26-year old righty swinging outfielder Chris Young has made his first All-Star Team. He has played in 80 games this season and he is 79 of 299 (.264 avg, .807 OPS) with 44 runs scored, 15 homers, 57 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. This is an amazing development as Young played so poorly in 2009 that he got demoted during the season. Young played in 134 games for the D-Backs last season and he was 92 of 433 (.212 avg, .711 OPS) with 54 runs scored, 15 homers, 42 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. The D-Backs hope that Young stays focused all season long and his selection to the All-Star Game will likely give him the confidence boost he needs to do so.

26-year old righty swinging CF Chris Young really looked awful last season. He played in 134 games for the Diamondbacks last season and he was 92 of 433 (.212 avg, .711 OPS) with 54 runs scored, 15 homers, 42 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. This year though Young has looked like the player the D-Backs hoped he would turn out to be. Young has played in 70 games for the D-Backs this year and he is 72 of 259 (.278 avg, .824 OPS) with 36 runs scored, 12 homers, 49 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. The Diamondbacks hope that Young keeps playing like this because they have a lot invested in him.

If the Diamondbacks are getting ready to throw in the towel and in my opinion it’s way too early for that they could trade 30-year old lefty swinging 1B Adam LaRoche. If the D-Backs keep LaRoche he could finish with monster numbers as he has been a pure second half hitter to this point of his major league career. LaRoche has played in 59 games this season for the D-Backs and he is 54 of 209 (.258 avg, .826 OPS) with 35 runs scored, 9 homers and 41 RBIs.

28-year old lefty swinging 2B Kelly Johnson is off to a outstanding start for the Diamondbacks this season. He has played in 21 games for the D-Backs this season and he is 24 of 75 (.320 avg, 1.202 OPS) with 17 runs scored, 8 doubles, 9 homers and 18 RBIs. He is also showing great plate discipline as he has walked 13 times already this season. That is why his batting average is pumped up right now as he is a .264 career hitter coming into this season. He has career highs of 91 runs scored, 16 homers and 69 RBIs in his major league career and he should be able to easily smash those numbers in 2010 as long as he can just stay healthy. The Diamondbacks hope that Johnson keeps up the good work because the offense has been carrying them so far this season.

Starting 3B Mark Reynolds got off to a very slow start this season but his bat has caught fire lately. In his last 7 games Reynolds is 12 for 27 (.444 avg) with 7 runs scored, 4 homers, 13 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Now that’s more like it out of Reynolds as his bat can carry the whole D-Backs’ offense when he is on his game. He has played in 18 games overall this season for the Diamondbacks and he is 17 for 67 (.254 avg, .951 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 7 homers, 20 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Reynolds is one of the best third basemen due to his incredible power. Don’t be surprised is Reynolds leads the majors in homers some time soon.