If you own multiple teams it can be easy to get caught up in the day to day management of them and pay little attention to other players. Also, at the season’s midpoint, while a spectacular week - like Evan Longoria recently - is noticed, some steady improvements or declines are tougher to see. With that, here are some notable stat lines for the month of June:

Brian Roberts hit .342 for the month. It seems he has been forgotten among the power surges of other second basemen, but he is on pace to score 100 runs and steal 40. His line drive rate for the year is a very nice 25.5%.

Dustin Pedroia hit .356 in June, and threw in 4 HR and 3 SB. A little more than empty average, though only 9 RBI is disappointing.

Prince Fielder’s 8 HR in June were nice, but he only drove in 14 runs all month. His OPS with runners on is actually higher than with the bases empty (.861-.832) so a correction is to be expected. Still, if the team could get on base more often (currently 23rd in MLB) their 8th ranked SLG% would be more valuable.

Nick Swisher fattened up on a slanted home-road schedule (17-10) to the tune of .307/.398/.568 with 7 HR and 23 RBI thrown in. For the year, the ChiSox have played 41 home games and 43 away. The difference in Swisher’s SLG home-away is .514-.309, making him a good part time player for most leagues.

Kurt Suzuki bounced back in June hitting .370/.435/.543. He is a very strong option for anyone playing catcher roulette. I’m not counting on him finishing the year as well, his career high for at bats is 441.

Among players Yahoo-eligible at SS with more than 75 AB in June, Miguel Tejada and his .227 AVG rank 26th. Now is a good time to shop him around and/or acquire a playable alternative.

Mark Buehrle went 4-0 with a 1.60 ERA and a WHIP of 1.00. This run merely brought his ERA (3.79) in line with his FIP (3.75). He is a safe, consistent option going forward.

James Shields… the bad: 1-2, 5.64 ERA. The good: 1.16 WHIP, 12.50 K/BB. He had a poor start in Los Angeles, but was a little unlucky in that two of his four fly balls allowed left the yard. The game before featured the brawl in Boston, and he was ejected after one inning. I’m predicting he finishes with an ERA lower than his current 3.70.

Brandon Morrow’s season has been good enough, 0.74 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 35 K in 24.1 IP, but June was even better. No earned runs, 0.21 WHIP, 12 K in 9.1 IP. I don’t see how Seattle can just let Putz walk back into the closer’s role, and the team has no urgency to convert Morrow into a starter at this point. I think he stays in his current role until mid August if not the season. His owners may be able to be convinced otherwise.

I know times are very busy, but try to look at all of the player pool to find steady contributors.  This is the time of year that can influence your team for the stretch run.