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MONTHLY REVIEW
Woo hoo!!! We had a winning month, going 15-13. We’re going in the right direction. Our “big three” of Hamels, Rogers, and an improved Greinke have done a pretty good job of going deep in games. Teahen has been steady the entire season. Hopefully we can start to be competitive in the next year or so for his sake.
For the September call-ups, we called up relievers Ryan Braun, Sammy Lemond, Jose Diaz, Bubba Nelson, and Ken Ray for our pitching staff. Diaz will be our spot starter, Lemond will be our lefty middle reliever, and Nelson and Wellemeyer will be our mop-up relievers.
For our bench, we called up utility man Chris Clapinski, catchers Paul Phillips and Nick Hundley, shortstops Andres Blanco and Mike Aviles, third basemen Billy Butler and Alex Gordon, and right fielder Chad Allen. These guys will mostly just be backups and get the major league experience. Plus it will allow us to see how they mesh with the other guys and see if there may be any conflicts in the future.
AL Batter of the Month
OF Manny Ramirez (BOS) .396, 11 HR, 27 RBI, 27 R
NL Batter of the Month
1B Albert Pujols (STL) .460, 10 HR, 24 RBI, 29 R
AL Pitcher of the Month
Chien-Ming Wang (NYA) 5-0, 2.27 ERA, 6 GS, 16 K, 47.2 IP
NL Pitcher of the Month
Roy Oswalt (HOU) 5-0, 1.69 ERA, 6 GS, 48 IP, 28 HA, 6 BB, 44 K, .165 OBA
AL Rookie of the Month
1B Eric Duncan (NYA) .291, 16 H, 8 HR, 20 RBI
NL Rookie of the Month
OF Joel Guzman (LAN) .293, 6 HR, 16 RBI
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