Desperation, or Signs of Life?
Two new items of note:
1) Reitsma still has not been released, but the Braves did the next best thing, putting him on the DL for "numbness" in his fingers and calling up Phil Stockman, who's been mowing down AAA batters with alacrity. His combined stats for Mississippi and Richmond read: 37 IP, 10(!) hits, 12 BB, 51 K(!!), 0.73 ERA. It's high time we did something about the pen, and I wouldn't be surprised if it soon looked something like this:
Ken Ray
Phil Stockman
Will Startup
Jorge Sosa (having been replaced in the rotation by Chuck James)
Oscar Vulturreal
Macay McBride
and....
Scot Shields
Shields' acquisition being a possible outcome of Item 2.
Brave-O-Matic hasn't addressed the possibility of trading Giles, and though I like him a lot despite his struggles, it makes sense. Betemit looks ready for a shot at a full-time job, and of the positions he can play, 2B seems the most likely to open up. The Angels have Adam Kennedy to play 2B, but maybe a three-way trade involving the Cardinals could open up.
Thoughts?
1) Reitsma still has not been released, but the Braves did the next best thing, putting him on the DL for "numbness" in his fingers and calling up Phil Stockman, who's been mowing down AAA batters with alacrity. His combined stats for Mississippi and Richmond read: 37 IP, 10(!) hits, 12 BB, 51 K(!!), 0.73 ERA. It's high time we did something about the pen, and I wouldn't be surprised if it soon looked something like this:
Ken Ray
Phil Stockman
Will Startup
Jorge Sosa (having been replaced in the rotation by Chuck James)
Oscar Vulturreal
Macay McBride
and....
Scot Shields
Shields' acquisition being a possible outcome of Item 2.
Brave-O-Matic hasn't addressed the possibility of trading Giles, and though I like him a lot despite his struggles, it makes sense. Betemit looks ready for a shot at a full-time job, and of the positions he can play, 2B seems the most likely to open up. The Angels have Adam Kennedy to play 2B, but maybe a three-way trade involving the Cardinals could open up.
Thoughts?
posted by Sam Bass | 10:19 AM
2 Comments:
Are the angels willing to block Howie Kendrick. He might be able to play another position but the Angels have prospects at pretty much every other position.
a brett- After the way we lost last night, it may have just become panic time. It's sad to watch this team when their struggling this bad, blowing 3 run leads against a last place team.
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