For those of you in 5x5 leagues that use strikeout as the 5th category, here are the punchout leaders for the months of June and July:
| Player | INN | GS | QS | W | K | BBI | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | K-BB/9 |
| Lincecum, Tim SP SF | 83.3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 99 | 21 | 1.73 | 0.94 | 78 | 8.43 |
| Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | 75.3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 91 | 42 | 2.99 | 1.35 | 49 | 5.86 |
| Wainwright, Adam SP STL | 86.3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.31 | 52 | 5.42 |
| Haren, Dan SP ARI | 77 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 13 | 1.87 | 0.82 | 62 | 7.25 |
| Gaudin, Chad SP SD | 68.7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 75 | 28 | 4.46 | 1.41 | 47 | 6.16 |
| Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA | 66.3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 14 | 2.71 | 1.04 | 59 | 8.01 |
| Vazquez, Javier SP ATL | 70 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 12 | 2.44 | 0.96 | 60 | 7.71 |
| Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL | 76 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 28 | 3.43 | 1.17 | 39 | 4.62 |
| Cain, Matt SP SF | 73.7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 1.95 | 1.05 | 39 | 4.76 |
| De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | 67.7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 27 | 4.26 | 1.32 | 38 | 5.05 |
| Kershaw, Clayton SP LA | 64.7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 33 | 1.39 | 1.18 | 29 | 4.03 |
| Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU | 65 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 23 | 3.05 | 1.23 | 39 | 5.40 |
| Harden, Rich SP CHC | 54.3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 20 | 4.31 | 1.33 | 42 | 6.96 |
| Oswalt, Roy SP HOU | 74.7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 16 | 2.77 | 1 | 43 | 5.18 |
| Scherzer, Max SP ARI | 56.7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 21 | 3.81 | 1.39 | 37 | 5.87 |
| Sanchez, Jonathan O. SP SF | 52.3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 23 | 4.99 | 1.36 | 33 | 5.68 |
| Lilly, Ted SP CHC | 58.7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 9 | 3.68 | 1.23 | 46 | 7.05 |
| Hamels, Cole SP PHI | 69.7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 11 | 3.88 | 1.18 | 44 | 5.68 |
| Correia, Kevin SP SD | 70 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 21 | 4.5 | 1.27 | 34 | 4.37 |
| Billingsley, Chad SP LA | 64.7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 30 | 5.29 | 1.41 | 25 | 3.48 |
| Blanton, Joe SP PHI | 67 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 15 | 2.55 | 1.1 | 39 | 5.24 |
| Harang, Aaron SP CIN | 65.3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 19 | 4.82 | 1.52 | 35 | 4.82 |
| Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC | 71.7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 2.76 | 1.26 | 20 | 2.51 |
| Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL | 68 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 25 | 2.78 | 1.18 | 28 | 3.71 |
| Zito, Barry SP SF | 62.3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 5.05 | 1.41 | 28 | 4.04 |
The pitchers that stick out for me are the recently traded Chad Gaudin (to the Yankees), Ricky Nolasco, Jorge De La Rosa and Ubaldo Jiminez. Gaudin will be pitching out of the bullpen initially for the Yankees, but don't be surprised to see him spot start in place of Joba Chamberlain, as the Yankees want to limit Joba's innings down the stretch.
Back in spring training, I posted an article about drafting Rockies pitchers, and Ubaldo Jiminez and Jorge De La Rosa have performed pretty well, especially Jiminez who has turned into the Rockies ace, Aaron Cook notwithstanding.
Ricky Nolasco, after a horrific April and May, has returned to his 2008 form, and has actually pitched better than his teammate Josh Johnson in June and July. He could challenge for a Cy Young award one of these years if he could put in a full season similar to his last two months.