August started with the Expos losing the final game of the series against the Nationals and winning 1 of 3 versus the Red Sox. Over the span of the next three series several transactions happened. LF Boissiere was assigned to AAA from his rehab assignment. RP Figueroa was placed on waivers and designated for assignment to activate RP Montes De Oca from his rehab assignment. Yes, Montes De Oca seems to be best utilized as a reliever going forward now after starting for the past few years.
RP Beddingfield was diagnosed with an injury to last 1-2 weeks, so I placed him on the DL and called up CL Crose who projects to be a plus bullpen arm for the next few years. RP Figueroa was claimed and lost to waivers. CF Williams will miss another 4 weeks to injury. I called up LF Boissiere to replace him. Then SP Killough suffered an injury putting him out of commission for two weeks. In response, I promoted SP Locey from his rehab assignment. The last injury of note was SS Flores for three weeks. His injury resulted in SS Draxler getting his first taste of the majors.
As all of this was going on, the Expos won 2 of 3 versus the Diamondbacks, 1 of 3 versus the Rays, 0 of 4 versus the Mets, 2 of 3 versus the Pirates, 2 of 3 versus the Cubs, 2 of 3 versus the Indians, 2 of 3 versus the Giants, and 1 of 2 versus the Braves.
This totals to a 13-15 record for the month. This leaves the Expos at a 66-65 overall record, 16.5 games behind the NL East leading Mets and 6.5 games behind the second wild card leading Pirates. This leaves the Expos only and outside shot at making the playoffs this year.
For the month, by batters performed as such:
RF Lindberg led the way offensively while 2B Case and C Banfield also played well.
And the pitchers:
SP Caballero was the best pitcher in my rotation for the month and the bullpen was a mixed bag with RP Mosqueda the top performer.
Next, the regular season will progress to an end...