jdw wrote:
> Unreal. Vic Ullom goes on the DL for more than a month.
> Do the Pirates take the chance to give former #1 draft
> pick Willie Young a starting gig? Nah. Instead they give
> the job to 33 year old journeyman 1B Teddy Plihtov.
Goose - the Conspiracy Against The Class of 1934 continues:
Longtime White Sox star SS Jamie Kubic continues to slide due to aging:
.232/.306/.314/.620 - SS Kubic (35 years old) in 245 PA
But he was one of the club's starts in the 30s, so one can understand him hanging onto his gig. On the other hand, after finally winning back his job after the dreaded Falling Into The Void, Stepher Henry got off to a horrid start:
.208/.314/.302/.616 - 2B Henry (32) in 172 PA
Well... about as horrid as Kubic's anyway. With the Sox far adrift in the table, it's time for changes, so jackass^H^H^H^manager Jeffrey Roland makes a change. Could it finally be?
You haven't been paying close attention if you think that. Of course Roland went with a vet:
.324/.342/.454/.796 - 2B Asher (30) in 114 PA
Back to Asher who lost his job last year because he stank. And given how bad the Sox offense is, that level of production will keep the job in his hands. Yet oddly enough, the is also finding playing time for:
.248/.288/.343/.631 - 2B Lazo (30) in 111 PA
To stink up the joint as well.
Wait, that's a lot of PAs for the middle of the IF, so what's going on? Actually the team gave Lazo the 2B job while Asher has 11 games at 2B, 9 at 3B, amd 15 at SS as the jack of all trades.
Meanwhile, Doc Barton sits on the pine with his thumb in a certain place:
.000/.000/.000/.000 - SS/2B Barton (23/24) in 3 PA
Here's the update on the Class of 1934:
#1 Overall - Willie Young, 2B/SS/1B, Pittsburgh Pirates
.238/.288/.330/.618 in about 300 *career* MLB PAs. HOLY COW!
#2 Overall - Easy Out Skjerly, SP, St. Louis Browns
7.46 in 19 MLB starts in his *career*. OUCH!
#4 Overall - Buster Darling, 3B, Detroit Tigers
.292/.320/.417/.737 in 50 *career* MLB PAs, 38 of them *this season*. LORDY!
#6 Overall - Doc Barton, SS/2B, Chicago White Sox
.247/.295/.336/.631 in about 260 career PAs, 145 of which came way back in *1936*. GRRRRR!
#8 Overall - Speedy Perly, 2B, Brooklyn Dodgers
.286/.345/.397/.742 for his career in his third full season of holding down the Dodgers SS spot. 331 SB already at the age of 24, 603 hits under his belt, a World Title under his belt along with a BOM Award. Clearly the Ancestor of the Draft so far.
Among the top Non-Ancestors who mixed in with the Ancerstors listed above:
#3 Overall - Boston (A) pick: CF Lee Friedman
Currently riding the pine for the White Sox. This looked like a great deal by the ChiSox to fleece him from the BoSox back in 1937, but he lost his job in 1938 and has gotten a little over 40 PA the last season and a half.
#5 Overall - St. Louis (N) pick: P Fred Francis.
5.87 ERA in 79 starts. Has been put in the Cards rotation three times for long looks (1934, 1937 and 1938) and has yet to post an ERA under 5.00.
#7 Overall - Cincinnati pick: P Monty Rottier.
Has never pitched to even one *batter* in the majors. Amazingly has never risen above A level in the minors, even after going 17-8 with a 3.44 ERA there last year.
This has got to be the WORST draft class in the history of TWB. Certainly the worst crop of performances by Ancestors not in their 7TH! seasons after the draft.
It's a Conspiracy I tell you!!!
John