A whole lotta heart shown by the group this month but not a lot of happiness as we scrap and scrape together a 14-16 record in May despite our form still proving most elusive to find. Our Wilkes-Barre AAA club is following suit and there’s the very real possibility that we suffer the ignominy of going “first-to-worst” at both levels.
As you can see from that summary, we are at the wrong end in most stat cats and it has just been a broad-based drop across the group. One whose fall has been precipitous is Jose Leblanc, who currently sits at 1-8 with an ERA nearing 6. I've been patient but that is nearing its endpoint and as soon as 56 Varieties returns - if that ever happens, I'll have a decision to make as to who goes where.
We claim pitcher Howard Ehmke on waivers from the Phillies and send him to AAA.
The interesting thing is that, despite our struggles, we are far from out of this. No team has stood up to fill the void we have left at the top. The Cards started in scorching form but this month is nothing short of a disaster for them as they go 14-17 including an 11-game losing streak and again one has to wonder what exactly is going on at that club. Poor management? Issues with player cohesion? They are only 3 behind the NL-leading Robins, but still. The Yanks seem afflicted in the same way and Ruth has been unsighted for most of the year, homer-wise. They sit 18-22 and 8 games back from the redoubtable Browns.
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