Yankees' Electric Hurler Snags Pair of League Honors After Sparkling Month

Luis Gil, who is celebrating his 26th birthday on Monday, received not one, but two honors from Major League Baseball. He was named both the American League's Rookie of the MonthPitcher of the Month for May after posting a 0.70 ERA in six starts. Atlanta Braves southpaw Chris Sale and Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Joey Ortiz were named the National League's Pitcher and Rookie of the Month, respectively.Luis Gil: 6-0, 38.2 IP, 44 K, 0.

Gil missed most of 2022 and 2023 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, but won the fifth spot in the starting rotation after impressing in spring training. After a respectable April, he put everything together in May. The right-hander made six starts during the month and won all of them, allowing just three runs over a span of 38.2 innings. Boasting nasty strikeout pitches along with steadily improving command, Gil walked only 12 batters and punched out 44, for a 31.2% strikeout rate and a 0.67 WHIP. Opponents hit just .109 against him.

Gil went six innings in every start, including eight innings of one-run ball in his most recent start against the Los Angeles Angels. On May 18 against the Chicago White Sox, he needed just six frames to strike out 14 batters, while walking just one.On the season, Gil has a 7-1 record with a 1.99 ERA and 2.98 FIP, 11.23 K/9, 79 strikeouts against 31 walks, and a 0.95 WHIP. His .134 opposing batting average and 4.1 H/9 are both the best in the major leagues by considerable margins.

If Gil continues to pitch like he did over the past month, the AL Rookie of the Year award would be a foregone conclusion. But a start in the All-Star game this July and even consideration for the AL Cy Young Award could be in play for the exciting right-hander.Joe Najarian is a Rutgers University graduate from the Class of 2022.

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