SCHAEFER PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2008

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2008

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for June 2008 is CARLOS BELTRAN. This is the fifth time that Carlos has been Player of the Month, and his second consecutive win. Carlos hit .276 and slugged .533 in June, and led the Mets with 7 home runs and 16 walks. His 21 runs batted in were second to David Wright (24) and his 20 runs scored were second to Jose Reyes (26). Beltran's 29 hits tied him for second place, with Wright, behind Reyes' 36. Carlos Delgado, who finished third in the overall voting, also had some good run-production numbers, despite his .229. Delgado had 6 home runs and 20 runs batted in, with a .476 slugging percentage.

The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month for June 2008 is JOHAN SANTANA. This is the second time that Santana was Pitcher of the Month; he also won in April of this year. Santana won only one of five decisions, but led the Mets in ERA (2.27), innings (39.2) and strikeouts (38).

And the Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is DUANER SANCHEZ. Sanchez appeared in 13 games, pitched 15 innings, and had an ERA of 3.60. He had one win and no losses in June. He's a surprise winner over Aaron Heilman, who pitched 14 innings over 14 games, with an 0-1 record and a stellar 0.64 ERA. Heilman received Schaefer points in 12 of the 14 games in which he pitched, 8 of which were Mets losses. Sanchez received points in 11 of his 13 games, and the Mets won seven of those 11 games. Sanchez' ERA for June was inflated by two bad outings on consecutive games (June 8 in San Diego and June 10 at Shea against Arizona) in which he gave up 5 earned runs in 1.1 innings. Omitting those two games, Sanchez' June ERA was 0.68. Sanchez is the third different Mets reliever to win Relief Pitch of the Month since the award was instituted this season. (Billy Wagner won in April and Scott Schoeneweis won in May.)

Month-to-date totals for June 2008
Through game of June 30, 2008

Rank	Name	Points
1	Carlos Beltran	20.37
2	Johan Santana	18.37
3	Carlos Delgado	17.64
4	Jos� Reyes	17.55
5	David Wright	16.96
6	Mike Pelfrey	14.98
7	Oliver Perez	13.39
8	John Maine	11.60
9	Pedro Martinez	7.79
10	Duaner Sanchez	7.48
11	Luis Castillo	7.35
12	Endy Chavez	6.97
13	Damion Easley	6.84
14	Aaron Heilman	6.11
15	Billy Wagner	5.78
16	Claudio Vargas	5.13
17	Pedro Feliciano	4.56
18	Scott Schoeneweis	4.42
19	Joe Smith	3.66
20	Ramon Castro	2.96
21	Ryan Church	2.93
22	Fernando Tatis	2.37
23	Trot Nixon	1.97
24	Marlon Anderson	1.85
25	Brian Schneider	1.60
26	Moises Alou	1.53
27	Robinson Cancel	1.52
28	Andy Phillips	0.44

Edited July 3, 2008 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Great work as always, though Duaner's win illustrates the value of higher voter turnout in wins. Love the Sanchez card, 74s were my favorites cuz thst's the first year I really went after 'em.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't think it's the higher turnout; even if we had a thousand voters for a game, there would still be no more than ten points awarded.

I think it's more that voters tend to be more generous in wins. Like in last night's game, which so far only has two votes, neither voter awarded ten points. If it had been a 7-6 win instead of an 8-7 loss, I'm sure all ten points would have been awarded.

[Frayed Knot]

Delgado ahead of Reyes?!?! ... Wow!

Way to fatten up on one game Carlos


CD in June: .229/.308/.476 -- 6 HR; 13 XBHs

JR in June: .305/.364/.475 -- 2 HR; 13 XBHs

Edited July 3, 2008 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

True.

If he had gone 0 for 5 that day, he would have ended up in 7th place, somewhere between Maine and Perez.

[Gwreck]

="Benjamin Grimm":2umsyo5f]I think it's more that voters tend to be more generous in wins. Like in last night's game, which so far only has two votes, neither voter awarded ten points. If it had been a 7-6 win instead of an 8-7 loss, I'm sure all ten points would have been awarded.[/quote:2umsyo5f] I agree, and I think it's a good thing that wins get more generous allocations of points. It combats other skews of point distribution.

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 09:37 AM

Wow I like the Santana pose on that card. Looks like he's waiting for a visit from Captain Intangibles himself.

AG/DC Jul 03 2008 09:54 AM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3pnw70pf]Great work as always, though Duaner's win illustrates the value of higher voter turnout in wins. Love the Sanchez card, 74s were my favorites cuz thst's the first year I really went after 'em.[/quote:3pnw70pf] The out-of-focus crowd in the daytime background looks like photography from the 1974 set also. AG/DC Jul 03 2008 09:57 AM ="Gwreck":37nf3u83] ="Benjamin Grimm":37nf3u83]I think it's more that voters tend to be more generous in wins. Like in last night's game, which so far only has two votes, neither voter awarded ten points. If it had been a 7-6 win instead of an 8-7 loss, I'm sure all ten points would have been awarded.[/quote:37nf3u83] I agree, and I think it's a good thing that wins get more generous allocations of points. It combats other skews of point distribution.[/quote:37nf3u83] I think it's a bad thing. It's frustrated me and I'm down to voting one game in three these days. I've got to get back on the horse.

[Fman99]

Wow I like the Santana pose on that card.

Looks like he's waiting for a visit from Captain Intangibles himself.

[Guest AG/DC]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3pnw70pf]Great work as always, though Duaner's win illustrates the value of higher voter turnout in wins. Love the Sanchez card, 74s were my favorites cuz thst's the first year I really went after 'em.[/quote:3pnw70pf] The out-of-focus crowd in the daytime background looks like photography from the 1974 set also.

AG/DC Jul 03 2008 09:57 AM

="Gwreck":37nf3u83] ="Benjamin Grimm":37nf3u83]I think it's more that voters tend to be more generous in wins. Like in last night's game, which so far only has two votes, neither voter awarded ten points. If it had been a 7-6 win instead of an 8-7 loss, I'm sure all ten points would have been awarded.[/quote:37nf3u83] I agree, and I think it's a good thing that wins get more generous allocations of points. It combats other skews of point distribution.[/quote:37nf3u83] I think it's a bad thing. It's frustrated me and I'm down to voting one game in three these days. I've got to get back on the horse.

[Guest AG/DC]

="Gwreck":37nf3u83] ="Benjamin Grimm":37nf3u83]I think it's more that voters tend to be more generous in wins. Like in last night's game, which so far only has two votes, neither voter awarded ten points. If it had been a 7-6 win instead of an 8-7 loss, I'm sure all ten points would have been awarded.[/quote:37nf3u83] I agree, and I think it's a good thing that wins get more generous allocations of points. It combats other skews of point distribution.[/quote:37nf3u83] I think it's a bad thing. It's frustrated me and I'm down to voting one game in three these days. I've got to get back on the horse.