will re-sign Beltran over the winter as he likes it in San Francisco, and they could sure use his bat.

25-year old switch-hitting 3B Pablo Sandoval is ripping the ball the last couple of months for the Giants. He is 52 for 159 (.327 avg) in July and August and he has 21 runs scored, 8 homers and 28 RBIs. Sandoval needs some help if the Giants are going to get back to the playoffs in 2011. He has played in 82 games so far this year and he is 96 for 309 (.311 avg, .869 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 14 homers, 46 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. The Giants have to be ecstatic to have the Kung Fu Panda back healthy, focused and motivated.

24-year old switch-hitting 3B Pablo Sandoval has been picked to replace the injured Jose Reyes (hamstring) on the N.L. All-Star team. Sandoval has played in 49 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 58 for 190 (.305 avg, .850 OPS) with 25 runs scored, 8 homers, 28 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. The Giants have to be very pleased with the Kung Fu Panda who was in the dog house for the team last year due to the fact that he was out of shape (more than usual) in 2010. He came to spring training in much better shape, focused and motivated and now he’s an All-Star for the first time.

27-year old lefty swiniging outfielder Nate Schierholtz is making the most of his expanded playing time so far this year for the Giants. He has played in 79 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 58 for 209 (.278 avg, .771 OPS) with 28 runs scored, 6 homers, 27 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Schierholtz is second on the Giants in runs scored (28), tied for 4th in homers (6) and he’s tied for second in both RBIs (27) and stolen bases (5). This is Schierholtz’ fifth season in the majors and he already has set new career highs in both homers and steals this year for the Giants. He will also likely set new career highs in runs scored (34) and RBIs (29) shortly for the Giants. His emergence has been a nice surprise for the Giants this year.

30-year old righty swinging RF Cody Ross is hitting the ball well so far this month. He has played in 24 games so far in June and he is 23 for 80 (.288 avg, .855 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 2 homers, 10 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Ross has played in 59 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 50 for 191 (.262 avg, .774 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 6 homers, 23 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Ross is tied for 2nd in runs scored (24), he is tied for 2nd in homers (6) and he is 3rd in RBIs (23) for the Giants this year. Those are alarming numbers as the Giants have had a really hard time scoring runs this year.