Wada Crowned Batter of the Month in April
<Taizo Wada:player#8823> battered East pitchers all April 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 31-year-old Wada 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 22 games, Wada hit .474 with 8 home runs, 27 RBIs and scored 17 runs.

