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Old 04-19-2008, 03:17 PM   #90 (permalink)
DawnBTVS
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May strikes and we are coasting

On 5/26 Bartolo Ortiz went down for 7 weeks due to back spasms. He was 4-1 with a 3.20 ERA at the time.

I called up David Bush to take his place in the rotation.

We really improved, closing out May at 16-12.

NL Central Standings
Milwaukee: 27-24
Chicago: 27-25 (2 GB)
Cincinnati: 26-26
St. Louis: 24-29
New Evil Empire: 22-30
Pittsburgh: 22-31

On the batting side, we have several beasts right now... In order of OPS
Grady Sizemore: .306/.379/.632 with 10 doubles and 18 HR. 24 BB vs. 39 K. 6 SB (60%).
Joe Mauer: .312/.398/.524 with 7 doubles and 9 HR. 23 BB vs. 16 K.
Chase Utley: .330/.409/.500 with 19 doubles and 6 HR. 25 BB vs. 32 K.
David Wright: .254/.298/.492 with 11 doubles and 11 HR. 8 BB vs. 36 K.
Carlos Pena: .232/.330/.420 with 10 doubles and 8 HR. 26 BB vs. 36 K.
Russ Adams: .278/.349/.390 with 5 HR. 19 BB vs. 19 K and 12 SB (86%).
Terrmel Sledge: .251/.299/.428 with 13 doubles and 6 HR. 11 BB vs. 35 K.
Jorge Piedra: .248/.298/.414 with 10 doubles and 7 HR. 13 BB vs. 36 K.
Pedro Valdes: .216/.323/.327 with 13 doubles and 3 HR. 30 BB vs. 27 K.

We're 2nd in the NL with 77 HR and 4th in BB with 187. Wow... we're also first with 294 K.

Pitching wise...
Jose Valverde: 2.88 ERA in 34.1 IP. 49 K vs. 15 BB.
Roy Oswalt: 6-3 with a 3.14 ERA in 86.0 IP. 50 K vs. 12 BB.
Mike Crudale: 3.80 ERA in 23.2 IP. 17 K vs. 8 BB.
Ryan Wagner: 3.86 ERA in 21.0 IP. 18 K vs. 14 BB.
Bryce Florie: 4-5 with a 4.95 ERA in 63.2 IP. 52 K vs. 21 BB.
Jose Antonio Nunez: 10 S with a 5.14 ERA in 14.0 IP. 12 K vs. 7 BB.
Billy Traber: 2-0 with a 5.34 ERA in 30.1 IP. 26 K vs. 3 BB.
Brian Walker: 5.40 ERA in 15.0 IP. 15 K vs. 3 BB.
Aquilino Lopez: 5.40 ERA in 25.0 IP. 28 K vs. 16 BB.

In his only start so far David Bush went 3.1 IP with 3 K vs. 2 BB and 0 ER.

We lead the NL with 4 CG and also have the fewest IP... huh. We're also first in HRA and tied for first in BBA.

Minor League Spotlight... aka eye-popping stats...
MR Jon Rauch: 4-1 with 4 S and a 2.83 ERA in 35.0 IP.
C Chris Snyder: 16 doubles hitting .267/.352/.500 with 23 BB vs. 31 K.
SS Colin Long: 12 doubles hitting .352/.447/.422 with 33 BB vs. 10 K.
LF Kit Carson: 13 doubles and 4 HR hitting .371/.454/.515 with 33 BB vs. 23 K.
RF Victor Diaz: 16 doubles and 14 HR hitting .332/.471/.629 with 44 BB vs. 27 K.

I may call up Diaz shortly and send down Pascucci while letting VD fill in for Jorge Piedra at DH.

Next Month: 2004 MLB Draft.
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