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Originally Posted by Sublime 2
Wow Meridius is crushing the ball in spring-ball. Sucks that Owen Hunter isn't seeing the innings but IIRC he was the young guy i made, so maybe he can pick it up.
edit: I just caught up on this today, looking great!
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Hunter is the kid pitcher; if he had gotten some innings, I think he could have made a run at a spot on the pitching staff. The Clippers have a fairly veteran staff:
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Pitchers Age W- L ERA SO
Marv Breuer 31 17- 16 4.35 148
George Caster 38 48- 80 4.97 421
Jess Dobernic 28 0- 1 13.50 1
Tom Ferrick 31 8- 10 3.77 30
Art Herring 40 16- 25 4.78 150
Al Hollingsworth 38 34- 67 4.28 374
Les McCrabb 31 10- 15 5.32 55
Archie McKain 34 25- 20 4.27 182
Bobo Newsom 38 133-122 4.25 1308
Jack Salveson 32 4- 6 4.48 50
So breaking the club was a tall order to begin with. Getting regular starts at AAA will probably be better for him, long-term, than hit or miss time with the Clips. Scouts think he'll be a very good starter, but we just haven't seen enough from him.
Meridius has been everything the Stars could hope for and more. And with Merson's torn hammy and Weintraub's retirement, Max will be expected to provide 150-160 games of such production (remember, we have a 168 game sked). I still think the Stars are the best team in the PCL, but the gap between them and the Seattle/Portland/Sacramento trio has shrunk considerably since the beginning of ST.