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Originally Posted by stevem810
Looks like a team that is 'turning the corner'. Keep it going!!
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I can only hope.
Haven't reported end of June yet but we are now at July 1st in the schedule and after a bit of a rough series against L.A. the Brewers stand at one game under .500.
Which, given the disastrous May, isn't horrible.
Antonio Puente just came back off the disabled list and I'm hoping that he starts hitting soon as we really need his bat to come back to life in the middle of the lineup. As result of Puente's return, Andrew Kennedy was sent back down to the minors, this time to AAA Chester. Kennedy did not look completely over-matched at the major league level and will likely be back later in the season (after September 1st, at least) to provide a decent bat off the bench. But in the meantime, his leadership may be missed. Since his demotion the bench coach is indicating that while morale is still in the contented range, he needs to monitor things a bit to see how it sorts out. A losing streak to start July could lead to bad clubhouse mojo, for sure. Puente is not a bad influence in the clubhouse, but he isn't the great positive that Kennedy is.
Meanwhile, our most talented starting pitcher, Diego Ramirez, remains on the disabled list with elbow inflammation and his return date is unknown at this time. Unfortunately, he is proving to be a bit more injury prone then we could have foreseen. It would be a big boost if we could get him healthy and keep him healthy for the rest of the season.
In the good news department, Bobby Erbakan was named MGL Rookie-of-the-Month for June.