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WEEKLY THOUGHTS
Not a good week, going 2-5 to drop us to 20-29 on the season. We also droped to 28th in the power rankings. Our team ERA continues to suck, hovering at 6.57.
In transaction news, we released C Jason LaRue. Nobody wanted to trade for him, and I wanted him off the roster as soon as possible. He wasn’t even in the majors, instead playing in Omaha. $5 million is too much to be paying someone to play in Omaha. We added Omaha CF Jorge Padilla to the 40-man roster to take his place.
In other news, the coaches came to me and said de la Rosa has looked absolutely terrible. I watched him throw a bullpen session and he looks like he’s developed Rick Ankiel syndrome. In my anger I not only sent him down, I removed him from the 40-man roster. We recalled Jose Diaz from Omaha and added Wayne Franklin back to the 40-man.
AL Player of the Week
1B Jay Gibbons (BAL) .481, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R
NL Player of the Week
SS Edgar Renteria (ATL) .520, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R
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