July Players of the Month

As we're more than a week into August now, I'm not sure how much interest there still is, but here they are anyway.

ROCHESTER

Position player:  James Beresford hit .297/.349/.416 in 101 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .276/.330/.357 in 398 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Alex Meyer made five starts, pitching twenty-nine innings.  He was 2-0, 1.55, 1.17 WHIP with 34 strikeouts.  For the season he is 6-4, 3.05, 1.29 WHIP with 120 strikeouts in 106.1 innings (21 starts).

NEW BRITAIN

Position player:  Aaron Hicks hit .337/.425/.538 in 104 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .295/.397/.466 in 146 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Tyler Duffey made six starts, pitching 40.2 innings.  He was 5-0, 3.10, 0.96 WHIP with 34 strikeouts.  For the season he is 8-2, 3.81, 1.13 WHIP with 79 strikeouts in 104 innings (17 starts).

FORT MYERS

Position player:  Dalton Hicks hit .275/.352/.550 in 109 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .253/.342/.409 in 328 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Brett Lee made five starts, pitching 28.2 innings.  He was 2-1, 0.94, 1.19 WHIP with 16 strikeouts.  For the season he is 8-2, 1.75, 1.19 WHIP with 44 strikeouts in 77.1 innings (13 starts, 2 relief appearances).

CEDAR RAPIDS

Position players:  Mitch Garver hit .275/.333/.538 in 91 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .298/.388/.497 in 336 at-bats.  Alex Swim hit .358/.408/.411 in 95 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .336/.382/.384 in 125 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Chih-Wei Hu made five starts, pitching 30 innings.  He was 4-0, 1.50, 0.80 WHIP with with 29 strikeouts.  Those are also his season numbers at Cedar Rapids.

ELIZABETHTON

Position player:  Max Murphy hit .337/.439/.602 in 83 at-bats.  For the season he was hitting .371/.480/.698 in 116 at-bats before his call-up to Cedar Rapids.

Pitcher:  Matt Batts made four starts, pitching twenty-two innings.  He was 2-0, 1.80, 0.72 WHIP with 25 strikeouts.  Those are also his season numbers at Elizabethton.

GCL TWINS

Position player:  Manuel Guzman hit .348/.444/.435 with seven stolen bases in 69 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .314/.416/.384 in 86 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Alexis Tapia made four starts and two relief appearances, pitching twenty-five innings.  He was 3-0, 1.80, 0.84 WHIP with 20 strikeouts.  For the season he is 4-0, 2.28, 0.94 WHIP with 22 strikeouts in 27.2 innings (4 starts, 3 relief appearances),

DSL TWINS

Position player:  Jermaine Palacios hit .370/.459/.548 with five stolen bases  in 73 at-bats.  For the season he is hitting .317/.446/.480 with 11 stolen bases in 123 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Jose Martinez made five starts, pitching twenty-six innings.  He was 1-1, 1.04, 0.69 WHIP with 17 strikeouts.  For the season he is 1-1, 1.61, 0.92 WHIP with 29 strikeouts in 44.2 innings (5 starts, 8 relief appearances).