State of the Diamond address
The good news is all our players stayed healthy in July, but apart from that the only stellar months were turned in by Omark and Cantrell and of course the enigma that is Willis Wilson, who seems to be destined to a life as Roy Hobbs in minor league purgatory. Two very exciting division races in the AL as we enter the dog days of summer, while the NL races appear to be all but wrapped up with double digit leads in both the East and the West. Rod Carew leads the majors in hitting at .345, with Cesar Cedeno (.338) and Al Oliver (.328) chasing. Dick Allen and Earl Williams both have 24 home runs, with Bobby Murcer the top RBI man with 77. On the hill it is all Larry Dierker as the Astros ace leads the majors in ERA (1.70) and wins (20) Jim Palmer also has 20 wins for Baltimore, while Motowns Mickey Lolich is the K master with 193.
Top Performances
Opponents hit a paltry .156 against Ryan Omark in July as he drops his ERA by 1.49 RPG
Gus Cantrell allows a .183 batting average to opposing hitters in July
Willis Wilson hits .583 for the month of July, why is he still in double AA?
Transactions
Otto Sevihn is called up from the minors by San Francisco on July 23rd.
Oolish Amaneh is sent down to the minors by San Francisco on July 23rd
Larry McGillicuddy is sent down to the minors by San Francisco on July 23rd
Pedro Gonzalez is called up from the minors by Chicago on July 2nd
Frank Cardoza is called up from the minors by Texas on July 9th
Injuries
None
Misc Notes
TC Crooks finishes July on a 3 game losing skid
Eddie Ingram hits only .240 in July, his first month under .300
Frank Justice is hitting .319 with runners in scoring position for the season
Izulde Jestor and Dan Schoonover continue to match each other in the battle for top 3B prospect
Mathurin Hawkins is hitting just .089 with runners in scoring position for his career to date
Back in the bigs, Frank Cardoza struggles hitting only .065 his first month back, but is still starting