Now that June is over, we can hand out our monthly awards to the Houston Astros pitchers. Yesterday, we handed out the Hitter of the Month to George Springer. Today we focus on the Pitcher of the Month.
Okay. So this may come as a bit of a surprise: during June the Houston Astros had two pitchers with identical records. Nearly identical ERAs. Nearly the same amount of strikeouts. Both pitched a complete game. Both have beards.
If you’re thinking about Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers Jr.