- AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Sergio Robles (OH) .364-12-30 (.291-43-124)
- NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Dan Detray (TEX) .339-10-28 (.314-35-102)
- AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Rory Berg (DET) 3-0 7 SV 1.29 (6-4 37 SV 2.37)
- NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Mike Kelly (SF) 3-1 8 SV 1.62 (11-4 37 SV 2.15)
- AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Makata Hayashi (FLA) .274-7-26 (.257-41-115)
- NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Solange Gandarei (SAN) .308-0-7 (.227-10-47)
- Hobbs RHP Hiroshige Hirai took home FSL Pitcher of the month honors 4-1 8 SV 15 K 15.1 IP
- Rio Rancho OF Zach Astor hit .324-11-26 in 24 games to take home POTM honors (.327-10-22)
- Rio Rancho SP Roku Higuchi went 5-0 1.24 to take home the leagues Pitcher of the Month
- Makata Hayashi has had a monster 2nd half so far. Since July 1st He's hitting .299 with 20 HR and 57 RBI in just 55 games. He snuck into the RBI lead discussion and is knocking on the door of the HR chart too. The main problem is the .394 point difference in OPS vs RH (1.002) and LH (.708). He was hitting .180/.276/.420 on May 1st with 7 HR and 18 RBI. Today he's at .257/.353/.563 with 41 HR and 115 RBI. In his last 98 games, he has 34 HR and 97 RBI.
- Domenic Loetzsch appears to be headed for consecutive Hank Aaron awards.
- RJ Stanton looks like he's going to crush the single-season K record. Last year he had 305 in 201.1 IP this year he's at 307 on September 1st in just 190 IP.
- Winton Alward is shooting for his 3rd 300 K season and already has his 7th season of 283+ Ks.
- Andy Messana is just 3 wins shy of Nate Walkers 23 win total from 1995. In the leagues 16 years, there have been a TOTAL of 14 20 win seasons. That's a GRAND TOTAL.
The NL East is trying hard not to be an embarrassment as the Miners have gotten within 4 games of a .500 record. They'll slug it out with the Minutemen.
KC and Texas are the central final 2 barring a miracle and the Bears have a magic # of 13 on the 1st of the month. Portland just did a 10 game nosedive to bring them back to the Wild Card pack at the same time giving the division title to a 9-1 San Francisco run.
September 1st and Vegas has a magic # of 9. Incredible season. Our August swoon (13-15) has pretty much given Detroit the East and relegated us to a potential play in the game. I'll spend the month being wishy-washy about who will pitch that game and try like hell to wrap up a spot early enough to align the rotation if possible.
Chicago, Memphis, and Ohio all still alive in the Central but it looks like just one will get to the postseason and it will be the division winner.