Feeling good in TO

The Toronto Titans continue their strong play after a miserable opening month in April.  The Titans lead divisional rival Regina by 4.5 games as BSA play entered August.  Toronto must take advantage of a soft August schedule before the dog days of September arrives.  Lets look at the record of the Titans each month so far this year:

April 12-16; .429 PCT
May  18-9; .667 PCT
June 19-7; .731 PCT
July 18-6; .750 PCT
August 3-0; 1.000 PCT

Toronto has managed to improve each month and is 70-38 overall.  One of the reasons for their continuous improvement is due to the consistency of their pitching staff which ranks #1 in the BSA in runs against per game and their climb to #1 overall in the CL in batting average at .289.  Toronto also leads in 8 out of the 10 pitching categories in the CL.

Lets take a look at the teams biggest contributors this year;

Kyuso Fujito C, has returned to form;  hitting .302 w/ 13 HRs and 54 RBI after a slow start.

Maximo Zaragoza 2B, has 50 doubles so far this year and is hitting .306 with 49 RBI after a slow start

Ben Moss 3B, has remained hot from the very beginning of the season;  hitting .335 w/ 14 HRs and 53 RBI.

Luis Gonzalez OF, the rookie of the year candidate in the CL has been hot from day 1 of the season; hitting .347 w/ 20 HRs and 60 RBI for the 1st place Titans.  He has no doubt been the teams' MVP so far this season.

Salvador Perez SP has been consistent all year;  9-7, 2.93 ERA and 1.18WHIP

Shawn Jackson SP has been consistent all year; 9-8, 2.78 ERA and 1.28WHIP

Jose Brito SP has been the teams best pitcher all year, 12-5, 2.69 ERA and 1.00WHIP

JK "Incredible" Yi SP has been one of the biggest surprises in the BSA this year, 12-4, 1 SV, 3.48 ERA and 1.04WHIP

Guillermo Mendoza SP, the teams ace has been steady but not spectacular at 10-4, 3.18 ERA, 1.04WHIP.  Mendoza has suffered three nagging injuries this year that has prevented him from getting any rhythm going.  GM Goldberg has stated that he will continue to use Mendoza carefully in order not to risk any further issues for a potential playoff push to the BSA championship.  Right now Mendoza is on 5 day rest and will miss his next scheduled start vs. former team IND in order to be well rested for the opening match-up at home vs. Pittsburgh

Jose Gomez has been on fire after a disaster start;  2-3, 28SV, 2.09 ERA and 0.86WHIP

Jorge Ibarra has been one of the best MRs in the league, 3-0, 2SV, 0.30 ERA and 0.83 WHIP giving up only 1 run (a solo blast) in 30 IP

Jacob Jones MR has been solid and steady all year; 1-1, 1SV, 1.38 ERA and 0.86WHIP

Fred Martin MR has been solid and steady all year; 4-1, 3 SV, 1.75 ERA and 1.13WHIP

Mid-year acquisitions of John Crowe 1B/DH (trade w/ KC) and Martin Griffin CL (returning FA to TOR) have slowly got in sync with the team and the expectations are that both team members will be key players for the stretch run and the playoff push to a BSA championship.