[ptautscher]

Another winning month saw us go 17-13. A look at our advanced stats shows as a team, we are very pitching heavy apparently. We place top or near the top in hits allowed, BABIP, opponents average and others, however offensively it appears to be a down year. Canha who currently is injured has not had the same power numbers as last year. Moya has also hit for a much lower average this year which has caused problems as he hits in the middle of our lineup.
We had to call up Renato Nunez in place of the injured Mark Canha. So what I have done is move Nick Castellanos to left field, and put Nunez at third. He is doing really well at the moment so I am happy to keep him there.
Keuchel was cut down with an injury too, forcing me to turn to Kyle Ryan to fill in for the patched up rotation.
I was stuck whether to be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. We are only 5 games out of the wildcard, but with our best pitcher and hitter down for most if not all of the stretch run, it was in the balance. However, I decided we may as well go for it, that's what I built this team for, and we are in our prime most probably.







Top Pitcher - Sean Doolittle



Top Hitter - Jose Iglesias