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Who’s Hot and Who’s Not

Posted: July 25, 2012 in Aaron Hill, Adrian Gonzelez, Andrew McCutchen, Homer Bailey, Hunter Pence, Johan Santana, Jordan Lyles, Paul Maholm, Ryan Zimmerman, Starlin Castro
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Who’s Hot

  1. Ryan Zimmerman– In the month of July Zimmerman is leading the N.L. in hits with 33 and is batting .413 during this month. Zimmerman has 8 doubles, 9 homers, 22 RBIs, .472 in base percentage, .850 slugging, and a 1.322 ops for the month making him the hottest hitter in the N.L.
  2. Andrew McCutchen- McCutchen has continued to impress and make noise for the N.L. MVP into the month of July. With 33 hits, 7 homers, and 15 RBIs McCutchen has an average of .464 for the month. McCutchen can still arguably be the best hitter right now.
  3. Paul Maholm- Maholm is the hottest pitcher going 4-0 giving up just 4 runs in 30 innings pitched. Maholm has a 1.20 ERA and a .97 WHIP for the month of July.
  4. Homer Bailey- Bailey has gone 4-0 in the month of July giving up just 6 runs in 30.2 innings pitched with a 1.76 ERA and .98 WHIP for the month of July.

Who’s Not

  1. Satrlin Castro- Castro is batting .208 in the month of July with just 15 hits in 73 at bats with 10 strikeouts. Castro has lowered his average by 18 points to .281 on the season.
  2. Hunter Pence- Pence is batting just .188 for the month of July with just 13 hits in 69 at bats including 18 strikeouts. Pence has lowered his average 18 points, to .261 during the month.
  3. Johan Santana- Santana has started 3 games in the month of July and is 0-3 with a 13.50 ERA. Santana has last just 12.2 innings while giving up 19 runs off 28 hits during the month.
  4. Jordan Lyles- Lyles is 0-3 in the month of July with a 7.54 ERA in just 22.2 innings. Lyles has given up 22 runs of 36 hits during the month and is now 2-7 on the season.

There ya have it. Who’s Hot and Who’s not in the month of July

Cocach Tom

A Night in the American League

Posted: June 8, 2012 in Adrian Gonzelez, AL Central, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, David Price, MLB, New York Yankees
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Every night The Big Guy breaks down the action in the American League.

Biggest Win

White Sox 4-Blue Jays 3: Facing a potential sweep at the hands of Toronto, Chicago responded. Down 3-1 in the bottom of the 6th, right fielder Alex Rios tied the game 3-3. Three innings of shutout bullpen pitching later, and third baseman Orlando Hudson hit a walk-off single to center to drive in Dayan Viciedo with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th. At 32-25, the Sox remain 1.5 games up in the AL Central.

Best Hitter

Batting sixth and playing both right field and first base, Red Sox Adrian Gonzalez went 3-4, 2 RBI against Baltimore. A year after posting a .338 BA, 27 HR, 117 RBI, Gonzalez is off to a slow start— .272, 4 HR, 29 RBI. Red Sox Nation could use a bunch more days like this out of their 2011 free agent jewel.

Best Pitcher

Ace pitchers need to be their team’s stopper. When nothing else is going well, the #1 Guy needs to put the team on his back. Clay Buchholz did just that tonight. After a terrible start to his season, Buchholz now stands at 6-2 and has gone at least 7 IP in each of his last three starts. The complete game shutout 4-hitter kept the Sox from getting swept by the Orioles. He did commit his first error of the season, but the Sox still won 7-0.

Stat to know

Rays starter David Price became the first AL pitcher to 8 wins. His 5 IP and 8 Ks paved the way for a 7-3 Tampa Bay victory over the New York Yankees.

Tomorrow’s Note

Interleague play kicks off tomorrow. The biggest treat? Stephen Strasburg taking his 6-1 record to the bump in Fenway Park.