Jun 03 2010 07:42 AM
SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2010
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The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month and Pitcher of the Month for May 2010 is JOHAN SANTANA. This is the fifth time that Johan has been named Player of the Month and the eighth time that he's been Pitcher of the Month. After getting shelled in his first May start (10 earned runs in 3.2 innings at Philadelphia) Santana settled down and began racking up the Schaefer points over his next five starts, when he was 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA. Santana led Mets pitchers in May wth 41 innings, 26 strikeouts, and a 3.73 ERA. (Mike Pelfrey was 3-1 in May with a 3.82 ERA. Hisanori Takahashi fell just short of the necessary 29 innings. Otherwise his 2.93 ERA would have been the teams' best.)
May's race was especially tight, with as many as six players in close contention for Player of the Month in the final days of May. Angel Pagan ended up finishing a close second, with Rod Barajas not far behind. Jason Bay, David Wright, Jose Reyes and Mike Pelfrey all put up good Schaefer totals in May. Barajas led the club in May with 6 homers and 19 runs batted in and a .608 slugging percentage. Pagan led the Mets with a .333 batting average, and OBP of .388, 35 hits, and 19 runs scored.
And the Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month for May is a first-time winner, RAUL VALDES. Valdes benefited from Takahashi's ascension into the starting rotation, as the Japanese rookie had a solid lead among relievers at the time of his promotion. Valdes led the Mets in relief innings, with 18.2, and was 2-1 with an unimpressive 5.30 ERA.
Month-to-date totals for May 2010
Through game of May 31, 2010
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Johan Santana | 20.84 |
| 2 | Angel Pagan | 19.57 |
| 3 | Rod Barajas | 19.07 |
| 4 | Jason Bay | 17.71 |
| 5 | David Wright | 17.06 |
| 6 | José Reyes | 16.84 |
| 7 | Mike Pelfrey | 15.46 |
| 8 | Hisanori Takahashi | 13.44 |
| 9 | Ike Davis | 12.85 |
| 10 | Jeff Francoeur | 10.81 |
| 11 | Raul Valdes | 8.34 |
| 12 | R. A. Dickey | 7.53 |
| 13 | Luis Castillo | 7.08 |
| 14 | Alex Cora | 6.30 |
| 15 | Francisco Rodriguez | 5.79 |
| 16 | John Maine | 5.75 |
| 17 | Pedro Feliciano | 5.50 |
| 18 | Henry Blanco | 5.09 |
| 19 | Jenrry Mejia | 4.36 |
| 19 | Chris Carter | 4.36 |
| 21 | Fernando Nieve | 3.38 |
| 22 | Manny Acosta | 3.37 |
| 23 | Oliver Perez | 2.90 |
| 24 | Gary Matthews | 1.71 |
| 25 | Elmer Dessens | 1.55 |
| 26 | Jon Niese | 1.05 |
| 27 | Fernando Tatis | 1.03 |
| 28 | Ryota Igarashi | 0.58 |
| 29 | Frank Catalanotto | 0.45 |
