SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, JULY 2012

[Benjamin Grimm]

From Cape Town, South Africa...


SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, JULY 2012

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for July 2012 is DAVID WRIGHT. This is David's third win of the year. He only hit .255 in July, but had 7 home runs and 21 rbi.

The Pitcher of the Month is JON NIESE, ending a six-month streak by R.A. Dickey. It wasn't a great month for Mets pitchers, or for the Mets at all. Niese was 1-2 in five starts, with a 4.63 ERA. It's the second time he has been Pitcher of the Month.

The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is a first-time winner, JOSH EDGIN. Bobby had a 2.70 ERA in July over 11 games. He struck out 18 batters in 10 innings.



The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for July is, by a wide margin, JORDANNY VALDESPIN. Jordanny, with his knack for pinch homers, earned 9.03 points in July in games in which he was not in the starting lineup. He finished comfortably ahead of Daniel Murphy's 1,88 points.






Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
David Wright 13
Johan Santana 6
Carlos Beltran 5
Jose Reyes 5
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
R. A. Dickey 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Daniel Murphy 1
Lucas Duda 1
Ruben Tejada 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
Johan Santana 9
R. A. Dickey 8
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Tom Glavine 3
Jonathon Niese 2
Orlando Hernandez 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Dillon Gee 1
Chris Capuano 1

RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
Brian Stokes 5
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Billy Wagner 1
Aaron Heilman 1
Duaner Sanchez 1
Scott Schoeneweis 1
Pedro Feliciano 1
Sean Green 1
Fernando Nieve 1
Hisanori Takahashi 1
Elmer Dessens 1
Jason Isringhausen 1
Jon Rauch 1
Frank Francisco 1
Bobby Parnell 1
Josh Edgin 1



BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Mike Baxter 1
Justin Turner 1
Scott Hairston 1
Jordanny Valdespin 1

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Jordanny did not get the memo that everyone was putting one arm over their heads for their photos.

Nice work.

[G-Fafif]

That's the most personality Jon Niese has ever shown anywhere, and it took Grimm to pull it out of him.

I get the sense the other winners pulled back their high-fiving arms from the rook (Edgin going along with veteran peer pressure) to continue to teach Jordany some lesson in conformity.

Aside from being incredibly attractive, the '74 Valdespin is considered valuable in collecting circles for its misspelling of his first name.

(And, oh, how the Johan had fallen in July of 2012!)

[Guest themetfairy]

As always, great work BG!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The first of a few for our man EdgyDos, I 'spect.

[Edgy MD]

Pretty tough for Moiph to hit .360 and come in fourth.

[Chad ochoseis]

The Gee-Harvey spot in the rotation kicked some Schaefer ass, even if neither pitcher was in the running on his own.

[TransMonk]

Nice work, BG!

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: Aside from being incredibly attractive, the '74 Valdespin is considered valuable in collecting circles for its misspelling of his first name.

Oops! And thanks! My bad on the spelling error, but it does seem like something that Topps might have done in 1974, so I kinda like it!

[ashie62]

Thank you for getting Niese to smile.

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: Thank you for getting Niese to smile.

Now, if you can only get him to shave that silly thing just below his smile off.
Great job, as always.
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