Melky Cabrera DQ's Himself From Batting Title

Melky Cabrera's season with the Giants has had it's highs and an incredible low. That low was when he got suspended for 50 games for PED use.

Ever since then, the Giants have been on a roll creating a huge buffer between them and the Dodgers. Meanwhile, baseball has been faced with the possibility that Melky Cabrera could win the batting title with that .346 batting average. It would be a PR nightmare for baseball itself if a player proven to have used PED's that very season were to win a pretigiuous award for his efforts. Melky then stepped in and decided it was a problem for him as well.

Not wanting to win the award under this cloud, Melky asked baseball and the union to disquilify himself from winning the batting title. He was thus disquilified from winning the title in a one-season-only change in the rules. Melky said about the decision "To be plain, I personally have no wish to win an award that would widely be seen as tainted, and I believe that it would be far better for the remaining contenders to compete for that distinction."

A good gesture froom Melky Cabrera even if for his own PR benefit. I'm not sure what the future holds for Melky when it comes to the future but I'm sure he will land something good. Seeing how this has played out, MLB will likely try to add a rule saying that players can't win an award or title if they have been linked with PED use that season and suspended for it.

As for who will win the batting title, Andrew McCutchen leads the way now with a .339 avg. followed by Buster Posey with a .335 avg. Maybe a Giant will win this thing after all.