[Ben E Lou]

APRIL 2002

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 13-15
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 13-15
CURRENT STANDING: Third, 2 games behind division-leading Mets.

INJURIES:
Ugh. 3B Schuster tore a thigh muscle in the fourth game of the season, and he’s still Out now. He’s expected to return in mid-May.

MAJOR LEAGUE PERFORMANCES OF NOTE/LINEUP CHANGES/ROTATION CHANGES:
Free agent Freeland (3-1, 2.89) and 2nd-year man “The Fireball” Prahl (4-1,2.48) lead the rotation. Rookie Dominguez struggles early (0-3, 6.28). Dinger has 8 saves, and hasn’t given up a run or walk in 11 IP.

Superfly Sylvain is lighting is up! He hit .343 for the month, with a .935 OPS. Overall, we’re in the middle of the pack in both batting (.253, 16th) and pitching (3.80, 13th).

SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: CF Sylvain--.343
HR: 1B Lamb and RF Rodriguez—4
RBI: SS Dye, RF Rodriguez and C McDonald--13
SB: SS Dye--8
SP ERA: Prahl—2.48
RP ERA: Dinger—0.00
SAVES: Dinger—8
SP K’s: Prahl--26

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Monday 4/2/2002:
Walter Mcdonald plate discipline seems to have faded...
Brian Cassady has lost some momentum, his range at 3B drops to D ...
Brian Cassady has lost some momentum, his range at SS drops to D ...

Monday 4/9/2002:
Eric Freeland has worked out more, his duration raises to C ...

Monday 4/23/2002:
Greg Benedict seems to have improved his pure stuff!
Bill Collins seems to have lost some bat speed, resulting in less contact...
Jacobo Sousa has lost some momentum, his range at LF drops to C ...
Jacobo Sousa has lost some momentum, his range at CF drops to D ...
Lucas Valverde has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to E ...

Monday 4/30/2002:
Cruz Muñiz seems to have lost some bat speed, resulting in less contact...

Muniz’ drop hurts.

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 Dean Sipe—3-1, 1.15, (7/6/8), 5 stars—With Dominguez struggling in the bigs, Sipe gets called up and takes his place in the rotation.
MR Lucas Fernandez—0-0, 1.04, (7/8/5), 4 stars
RF Bryan Heasley--.882 OPS, (6/3/4), 4 stars

AA NOTES:
SP William Bent—3-1, 2.97 ERA, (2/2/5), 4 stars
MR Carlos Villar—0-0, 3.52 ERA, (2/5/4), 4 stars
1B Danny Anderson--.867 OPS, (3/2/7), 4 stars
SS Robert Pauli--.863 OPS, (3/3/4), 4 stars

A NOTES:
SP Greg Benedict—4-0, 0.66 ERA, (1/2/3), 4 stars
1B Tyler Poulson--.670 OPS, (2/2/3), 3.5 stars
CF Joseph Gillenwater--.623 OPS (2/3/3), 5 stars

KEY E-MAILS:

None.

PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES:
I finally have worn Blaney down. She accepted my proposal of marriage.

TRADES
None.

MONTHLY AWARDS
Pitchers Of The Month: Anthony Hilton, KC (2-1, 0.66) and Oscar Melgoza, NYN (4-0, 0.57)
Batters Of The Month: LF Jason Bevilacqua, BOS (.308, 7, 32) and 2B Reggie Barraza, MIL (.355, 8, 28)

IMPORTANT LEAGUE NEWS
None.

TEAM NEWS FROM THIS MONTH

Thursday 4/5/2002 :
Alan Dye has 4 hits against Philadelphia.
Alan Dye scores 4 runs against Philadelphia.

Thursday 4/12/2002 :
Eugene Lamb slams 2 homers against Chicago (N).

Monday 4/16/2002 :
David Bischoff hits a 454-foot homerun!!