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May 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche

April Review:

Bisons record 12-9 (3.0 games behind St. Louis, 1.0 game behind San Francisco for the wild card). Cubs and Brewers are last in the division with a 8-13 record.

Who was hot?

SP Bryan Morris (2-2, 29.0 IP, 19 H, 7 BB, 28 K, 2.17 ERA, 0.90 WHIP
SP Josh Stinson (2-2, 26.0 IP, 23 H, 9 BB, 18 K, 3.46 ERA, 1.23 WHIP)
CL Stephen Shelton (0-0-7, 5.2 IP, 5 H, 5 BB, 5 K, 3.18 ERA, 1.76 WHIP)
LF John Rodriguez (.316, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 9 R, 7 BB, 6 K, 1 SB)
1B Eric Duncan (.295, 5 HR, 8 RBI, 16 R, 8 BB, 12 K)

And who was not?

MR Corey Madden (1-0-0, 7.1 IP, 10 H, 4 BB, 9 K, 9.82 ERA, 1.91 WHIP)
MR Sandy Rleal (0-0-0, 7.0 IP, 9 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 7.71 ERA, 1.71 WHIP)
RF Hiram Bocachica (.118, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 SB)
3B Chris Davis (.200, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 10 K)
C Josh Bard (.159, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K)

What a great start for our franchise, despite batting only .227. We decide to sent Corey Madden down to AAA Regina and call rookie Héctor Martínez (1-0-0, 0.00 ERA - AAA) up.

Regina's ace Cory Van Allen (5-0, 0.00 ERA - AAA) won the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Month award after allowing only 22 baserunners in 39.0 IP.


American League Player of the Month:
LF Jason Kubel - Minnesota: .468, 6 HR, 23 RBI, 18 R

National League Player of the Month:
RF Paul McAnulty - Toronto: .365, 10 HR, 19 RBI, 26 R

American League Pitcher of the Month:
SP Clay Buchholz - Boston: 5-0, 1.59 ERA, 39.2 IP, 33 H, 6 BB, 20 K, 0.98 ERA

National League Pitcher of the Month:
SP Pete "Whirlwind" Saunders - Florida: 4-0, 1.00 ERA, 36.0 IP, 21 H, 5 BB, 32 K, 0.72 ERA

American League Rookie of the Month:
1B Octávio Silva - Minnesota: .254, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 12 R

National League Rookie of the Month:
3B Yaichiro Shimada - Buffalo: .329, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 10 R