1984Echoes

IMO: It's time to move McGonigle and Clark up to West Michigan. Briceno is on short-term DL... but he could probably make the move up as well, IMO. Lastly: I think one other guy could make the move up: Undrafted Free Agent pitcher Zack Lee. He's 23, signed out of college (after the 20th round...) last year, and has a 1.93 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in Lakeland... I don't know what his stuff is... but bump him up.

You seem... EXTREMELY UPSET... with... Honesty.

I got a two week vacation for this.

Because I can read...

Hyperbole. Even a 6 year old child knows how to read a book. Here, read this and tell me what you think: Justin Verlander had a minor leagues 0.995 WHIP. Good pitcher. Since you mentioned him. Buck Farmer had a minor leagues 1.265 WHIP. Not a good pitcher. Felipe Lira had a minor leagues 1.345 WHIP. Terrible pitcher. Keider Montero has a minor leagues 1.405 WHIP. 1.467 WHIP this year in Toledo. He better figure something out really quick (better control, a move to the bullpen, whatever)... Otherwise, I don't think he'll be a good pitcher. Now... Please tell me what the scouts are telling you that makes you think he will turn from a NOT GOOD pitcher, right now in AAA, into a GOOD pitcher in MLB? Because I don't see it. Despite what you THINK the scouts are telling you... Maybe there's something there... but where is it? Show it to me. Don't just BS about "the scouts"... show it to me.

With a 1.41 WHIP in his minor league travails... He might have an awesome breaking pitch... But he sucks. At least for anyone that cares about keeping baserunners off the bases. Unless there are Felipe Lira 2.0 fans out there...?

Put him in the bullpen.

Wenceel Perez. Leadoff Triple. Good at baseball.

POINT!!!

Hah! Sure... I took his OE% down though...

Here's a key point: Official MLB stats ALSO includes stats from the FEDERAL LEAGUE of 1914-1915. The Federal League was NOT the AL nor the NL. Point.

Just like Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Foundation, foundation, foundation...

Campos got a HBP and taken out of the game...

Oh... Do tell... This seems somewhat similar to the Al-Shifa Hospital bombing with an estimated 300 or so Palestinian casualties... That ended up being errant Hamas missiles instead of an Israeli bombing. At least it seems that way. I wonder how many of the 36K Gazan dead are actually at the hands of Hamas crossfire/ errors/ errant missiles/ secondary weapons explosions or on purpose killings by Hamas? 1,000? 2,000? We know it was Hamas missiles at Al-Shifa Hospital and we know they were shooting and killing Gazans that were directed to safe corridors. The true numbers will never be known.

War is hell. Mistakes are made. Mistakes are ALWAYS made in war. Not a genocide.

Just in case LLM is MIA... I could throw a Sunday afternoon special out there... (I think he missed Saturday's too...?): Toledo: Postponed due to rain. Erie Wins 12-5 Over Altoona (another team of ours with an offensive explosion and no interesting story on pitching): Workman 2-4, single-double-1 BB, .753 OPS Lee 2-4, singles - 1 BB, .756 OPS Trei Cruz 2-4, singles - 1 BB, .752 OPS WM Loses to Lake County 7-6 Gold 1-3, single-1 BB, .273 BA, .886 OPS Campos 1-3, double-SF, .278 BA, .809 OPS Anderson 0-4, .693 OPS Joe Miller - 4 Inn's, 3 H's 1 BB 1 ER 4 K's, 2.08 ERA, 1.15 WHIP Lakeland Wins 4-0 over Palm Beach McGonigle 1-2, single-2 BB's, .329 BA, .881 OPS Rayner Castillo - 5 inn's, 3 H's 1 BB 0 ER 2 K's, 0.00 ERA 1st & only game in Lakeland so far.

Until it isn't. And then all hell breaks loose...

I think these guys read my post in here... And got QUITE... IRKED. And have decided to show me up this weekend. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. PS: Good for you guys.

Campos stakes WM to a 1-0 lead with a solo HR...

That's what I remember too.

Eddys Leonard on his rehab down in Lakeland was one of those singles...

That IS quite the comical take...

Most definitely... Yes.

I think the same thing could be had by throwing him into the 9th spot. Nothing to do there but get on base. But also... he's right in front of the top of the order... which would actually be an incentive to get on base.