Ahlstrom also led the AL in strikeouts, so he won the pitching triple crown (for the second straight season, I believe). Washington's Juarez took the NL batting crown as a rookie.
It wasn't the greatest year by our standards, but winning the division and getting a bye is the goal and we achieved that, closing strong with a 17-9 September. The poor one-run record meant we underachieved our Pythagorean record by 3 games. Meanwhile we somehow maximized our offense as we were 2nd in runs scored in the AL despite being worse than that in every other offensive category. Of course it was still the pitching that carried us while the defense was schizophrenic - somehow having a terrible zone rating yet placing high up in defensive efficiency.
The offense came in fits and starts this year with Yordan not only living to billing as the big rental bat acquired but staying healthy all season, a rarity for him. Wander had a good year but not by his standards and Caminero turned in an eerily similar season to 2029: 287/361/461 after 287/360/468 the year before and 23/92 compared to last year's 25/95. Talk about consistent. Meanwhile Alistair Hardy was a key reason for our big September as he raked down the stretch and it turned out the James Wood injury was the best thing for the team as it opened up a full-time slot for Hardy, who was a vast improvement.
Donye and German had excellent seasons and were two of the biggest reasons for the team turnaround. Taj was a bit of a BABIP victim while Khattak tailed off in the second half after carrying us in the first. Eldridge had a rough year by any measure, though. Randy Rodriguez turned out to be an ace reliever with 2.7 WAR. But Erovis Alcantara was almost a guaranteed homer surrendered whenever he took the mound with 20(!) allowed in only 76 innings. He suffered a strained back in the final series and will miss 3 weeks, saving him the embarrassment of being left off the playoff roster on merit.