The Dominican Baseball Guy awarded monthly winners for the top Dominican player and pitcher in the MLB throughout the 2010 season. These are based solely on the Dominican Baseball Guy's opinion as to which Dominican players had the best month. Here are the winners throughout the season:
May: Ubaldo Jimenez and Vladimir Guerrero
June: Neftali Feliz and Adrian Beltre
July: Rafael Soriano and Jose Bautista
August: Wandy Rodriguez and Albert Pujols/Jose Bautista
September: Carlos Marmol and Pedro Alvarez
A number of Dominicans also won the official player of the month award for the NL and AL during the 2010 MLB season. Here is the list of Dominicans that won these awards:
NL Pitcher of the Month (April and May): Ubaldo Jimenez
NL Player of the Month (August): Albert Pujols
NL Rookie of the Month (September): Pedro Alvarez
AL Pitcher of the Month (April): Francisco Liriano
AL Player of the Month (April): Robinson Cano
AL Player of the Month (May): David Ortiz
AL Player of the Month (July and August): Jose Bautista
AL Rookie of the Month (September): Neftali Feliz
Pretty incredible that Dominicans won 10 of the 37 player of the month awards on the year. This from a country of 10 million people.
Look for the Dominican Baseball Guy's prestigious 2010 All-Dominican team to come out soon.
Showing posts with label Dominican Player of the Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dominican Player of the Month. Show all posts
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Dominican MLB September 2010 Players of the Month
The Dominican Player of the Month for September could easily go to one of the co-players of the month for August, Albert Pujols or Jose Bautista. Both had huge months yet again, and Bautista received voted for the AL Player of the Month (see the MLB press release). So consider them runners up for the Dominican Baseball Guy Dominican Player of the Month for September 2010.
But the Dominican Baseball is going with an little known Dominican for the Dominican Player of the Month for September. And the award goes to Pedro Alvarez, of the Pittsburg Pirates. The Dominican Baseball Guy knows, few of you have heard of him...and he plays for the Pirates. But he had a huge September. Over the last 30 days of the regular season he had 5 HRs, 24 RBIs, and hit .320. And he is a rookie, and may still have his rookie eligibility for next year, though the Dominican Baseball Guy is not sure on this. He did play in 95 games this year, and made it to the big leagues after just two plus years in the minors. He actually went to Vanderbilt, which is not the most common route to the big leagues for Dominican Prospects. He did not have the best year in the 95 games he did play, but was hot in September and maybe he has a more consistent year next year. Pedro is from Santo Domingo, DR.
The Dominican Pitcher of the Month for September 2010 was an easier choice. Carlos Marmol of the Cubs won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month award (see MLB press release), and he is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Pitcher of the Month for September 2010. In September he was 13 for 13 in saves and did not allow a single run. He finished the season with an MLB record 16K/9 innings. Carlos is from Bonao, DR and has been in the big leagues for 5 seasons, but just became the everyday closer for the Cubs this year. He has an interesting side arm style on some pitches that you can kind of see in this picture:
But the Dominican Baseball is going with an little known Dominican for the Dominican Player of the Month for September. And the award goes to Pedro Alvarez, of the Pittsburg Pirates. The Dominican Baseball Guy knows, few of you have heard of him...and he plays for the Pirates. But he had a huge September. Over the last 30 days of the regular season he had 5 HRs, 24 RBIs, and hit .320. And he is a rookie, and may still have his rookie eligibility for next year, though the Dominican Baseball Guy is not sure on this. He did play in 95 games this year, and made it to the big leagues after just two plus years in the minors. He actually went to Vanderbilt, which is not the most common route to the big leagues for Dominican Prospects. He did not have the best year in the 95 games he did play, but was hot in September and maybe he has a more consistent year next year. Pedro is from Santo Domingo, DR.
The Dominican Pitcher of the Month for September 2010 was an easier choice. Carlos Marmol of the Cubs won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month award (see MLB press release), and he is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Pitcher of the Month for September 2010. In September he was 13 for 13 in saves and did not allow a single run. He finished the season with an MLB record 16K/9 innings. Carlos is from Bonao, DR and has been in the big leagues for 5 seasons, but just became the everyday closer for the Cubs this year. He has an interesting side arm style on some pitches that you can kind of see in this picture:
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Dominican MLB August 2010 Players of the Month
Wow, this is gonna sound like "Groundhog Day," and there are going to be a couple of obvious choices for the prestigious Dominican Baseball Guy all-Dominican Team that will be announced at the end of the year. But any time a Dominican wins one of the league player of the month or pitcher of the month awards, it is going to be hard for the Dominican Baseball Guy to give the Dominican player of the month award to another Dominican.
For the first time, there are co-Dominican Players of the Month. Albert "Winnie the" Pujols won the NL Player of the Month for August and Jose Bautista won the AL award. As the Dominican Baseball Guy has said before on this previous post, fullpitchcount.com has the best recap of the MLB players of the month. Albert had another crazy month (.379, 11 HRs, 23 RBI) on the way to winning his 5th NL Player of the Month Award. Jose Bautista won the AL award for the 2nd strait month with 12 HRs and 24 RBI. He is the first Dominican to win the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month Award 2 months in a row. Albert and Jose are both from the capital of the DR, Santo Domingo.
Even though Rafael Soriano won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award, and could certainly be given the Dominican Pitcher of the Month Award for a second strait month, the Dominican Pitcher of the Month goes to Wandy Rodriguez. Wandy is a starter for the Dominican Baseball Guy's hometown Houston Astros and has pitched well for years. He is an inning eater and has had an ERA hovering in the 3.00 range, while pitching around 200 innings the last two years. Wandy received votes for the NL Pitcher of the Month Award and actually had the best overall numbers out of any NL Pitcher, other than the win-loss (2-1, 1.34, 43 SO, 40.1 IP). But he plays for the Astros so what can he do. Wandy is from Santiago, DR.
For the first time, there are co-Dominican Players of the Month. Albert "Winnie the" Pujols won the NL Player of the Month for August and Jose Bautista won the AL award. As the Dominican Baseball Guy has said before on this previous post, fullpitchcount.com has the best recap of the MLB players of the month. Albert had another crazy month (.379, 11 HRs, 23 RBI) on the way to winning his 5th NL Player of the Month Award. Jose Bautista won the AL award for the 2nd strait month with 12 HRs and 24 RBI. He is the first Dominican to win the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month Award 2 months in a row. Albert and Jose are both from the capital of the DR, Santo Domingo.
Even though Rafael Soriano won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award, and could certainly be given the Dominican Pitcher of the Month Award for a second strait month, the Dominican Pitcher of the Month goes to Wandy Rodriguez. Wandy is a starter for the Dominican Baseball Guy's hometown Houston Astros and has pitched well for years. He is an inning eater and has had an ERA hovering in the 3.00 range, while pitching around 200 innings the last two years. Wandy received votes for the NL Pitcher of the Month Award and actually had the best overall numbers out of any NL Pitcher, other than the win-loss (2-1, 1.34, 43 SO, 40.1 IP). But he plays for the Astros so what can he do. Wandy is from Santiago, DR.
Gotta love the Astros 1980's Nolan Ryan Era throwback jerseys.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Dominican MLB July 2010 Players of the Month
The Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month for July 2010 was not a very hard choice. Jose Bautista shared the AL Player of the month with Delmon Young, so Jose Bautista is the Dominican Baseball Guy Dominican Player of the Month for July 2010.
Here is the MLB.com press release for the AL July player of the month. Bautista has had a breakout year for the Blue Jays. According to another article from the Blue Jays official website:
On a side note, Wilson Betemit, who won a Dominican Winter League player of the week award last season (as the Dominican Baseball Guy blogged), won the Kansas City Royals player of the Month Award. Wilson is from Santo Dominigo as well.
In July, Bautista hit .347 with 11 home runs and 29 RBIs. His 11 homers were the most in the Major Leagues for the month and his 19 extra-base hits were tied for the most in baseball. Bautista led the American League with a .765 slugging percentage as well.This is the second time Bautista has led Majors in home runs (12 in May). He is currently leading the Majors in home runs with 36, and is third in RBI with 88. Looks like he is on his way to a coveted spot on the Dominican Baseball Guy's all-Dominican Team at the end of the year. Jose is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Baseball Guy Dominican Pitcher of the Month for July 2010 goes to Rafael Soriano. Soriano has a 1.77 ERA with 33 saves on the season as the Tampa Bay Rays everyday closer. He had 11 saves in July and received some votes for the July 2010 AL Pitcher of the month. Rafael is from San Jose, DR.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Dominican MLB June 2010 Players of the Month
There were again, like usual, several Dominicans that got some AL and NL Player of the month votes. No Dominicans won any of the player of the month awards, this being the first month of 2010 that this has happened. Ubaldo Jimenez (NL Pitcher of the Month for April and May), Francisco Liriano (AL Pitcher of the Month for April), Robinson Cano (AL Player of the month for April), and David Ortiz (AL Player of the Month for May) have all won the award this year (see the MLB.com Player of the Month page). It is pretty incredible that Dominicans have won 5 out of the 12 player of the month awards thus far this season.
For June, Adrian Beltre and Vladimir Guerrero were the only Dominicans to get any votes, both for the AL Player of the Month. Even though the Dominican Baseball Guy loves Vladimir Guerrero, the Dominican Baseball Guy cannot pass up Adrian Beltre for the June 2010 Dominican Baseball Guy Dominican Player of the Month. Beltre (.376, 7 HR, 19 RBI) had a huge month and would normally win the MLB award if it had not been for Josh Hamiliton's incredible month of June (.454 (49-108),9 HR, 31 RBI). But this is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month and Josh Hamilton is not Dominican. Beltre also led a surge by the Red Sox who were 18-9 on the month. Beltre played for the Dominican Republic in the most recent World Baseball Classic, here he is with Albert Pujols during this competition:
As for the pitchers, amazingly no Dominicans got any votes for the MLB Pitchers of the month, this after Jimenez won the first two in the National League. The Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Pitcher of the Month for June 2010 goes to Neftali Feliz. The Dominican Baseball Guy is of course a fan of the Rangers, but Feliz is two off the MLB lead in saves with 23 thus far. He had 8 in June. He is from Azua on the southwest coast of the Dominican Republic. There seem to be a lot of players from this city, so the Dominican Baseball Guy will tag this city every time it is mentioned. Neftali is only in his second big league season, but has become the full time closer on a very good team. Here is Neftali with Micheal Young after a save:
Also, the Dominican Baseball Guy liked the recap of the MLB Player's of the Month over at http://fullcountpitch.com/.
For June, Adrian Beltre and Vladimir Guerrero were the only Dominicans to get any votes, both for the AL Player of the Month. Even though the Dominican Baseball Guy loves Vladimir Guerrero, the Dominican Baseball Guy cannot pass up Adrian Beltre for the June 2010 Dominican Baseball Guy Dominican Player of the Month. Beltre (.376, 7 HR, 19 RBI) had a huge month and would normally win the MLB award if it had not been for Josh Hamiliton's incredible month of June (.454 (49-108),9 HR, 31 RBI). But this is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month and Josh Hamilton is not Dominican. Beltre also led a surge by the Red Sox who were 18-9 on the month. Beltre played for the Dominican Republic in the most recent World Baseball Classic, here he is with Albert Pujols during this competition:
As for the pitchers, amazingly no Dominicans got any votes for the MLB Pitchers of the month, this after Jimenez won the first two in the National League. The Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Pitcher of the Month for June 2010 goes to Neftali Feliz. The Dominican Baseball Guy is of course a fan of the Rangers, but Feliz is two off the MLB lead in saves with 23 thus far. He had 8 in June. He is from Azua on the southwest coast of the Dominican Republic. There seem to be a lot of players from this city, so the Dominican Baseball Guy will tag this city every time it is mentioned. Neftali is only in his second big league season, but has become the full time closer on a very good team. Here is Neftali with Micheal Young after a save:
Also, the Dominican Baseball Guy liked the recap of the MLB Player's of the Month over at http://fullcountpitch.com/.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Dominican MLB May 2010 Players of the Month
Instead of doing sporadic updates on Dominican players throughout the season, the Dominican Baseball Guy will start announcing Dominican Players of the Month for the rest of the season. We will also announce the prestigious all-Dominican team at the end of the year, so look for this.
For May there is really no question who the Dominican pitcher of the month is. Ubaldo Jimenez has been named the National League Pitcher of the month for April and May, so he is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican pitcher of the month for May 2010. At 12-1 with a razor-thin 1.16 ERA, Jimenez is off to the finest pitching start since 1920, this according to an article by a friend of the Dominican Baseball Guy, Judd Spicer. Jimenez is well on his way to an NL Cy Young award.
For the Dominican Player of the Month it was a very close race, as David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, and Robinson Cano all had amazing months in May. David Ortiz received the AL Player of the month award after hitting .363 with 10 HRs and 27 RBI.
Robinson Cano has carried his opening month hot streak and continued it May to a .370 average through 65 games. He is another player from San Pedro de Macoris, the city highlighted in the book The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris
. This city claims to have the most players in MLB per capita of any city, and the stats seem to bear this fact. The Dominican Baseball Guy will get a list of players from this Dominican city up soon.
But, the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month goes to Vladimir Guerrero. He has similar stats (.330, 10 HRs, 31 RBI, ) to the other two Dominicans that played well in May. But he has always been a favorite of the Dominican Baseball Guy and he plays for the Dominican Baseball Guy's favorite team, so Vladimir Guerrero wins it.
For May there is really no question who the Dominican pitcher of the month is. Ubaldo Jimenez has been named the National League Pitcher of the month for April and May, so he is the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican pitcher of the month for May 2010. At 12-1 with a razor-thin 1.16 ERA, Jimenez is off to the finest pitching start since 1920, this according to an article by a friend of the Dominican Baseball Guy, Judd Spicer. Jimenez is well on his way to an NL Cy Young award.
Robinson Cano has carried his opening month hot streak and continued it May to a .370 average through 65 games. He is another player from San Pedro de Macoris, the city highlighted in the book The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris
. This city claims to have the most players in MLB per capita of any city, and the stats seem to bear this fact. The Dominican Baseball Guy will get a list of players from this Dominican city up soon.But, the Dominican Baseball Guy's Dominican Player of the Month goes to Vladimir Guerrero. He has similar stats (.330, 10 HRs, 31 RBI, ) to the other two Dominicans that played well in May. But he has always been a favorite of the Dominican Baseball Guy and he plays for the Dominican Baseball Guy's favorite team, so Vladimir Guerrero wins it.
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