WTHB Pitcher and Player of the Month for April

I'm going to try something new this year. I will tally the results of all the WTHB Players and Pitchers of the Day during a given month in order to determine Player/Pitcher of the Month for that month. I have added up the honors for April, and the results are impressive. FIFTY players received accolades (or at least an honorable mention) in the daily minor league recaps last month. With that said, here are the winners.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH - ZACH JOHNSON
Johnson earned Player of the Day honors three times during April. He hit .298/.362/.536 at Lancaster in April and was just promoted to Corpus Christi today. He leads the Astros minor league system in doubles with 10, and has two triples, two home runs and 20 RBI so far this season.

PITCHERS OF THE MONTH - (THREE-WAY TIE) JAKE BUCHANAN, TRAVIS BALLEW, AND VINCENT VELASQUEZ
All three of these players were named as Pitcher of the Day three separate times during the month of April.

Jake Buchanan is 2-0 in seven appearances (five starts) with a 1.47 ERA and a 0.717 WHIP. He has walked only two batters this season while striking out 16.

Travis Ballew has three saves and 17 strikeouts over only seven and two-thirds innings. His SO/9 is 20 and batters are hitting only .172 against him.

Vincent Velasquez is one of only four Astros farmhands to have gotten to three wins already this season. His ERA is 2.45 and his WHIP is 0.818. He has accumulated 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a .156 batting average against.

OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING TWO PITCHER/PLAYER OF THE DAY HONORS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL:

Carlos Correa
Bobby Doran
Carlos Perez
Nick Tropeano
Terrell Joyce
Asher Wojciechowski
David Rollins
Jake Elmore
Luis Cruz
Austin Wates
Brian Holmes