Guys Who Have Gone Yard Before Big Papi

As another day goes by and the pop-i-less Papi continues to create speculation about his involvement with performance enhancing drugs. Of course, having Manny in the lineup is just as effective, and now that he’s gone, Ortiz’s power outage continues to make headlines. I mean, we’re talking about a guy who averaged 38.5 dingers per season over the last 6 years, and we still await his first of the2009 season, as we approach the Red Sox 35th game of the season.

To help put it into perspective, I figured I would compile a list of 2009 sluggers who have already accomplished launching a ball into the seats this season. Some A-list sluggers here:

Micah Owings
Colby Rasmus
Chris Coste
Jack Hannahan
Michael Bourn
Julio Lugo
Denard Span
Gabe Gross
Matt Joyce
Ronny Paulino
Robinzon Diaz
Michel Hernández
Cameron Maybin
Brian Giles
Omir Santos
Gerald Laird
Nick Green
Willie Harris
Jonathan Van Every
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Emilio Bonifacio
Alberto González
Endy Chávez
Asdrubal Cabrera
Ronnie Belliard
Wladimir Balentien
Jeff Bailey
Omar Infante
Brian Buscher
Kevin Millar
Brandon Moss
Andy LaRoche
Andrés Torres
Koyie Hill
Shawn Riggans
Brett Gardner
David Murphy
Joe Thurston
Chad Moeller
Travis Buck
César Izturis
Augie Ojeda
James Loney
Nick Hundley
Dioner Navarro
Yuniesky Betancourt
Luis Rodríguez
Tyler Greene
Ronny Cedeño
José Bautista
Bobby Scales
Cristian Guzmán
Chris Coghlan
José Molina
Gerardo Parra
Chris Snyder
Jeff Keppinger
Ramón Hernández
Jason LaRue
Willie Bloomquist
Lou Montanez
Matt Murton
Chris Dickerson
Kazuo Matsui
Juan Rivera