[Ben E Lou]

JUNE 2005

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 20-8 VERY NICE!
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 47-34
CURRENT STANDING: First place, .5 games ahead of the Mets.

MAJOR INJURIES:
None this month.

TEAM NEWS FROM THIS MONTH

Wednesday 6/1/2005:
Eric Molinaro has been released.
David Lamb has been released.

Monday 6/6/2005:
Tyrone Sweeney has 4 hits against San Diego.

Saturday 6/11/2005:
John Swensen slams 2 homers against Atlanta.

Tuesday 6/21/2005:
James Wuest hits a 451-foot homerun!!

Sunday 6/26/2005:
James Wuest hits a 455-foot homerun!!
James Wuest has 4 hits against Florida.
Steve Adams fans 12 batters against Florida.

Monday 6/27/2005:
James Wuest was named Player of the Week!
He batted .550 in 20 AB, with 3 HR and 5 RBI.

Wednesday 6/29/2005:
Ronald Feely crushes 2 homers against Houston.
Matthew Erwin has 4 hits against Houston.
Matthew Erwin has 5 RBI against Houston.

Thursday 6/30/2005:
Earl Birnbaum has 4 hits against Houston.

Thursday 7/1/2005:
Harry Reid was named National League-Batter of the Month!
He batted .375 in 96 AB, with 7 homers and 19 RBI.

MAJOR LEAGUE PERFORMANCES OF NOTE/LINEUP CHANGES/ROTATION CHANGES:
The pitching remained about at the same level. The staff ERA lowered slightly to 3.93 for the month. Castonguay continues his stellar season with a 3-1,2.51 month. Cruz has gotten rocked in 7 starts (10.64 ERA) and needs to be sent down. Benjamin Lopez is 9-3 with a 3.88 ERA at AAA, and gets called up. Marmolejo racked up 10 saves over the course of the month.

Offensively, we released two months of frustration this month, raising our team batting average to .250, good for 14th overall! As was mentioned above, 3B Harry “Pluto” Reid was batter of the month. Others who had strong months were 2B Sweeney (1.014 OPS), RF Feely (.916OPS) and CF Wuest (.915).

SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: CF Wuest--.299
HR: CF Wuest--16
RBI: CF Wuest--51
SB: 2B Sweeney--27
SP ERA: Castonguay—2.08
RP ERA: Marmolejo—2.20
SAVES: Marmolejo--19
SP K’s: Castonguay--103

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Monday 6/6/2005:
Bernard Romain has lost some momentum, his range at LF drops to D ...
Bernard Romain has lost some momentum, his range at CF drops to D ...

Monday 6/13/2005:
Winfred Dunaway has lost some momentum, his stealing ability drops to D ...
Paul Swick has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to D ...

Monday 6/20/2005:
Michael Bedoya has lost a step. His speed drops to E ...

Monday 6/27/2005:
Billy Hague has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to D ...
Franklyn Armstrong has gained more power!

Romain sure hasn’t amounted to much. Armstrong (Good/Avg/Avg,6/3/4,25yo) becomes a 3.5 start prospect now!

AAA NOTES
SP Hikoshirou Haruhiko—7-2,2.53,(7/7/6), 5 stars—He’s looking like he’s ready for the Bigs. I’ll give him another month or so in AAA, then call him up if someone is struggling in the rotation.
MR Antonio Latta—2-0,10.92,(4/4/7), 4 stars—P.U.!!! He stinks so far at AAA. I’ll give him one more month to see if he can get it together. Otherwise he goes back to AA.
CL James Barta—3-4,6.23,19SV,(5/5/6),4 stars—Stats improving some now…
1B Franklyn Armstrong--.797OPS (6/3/4),3.5 stars

AA NOTES:
SP Gregory Alkire—7-2,2.39, (2/5/4), 3.5 stars
MR Robert Springer—0-0,2.92,(1/3/5),2.5 stars—Nice first month at AA.
C David Tejada—.704OPS,(2/4/2),1.5 stars—He belongs here.
2B Timothy Cadiz—.899OPS,(2/5/5),3 stars—VERY good first AA month.

A NOTES:
SP Max Conde—9-2,3.60,(1/3/4),3.5 stars
SS Arthur Owens--.889OPS,(2/2/7),3.5 stars

PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES:
None.

TRADES
None.

MONTHLY AWARDS
American League-Pitcher of the Month: Kieth Webb (BOS)!He had a record of 3-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 0.83.American League-Batter of the Month: Ronald Demuth (TOR)!—Trading this guy away continues to haunt me!He batted .408 in 103 AB, with 10 homers and 27 RBI.National League-Pitcher of the Month: Cosme Ejea (SD)!He had a record of 3-0 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 0.66.National League-Batter of the Month: Harry Reid (MON)!He batted .375 in 96 AB, with 7 homers and 19 RBI.


OTHER IMPORTANT LEAGUE NEWS
Two no-hitters came on the same day, Saturday, June 25th. The first was by Antonio “Stinky” Rosas of the White Sox. This was the first no-no of his career. This guy has been dominant for 5 ½ of his 6 ½ seasons in the bigs. The highest ERA he’s put up after his rookie 4.07 has been 2.57. This year, he’s 9-5 with a 1.91.

San Francisco’s Tito had the other no-hitter. This 31-year old won five World Series with the Tigers, before signing a 6-year deal this past offseason with the Giants. He is 13-3 with a 2.31 ERA so far in this campaign. He already has 4 shutouts and 8 complete games.