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[Guest AG/DC]

Time's up. Get yer votes in.

Player	TEAM	POS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tatis	NYM	OF	24	73	14	29	7	1	6	18	56	9	15	1	0	.397	.463	.767	1.231
Laroche	Pit	1B	22	77	16	30	7	2	7	18	62	12	17	0	0	.390	.472	.805	1.277
Braun	Mil	OF	25	101	16	37	6	3	9	23	76	8	21	1	0	.366	.411	.752	1.163
Delgado	NYM	1B	26	98	20	35	8	0	9	24	70	16	19	0	1	.357	.445	.714	1.159
Hardy	Mil	SS	26	109	21	37	7	0	9	21	71	7	21	1	1	.339	.379	.651	1.030
Holliday	Col	OF	27	100	24	37	5	0	8	24	66	18	19	5	0	.370	.467	.660	1.127
Ankiel	StL	OF	22	85	12	30	5	0	7	21	56	5	21	1	0	.353	.396	.659	1.055

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	W	L	HLD	SV	SVO	ERA
Mike Lincoln	CIN	12	0	14	6	0	0	4	14	1	0	2	0	0	0.00
Brian Fuentes	COL	10	0	10	1	0	0	1	19	0	0	0	5	5	0.00
Matt Lindstrom	FLA	11	0	11.1	5	0	0	2	11	0	0	3	0	0	0.00
Carlos Villanueva	MIL	9	0	14.2	10	2	1	2	14	1	0	1	1	1	0.61
Mike Adams	SDG	12	0	12.2	11	1	1	3	15	0	0	4	0	0	0.71
Rich Harden	CHC	4	4	24.1	14	3	3	8	39	1	1	0	0	0	1.11
Oliver Perez	NYM	5	5	32.2	23	6	5	15	36	1	1	0	0	0	1.38
Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	6	6	41.1	29	8	8	15	29	5	1	0	0	0	1.74
Carlos Zambrano	CHC	5	5	35.1	22	7	7	10	28	4	1	0	0	0	1.78
CC Sabathia	MIL	5	5	39.2	29	10	8	10	34	4	0	0	0	0	1.82
Matt Cain	SFO	6	6	43	32	11	9	14	41	2	3	0	0	0	1.88
Dan Haren	ARI	5	5	37	30	9	8	5	38	3	1	0	0	0	1.95
Ryan Dempster	CHC	6	6	40.2	27	9	9	17	40	3	1	0	0	0	1.99
Chris Sampson	HOU	11	1	22.1	12	7	5	1	13	2	0	4	0	0	2.01
Jake Peavy	SDG	5	5	34	26	8	8	9	35	3	1	0	0	0	2.12
Mike Pelfrey	NYM	6	6	40	36	12	12	3	28	4	1	0	0	0	2.70

It seems a late fade may have cost some of our boys.

[Vic Sage]

my vote: the Brew Crew, Braun and Sabathia

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'll go with Delgado and Ubaldo Jimenez

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

I'll take Ubaldo over Cain, since his month included three starts in Denver, and Hardy, a good shortstop OPSing over 1.000.

[Guest AG/DC]

Ubaldo and Fuentes must have been two great tastes that go great together this month. It's Ubaldo and Delgado to me. LaRoche and Tatis fall short on plate appearances.

Hardy may be a good shortstop, but has he been one this month?

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

AG/DC wrote: Hardy may be a good shortstop, but has he been one this month?

I have no idea how to look that up. Fielding splits? Can't find em. He's been good this year, though, and I'd think getting that sort of production from your shortstop is more valuable than getting it from your left fielder or first baseman.

[Guest AG/DC]

Zone rating puts him and Reyes near the bottom of qualifiers.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/fielding?groupId=8&season=2008&seasonType=2&split=82&sortColumn=zoneRating

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Prospectus gives him 11 FRAA and THT has him middle of the pack in RZR and second in fielding win shares.

[Guest AG/DC]

While we wait for an announcement on July, Delgado in August:

.667 / .667 / 1.000 // 1.667

[metsmarathon]

delgado - sabathia is my guess

delgado - fuentes is my vote, just to be different from all y'all jiminez voters. 19 k in 10 ip, with a 0.00 era is pretty fancy

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm voting with my Mets heart -- Delgado! Sabathia for PitcherOTM.

Some month for Fuentes, though. I wasn't even aware until I read marathon's post.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ryan Braun and C.C. Sabathia have been named as the NL Player and Pitcher of the Month for July, 2008.

[Guest AG/DC]

Took long enough.

[Vic Sage]

Vic Sage wrote: my vote: the Brew Crew, Braun and Sabathia

what do i win?

[Guest AG/DC]

Frustrated with his July loss, Delgado is now trying to sneak in the back end of August PotM considerations.

NL OPS Leaders, August (min. 75 PA)


(AB / BA / OBP / SLG // OPS)

1 Mark DeRosa CHC: 78 / .385 / .451 / .769 // 1.220
2 Mike Cameron MIL: 82 / .366 / .458 / .744 // 1.202
3 Albert Pujols STL: 86 / .372 / .481 / .721 // 1.202
4 Ryan Ludwick STL: 92 / .359 / .413 / .739 // 1.153
5 Ty Wigginton HOU: 88 / .364 / .376 / .727 // 1.104

6 Manny Ramirez LAD: 92 / .380 / .473 / .620 // 1.092
7 Aramis Ramirez CHC: 79 / .329 / .426 / .620 // 1.046
8 Randy Winn SFO: 100 / .410 / .445 / .580 // 1.025
9 Matt Holliday COL: 97 / .330 / .416 / .608 // 1.024
10 Brad Hawpe COL: 90 / .344 / .434 / .589 // 1.023

11 Lastings Milledge WAS: 93 / .344 / .415 / .602 // 1.017
12 Geovany Soto CHC: 64 / .328 / .436 / .578 // 1.014
13 Ronnie Belliard WA:S 77 / .403 / .439 / .558 / // .997
14 Ian Stewart COL: 84 / .310 / .426 / .571 / // .997
15 Jody Gerut SDG: 87 / .322 / .330 / .655 / // .985

16 Andre Ethier LAD: 78 / .295 / .353 / .628 / // .981
17 Hanley Ramirez FLA: 74 / .297 / .442 / .527 / // .969
18 Brian Giles SDG: 85 / .329 / .402 / .565 / // .967
19 Carlos Delgado NYM: 94 / .277 / .367 / .553 / // .920
20 Fred Lewis SFO: 80 / .350 / .407 / .513 / // .919

21 Cody Ross FLA: 75 / .293 / .354 / .560 / // .914
22 Lance Berkman HOU: 89 / .292 / .382 / .517 / // .899
23 David Wright NYM: 99 / .293 / .363 / .535 / // .898
24 Carlos Beltran NYM: 98 / .306 / .375 / .510 / // .885
25 Jayson Werth PHI: 70 / .271 / .398 / .486 / // .883