My candidates for MiL player/pitcher of the month

[Frobby]

April 2019 

Player of the Month

Ryan Mountcastle, .300/.327/.520, 5 HR 19 RBI

Rylan Bannon, .273/.360/.466, 3 HR 13 RBI

Mason McCoy, .368/.421/.500, 2 HR 16 RBI

Robert Neustrom, .329/.429/.529, 3 HR 14 RBI

Adam Hall, .354/.453/.456, 1 HR 12 RBI, 11 SB

Doran Turchin, .268/.388/.507, 3 HR 17 RBI

Pitcher of the Month

Yefry Ramirez, 18.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 12.0 K/9

Bruce Zimmermann, 23.0 IP, 1.57 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 6.7 K/9

Grayson Rodriguez, 16.2 IP, 0.54 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 15.1 K/9

Blaine Knight, 20.2 IP, 0.87 ERA, 0.58 WHIP, 11.3 K/9

Ofelky Peralta, 20.2 IP, 0.89 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 13.7 K/9

 

Very tough choices, but I’d go with McCoy and GrayRod, for sort of opposite reasons.   McCoy because he’s not really a prospect so let him have his day in the sun, GrayRod because his young age makes his accomplishment all that more impressive.

 

 

 

 

[ChrisP]

I'd choose Hall and Knight, but it's great to have so many to choose from. 

[Matt Bennett]

Mountcastle and GrayRod

[Frobby]

Old news: it turned out to be Adam Hall and Grayson Rodriguez in April.   https://www.milb.com/delmarva/news/hall-rodriguez-sweep-os-april-honors/c-306842420

[Frobby]

May 2019

Player of the Month

All the action this month was in Norfolk.

DJ Stewart, .432/.495/.802, 5 HR 27 RBI

Chance Sisco, .348/.443/.708, 9 HR, 27 RBI

Ryan Mountcastle, .344/.375/.512, 2 HR, 14 RBI

In any other month, Sisco probably would have been the runaway winner of the award, but this month, it has to be Stewart.    I’m not sure I can remember an Orioles hitting prospect having a stronger month than what Stewart did in May.

Pitcher of the Month

Wow, are there some strong candidates here.   From the highest affiliate to the lowest:

Keegan Akin, 26.0 IP, 2.77 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 11.4 K/9, 3.3 K/BB

Zac Lowther, 30.0 IP, 0.60 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 8.7 K/9, 3.6 K/BB

Alex Wells, 25.0 IP, 1.80 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 3.3 BB/9

Cody Sedlock, 22.0 IP, 0.41 ERA, 0.59 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 4.2 K/BB

Michael Baumann, 20.1 IP, 2.66 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 12.0 K/9, 4.5 K/BB

Blaine Knight, 22.0 IP, 2.45 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 7.4 K/9, 3.0 K/BB

Drew Rom, 25.2 IP, 0.35 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 11.2 K/9, 4.0 K/BB

Grayson Rodriguez, 26.1 IP, 2.05 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 11.3 K/9, 5.5 K/ BB

Ofelky Peralta, 21.1 IP, 2.11 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, 2.2 K/BB

Gray Fenter, 24.2 IP, 2.55 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 9.1 K/ 9, 1.6 BB/9

While those are all really good performances, I think it has to come down to Lowther, Sedlock or Rom.     I think you could justify any of the three, or even split the award, but I’m going to go with Rom, who allowed only one run all month and is very young for his league.   

All in all, there were some exceptional performances on the farm in May.

 

[cboemmeljr]

Drew Rom was announced as the Pitcher of the Month for May and DJ Stewart was the Player of the Month.

 

 

[Frobby]

19 minutes ago, cboemmeljr said:

Drew Rom was announced as the Pitcher of the Month for May and DJ Stewart was the Player of the Month.

 

 

I batted 1.000 this month!   The Stewart call was relatively obvious, but Rom was a tougher call.   All in all, there were a lot of outstanding performances last month.    

[cboemmeljr]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

I batted 1.000 this month!   The Stewart call was relatively obvious, but Rom was a tougher call.   All in all, there were a lot of outstanding performances last month.    

You are so right, many outstanding pitching performances to choose from.

[Frobby]

June 2019

Not too much to choose from this month unless I missed some guys, which is entirely possible.   

Player of the month

I really only saw one viable candidate, and he’s not a prospect.

Jace Peterson, .319/.387/.500, 2 HR 9 RBI.

Yeah, that’s pretty weak.  It’s not even Peterson’s best month so far.   But I don’t see anyone else who fits the bill.   

Pitcher of the month

No truly great performances here either, but several good ones. 

Drew Rom, 17.2 IP, 2.04 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 8.7 K/9

Alex Wells, 32.0 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 5.9 K/9

Bruce Zimmermann, 29.2 IP, 2.43 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 10.0 K/9

Dean Kremer, 29.0 IP, 2.48 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 10.2 K/9

While it’s very close, I’m going with Wells, who threw the most innings of the group and had the lowest ERA among the AA guys.    Rom was kept under wraps a bit this month, so I discount his lower ERA.   You could make a good argument for either Zimmermann or Kremer.    

 

[Luke-OH]

34 minutes ago, Frobby said:

June 2019

Not too much to choose from this month unless I missed some guys, which is entirely possible.   

Player of the month

I really only saw one viable candidate, and he’s not a prospect.

Jace Peterson, .319/.387/.500, 2 HR 9 RBI.

Yeah, that’s pretty weak.  It’s not even Peterson’s best month so far.   But I don’t see anyone else who fits the bill.   

Pitcher of the month

No truly great performances here either, but several good ones. 

Drew Rom, 17.2 IP, 2.04 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 8.7 K/9

Alex Wells, 32.0 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 5.9 K/9

Bruce Zimmermann, 29.2 IP, 2.43 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 10.0 K/9

Dean Kremer, 29.0 IP, 2.48 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 10.2 K/9

While it’s very close, I’m going with Wells, who threw the most innings of the group and had the lowest ERA among the AA guys.    Rom was kept under wraps a bit this month, so I discount his lower ERA.   You could make a good argument for either Zimmermann or Kremer.    

Nick Vespi, 24.2 IP, 1.09 ERA, .81 WHIP, 8.8 K/9

Adam Stauffer 16.1 IP, 1.65 ERA, .80 WHIP, 10.5 K/9

Cadyn Greiner, .278/.365/.467, 3 HR, 11 RBI  (not quite the line that Peterson had but considering the offensive environment)

Johnny Rizer, only 12 games, but .311/.392/.533 is a huge line in Aberdeen, 1 HR, 9 RBI it's a stretch, but given the limited candidates

 

[makoman]

If you call Frederick rehab and don't count it, Diaz had a 232/319/512 in Bowie with 6 HR, 22 RBI. Even better after his first week back from June 12th-30th 263/364/632 with 6 HR and 20 RBI.

That's a lot of caveats, but it was a weak organizational month so could be part of the discussion at least...funny Sisco's 1150 OPS wasn't enough in May.

[Frobby]

8 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

Nick Vespi, 24.2 IP, 1.09 ERA, .81 WHIP, 8.8 K/9

Adam Stauffer 16.1 IP, 1.65 ERA, .80 WHIP, 10.5 K/9

Cadyn Greiner, .278/.365/.467, 3 HR, 11 RBI  (not quite the line that Peterson had but considering the offensive environment)

Johnny Rizer, only 12 games, but .311/.392/.533 is a huge line in Aberdeen, 1 HR, 9 RBI it's a stretch, but given the limited candidates

 

I was aware of Rizer and Stauffer, but didn’t feel they’d played enough to warrant consideration.  However, I wasn’t aware of the others.   Grenier deserves serious consideration and Vespi probably should win the pitching award.   

[Frobby]

41 minutes ago, makoman said:

If you call Frederick rehab and don't count it, Diaz had a 232/319/512 in Bowie with 6 HR, 22 RBI. Even better after his first week back from June 12th-30th 263/364/632 with 6 HR and 20 RBI.

That's a lot of caveats, but it was a weak organizational month so could be part of the discussion at least...funny Sisco's 1150 OPS wasn't enough in May.

I agree, it belongs in the discussion, though I counted the Frederick rehab when looking at Diaz.    Still, 6 HR and 22 RBI at AA is very productive in a month when he also played a few games elsewhere.   

I think the O’s would rather not give the award to a non-prospect, so Diaz has a decent shot.   

But on a related topic, I could argue that Jace Peterson belongs in the majors more than Stevie Wilkerson does.    He’s at .827 OPS at Norfolk, and .938/.887 in May and June.    Wilkerson is at .630, and .458 in June.    Wilkerson is two years younger, but I don’t see a lot of upside there.    My guess is Peterson will stay in Norfolk and Wilkerson will lose his spot there when Stewart is done with rehab.   

[Frobby]

The July awards went to Mason McCoy (.314/.379/.384) and Wells.    https://www.google.com/amp/s/birdswatcher.com/2019/07/10/baltimore-orioles-mccoy-wells-milb-players-month/amp/

[Frobby]

July 2019

There were so many outstanding pitching performances in July, I’m limiting the candidates to those with an ERA under 2.00 for the month.    In ERA order:

Adam Stauffer, 18.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, 12.5 K/9

Leonardo Rodriguez, 34.0 IP, 1.06 ERA, 0.62 WHIP, 11.4 K/9

Christian Alvarado, 16.2 IP, 1.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 9.7 K/9

Michael Baumann, 32.2 IP, 1.38 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 8.5 K/9

Dallas Litscher, 30.2 IP, 1.47 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 10.6 K/9

DL Hall, 20.1 IP, 1.77 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 12.4 K/9

Ryan Conroy, 33.2 IP, 1.87 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, 7.5 K/9

Trust me, I’m leaving off 8-9 others who had a very good month.

While it’s a close call, my choice for pitcher of the month is Michael Baumann, who pitched at a higher level of the minors than almost all the others, and who authored a 9 inning complete game no hitter during the month.    The no hitter puts him over the top in my book.   Still, it’s great to see so many others having and outstanding month.

I’ll do a separate post for the hitters later, but if suffices to say that the competition won’t be as robust as for the pitchers.