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ST. PETERSBURG -- As we did at the end of April and May, let’s take a look back at the Rays’ top performers for the month of June. All stats are updated through Tampa Bay’s series finale against Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Player of the Month
There are no perfect candidates here. Considering the Rays’ overall offensive issues, there also probably aren’t enough candidates here.

Yandy Díaz? He continued to get on base, with a .402 OBP and more walks (16) than strikeouts (13) in 25 games, but without much power. Randy Arozarena? Good surface numbers, with 24 hits to go along with 13 RBIs and 10 steals, but a relatively pedestrian .250/.314/.406 slash line.

Ji-Man Choi and Harold Ramírez deserve some recognition. Choi did everything well with a .310/.405/.479 line and 15 RBIs in 21 games. Meanwhile, “Hittin’ Harold” drove in 12 runs while slashing an impressive .387/.437/.500 in 22 games; his .387 average from June 1-29 was the second-highest in the Majors among players with at least 50 at-bats.

But we’ll go with the player who had the best stretch, even if most of his production for the month was limited to a few games: Isaac Paredes. During a four-game outburst against the Yankees and Pirates, he went 10-for-15 with five homers, two doubles and nine RBIs, including a walk-off two-run single against Pittsburgh. He was pretty quiet in 13 games before that (5-for-35, two homers, four RBIs, six walks) and against Milwaukee (0-for-5 with a walk), but his hot streak was enough to earn him AL Player of the Week honors. We’ll give him the nod here, too.

Pitcher of the Month
Not to spoil the suspense, but it’s Shane McClanahan again. White Sox starter Dylan Cease might be named the AL Pitcher of the Month due to his league-leading 0.33 ERA, but there’s a strong argument McClanahan should earn that honor, too.

All the lefty did last month was go 3-1 with a 1.36 ERA, 42 strikeouts and only four walks in 33 innings over five outings, all of them quality starts. His 0.70 WHIP was the best among AL starters, as was his .162 opponents’ average. He was third in strikeouts behind Cease and Jon Gray, but nobody had a better strikeout-to-walk ratio or even came particularly close to his 10.5 mark.

The Rays’ other starters were also worth highlighting. Corey Kluber put together a 2.54 ERA in five starts, Jeffrey Springs a 3.04 mark with 32 strikeouts in five outings, and Shane Baz had a 3.38 ERA in his four starts. McClanahan’s just been a cut above the rest, and he’s now a worthy leader in MLB.com’s AL Cy Young Award polling.

Reliever of the Month
Jason Adam and Colin Poche did an admirable job handling most of the highest-leverage work last month. Adam finally blinked in the Rays’ June 20 loss to the Yankees, giving up two runs in the ninth and taking the loss, but 10 of his 12 appearances were scoreless and half were hitless -- no minor feat given the difficult situations he was typically called in to handle. Poche picked up a pair of wins and three saves in four opportunities.

But let’s highlight lefty Brooks Raley, who had his best month in a Rays uniform. Raley struck out 18 batters and walked only four as he recorded a 1.54 ERA and 0.77 WHIP in 11 2/3 innings. He was scored on in only one of his 12 appearances, on June 4 against the White Sox, and none of the seven runners he inherited came around to score. The Rays finished the month and began July without Raley and fellow reliever Ryan Thompson in Toronto, however.