Denver's Batting Stats:
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS
R. Thomas 54 258 93 8 1 9 46 50 16 13 .360 .404 .504 9 4
A. Vasquez 54 243 86 6 0 12 50 43 19 30 .354 .404 .527 5 4
L. Chappel 51 222 79 25 1 18 60 61 32 9 .356 .435 .721 6 0
J. Rumfelt 51 192 55 9 1 2 30 29 23 12 .286 .362 .375 0 0
M. Phillips 51 185 55 12 2 7 27 39 39 16 .297 .425 .497 1 0
E. Bolling 42 174 44 20 4 9 40 34 21 32 .253 .338 .569 1 0
A. Fuentez 43 170 57 15 1 3 31 32 21 15 .335 .404 .488 5 1
B. Romero 40 151 52 9 0 5 34 40 19 31 .344 .419 .503 7 2
M. Shunji 40 143 39 6 2 7 22 28 23 36 .273 .373 .490 3 2
M. Lore 31 100 29 7 0 2 18 15 10 11 .290 .366 .420 0 0
J. Fuensanta 19 68 27 2 1 4 21 14 8 4 .397 .449 .632 0 0
B. Branco 18 62 18 1 2 5 17 17 15 19 .290 .430 .613 0 0
A. Mingo 15 45 10 1 2 0 5 10 11 3 .222 .375 .333 1 1
G. Esqueda 10 37 15 3 0 4 11 7 4 2 .405 .463 .811 0 0
A. Elbert 8 34 7 3 0 3 8 5 2 10 .206 .250 .559 1 0
T. Teika 5 23 10 2 0 1 4 6 0 3 .435 .435 .652 0 0
S. Lattimer 7 23 6 2 0 0 3 2 2 8 .261 .320 .348 0 0
S. Skiba 3 14 6 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 .429 .467 .500 0 0
Thoughts:
Despite slumping a bit lately,
Lee Chappel is still having a ridiculously awesome season so far.
Alexis Vazquez has been consistently productive.
Russell Thomas has come strong since a slow start to the season. Likewise for
Masahachirou Shunji.
Michael Phillips and
Booker Romero are enjoying their best seasons.
Tamiko Teika and
Jose Fuensanta have done a very nice job platooning at first base with
Ellis Bolling on the disabled list. That is especially interesting in
Fuensanta's case, as he had been pretty awful until now in his minor league career and big league cups of coffee.
I should also point out that the injuries to
Bolling and
Asbel Fuentez could be construed as good things, to a certain extent. Both players are up there in years, and would likely have been replaced in the next 2-3 years. Having them out for awhile gives me an opportunity to assess guys like
Marvin Lore and
Teika. If they can handle themselves in a regular role, it might buy me a little time when I finally do need to replace the older guys. If I'm forced to use
Lore as the starting right-fielder for a year, for example, it will be nice to know that's he capable of doing it.
Denver's Pitching Stats:
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH
K. Pillsbury 12 12 7 3 0 2.43 85.1 70 25 23 10 78 4 2
R. Mcnett 12 12 5 0 0 3.22 78.1 75 31 28 19 61 1 1
R. Lockridge 12 12 8 2 0 5.10 77.2 82 47 44 10 58 1 0
G. Buentello 11 11 5 2 0 5.33 74.1 70 45 44 21 43 0 0
T. Fons 10 10 4 3 0 7.07 70.0 101 57 55 28 39 2 0
J. Virgen 20 0 4 3 6 3.60 35.0 36 16 14 9 20 0 0
L. Gwinn 14 0 1 1 1 6.84 26.1 26 20 20 9 25 0 0
L. Waltz 20 0 1 1 1 6.93 24.2 36 21 19 11 20 0 0
R. Soto 20 0 3 0 2 3.42 23.2 21 10 9 3 13 0 0
O. Lopez 14 0 1 3 1 3.42 23.2 30 12 9 5 23 0 0
Thoughts:
Kenny Pillsbury and
Robert McNett have been as good as any 1-2 punch in the league this season.
Ray Lockridge and
George Buentello have been up and down, but given how the high the league ERA is right now, they would still be considered above average.
Thomas Fons hasn't exactly impressed anyone so far, but while I would consider replacing him, the Broncos don't really have anyone who would definitely be better. For now, I guess,
Fons will remain the fifth starter.
The bullpen was has not been as good as expected, but it is a heck of a lot better than a lot of other teams. I would still like a rubber-armed reliever, but Denver just doesn't have a whole lot to trade to acquire one. Much like the situation with
Fons, I'm just going to have live with what I have for the time being. Given that Denver is comfortably in first place right now, I can't really complain too much.