[Ben E Lou]

MAY 2001

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 11-17
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 23-31
CURRENT STANDING: Fourth place. 13½ games behind the division-leading Mets.

MAJOR LEAGUE PERFORMANCES OF NOTE/LINEUP CHANGES/ROTATION CHANGES:
CL Dinger is dominating again. He’s leading the NL in saves with 15, has a 1.44 ERA, and he’s yet to blow a save. His ratings are up to 10/6/7. The starting pitching staff has ERA’s ranging from 3.41 (Figueroa) to 5.59 (Shultis).

The bats are still fairly dormant across the board. Superfly Sylvain is leading the lead in stolen bases with 25 in 31 tries. His ratings are up to 6/4/5.


PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Monday 5/15/2001 :
Chad Alejo has lost some movement on his pitches...
Chad Alejo has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to
Steve Fulmer seems to have lost some bat speed, resulting in less
Tim Spurr has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to
Monday 5/22/2001 :
James Shultis seems to have lost some of his feel for his stuff...
James Shultis has lost some movement on his pitches...
James Shultis's control seems to have taken a bump...
Monday 5/29/2001 :
Alberto Iglesias plate discipline seems to have faded...
Alvin Garofalo has lost some momentum, his stealing ability drops to D

Grrrr. Alejo was looking like a nice find. He’s now down to three stars….I’ll need to watch Shultis very carefully. His ratings are 7/6/6, but his talent is down to Avg/Poor/Fair, and he has a 5.59 ERA.

AAA NOTES —Note: I’ve decided to report month-by-month on 3 ½ star and up players at all classifications, and any others who are performing extremely well.
SP Hiplotio “The Terminator” Dominguez—6-1, 4.30 6/6/6
MR Douglas Diez—2-0, 4.91, 7/3/8
C Walter McDonald--.877 OPS. 4/6/8. Getting closer…..
2B Allen “The Hammer” Dye--.929 OPS. 6/4/5 ratings. In another month or so, he’s getting called up.
LF/CF Jacobo Sousa--.777 OPS. 4/4/4.
LF/RF Sidney “Tumblewee” Sutton--.748OPS, 4/6/8
RF Bryan Heasley--.835OPS, 5/3/3.

AA NOTES:
SP William Bent—7-1, 2.13, 2/2/6
SP Jim Decker—3-6, 6.55, 0/2/4—I send him back down to Single A.
SP Dean Sipe—3-1, 2,81, 2/6/6.
3B/1B Cruz Muniz--.708 OPS, 2/4/2

A NOTES:
SP Chad Alejo—3-1, 3.21, 1/4/5
1B Tyler Poulson--.802 OPS, 2/2/3
SS Robert Pauli--.775 OPS, 2/3/3

INJURIES:
No major ones this month.

KEY E-MAILS:
none.

PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES:
None.

TRADES
None.

MONTHLY AWARDS
Pitchers Of The Month: Arthur Jan, OAK (5-1, 0.77) and Ronnie Ramirez (MIL) 6-0, 0.95
Batters Of The Month: Al Mouser, OAK (.298, 8HR, 31RBI) and Elmer Connors, STL (.417, 28 RBI)

TEAM NEWS

Thursday 5/18/2001 :
Elliot Feder pitches a 4-hit shutout against Montreal!!
Wednesday 5/24/2001 :
Scott Mcfarland has 5 RBI against Pittsburgh.
Saturday 5/27/2001 :
Michael Sylvain has 4 hits against Colorado.

IMPORTANT LEAGUE NEWS
None.