SCHEDULE:
2 vs Phoenix
3 @ St Louis
2 vs Brooklyn
RESULTS:
5/30: Florida 11 Phoenix 1
W-Samvdio (8-2 3.20) L-Janzen (3-8 8.96)
HR: PHX-Neumann (11) FLA-Funicello (3)
POTG: Samvdio 8.2 IP 3 H 1 ER 10 K
Flores 3-4 2B (6) SB (12) 2 R RBI (12)
Juan Alatorre (PIT) struck out 5 in Pittsburgh's 3-0 win over Washington. He's 4-4 5.06
5/31: Florida 9 Phoenix 8
W-Willoughby (8-1 5.24) L-Poliskin (7-1 6.27) S-Turner (6)
HR: PHX-Blowers (8) D Murray (5) Reinosa (5) FLA-Saldana (6) Bursey (5)
POTG: Sergio Reinosa 2-3 2B (9) HR 3 RBI (18)
Hayashi 2-4 2B (16) HR 3 RBI (34) Willoughby 5 IP 8 H 8 ER
6/1: St Louis 3 Florida 0
W-Wright (2-6 6.52) L-Balderas (2-3 5.48) S-Lawrence (14)
HR: NONE
POTG: Wright 6.2 IP 3 H 2 BB 2 K Came out in the 7th with an apparent injury
Chris Linn (the troubled child I mentioned earlier) went 5-5 and is now hitting .328-13-38. I keep talking to various GM's and there is a ton of desire but I can't get comfortable with any deals yet. I think I'm also going to ensure he ends up in the NL.
Tyshawn Ogarro leads all AL Vote getters. Chase, Hallamore, Turner lead at 3B, SS and RP respectively.
Funicello, Cortezo, and Bursey are all in the mix.
Former Tarpon Mike Haupt leads all NL Vote getters.
GM'S OFFICE
Toying with the idea of trying to pare down payroll without losing talent. I was speaking with some folks in Oklahoma about some minor league matches we may have when the discussion switched to Ismael Saldana. That grew to 2nd place finisher in the NL MVP voting last year left fielder Dave Grohs. In case you don't remember Grohs hit .370/.447/.645 with 46 HRs and 138 RBI's. The deal then reigned in Juan Flores and their 2nd round pick (46th overall). In the end, I could not pull the trigger. Grohs is an FA at years end and both Saldana and Flores are locked in. However, I know that's a potential route now should I choose to go that way. I have McMullen in AAA who is going to be a stud. I have Elizondo in left as the RHH hitter in that platoon. The biggest issue is our scout's rate Grohs and Saldana as very similar players. The one big difference is Grohs hits lefties far better than Saldana (both are LHH).
6/2: St Louis 2 Florida 1
W-Morales (3-5 3.58) L-Pollock (4-5 4.43) S-Lawrence (15)
HR: NONE
POTG: Morales 6.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 3 BB 7 K
Pollock CG 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 3 K
Mike Clary (NE) (5-6 4.64) struck out the and scattered 5 hits in New England's 9-0 rout of San Francisco.
6/3: St Louis 7 Florida 4
W-Nakai (1-0 5.16) L-Sugihara (6-4 3.56)
HR: FLA-Chase (16) STL-Love (1) Granado (12)
POTG: Chase 3-5 HR 3 RBI (53)
Nakamura grounds out with the bases loaded to end it. Sugihara 5 IP 6 H 4 BB 5 ER
Emmanuele Gianini (JAX) struck out 6 in the Panthers 13-0 mauling of the Storm
Juan Castillo (TEX) punched out 10 giving up just 4 hits as Texas beat Oklahoma 5-0. He's 7-5 4.86
6/4: Florida 4 Brooklyn 0
W-Samvdio (9-2 2.90) L-Sakai (6-3 3.36) S-Turner (7)
HR: FLA-Funicello (4) Chase 2 (18)
POTG: Chase 2-3 BB 2 HR 2 R 3 RBI (56) SB (5)
Samvdio 8.1 IP 9 H 3 BB 8 K
Sakai CG 8 IP 5 H 4 BB 7 K 4 ER
BLOCKBUSTER SEES STARS CHANGE CLUBS
The Washington Jets have sent star 2B Juan Valle to Denver and received Closer Tim Reese and LHP prospect Johnny Jinkins.
Reese set the ABA record for saves in a single season back in 2008 with 53, and has saved 140 games the past 4 seasons. He's 3-3 14 Saves this year. He was also the 2008 Mariano Rivera award winner given each year to the Closeaccumulatesumlates the most Rivera Save points. He is a free agent at years end.
Valle is hitting .328-12-29 in 54 games this year and is coming off a career-high 29 home runs and 107 RBI's last year. He is a career .278/.360/.464 hitter with 133 2B 23 3B and 118 HRs with 415 RBI's in 758 games. He has won the NL Silver Slugger at 2B the past 2 seasons. Valle will be a free agent following the 2012 season.
Jinkins was the LA Storms 3rd round pick (73rd overall) out of Spain Park HS.
6/5: Brooklyn 8 Florida 7 (12)
W-Kiser (2-2) L-Carr (3-5)
HR: BRK-Russell (7) FLA-Hayashi (11) Bursey (6) Chase (19)
POTG: C Russell 4-5 2B (9) HR 3 R 2 RBI (26) SB (2)
Chase 4-6 3B (1) HR (19) R 2 RBI (58) Willoughby 6 IP 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 7 K
- AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jeremy Pannebaker (DET) 16-26 4 HR 13 RBI (.348-13-41)
- NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gene Keller (SAN) 10-26 4 HR 11 RBI (.254-17-48)
- RECORD: 3-4 (38-21)
- STANDINGS: 1st +8
- RUNS FOR: 326 3rd
- RUNS AGAINST: 247 2nd
- DEFENSE: .712 1st
- POWER RANKINGS:
- Pittsburgh
- Ohio
- Chicago
- Texas
- Las Vegas
- Florida