(Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Cutch-22: Andrew's garnering all sorts of praise for his play of late. And it's well deserved, as he's looking like the real deal, making us all forget about our 2008 All-Star Pirate. Last night's effort was particularly inspiring (just wished I watched the game, but instead went and saw UP, which is well worth it). A stellar at-bat drawing a base loaded walk vs 2008 Cy Young winner Cliff Lee, and the game-winning hit for the Buccos in the 9th, first of the year.
Catch-22: In his last 15 games, current Bucco 1B Papa Roche is hitting .366, slugging .707, OPSing 1.145 and playing stellar defense. With 4 HR in 10 games, including an Allegany Splash, he's heating up with the weather, and playing himself right out of town.
Etc: Ian Snell is coming to Indy, because of "too much negativity!" Well, what did you expect, when after signing a 3-yr extension for $8.6M in March of 2008, and since then all you've shown for it is a 9-20 record, ERA of 5.40, WHIP of 1.72, and lots of excuses ... Virgil Vasquez replaces Snell in the rotation, his second shot in the majors. His first stint was pretty uninspiring for Detroit in '07, but he's pitched well in Indy and couldn't be much worse than Ian ... Brad Lincoln looked really good in his Indy debut, and could be due for a September callup perhaps. Hope to see him live Monday night ... and Pedro Alvarez hit his 2nd homer since being called up to Altoona.
GO BUCCOS!
No comments:
Post a Comment