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And that’s a poor break, literally. Pence was diagnosed with a chip fracture in his wrist and placed on the disabled list on Tuesday. Houston will now be without the youngster’s services for the next 4-6 weeks. Pence was hitting a stellar .330 before getting injured, with 12 home runs, 45 RBI, and 42 runs. He’ll try to pad those huge stats in September.

However, it might be too late by then. Braun hit his 15th home run in just his 50th major league game this week, and drew comparisons to the early-career accomplishments of Albert Pujols in the process. Playing on a nightly basis for a contending Brewers club helps his award chances as well, which is why he’s now listed as the ROY frontrunner:

Odds To Win NL Rookie of the Year

Ryan Braun +110

Hunter Pence +150

Troy Tulowitzki +450

Josh Hamilton +500

Henry Owens +500

The Field +500

And here are the stats for each of those five players heading into play on Thursday . . .

Ryan Braun --- .348, 16 home runs, 43 RBI, 44 runs

Hunter Pence --- .330, 12 home runs, 45 RBI, 42 runs

Troy Tulowitzki --- .282, 11 home runs, 44 RBI, 57 runs

Josh Hamilton --- .279, 14 home runs, 30 RBI, 37 runs

Henry Owens --- 2-0, 1.96 ERA, 16 strikeouts, 4 saves

Tulowitzki remains a viable candidate for the award, but he’ll need to close that batting average gap. Hamilton has been out since early July with a wrist injury, and he could still be a week or more away from returning. Owens impressed out of the Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young has impressed with his speed/power combo, but he has an average below .240.

As for the American League, baseball odds:

Odds To Win AL Rookie of the Year

Daisuke Matsuzaka -120

Hideki Okajima +300

Delmon Young +400

Jeremy Guthrie +700

Dustin Pedroia +850

Alex Gordon +1500

The Field +500

And here are the stats for each of those six players heading into play on Thursday . . .

Daisuke Matsuzaka --- 12-7, 3.79 ERA, 136 strikeouts

Hideki Okajima --- 2-0, 0.91 ERA, 42 strikeouts, 4 saves

Delmon Young --- .294, 9 home runs, 52 RBI, 45 runs

Jeremy Guthrie --- 6-3, 2.88 ERA, 84 strikeouts

Dustin Pedroia --- .319, 4 home runs, 30 RBI, 40 runs

Okajima has been extremely effective out of the Red Sox bullpen this season, but he’s unlikely to pull votes away from his teammate. Guthrie actually has a much better ERA than Matsuzaka for the Detroit Tigers pitcher Andrew Miller are just out of the award picture.

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