August 4, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Player of the Month, July: Ryan Westmoreland
In a month that saw his name increasingly crop up in trade rumors for the biggest names on the market as the deadline approached, Lowell's Ryan Westmoreland demonstrated why he was worthy of all the attention by posting a .303/.395/.571 line with 6 home runs, 6 doubles and one triple in his first full month of pro ball, and earned SoxProspects.com Player of the Month honors for July. He also scored 22 runs while batting in 18 and stole 8 bases. On the season Westmoreland is batting .288/.391/.486 with 6 home runs, 7 doubles, 2 triples and 25 RBI. He has also stolen 13 bases without once being caught. Westmoreland was also voted as SoxProspects.com Player of the Week for July 20-26. A fifth round pick in 2008, he is currently the sixth ranked prospect in the organization by SoxProspects.com.