First up let's look at the nominees for Player of the Month. Before I proceed, I would like to send a special shout out to James Ramsay who had a whopping 11 doubles in the month of May!
OF Preston Tucker (Corpus Christi)
29G .267/.346/.509
15R 7-2B 7HR 19RBI 2SB 1CS 13BB 21SO
OF Ronnie Mitchell (Quad Cities)
28G .271/.333/.521
15R 3-2B 7HR 22RBI 3SB 1CS 9BB 29SO
3B Rio Ruiz (Lancaster)
29G .290/.412/.439
20R 7-2B 3HR 18 RBI 0SB 2CS 23BB 12SO
OF Brett Phillips (Quad Cities)
28G .308/.353/.500
25R 9-2B 4-3B HR 15RBI 7SB 0CS 7BB 22SO
3B Tyler White (Quad Cities)
24G .318/.384/.471
12R 7-2B 2HR 16RBI 0SB 0CS 8BB 14SO
OF Jordan Scott (Lancaster)
26G .333/.365/.485
17R 4-2B 4-3B HR 18RBI 4SB 3CS 4BB 9SO
3B Matt Duffy (Corpus Christi/Oklahoma City)
29G .333/.383/.479
17R 3-2B 3B 4HR 20RBI 1SB 1CS 6BB 22SO
OF Domingo Santana (Oklahoma City)
30G .297/.386/.514
16R 6-2B 6HR 16RBI 2SB 1CS 15BB 35SO
SS Carlos Correa (Lancaster)
27G .330/.389/.496
18R 8-2B 3B 3HR 31RBI 9SB 2CS 8BB 19SO
IF Nolan Fontana (LAN)
25G .325/.505/.438
14R 6-2B HR 15RBI 1SB 3CS 29BB 23SO
All excellent performances, but my top two came down to two very different types of players with outstanding months. In the end, the winner played in several more games and struck out far less. First the runner-up:
OF Teoscar Hernandez (Lancaster)
23G .344/.421/.634
21R 7-2B 3B 6HR 24RBI 7SB 1CS 13BB 35SO
And our winner has not only had an outstanding month, he has had an outstanding season, hitting .336/.425/.467 with 64 runs scored, 13 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 27 RBI, 20 stolen bases and 31 walks to 25 strikeouts.
2B Tony Kemp (Lancaster)
29G .369/.446/.459
32R 6-2B 3B HR 14RBI 9SB 2CS 16BB 13SO
MAY PLAYER OF THE MONTH: 2B TONY KEMP
Tony Kemp - May 2014
Photo by Jayne Hansen
As a reminder, Players of the Week for May were:
Andrew Aplin
Teoscar Hernandez
Domingo Santana
Brian Holberton
Ronnie Mitchell
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Next up, we look at Starting (Tandem) Pitchers who had good starts. Again, there were many pitchers who really stood out for the month. The following are my nominees (in no particular order). I didn't pick a runner up because I found the task to be impossible. I would like to give a special shout-out to Michael Feliz for his fantastic month. I didn't include him in the list of nominees because he pitched several innings less than the rest of the group.
RHP Nick Tropeano (Oklahoma City)
5 Games/5 Starts 28.1IP 1-3 record
2.54 ERA/0.882 WHIP 6BB:33SO .184 BA
RHP Jake Buchanan (Oklahoma City)
5 Games/5 Starts 34.2IP 3-1 record
2.08 ERA/1.010 WHIP 5BB:22SO .233 BA
RHP Mike Hauschild (Corpus Christi)
6 Games/6 Starts 32.2IP 2-0 record
2.76 ERA/0.949 WHIP 4BB:27SO .233 BA
RHP Mike Foltynewicz (Oklahoma City)
5 Games/5 Starts 31.2IP 2-2 record
2.27 ERA/0.916 WHIP 11BB:36SO .171 BA
LHP Tommy Shirley (Corpus Christi)
5 Games/4 Starts 24.1IP 3-0 record
1.85 ERA/1.110 WHIP 9BB:18SO .207 BA
RHP Jandel Gustave (Quad Cities)
5 Games/3 Starts 23IP 4-0 record
2.74 ERA/1.087 WHIP 7BB:20SO .214 BA
Our winner not only had a great month, but his six no-hit innings in the May 13th combined no-hitter put him over the top.
LHP Josh Hader (Lancaster)
5 Games/4 Starts 27.2IP 4-0 record
1.95 ERA/0.940 WHIP 9BB:33SO .172 BA
MAY STARTING (TANDEM) PITCHER OF THE MONTH: LHP JOSH HADER
Josh Hader - May 2014
Photo by Jayne Hansen
As a reminder, the Starting Pitchers of the Week for May were:
Lance McCullers
Jake Buchanan
Josh Hader
Jake Buchanan
Michael Feliz
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Now for our Relief Pitchers. Again, the nominees are in no particular order as I found selecting a runner up to be a tad bit difficult. Frederick Tiburcio and Alex White both had excellent numbers, but weren't with their teams for the full month so I hedged a little in favor of those who spent the entire month with their teams.
RHP Andrew Robinson (Corpus Christi)
9 Games 16IP 1 win & 1 save
1.13 ERA/1.250 WHIP 6BB:16SO .207 BA
3 inherited runners/2 scored
RHP Daniel Minor (Lancaster)
6 Games 11IP 3 wins & 1 save (no-hitter save)
1.13 ERA/1.375 WHIP 4BB:11SO .158 BA
2 inherited runners/0 scored
RHP Frederick Tiburcio (Quad Cities)
5 Games 9IP 1 loss & 2 saves
0.00 ERA/0.667 WHIP 1BB:13SO .156 BA
RHP Alex White (Oklahoma City)
4 Games 5IP 1 win
0.00 ERA/0.400 WHIP 0BB:3SO .118 BA
LHP Kevin Chapman (Oklahoma City)
13 Games 12.2IP 2 saves
0.71 ERA/1.737 WHIP 14BB:17SO .182 BA
8 inherited runners/2 scored
LHP Patrick Urckfitz (Corpus Christi)
10 Games 14.2IP 1 win & 1 save
1.23 ERA/1.364 WHIP 4BB:14SO .276 BA
3 inherited runners/2 scored
Our winner may not be the flashiest reliever in the system, but in May he was that rarest of rare commodities ... a consistent reliever. He only gave up one earned run, stranded six of eight inherited runners, got a ton of ground ball outs and converted all three of his save opportunities.
RHP Jason Stoffel (Oklahoma City)
11 Games 12.2IP 3 saves
0.71 ERA/1.263 WHIP 8BB:12SO (2 of the walks were intentional)
8 inherited runners/2 scored
MAY RELIEF PITCHER OF THE MONTH: RHP JASON STOFFEL
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Jason Stoffel - June 2013
Photo by Jayne Hansen
As a reminder, the Relief Pitchers of the Week for May were:
Josh Zeid
Chris Cotton
Daniel Minor
Albert Minnis
Andrew Robinson
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If you remember, I decided to create separate categories for catchers since they generally play in fewer games and are judged as much if not more by their defensive contributions as they are by their offense.
Last month, Roberto Pena was my Defensive Catcher of the Month due to his gaudy caught stealing numbers. This month I'm going to go in a little different direction. Jake Rodriguez was behind the dish in Lancaster for the May 13th no-hitter and again for a 2-hitter at the end of the month in Quad Cities. For that, he gets this month's nod as the Defensive Catcher of the Month.
MAY DEFENSIVE CATCHER OF THE MONTH: JAKE RODRIGUEZ
Jake Rodriguez - March 2014
Photo by Jayne Hansen
Jobduan Morales was my offensive catcher of the month in April and received a mid-May promotion to Lancaster from Quad Cities. This month another Quad Cities catcher has turned a few heads as Brian Holberton hit for the cycle on May 18th and put up a .388/.425/.638 batting line. He scored 14 runs during the month and collected nine doubles, a triple, three home runs and 15 RBI. Roberto Pena deserves honorable mention for his .267/.325/.507 line for the month.
MAY OFFENSIVE CATCHER OF THE MONTH: BRIAN HOLBERTON
Brian Holberton
Photo Courtesy of Bryan Green
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