| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, October 1st, 2031: Greenan Earns AL Top Pitcher Trophy
Pete Greenan took a much-deserved turn in the spotlight earlier today as he accepted the American League Pitcher of the Month award for September.
The 23-year-old Twins starter is a relative newcomer to the league, but nonetheless racked up an impressive 5-0 won-lost record in 6 starts. He has fanned 42 batters in 40.2 innings and sports a 2.43 ERA.
This season Greenan has crafted a 12-11 mark with a 4.01 ERA in 184 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .270 against him and he has 183 strikeouts.
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 | Monday, September 29th, 2031: Román Picked AL Player of the Week
At the age of 26, Vicente Román might have some potential he hasn't realized yet -- if his success at the plate last week is any indication. The Minnesota shortstop put up some exceptional numbers the past seven days collecting the American League Player of the Week Award.
He racked up 11 hits in 21 at-bats, 5 home runs and 12 RBIs last week in 6 games.
Thus far this season in 137 games Román is batting .266 with 20 home runs, 85 RBIs and 83 runs scored. He has 137 hits in 516 at-bats.
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 | Tuesday, September 23rd, 2031: Tigers Dickert Hits 500th Homer
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 16-4 yesterday in a game that featured Kareem Dickert's 500th career home run.
In the clubhouse, the Tigers first baseman spoke about the milestone achievement. "To be honest, I don't even remember my first home run," he said. "But this one I don't think I'll forget. Who knows if I'll hit another hundred, or fifty, or even ten?"
On his historic day, Dickert banged out 4 hits in 5 at-bats and scored 4 runs with 3 runs batted in.
In his career Dickert has hit .306 with 2722 hits, 420 doubles, 18 triples and 500 home runs. His totals also include 1703 RBIs and 1536 runs scored.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 95-67, .586 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 52-29, .642 PCT | | Record on the road | 43-38, .531 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-4, .692 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 20-14, .588 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 14-16, .467 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 81-51, .614 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 12-10, .545 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in July | 18-8, .692 PCT | | Record in August | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in September | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in October | 1-1, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .269 - 4th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .349 - 2nd in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .448 - 3rd in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .796 - 2nd in AL | | Runs Scored | 883 - 2nd in AL | | Hits | 1524 - tied for 3rd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 597 - 3rd in AL | | Home Runs | 195 - 5th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 671 - 3rd in AL | | Strikeouts | 1088 - 8th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 145 - 4th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.11 - 3rd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.15 - 3rd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.03 - 5th in AL | | Runs allowed | 733 - 3rd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1471 - 5th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .258 - 5th in AL | | BABIP | .299 - 10th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 125 - 1st in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 443 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 1067 - 5th in AL |
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