May was a good month for the Expos, though injuries continued to pop up.
The Expos lost both of the remaining games in the series against the Cubs to start the month. At this point, SS prospect and former #1 overall pick Danny Flores had over 80 PAs in AAA, putting his career AAA total over 200. As he was hitting over .300 AVG with some power, I decided the time was right to call him up.
The Expos then won 1 of 2 versus the Reds, swept the Padres in a two game set, and were swept by the Orioles in the three game series. At this point, I activated CF Stark from his rehab assignment.
The Expos went on to win 2 of 3 versus the Marlins and then swept both the Braves and Dodgers in three games each. Then more bad news came as I lost RF Kirilloff to injury for 2-3 weeks and 3B Mendoza for the rest of the season with a 6 month recovery time.
The Expos struggled through the last two series of the month, winning 1 of 4 versus the Mets and 1 of 3 versus the Cardinals. During the St. Louis series, CF Williams was reinjured for 2 more weeks while on his rehab assignment and 2B Case suffered an injury putting him out of action for 5-6 weeks.
This all adds up to a solid 15-12 record for the month.
Below is how the batters performed:
RF Lindberg and C Banfield let the offensive charge for the Expos, while SS Flores looked very good in his first month in the majors. LF Boissiere made the most of the plate appearances he received, while 2B Case also did well before suffering his injury.
And the pitchers:
Pitching was off the charts this month. SP Dobashi led the way with a 1.95 ERA and 2.88 FIP in 37 IP. SP Caballero was a bit unlucky with an ERA almost double his 2.36 FIP. SP Gausman and AP Montes De Oca also had ERAs below 4. In fact, the only pitcher on my staff with an ERA above 4.00 for the month was RP Mosqueda who actually led the team in FIP with a 2.16 mark.
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