Jair Jurrjens ascended to ace status in May, and the National League took note, naming him the Pitcher of the Month. Here is what we said about him earlier today when Talking Chop named him our Most Valuable Pitcher for May:

In six starts, Jurrjens, and the Braves went 5-1. Jair pitched 43.2 innings, with an ERA of 1.65, struck out 24 batters while only walking eight, and allowed just two home runs and eight earned runs. 170 batters hit just .238/.269/.325 off of Jurrjens on the month, with a .269 BABIP, 3.47 xFIP, and an outstanding 1.01 WHIP. Jurrjens accumulated a bloated +1.463 WPA on the month, and shut down the vaunted Phillies in consecutive starts. Jurrjens' impressive month, and the simple fact that the Braves were so successful in his starts was probably the only reason why Tommy Hanson didn't repeat as pitcher of the month. But he gets an honorable mention for leading the team in strikeouts (31), holding 121 batters faced to a paltry .189 batting average, and putting up solid 3.28 xFIP and 1.09 WHIP numbers.

Read our full list of May MVPs and LVPs here.

Congrats to JJ on this much deserved honor.