N'awlins News Volume 5 Issue 5
So it's early June, the Crawdads are currently at 28-36, 9 games behind 37-27
Birmingham (WTF?) in the Frick League Midwest.
Des Moines, expected to be the class of the division, is 4 back of the Bandits at 33-31.
austin is in their rightful place (last) at 26-38.
Last sim, we started with 2 losses to
Montreal, then taking 2 of 3 from
Las Vegas, then 4 straight losses (3 to
Long Beach and 1 to
Seattle). Yes, 2 wins last sim. Ouch.
Hey, look at
Righty Grove go! Grove was awarded Pitcher of the Month honors in the FL for May, going 5-0 over 6 starts with a 0.72 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 50 innings. On the season, his ERA has dropped to 3.59 overall and he's got over 100 Ks compared to 35 walks.
Starter-turned-reliever
Nate Minchey is flourishing in his new role this season. After 2 seasons as a bad starter, Minchey currently has an ERA of 1.65, allowing only 3 earned run in 16 innings of work so far this year. He's struck out fifteen and walked only 5. If he continues to pitch well in this role, the team is considering making his conversion to a reliever permanent and bumping his ratings just a tad.
While we're on the subject of relievers pitching well,
Marty Powers is definitely going to get some recognition: 19 innings,
one earned run, 11 strikeouts, 3 walks, only 11 hits allowed. The guy is dominating hitters, plain and simple. Negotiations on a contract extension are in the works, but rumors have said that Powers only wants a 1 year deal.
Offensively, there's not much to talk about in the Bayou, save for
Willie Williams. The youngster continues to terrorize MBBA pitching, to the tune of .315/.393./.469 with 8 HR and 9 2B. He's basically carrying the offense right now.
Upcoming Schedule
6/11 @
Seattle
6/12 @
Seattle
6/13 vs.
Hackensack
6/14 vs.
Hackensack
6/15 vs.
Hackensack
6/16 @
Birmingham
6/17 @
Birmingham
6/18 @
Birmingham
6/20 vs
Des Moines