ELE's Best Batter Picked
<Yoshiki Saito:player#8860> battered East pitchers all June and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.

"I've been around Explorer League long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 32-year-old Saito told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."

In 25 games, Saito hit .425 with 10 home runs, 33 RBIs and scored 33 runs.

Presently <Saito:player#8860> is hitting .358 with 20 home runs and 55 RBIs. He has played in 58 games and scored 60 times.