Week 11
Current Week: 3-4 (41-31 .569, +1.5)
Next Week: 2 vs Christiana Blue Hens, 4 @ Seaford Blue Jays
Power Ranking: 9 (-1, 103.5)
Fan Interest: 72
Owners Mood: Happy
Expectation: Playoffs
Home: 19-17 .528 | Away: 22-14 .611
April: 9-16 .360 | May: 21-7 .750 | June: 11-8 .579
Runs Scored: 399 (2nd)
Avg: .280 (1st)
HR: 85 (6th)
SB: 73 (5th)
Runs Against: 334 (8th)
Starters ERA: 4.46 (8th)
Pen ERA: 3.07 (3rd)
Def Eff: .667 (13th)
Top Performers:
Hitting: Naofumi Ohayashi: .400-1-5 (10-25), 2 2B, 4 R
Pitching: Oscar Robinson: 3 G, 0-1 1.35, 6.2 IP, 8 H, 9 K
Week 11:
Game 66: Chadds Ford 10, Milford 6
Gehrig Pearl: 0.1 IP, 2 H, R, BB (Pearl left hurt)
Reed Davis (2-1): 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 K
Eugene Todd: 2-4, 2 HR (16), 2 R, 5 RBI
Ambrose Gutierrez: 3-4, R, 2 RBI
Mikel Wallstreet: 2-3, HR (13), R, 2 RBI
Juan Guzman: 2-3, 2B, RBI
H: 16, LOB: 11
Game 67: Chadds Ford 8, Wilmington 12
John Roberston (4-4): 5.0 IP, 9 H, 10 R, 8 ER, BB, 6 K
Jose Matos: 2-4, HR (3), 2 R, 3 RBI
Lorenzo Leal: 1-4, HR (1), 2 R, RBI
H: 9, LOB: 5
Game 68: Chadds Ford 2, Wilmington 3 (14 Innings)
Juan Cuesta: 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 4 K
Oscar Robinson (4-2): 3.2 IP, 4 H, R, 2 BB, 5 K
Chris Mildmay: 3-7, 2B
Naofumi Ohayashi: 2-6, HR (10), R, 2 RBI
Mikel Wallsteet: 3-5
H: 10, LOB: 10
Game 69: Chadds Ford 2, Wilmington 5
Gregorio Costello (4-6): 6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 BB, 2 K
Jose Matos: 2-4, R
Naofumi Ohayashi: 1-4, 2B, R
Giovanni Smith: 1-2, RBI
H: 9, LOB: 6
Game 70: Chadds Ford 5, Wilmington 1
Ying-Hua Hi (7-3): 9.0 IP, 6 H, R, 2 BB, 9 K
Phil Davis: 3-4, R, RBI
Naofumi Ohayashi: 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI
Melvin Wallstreet: 2-4, 2 R, RBI
Chris Mildmay: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
H: 9, LOB: 3
Game 71: Christiana 15, Chadds Ford 0
Gehrig Pearl (4-5): 3.2 IP, 12 H, 13 R, 9 ER, BB
Eric Harmon: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 4 K
Melvin Wallstreet: 2-3
H: 3, LOB: 2
Game 72: Christiana 2, Chadds Ford 6
John Robertson (5-4): 8.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, 4 BB, 5 K
Tim Meyers (SV 13): 0.1 IP
Naofumi Ohayashi: 3-4
Ambrose Gutierrez: 2-5, 3B, HR (3), R, 6 RBI
Roger Phillips: 1-2, 2 R
H: 11, LOB: 7
Transactions:
Placed SP Gehrig Pearl on the 11-day disabled list.
Purchased the contract of SP Robert Shepherd from Triple A San Juan.
He's back! Probably a start earlier than I was hoping, but the injury to Pearl mean I had to do something so here he is. He has 2 starts in AAA and threw ok. He went 10.2 innings total, allowing 13 hits and 10 runs, 7 runs in his first. The big stat that jumped out at me was the 4 HR's (2 in each game), but the 16 K's (8 in each game) makes me feel a little better. He is scheduled to start game 1 of the Blue Jays series next week.
Injuries:
MR Dani Rubio, Calf strain, Unknown, Ready*
SS Jose Ayala, Torn ankle ligaments, 1-2 weeks, 60-day DL
MR Dustin McNeil, torn UCL, 10 months, 60-day DL
OF Byung-Ho Ch'on, ruputred finger tendon, 3-4 months, 11-day DL
SP Gehrig Pearl, Torn triceps, 3 months, 11-day DL
Pearl going down is going to hurt, but being replaced by Shepherd makes it easier to take. On the season Pearl was 4-5 4.76 in 12-starts. I am starting to get concerned he will be on of those injury prone guys that has trouble staying on the field... After missing almost a month of games Rubio will head down to AAA to get a couple of rehab showings. That and I am not 100% sure what roster moves to make right now, she he may just be there very short term.
Other/Roster News:
GM Notes:
This was a rough week. I hate losing and I hate losing to teams that are trying to chase us done. The Iron Pigs made us look silly and the first game against the Blue Hens might have been our worst loss of the year, not only did we get blown out we lost our starting pitcher. That is just painful. I am glad we were able to pull out the final game of the week, setting up for a big final 2-games against the Blue Hens. If we can hold on over this week I will feel better. Despite going 2-4 against our division rivals some how we only "lost" 1/2 a game.
To start the week Gehrig Pearl left his start early with a sore elbow, that injury seemed minor, until later in the week when Patterson decided to throw him again. Now he is out for 3-months, a blow that could have been a lot worse it wasn't for Robert Shepherd coming off the DL. These are the injuries that I don't pay enough attention to, and when I don't bad things usually happen. Losing Pearl for 3-months hurts, not only because he was a solid starter, but because I feel like I am hampering his development by seeing him hurt and not able to pitch.
Last year I acquired Gregorio Costello in a deal that I thought turned out to be a steal. But Costello just hasn't lived up to the expectations I had for him. With Pearl out and Shepherd back Costello is now our #5 starter, he is a guy I acquired thinking he was a #2 or 3 easily! But his 1.46 WHIP this season shows how much he has struggled. He gives up too many hits (109 in 101.2) innings and can't strike out anyone (76 in 101.2). So far this year he is 4-6 4.60, following up on his 7-5 3.89 partial season with us last season. I was hoping for more of the same, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I would deal him away, expect he IS our team leader. To find a player of his caliber, in skill and leadership would be tough. So he is here to stay out of necessity.
It is getting close to the point where I feel like I need to do something about this defense. Step one will be taking over the lineup's and getting Eugene Todd away from 3B! He now has 9 errors in 32 games over at the hot-corner, and an awful ZR (-4.0), and .901 FPct! He is a better 1B and an even better DH! I feel like this team might benefit with him at DH and Maxwell back in at 3B. But that would mean Lorenzo Leal would be back on the bench, which might not be bad thing. I am thinking about this and very tempted.
This is an early All-Star break, as we have one more week to go till the break. I am not sure if that is a good thing or not, but I do know in Chadds Ford we have always played better post all-star break. I am hoping 2038 will be the same. So here is to the final 6-games and a strong finish and most excitingly is the return of Robert Shepherd.
Lets go Cannons and lets start pulling away!
Standings Leaders
DE Colonial: Milford Clippers: 46-26 .639 (+0.5)
DE Northern: Chadds Ford Cannons: 41-31 .569 (+1.5)
DE Atlantic: Georgetown Sixteens: 49-23 .681 (+11.5)
MV Beltway: Balitmore Barons: 44-28 .611 (+2.0)
MV Mountain: Ellicott City Express: 38-33 .535 (+2.5)
MV Coastal: Norfolk Cavaliers: 45-27 .625 (+1.0)
Players of the Week:
Delaware: Tadiyuki Kiyomizu, Georgetown Sixteens: 14-23, 3 HR, 8 RBI's
MarVa: Bobby Hamilton, Virginia Beach Surf Dawgs: 13-25, 3 HR, 11 RBI's
Power Rankings:
1) Georgetown Sixteens (133.5)
2) Baltimore Barons (121.0)
3) Seaford Blue Jays (117.1)
4) Washington Senators (114.0)
5) Chesapeake Blue Crabs/Milford Clippers (112.0)
News:
Richmond Cardinals: Lost 3B Tomas Murillo (.318-0-14) for 5-weeks with a strained ab muscle.
Wilmington Iron Pigs: Longtime 2B David Durant (.250-1-2) at the age of 37 has announced he will be hanging it up at the end of the season.
Ellicott City Express: It took 14-innings to do, but SS Larry Miller did it, collecting 5 hits in 7 AB's. Including 3 hits in the extra's, a 2B in the 10th, a 3B in the 12th and a single in the 14th.
Chadds Ford Cannons: Outfielder Mikel Wallstreet reached the 20-games in a row hitting streak for the second time this season. This one came to an end quickly at 20 when Wallstreet went o-for during a 15-0 drubbing.
Georgetown Sixteens: 1B Howard Porter saw his hitting streak come to an end at 31-games, the longest of the season. He became the 12th player to reach the 30-hit mark.
Chesapeake Blue Crabs: Saw one of their most durable pitches go down for the season, when they received the news that Carl Oulton (8-1 2.07), who was in the midst of his finest season to date, was going to miss the rest of the year with shoulder inflammation. Oulton denied to comment after the diagnosis.
Delaware Conference: Milford Clippers 2B Patrick Coates leads the DC in votes, and was the first player to reach 3 million. His 3,216,337 are just about 200,000 more than the second place vote getter, and teammate, Ricardo Gonzalez.
MarVa Conference: Richmond Cardinals catcher Hector Pagan continues to lead the MC in votes bringing in 2,977,611, about 3,000,000 more than Salisbury Ports DH Peter Mrdja.
All-Time Hitting Streaks:
04/09/2025 Chip Hurt 47 Games, while playing for Milton
09/07/2015 Steve Williams 43 Games, while playing for Annapolis
05/10/2022 Jeff Lewis 39 Games, while playing for Norfolk
09/22/2018 Kiyonobu Matsuura 39 Games, while playing for Annapolis
07/24/2018 Jeff Lewis 36 Games, while playing for Norfolk
08/01/2020 Jeff Lewis 35 Games, while playing for Norfolk
09/12/2036 Javier Ramírez 34 Games, while playing for Ellicott City
07/03/2029 Manny Vega 31 Games, while playing for Washington
06/18/2018 Cristo Canseco 31 Games, while playing for Ocean City
06/20/2038 Howard Porter 31 Games, while playing for Georgetown
08/09/2021 Hermínio Bovay 31 Games, while playing for Ellicott City
09/08/2015 Glenn Jenkins 30 Games, while playing for Lewes