You Make the Call: April MVPs

April is over for the Tigers' schedule, so it's time for another set of polls: for the Most Valuable Pitcher and Most Valuable Position Player of the month of April.

I've crunched the numbers to isolate the April performances, and developed a list of nominees. Statistical leaders in BOLD:

Most Valuable Pitcher nominees:

■ Ian Berger: 0-1, 4.73 ERA, 8 APP, 13-1/3 IP, 16 H, 11 R, 7 ER, 7 BB, 10 SO, .75 SO/IP, .53 BB/IP

■ Brad Buehler: 0-1, 2.00 ERA, 9 APP, 2 Sv, 9 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 SO,
.78 SO/IP, .33 BB/IP

■ Tyler Clark: 1-0, 5.87 IP, 9 APP, 7-2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 SO, .91 SO/IP, .52 BB/IP

■ Ryan Clubb: 2-2. 5.06 ERA, 9 APP, 16 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 7 SO, .44 SO/IP, .25 BB/IP

■ Jeff Emens: 0-0, 3.86 ERA, 9 APP, 9-1/3 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, .54 SO/IP, .43 BB/IP

■ Kelly Fick: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 APP, 9 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, .56 SO/IP, .11 BB/IP

■ Ryan Gargano: 0-0, 4.05 ERA, 11 APP, 13-1/3 IP, 18 H, 12 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 13 SO, .98 SO/IP, .38 BB/IP

■ Kyle Gibson: 3-1, 4.67 ERA, 5 APP, 3 Complete Games, 34-2/3 IP, 39 H, 18 R, 18 ER, 4 BB, 42 SO, 1.21 SO/IP, .12 BB/IP

■ Scooter Hicks: 2-0, 2.45 ERA, 7 APP, 14-2/3 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 12 SO, .82 SO/IP, .27 BB/IP

■ Phil McCormick: 0-0, 7.85 ERA, 9 APP, 8 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO, 1 SO/IP, .38 BB/IP

■ Nick Tepesch: 3-2, 7.83 ERA, 6 APP, 1 CG, 23 IP, 32 H, 23 R, 20 ER, 9 BB, 26 SO, 1.13 SO/IP, .39 BB/IP

I have left Johnny Wholestaff off the ballot this month, preferring instead to give his various participants more recognition for their contributions to that effort. Just FYI, JW's stats for April are: 5-2, 4.15 ERA, 65 IP, 69 H, 38 R, 30 ER, 20 B, 49 SO

Most Valuable Player nominees:

■ Trevor Coleman: .283 Avg (17-for-60), 19 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 19 BB, 5 HBP, 9 SO, 3 SB

■ Greg Folgia: .419 (31-for-74), 24 R, 12 2B, 5 HR, 31 RBI, 6 BB, 4 HBP, 11 SO, 0 SB

■ Steve Gray: .316 (24-for-76), 12 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 16 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 23 SO, 0 SB

■ Austin Holt: .324 (12-for-37), 13 R, 2 2B, 7 RBI, 10 BB, 5 HBP, 11 SO, 2-for-5 SB

■ Ryan Lollis: .276 (21-for-76), 14 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 17 RBI, 11 BB, 1 HBP, 12 SO, 5-for-6 SB

■ Kyle Mach: .414 (29-for-70), 12 R, 5 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 7 SO, 0-for-1 SB

■ Aaron Senne: .356 (26-for-73), 19 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 15 BB, 0 HBP, 13 SO, 0 SB

The voting is open now in the left hand column on your screen. You make the call!