"Kazmir posted a 5-1 record with a 1.22 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 37.0 innings of work in May, allowing five earned runs on 22 hits and 13 walks.

Others receiving votes were Toronto Blue Jays teammates Roy Halladay (4-1, 2.52 ERA, 40 SO, 39.1 IP, 1 CG) and Jesse Litsch (4-0, 2.08 ERA, 17 SO, 39.0 IP, 1 SHO), Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks (8 Saves in 11 games, 0.84 ERA, 8 SO, 10.2 IP) and Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0, 2.54 ERA, 23 SO, 28.1 IP)."

Ohbytheway, Aaron Laffey's May numbers: 5 GS, 34 IP, 3 W, 2 L, 0.79 ERA, 28 H (24 singles and 4 doubles), 7 BB, 19 K, 3 ER (and 3 UER), 5 GDPs, .513 OPS against, and 0 votes for Pitcher of the Month.