Cincinnati won 5 series, split 3 and lost 2.
Home: 8-4
Road: 9-7
vs Central: 6-5
vs East: 7-4
vs West: 2-1
vs AL: 2-1
Overall offensive trends: Average stable at an ugly number (.240 April, .242 May). OBP the same story: .306 in both months. The only improvement was in power - slugging rose from .387 to .421, boosting the Reds' OPS+ from 95 to 98. Bottom line: the Reds can win with this offense, but only if the pitching remains other-worldly. They need to get on base more to help win this division.
Overall pitching trends: The starters posted almost identical, solid-but-not-spectacular numbers in May (3.86 ERA) relative to April (3.89). The bullpen went from great to insanely great, lowering its ERA from 2.81 to 2.02 and its WHIP from 1.25 to 1.03. All these numbers are good enough to make the playoffs. Again, the question is offense.
Individual offensive trends:
UP significantly (40 or more OPS+ points): Votto, Heisey, Hanigan
DOWN significantly: Bruce, Cozart, Mesoraco
NOT MUCH CHANGE (GOOD): Phillips
NOT MUCH CHANGE (BAD): Stubbs
Individual pitching trends:
UP significantly: Latos, Bailey, Leake, Simon, LeCure, Marshall
DOWN significantly: Cueto, Arroyo, Ondrusek
NOT MUCH CHANGE (GOOD): Chapman, Arredondo
And finally, my "Randy Awards" for the month of May.
RANDY HITTER:
Joey Votto - .355, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 23 walks
Honorable mention: Ryan Hanigan
RANDY MOST IMPROVED HITTER:
Chris Heisey (raised his OPS+ by 46 points)
RANDY STARTER:
Mat Latos (3-0, 3.26, and a 1.12 WHIP)
Honorable mention: Homer Bailey
RANDY MOST IMPROVED PITCHER:
Mike Leake (his ERA was 2.1 runs lower)
RANDY RELIEVER:
Aroldis Chapman (still sporting a 0.00 ERA, struck out 23 batters in May)
RANDY MOST IMPROVED RELIEVER:
Sean Marshall (his ERA was 2.4 runs lower)
JJ Hoover (0.90 ERA in 10 IP, 10 K) - yes he pitched in April, but May was his first full month with the Reds.
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