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After a 17-11 May where the Hoggs were clearly overachieving, they have been brought back down to earth in June, 4-9 on the 16th. This includes a 7-game skid. We are 1 game above our Pythag - though we jumped as far as 3 games ahead during our May run.
Still, thanks to the relative weakness of our division opponents through the first half, we are somehow holding onto a 1/2 game lead. Despite our rotation struggling (4.22 ERA), it's our bullpen (3.57 ERA) that's blowing most of our games.
I just made a move that's probably not going to aid our efforts long term but will be interesting to watch short term. Picked up 88OVR Bob Feller. Possibly the worst control of any starting pitcher I've seen but ultra stuff and good movement. I'm interested to watch him in the rotation. 1 start so far. He walked 8 in 5 innings, alongside 4 hits, for 3 earned runs. He also struck out 7, and despite facing 26 hitters threw only 107 pitches.
To accommodate him in the rotation I've moved Corbin to the bullpen and given Doolittle a rest in reserves.
Feller's just about to make his 2nd start... It's gonna be a wild party, that's all I know.
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