[Muskies]

Record: 5-3
Position: 2nd (1 GB Columbus)
OBP: .337 (7th in NL)
Starter ERA: 4.64 (10th in NL)
Bullpen ERA: 5.14 (14th in NL)
Defense: .721 (4th in NL)
Fan Interest / Owner Mood: 100 / Ecstatic
Power Ranking: 113.5 (11th ABL)

Week: 5-3 (2-1 vs. Phoenix), (2-1 vs. New York), (1-1 vs. Baltimore)

4/1 - MAD 7, PHO 2
WP: J. Polledo (1-0, 2.25), LP: R. McGinnity (0-1, 1.13)
HR: Benson (1), Nishikawa (1), Browning (1)
POG: Polledo 8 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6K

4/2 - PHO 17, MAD 3
WP: Romo (1-0, 3.52), LP: Juarez (0-1, 9.53)
HR: Adams (1)
POG: Cabrera 3-4, 2 R, 3 H, 4 RBI
- Not a great start for the Mallard bullpen

4/3 - MAD 5, PHO 5
WP: Davila (1-0, 7.36), LP: Lopes (0-1, 7.11), SV: Tavares (1)
HR: Crow (1)
POG: Davila 3.1 IP, 2, H, K
- Kenny Campbell was injured in the 3rd inning while pitching, diagnosed with shoulder soreness out for 4 days.

4/4 - MAD 5, NY 2
WP: Hinton (1-0, 0.00), LP: Potter (0-1, 5.14), SV: Tavares (2)
HR: Schaefer (1)
POG: Nolan Schaefer 2-3, 2 R, RBI, HR
- Steve Shaffer was injured running the bases, day to day with knee tendinitis

4/5 - NY 9, MAD 5
WP: Austin (1-0, 2.84), Jennings (0-1, 8.44)
HR: Williams (1), Ryan (1)
POG: Christian Ryan 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR

4/6 - MAD 3, NY 1
WP: Farias (1-0, 9.00), LP: Myers (0-1, 2.87), SV: Tavares (3)
POG: Polledo 6.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 BB, 3 K

4/7 - MAD 12, BAL 1
WP: Juarez (1-1, 5.25), LP: Leon (1-1, 9.00)
HR: Ryan (2), Kouno 2 (2), Chamings (1)
POG: Kouno 2-2, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 Bb, 2 HR

4/8 - BAL 6, MAD 5
WP: Miller (0-1, 2.25), Tavares (0-1, 2.08)
HR: Shaffer (1), Benson (2), Martinez (1), Vallejo (2), Davis (2)
POG: Vallejo 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HR

Around the league
- 4/2 - Brian Murray (BAL) hit streak is up to 25 games
- 4/3 - Baltimore lost 5* shortstop Brian Murray for three weeks with a herniated disc
- 4/6 - San Antonio RF Dennis Hanna 4* is out for 6 to 7 months with a fractured elbow.
- 4/7 - Detroit has lost SS Felix Sobrano 4.5* for 5-6 weeks with a high ankle sprain
- 4/8 - Columbus’ Jim Hayes hit his 400th home run, which puts him at 15th on the all time list


Players of the Week
NL - Bryan Lane (DET) .462, 3 HR, 7 RBI (3x)
AL - Paul Polk (Ft.W) 12-28, 2 HR, 10 RBI


Which Rookie is leading the ABL in weighted on-base avg.
David Johnson, NY, .441
Gustavo Reyes, SJ, .382
Ross Richards, JAC, .367
Miguel Perez, NY, .326
Juan Montoya, LB, .319


Kage’s Journal

I had a long meeting today with Ortiz and Robles (Pitching Coach) to discuss the starting rotation and the bullpen. My struggles with the bullpen has been well documented and continues to remain unresolved. Our meeting today was to discuss the starting rotation. I did not make any moves in the offseason to beef up the rotation, primarily because I am locked in on expensive contracts for both Hubbard and Chamings, until one or both of those contracts come off, I am rather pinched to sign a big pitching contract. The other reason for not messing with the rotationwas that they did just win us a title.

However, in the current rotation we do not have that "Ace" we have decent rotation of 2-4 starters. Our current number one starter Polledo, is performing well, but neither the staff nor Peters see Polledo as anything more than a middle to bottom rotation guy. The one player everyone agrees can be a true number one starter is Abraham Johnson. As a result we decided moved Pancho Juarez the teams second starter into the bullpen and moved up and comer Abraham Johnson into 5th spot in the rotation. Juarez ratings has a starter have really begun to fall off and was most recently rated at ½ star. Johnson is rated at 3 of 4 stars, one of my concerns with Johnson is that he only has three pitches compared to Juarez’s four, but he is strong in all three, rather than average in four pitches.

The move of Juarez to a reliever increased is current rating from 1/2 star to 4 stars, this should strengthen the rotation and the bullpen.