May 2015 is in the books and your D-bags remain one of the streakiest teams in all of the BSA. This might be the streakiest month though we have ever seen. The D-Bags opened the month with high hopes with a tough schedule coming up and in the next 2 weeks managed to have the worst stretch in the team's history going 2-12. This stretch included 6 1-run losses and bad play all around. Losing much ground in the division and WC race, the Bags finish the month on a 13-1 run, which included closing out May on an 11 game winning streak. What gives? What is going on? Who knows, but here's the month in review.
Players of the Month
SP Rob Goodship 3-0 1.54 ERA 36K's 0.94 WHIP. With Macias and Ellis on the staff who would have picked Goodship to be the best pitcher through the first 2 months? He dominated this month giving up 6 ER total while ending the month with 22 straight scoreless innings.
MR Jaime "Mungo" Saenz 2-0 1.62 ERA 23K/2BB in 16.2 IP. In a month where the bullpen got demolished in the first half of the season Mungo thrived. Averaging almost 1.5K per inning he allowed the opposition to hit at a .182 clip and led the shaky bullpen.
1B Matt Doyle .299/.362/.335 8HR 34RBI 24R. After a relatively slow start in April Doyle busted out in May. Averaging more than a hit and RBI per game he led the offense in hits, HR, RBI and runs. This is what to expect out of your MVP candidate and 2nd year superstar.
2B Mike Bryant .300/.371/.500 4HR 25RBI 22R. When Bryant and Doyle hit the D-Bags thrive. The two combined to knock in 59 runs in 28 games. Bryant also added 8 2B and 3SB for the month. He continues to show that his runner up for MVP last season wasn't a fluke.
3B Adam Morrow .317/.450 33H 25BB 22R. This rookie continued to flourish hitting mainly out of the 2 hole. His OBP of .450 is a godsend for the big boys behind him and had his 2nd straight 30 hit month. The early talks of ROY hold merit, the kid can ball. Won BSA CL Rookie of the Month for May.
RF Peter Larson .300/.463 82B 26BB. Larson has such a good eye that he averaged 1BB shy of 1 per game. When his bat is going an OBP of over 450 is never out of the question. When Larson and Morrow both have a cominbed OBP over 450 is anyone surprised Doyle drove in 34 runs for the month? He is the catalyst of this offense.
Roster Questions, Changes and Answers
Thus far ::knock on wood::: the Bags have been injury free. This creates little room for call ups and ABs for other players. We did see Rule V pick Jose Ortiz return from the DL after his spring training injury and hit 3-14 in limited action. The Bags would like to see him get more AB's against RHP. Super prospect CF Tim Duncan got a call up after the Bags struggled so much against LHP early in the season. Duncan who had been tearing the cover off of the ball in AAA pitching for the past 2 years had little success managing 8 hits in 37 ABs in 9 games getting 1 XBH hits and stealing no bases. The 5th OF position has been a carousel looking for someone to take charge.
OF Taro Kino ripped up in AAA pitching as well with 11 HR hitting .404 with a .500 OBP, look for him to possibly get some BSA AB's this upcoming month. Also we could see 3B Alberto Perez sometime soon, even though I'm not sure Jersey has a spot for him. He had an astonishing 45 hits in just 27 games in AAA and is on pace for a monster season. The 27 year old lost the battle to Adam Morrow in ST, but with the struggles of SS Marvin Taylor and 2B/SS/3B Antonio Ruiz, we could see Perez sooner than later.
As the Bags end the month on an 11 game win streak all we can think is June plans on being another streaky one! Let's hope the Bags can stay close in the division and WC so that elusive first playoff berth hopes will still be alive down the stretch!
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