Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award

Major League Baseball (MLB) honored its best relief pitchers with a Delivery Man of the Month Award for one pitcher during each month of the regular season from 2005 through 2013.Winners of the monthly award were decided by a four-man panel, which originally consisted of Dennis Eckersley, Jerome Holtzman, Rick Sutcliffe and Bob Watson.[4] The panel later included Darryl Hamilton and Mike Bauman, a national columnist for MLB.com.Four other pitchers received the award three times: Craig Kimbrel, Joe Nathan, J. J. Putz, and Rafael Soriano.The most wins by a team was four, accomplished by the Kansas City Royals via Joakim Soria (2) and Greg Holland (2); the Pittsburgh Pirates via José Mesa, Joel Hanrahan, and Jason Grilli (2); and the San Diego Padres via Hoffman (3) and Heath Bell.
A man in a gray baseball uniform throws a baseball from a dirt mound. He is wearing a red baseball cap. His back is to the camera, and the reverse of the uniform reads "Rodriguez" in red block letters and "57" in a larger red font. His arms and legs are stretched to their limit in four different directions; the baseball is in his right hand, and he is wearing a black baseball glove on his left.
Francisco Rodríguez won the Delivery Man of the Month Award in August 2006 and June 2008.
A man in a grey pinstriped baseball uniform throws a baseball with his right hand. The uniform reads "Minnesota" across the chest (partially obscured) in red letters, below which is the number "36", also in red. He is wearing a navy blue baseball cap with a lower-case red "m" on the front. The man is looking toward the right side of the image.
Joe Nathan won the Delivery Man of the Month Award three times.
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