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June Recap
As good as May was June was the worst. Simply the worst. LA went 13-14, putting together the worst record for a month in a couple years. Our overall record stands at 43-33, and the lead that we had a month ago is gone and we're a game behind the Reds. No idea how, after this month, how we are only a game back. Just like last year, we're still in this as we head to the break.
The West is a little more open now than it was, but the race at the top is tight. The Dodgers, Reds, Astros and Padres have all been swapping out and only 2 games separate them. The Giants have fallen back and the Braves 10. The Expos have ceded the lead to the Mets in the East. In the AL it's the Blue Jays on top of the Red Sox and the West has the best team in baseball in the Angels. They're 6 up on the Mariners in the most comfortable lead in baseball.
Top pitcher for the month, was John Denny. Holy Crap. John Denny, coming off of the worst month of his career, he rebounded with a 2-0 record in 6 starts. His 1.34 ERA and 0.96 WHIP were the best. The worst of the month doesn't belong to one person, it belongs to our bullpen. The entire bullpen. The pen had a combined record of 0-8 with 7 saves. Maybe you can blame the offense for some of that, but 0-8? There's plenty of fail to go around.
The best hitter for June was Fred Lynn. Lynn wasn't lighting the world on fire, but his numbers were better than anyone else. For June Lynn batted .293/.363/.565. He hit 7 HR's, but only with 13 RBI's. His season average is up to .242 now and he has 9 HR's on the year. Sid Bream also rebounded from his demotion to post some solid numbers. His slash line was .298/.355/.583 with 5 HR's. There are too many guys who aren't performing up to par. June was no different, but we're really in a pickle the longer that Scioscia stays in there. Something has to be wrong with him. He's hitting nearly 130 points lower than he was last year, 130 less OBP than last year, and almost 180 points lower slugging. For June his slash line was .167/.244/.244. He had 13 hits all month, 4 for extra bases. It's bad right now. The hitting is so poor that our offense and overall record are taking a beating. Why did we waste a trade for Larry Parrish, who hit 24 HR's last year, and cost us 5 prospects, including our top pitching prospect if we aren't going to play him? He's in the last year of his deal. He's not coming back. Why?
Our team offense is still worst in avg with a team avg of .237. We're last in hits, next to last in OBP, and OPS, 9th in SLG and Runs, and 2nd HR's (behind Cincy). The pitching staff isn't as dominant as it was last month. We're 1st in team ERA and runs allowed, while we're 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in just about everything else. The team is the 3rd best defensively in the NL. The bones are there for a winning team, but unless we can figure out how to get on base and score we're not going very far.
July we'll have to stay good. We should have a couple guys in the All-Star game, and the trade deadline will loom. I wonder if the front office will shake things up at all? With little to no prospects in the pipeline, what tools do they have to bargain with?
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