
Week 6 ( 11-21 ) End of the month
The last day of the month and the new week came with good news. The team finally got a W behind Yamamoto's second big league start. The 22-year-old pitcher went seven innings and allowed 1 earned run, punching out 6 Indians. Romo pitched again after 4 days without seeing action and earned a save by protecting the 1 run lead. Harold Ramirez is back as the starting left fielder replacing Austin Dean.
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End of the month league recap:
In our division the Phillies are leading after going 9-1 in the last 10 games. They have a record of 19-10. The favorites to take the division, the Braves have a record of 14-16.
The Angels (21-10) and the Red Sox´s (22-9) are off to a hot start.
Cody Bellinger is putting up MVP numbers so far (.320/.396/.1.036)
Luke Voit has been a surprise for the Yankees with 12 homers and a .410 OBP
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J.T Riddle had to be activated from the IL and Cooper (1B) will be sent down to AAA. Miguel Rojas has been excellent as a shortstop since being called up and in the second game of the series against the Indians he was in the starting lineup and Riddle on the bench. He responded by having himself a great day and belted two home runs. Trevor Richards finally had a good outing with a final line of 7.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 H and 6K. This win capped the second series win of the season.
May 4th. After another off-day, the first blown save of Sergio Romo of the season cost us the W. A rally from the Atlanta Braves in the ninth allowed them to score two runs and win the first game of the series by 6-5. Lopez had another acceptable outing but the bullpen was horrible and allowed 4 earned runs in 3 innings.
Well.... it seems that every time we lose we go into a negative spiral. The third time we were shutout we also had a blowout loss against the Braves in game 2. After three promising outings, Caleb Smith has been in a slump his last two games. Tayron Guerrero struggled as well but helped the team by eating up 3 innings. The team left 21 men on base and 10 on scoring position. JT Riddle came back to the starting lineup as a shortstop, moving Miguel Rojas to third, and went 2 for 4.
The draft pool was revealed and I will scout it prior to the draft. Hopefully, we can take advantage of the 4th pick.
For the last game of the series and the week against the Braves, I change the lineup a bit. Walker batted sixth and Rojas went up to the cleanup spot. JT Riddle batted in the number 5 hole. But... Chen was pitching so obviously we lost and got swept at home. Again. The offense was quiet and Harold Ramirez was injured and diagnosed with a dead arm, he will be going to the 10-IL.
Note:
Any advice on what to do with Wei-Yin Chen is highly welcomed!
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