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toanstrom · 06-11-2004, 03:31 AM

4/17/88

CBL WEEKLY

Well it's now two weeks into the season and the Hogs are still at .500, a solid 6-6 record. While they trail Cincinnati by 2.5 games that record is nothing to scoff at so how have they done it? Edward Stites has been the big key to the team, he is hitting .274 with a .346obp 2 triples, 2 homers 10runs 11rbi and is 5/7 on steals. While playing in every game. Brad Loose is htting .319 with 8 rbi and Norris Howard is hitting .333 with a .372 obp and 8 rbi as well. The biggest surprise this week has been the emergence of Ron Elamin who is hitting just .227 but is tied for the team lead in homers with 2 and has drawn three walks to give him a very respectable on base percentage of .346. The pitching has stayed solid as well. Forrest Evers was marvelous until the 7th inning of his last start, Fulkerson gave the Hogs another good start and Alen Kerley pitched one of the guttiest games I have ever seen in a win against Baltimore. He had nothing and allowed 7 hits and 4 walks in just 5 innings but worked his way out of three bases loaded jams and held the Cannons to just one run. Christian Miller excelled in middle relief and Jamie Priess is proving to be worth every penny of his large contract. He is now 1-1 with an 0.82 era, a .114 average against and 14 strikeouts (to 3 walks) in 11 innings. Scary good.

TEAM NOTES:
The first base battle still isnt settled as Lee Paulin, Michael Pardo and Dave Straley have all been equally ineffective. Todd Anderson has played himself out of competition. Pennington has been swinging a hot bat off the bench lately and might get some time there. Also, If Straley doesnt find a way to find a role soon he might be headed down to Greenville. The team is thinking about adding another bullpen arm and he is the most expendable bat.

The Hogs still havent seen a left handed starter meaning platoon players Dustin Boone and Domingo Lamas have been netting a lot of splinters on the bench. Boone is 2-4 as a pinch hitter and Lamas is 0-3 but scored a run as a pinch runner.

Carolina is still #1 in strikeouts as an offense. The whiff kings are Stiles with 14, Wier and Rivas with 12 and a special award to Antonucci who whiffed 6 times in just 17 abs (compared with 2 total bases). They are also 20th in runs scored so they must be doing something, if not right than at least okay. The only catagory where they are above average is walks allowed where they are 5th in baseball. It looks like Melvin Young's strategy is working out on the pitchers side of things but the Hogs batters are not drawing nearly the numbers of walks that they hoped. Management had hoped to be at least above average in walks but are in a tie for 29th. Young's conservative strategy can be seen in the fact that they are last in steals. Stiles is 5/7 and Wier is 0/3 no one else has attempted a steal. Once Lamas starts getting some more pt, that could change.

06-11-2004, 03:31 AM	#11
toanstrom Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 277	Weekly Report 4/17/88 CBL WEEKLY Well it's now two weeks into the season and the Hogs are still at .500, a solid 6-6 record. While they trail Cincinnati by 2.5 games that record is nothing to scoff at so how have they done it? Edward Stites has been the big key to the team, he is hitting .274 with a .346obp 2 triples, 2 homers 10runs 11rbi and is 5/7 on steals. While playing in every game. Brad Loose is htting .319 with 8 rbi and Norris Howard is hitting .333 with a .372 obp and 8 rbi as well. The biggest surprise this week has been the emergence of Ron Elamin who is hitting just .227 but is tied for the team lead in homers with 2 and has drawn three walks to give him a very respectable on base percentage of .346. The pitching has stayed solid as well. Forrest Evers was marvelous until the 7th inning of his last start, Fulkerson gave the Hogs another good start and Alen Kerley pitched one of the guttiest games I have ever seen in a win against Baltimore. He had nothing and allowed 7 hits and 4 walks in just 5 innings but worked his way out of three bases loaded jams and held the Cannons to just one run. Christian Miller excelled in middle relief and Jamie Priess is proving to be worth every penny of his large contract. He is now 1-1 with an 0.82 era, a .114 average against and 14 strikeouts (to 3 walks) in 11 innings. Scary good. TEAM NOTES: The first base battle still isnt settled as Lee Paulin, Michael Pardo and Dave Straley have all been equally ineffective. Todd Anderson has played himself out of competition. Pennington has been swinging a hot bat off the bench lately and might get some time there. Also, If Straley doesnt find a way to find a role soon he might be headed down to Greenville. The team is thinking about adding another bullpen arm and he is the most expendable bat. The Hogs still havent seen a left handed starter meaning platoon players Dustin Boone and Domingo Lamas have been netting a lot of splinters on the bench. Boone is 2-4 as a pinch hitter and Lamas is 0-3 but scored a run as a pinch runner. Carolina is still #1 in strikeouts as an offense. The whiff kings are Stiles with 14, Wier and Rivas with 12 and a special award to Antonucci who whiffed 6 times in just 17 abs (compared with 2 total bases). They are also 20th in runs scored so they must be doing something, if not right than at least okay. The only catagory where they are above average is walks allowed where they are 5th in baseball. It looks like Melvin Young's strategy is working out on the pitchers side of things but the Hogs batters are not drawing nearly the numbers of walks that they hoped. Management had hoped to be at least above average in walks but are in a tie for 29th. Young's conservative strategy can be seen in the fact that they are last in steals. Stiles is 5/7 and Wier is 0/3 no one else has attempted a steal. Once Lamas starts getting some more pt, that could change. Last edited by toanstrom; 06-14-2004 at 02:26 PM.