Shi Davidi tells us that Kazuma Okamoto was named AL Rookie of the Month. Only slightly unfair, as he’s not a 30-year-old rookie who played several seasons in the majors in Japan. But we aren’t going have many guy get awards, this year, so lets enjoy.
Okamoto had 7 home runs, 20 RBI, 4 doubles and 8 walks with a .286/.353/.560 batting line in 25 games. And played very nice defense, which I wasn’t expecting. I don’t think he’s going to be a Gold Glover, or anything (though if Vlad can be, who knows)
but he seem serviceable to me.
The pitching matchings:
- Today: Dylan Cease (4-4, 3.02) vs. Luis Castillo (3-6, 4.93). That’s a 10:00 Eastern start.
- Tomorrow (July Fourth): Shane Bieber (0-0, 6.00) vs. Logan Gilbert (6-5, 3.42). 4:00 Eastern
- Sunday: Trey Yesavage (4-3, 3.34) vs. Clay Kirby (7-7, 3.91). 5:00 Eastern start.
Then the Jays are off to San Francisco for three games, with Thursday off after.
And Max Scherzer starts Friday for the Vancouver Canadians. They are saying that he’ll need a few rehab starts.
June was not a great month: 11-15. Our pitchers had their worst month by ERA at 4.56. There were a few starters who had some disappointing starts. The starters had a 5.73 ERA on the month and averaged just 4.6 innings per start. The relievers had a better time, 3.33 ERA, their best month, but they threw a ton of innings.
The batters had their best OPS by month of the season. .710. But they averaged 3.9 runs per game. In May they averaged 4.2 runs and in April 3.9.
Rowdy gets DFAed. He’s only had 11 PA with the Braves, but hit will in AAA, .259/.367/.483 with 8 home runs in 49 games.
