{"id":905,"date":"2015-08-02T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T03:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2015-08-02T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T03:35:29","slug":"players-of-the-month-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"Players of the Month:  July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/482216452?et=tQlvsNS3QXlcB-mLjOWSTw&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=4wineMKkMczk2VZ95-4ejZ8PPYXYg3am9oLMDpurIws=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"445\" height=\"297\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs the temperature started to heat up this summer, so did the DTBL Championship race. \u00a0The Jackalope finished July in the same spot as all of the previous months: \u00a0first place. \u00a0But what was once a 20+ lead has been trimmed to single digits entering the season&#8217;s final two months. \u00a0This has had nothing to do with the Jackalope falling back to the pack. \u00a0They have steadily held around 85 standings points. \u00a0But what has changed is the total of their closest competition, the Mavericks. \u00a0The Mavs are closing in on the 80 point mark as well, thanks to their pitching staff starting to materialize the way most expected before the season. \u00a0Also, the offense has received a huge lift from a player that I will be touching on in just a bit. \u00a0Before we get to the players of the month, here are the guys who earned weekly honors in July:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Batters of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 13 (6\/29 &#8211; 7\/5) &#8211; J.D. Martinez,\u00a0Demigods<br \/>\nWeek 14 (7\/6 &#8211; 7\/12) &#8211; Mike Trout,\u00a0Mavericks<br \/>\nWeek 15 (7\/17 &#8211; 7\/19) &#8211; Adrian Gonzalez,\u00a0Darkhorses<br \/>\nWeek 16 (7\/20 &#8211; 7\/26) &#8211; Carlos Gonzalez, Kings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pitchers of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 13 (6\/29 &#8211; 7\/5) &#8211; Jordan Zimmermann,\u00a0Naturals<br \/>\nWeek 14 (7\/6 &#8211; 7\/12) &#8211; Chris Sale, Choppers<br \/>\nWeek 15 (7\/17 &#8211; 7\/19) &#8211; Clayton Kershaw, Mavericks<br \/>\nWeek 16 (7\/20 &#8211; 7\/26) &#8211; Jacob deGrom,\u00a0Darkhorses<\/p>\n<p>The Batter of the Month race came down to two of the guys listed above while the pitching award was a four horse race won by a guy who has been nearly unhittable for two straight months. \u00a0Here are the award winners for July 2015:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Batter of the Month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mike Trout,\u00a0Mavericks<br \/>\n.367 AVG, 12 HR, 24 RBI, 20 R, 1 SB, 2.32 PAR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pitcher of the Month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zack Greinke, Moonshiners<br \/>\n0.95 ERA, 0.579 WHIP, 4 W, 0 SV, 34 K, 3.69 PAR<\/p>\n<p>Trout and Carlos Gonzalez had nearly identical numbers in the month of July. \u00a0It wound up being the one home run and stolen base advantage that tilted this award to the Mavericks outfielder. \u00a0As mentioned above, Trout has been largely responsible for the Mavericks making a significant dent into the Jackalope lead.<\/p>\n<p>There were four pitchers who led the way in July, coming from just two MLB teams. \u00a0Greinke took the top spot, barely edging out his Dodgers teammate Clayton Kershaw. \u00a0And not far behind those two were a pair of Cubs: \u00a0Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester. \u00a0But in the end, Greinke&#8217;s incredible 43 inning scoreless streak, dating back to mid-June, sealed this honor. \u00a0Greinke allowed just four runs in the month of July and has allowed more than three runs in a start just once this entire season. \u00a0Plagued by poor run support early in the year, he was able to add four victories in the month too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the temperature started to heat up this summer, so did the DTBL Championship race. \u00a0The Jackalope finished July in the same spot as all of the previous months: \u00a0first place. \u00a0But what was once a 20+ lead has been trimmed to single digits entering the season&#8217;s final two months. \u00a0This has had nothing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-mavericks","category-moonshiners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}