by Jason Martinez
We already knew that the Giants had one of the best pitching staffs in baseball coming into this season. It was their mediocre offense that was holding them back. In the month of July, we found out just how good this team is with a potent offense behind them. Led by rookie Buster Posey, veteran Aubrey Huff, and journeyman Andres Torres, the team won 20 games, closing the NL West lead to 1.5 games behind the 1st place Padres, who went 14-10 in the month.
While nothing significant happened in the NL Central standings, the NL East welcomed the Florida Marlins back into contention. The team, which was almost certain to be big sellers at the trade deadline, won 16 games in July and instead held on to their key players (Dan Uggla, Cody Ross, Leo Nuñez, Ricky Nolasco) and added a reliever (Will Ohman) for the stretch run.
The biggest loser of the month was the Mets, who went 9-17 and lost 5 games in the standings to the 1st place Braves. The D'Backs (7-18) and Pirates (9-16) continued their losing ways and were easily the biggest sellers at the deadline. More on that later this week. On to the July All-Star team ...
Starting Lineup
1 CF Andres Torres, SF: .317 BA, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 11 2B, 3B, 5 SB, 10 BB
2 LF Carlos Gonzalez, COL: .382 BA, 9 HR, 22 RBI, 7 2B, 3B, 4 SB, 7 BB
3 1B Joey Votto, CIN: .362 BA, 9 HR, 17 RBI, 5 2B, SB, 16 BB
4 LF Aubrey Huff, SF: .367 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBI, 6 2B, 3B, 18 BB
5 C Buster Posey, SF: .417 BA, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 6 2B, 3B, 9 BB
6 3B Aramis Ramirez, CHC: .313 BA, 9 HR, 25 RBI, 5 2B, 3B, 5 BB
7 2B Rickie Weeks, MIL: .292 BA, 9 HR, 20 RBI, 3 2B, 3B, 2 SB, 12 BB
8 SS Starlin Castro, CHC: .361 BA, HR, 13 RBI, 9 2B, 3 3B, 4 SB, 5 BB
Bench
C Geovany Soto, CHC: .315 BA, 6 HR, 20 RBI, 6 2B, 9 BB
1B Adam Dunn, WAS: .284 BA, 7 HR, 17 RBI, 5 2B, 11 BB
2B Dan Uggla, FLA: .316 BA, 8 HR, 19 RBI, 4 2B, SB, 13 BB
OF Matt Holliday, STL: .289 BA, 8 HR, 24 RBI, 5 2B, SB, 13 BB
OF Jon Jay, STL: .431 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 9 2B, 3B, SB, 11 BB
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Roy Halladay, PHI: 3-1, 1.54 ERA; 41 IP, 28 H, 3 BB, 37 K
2 RHP Mat Latos, SD: 3-0, 1.04 ERA; 26 IP, 18 H, 7 BB, 29 K
3 RHP Josh Johnson, FLA: 2-0, 1.35 ERA; 33.1 IP, 32 H, 5 BB, 39 K
4 RHP Brett Myers, HOU: 3-0, 1.67 ERA; 37.2 IP, 23 H, 5 BB, 31 K
5 RHP Vicente Padilla, LAD: 2-1, 1.42 ERA; 31.2 IP, 19 H, 8 BB, 27 K
Bullpen
CL RHP Heath Bell, SD: 2-0, 1.54 ERA; 11.2 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 15 K, 8 Sv in 8 chances
SU RHP Leo Nuñez, FLA: 1-1, 2.31 ERA; 11.2 IP, 11 H, 3 BB, 17 K, 10 Sv in 11 chances
SU RHP Brian Wilson, SF: 0-1, 2.70 ERA; 13.1 IP, 13 H, 4 BB, 19 K, 9 Sv in 10 chances
MID RHP Matt Capps, WAS: 3-0, 0.79 ERA; 11.1 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 8 K, 4 Sv in 4 chances
MID LHP Jonny Venters, ATL: 1-0, 1.13 ERA; 16 IP, 10 H, 3 BB, 14 K, 6 holds
MID RHP Joel Hanrahan, PIT: 0-0, 1.38 ERA; 13 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 15 K, 6 holds
LR RHP R.A. Dickey, NYM: 1-3, 1.51 ERA; 41.2 IP, 33 H, 9 BB, 24 K
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