SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2014

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2014

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month and Pitcher of the Month for April 2014 is JONATHON NIESE. This is Niese's fourth time as Pitcher of the Month and first time as Player of the Month. He had the best ERA (2.20) among Mets starters, and had a 2-2 record with 24 strikeouts and 8 walks in 32.2 innings over five starts.


The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is CARLOS TORRES. Carlos pitched in 13 games in April with a 2-0 record and a 1.20 ERA over 15 innings. He struck out 17 batters and walked 6. This is the second time that Torres has received the Schaefer award for the month's best reliever.


The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for April is IKE DAVIS. Ike had been the overall Player of the Month twice, in September 2010 and April 2011, but this is the first time he has won Schaefer coming off the bench. Ike was traded to the Pirates in April, so unless he returns to the Mets some day, this is likely the last Schaefer award that he will win. Ike's win this month was mostly, but not entirely, due to his walk-off grand slam against the Reds on April 5.
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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
R. A. Dickey 4
Daniel Murphy 3
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Lucas Duda 1
Ruben Tejada 1
John Buck 1
Matt Harvey 1
Marlon Byrd 1
Dillon Gee 1
Jonathon Niese 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
R. A. Dickey 10
Johan Santana 9
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Jonathon Niese 4
Tom Glavine 3
Matt Harvey 3
Dillon Gee 3
Orlando Hernandez 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Chris Capuano 1


RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
Brian Stokes 5
Billy Wagner 4
Aaron Heilman 4
Bobby Parnell 4
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Duaner Sanchez 2
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Jon Rauch 2
LaTroy Hawkins 2
Carlos Torres 2
Darren Oliver 1
Chad Bradford 1
Guillermo Mota 1
Joe Smith 1
Jorge Sosa 1
Scott Schoeneweis 1
Pedro Feliciano 1
Sean Green 1
Fernando Nieve 1
Hisanori Takahashi 1
Elmer Dessens 1
Jason Isringhausen 1
Frank Francisco 1
Josh Edgin 1
Scott Rice 1



BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Fernando Tatis 3
Daniel Murphy 3
Jordany Valdespin 3
Julio Franco 2
Damion Easley 2
Marlon Anderson 2
Endy Chavez 2
Josh Thole 2
Justin Turner 2
Scott Hairston 2
Andrew Brown 2
Eli Marrero 1
Michael Tucker 1
Ricky Ledee 1
David Newhan 1
Ramon Castro 1
Ruben Gotay 1
Robinson Cancel 1
Gary Sheffield 1
Alex Cora 1
Jeremy Reed 1
Omir Santos 1
Cory Sullivan 1
Chris Carter 1
Mike Hessman 1
Nick Evans 1
Jason Pridie 1
Willie Harris 1
Val Pascucci 1
Mike Baxter 1
Ronny Cede�o 1
Kelly Shoppach 1
Josh Satin 1
Zach Lutz 1
Ike Davis 1

[Frayed Knot]

In a month worth of Noffense it's not surprising that several pitchers would lead the way. I would have guess Gee rather than Niese but it was fairly close.
That Duda was the top hitter is more surprising. I probably would have bet on Murphy had I thought about this before seeing the results.

[Guest themetfairy]

Superlative work BG, as always!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Great cardwork, as usual. But you missed your shot at flexing your O-Pee-Chee chops with Ike.

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[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't think I've ever seen those cards with the extra text stamped on them. (I also have to confess that I don't know what "O-Pee-Chee" is, although it sounds familiar.)

I suppose I could have make a blue-bordered 1972 Ike card showing him in a Pirates uniform with the word TRADED stamped across the image, but the 1979 card I used is one that I've had in my pocket for a couple of years, one that was prepared when he was a strong candidate for Player of the Month. (I'm guessing the second half of 2012, but I'm not sure.)

I still have one unused card for a player who's still with the Mets. I'll make it public when he leaves the Mets or wins a Schaefer award.

[G-Fafif]

A nice swan song for Ike. Joins Murph as only Mets to win Player and Bench Player awards. I'm assuming Murph worked his way up from bench to full-time status in Schaefer terms. Ike went the other way before heading west.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We should re-name the Shaefer Reliever of the Month Award the Shaefer Brian Stokes Award.

[Guest themetfairy]

I can't even remember Brian Stokes, despite having taken several photos of him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This could have been the year that Bobby Parnell finally knocked Brian Stokes off his perch, but no...

I have to suspect that Stokes first messed with Bobby's neck, and then with his arm. Or maybe he hired Tanya Harding to do it.

[Guest sharpie]

Wright, Dickey and Stokes all look like locks going into 2015. Hoping that Satin makes a run for the bench player award (or Murphy could get benched and then play well offa the bench).

[Centerfield]

Great job BG.

I think Lagares would have had a great shot at this had he not gotten hurt.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't think I've ever seen those cards with the extra text stamped on them. (I also have to confess that I don't know what "O-Pee-Chee" is, although it sounds familiar.)

O-Pee-Chee was a Canadian Topps licensee that produced, among other things, Topps cards for the Canadian market. Other O-Pee-Chee baseball card modifications included French language card backs.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Centerfield wrote: Great job BG. I think Lagares would have had a great shot at this had he not gotten hurt.

He was fairly well ahead of everyone at the time he went on the DL, and retained that lead until some time around the game of April 21.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lucas Duda's pissed and sez it ain't fair -- pitchers have their own pitcher of the month award -- they shouldn't be eligible for player of the month.