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ayaghmour2 · 02-15-2022, 11:17 AM

It wasn't the greatest week for the Cougars, as we went just 3-4 and fell out of first place. That's not the worst part, as we will be without two Cougars for Opening Day and Billy Hunter's return is now unknown, putting his Opening Day status in jeopardy. He'll be joined on the DL by 29-year-old and fellow 1932 draftee Ray Ford, who strained his rib cage muscle and will be day-to-day for the next three weeks. We're hoping his stay will be short, as even in a down year for him, it is hard to replace a .283/.339/.412 (111 OPS+) line who gives you double digit homers and 80+ RBIs. Assuming no setbacks, I think he'll skip a rehab assignment and be back up quickly. In the mean time, Freddie Jones will shift over to first and the injury opens up more playing time (at least temporarily) for Ollie Page and Rich Langton. We are also the second team effected by World War II, as after the Stars saw Dixie Lee get drafted, 25-year-old fireballer Rusty Watts was drafted into the army. He will begin his 12 month tour now, and will be back for Opening Day next year. He probably wasn't going to make camp anyways, but he was very effective in 31.1 innings last year, working to a 1.72 ERA (229 ERA+) and 1.18 WHIP with 11 walks and 15 strikeouts.

Jim Lonardo was near perfect this week, making two scoreless four inning starts with just a single walk, strikeout, and hit. Eddie Quinn was a bit less perfect, a hit, 2 walks, and a strikeout in his four frames. Dick Lyons was nowhere near as perfect, 8 hits and 4 runs with 2 strikeouts in his 4 innings. Harry Parker rose his spring ERA to 0.75 with 4 hits, a run, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts in his 4 inning start. Peter the Heater didn't allow a hit, but walked 4 and struck out 5 in four shutout innings. Milt Fritz went 4 with 4 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks. We had good pen outings too, including Harl Haines, who had two appearances with 8 combined innings, allowing 7 hits and a run with 3 strikeouts. Ray McNeill went five and got a win, no hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Pug Bryan went 4 with 2 hits and 3 strikeouts.

Still very little offense, but both Freddie Jones and Aart MacDonald managed to hit over .300. Freddie was 5-for-11 with a double while Aart went 4-for-10 with a triple and homer. Cliff Moss continues his cold start as a Cougar, this week 4-for-19 with 2 runs and 2 walks. Leo Mitchell had a rough week as well, 2-for-12, while Carlos Montes was just 3-for-15. My hope is everyone is just saving their hits for the regular season...

02-15-2022, 11:17 AM	#730
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,110	Spring Training: Week 3 It wasn't the greatest week for the Cougars, as we went just 3-4 and fell out of first place. That's not the worst part, as we will be without two Cougars for Opening Day and Billy Hunter's return is now unknown, putting his Opening Day status in jeopardy. He'll be joined on the DL by 29-year-old and fellow 1932 draftee Ray Ford, who strained his rib cage muscle and will be day-to-day for the next three weeks. We're hoping his stay will be short, as even in a down year for him, it is hard to replace a .283/.339/.412 (111 OPS+) line who gives you double digit homers and 80+ RBIs. Assuming no setbacks, I think he'll skip a rehab assignment and be back up quickly. In the mean time, Freddie Jones will shift over to first and the injury opens up more playing time (at least temporarily) for Ollie Page and Rich Langton. We are also the second team effected by World War II, as after the Stars saw Dixie Lee get drafted, 25-year-old fireballer Rusty Watts was drafted into the army. He will begin his 12 month tour now, and will be back for Opening Day next year. He probably wasn't going to make camp anyways, but he was very effective in 31.1 innings last year, working to a 1.72 ERA (229 ERA+) and 1.18 WHIP with 11 walks and 15 strikeouts. Jim Lonardo was near perfect this week, making two scoreless four inning starts with just a single walk, strikeout, and hit. Eddie Quinn was a bit less perfect, a hit, 2 walks, and a strikeout in his four frames. Dick Lyons was nowhere near as perfect, 8 hits and 4 runs with 2 strikeouts in his 4 innings. Harry Parker rose his spring ERA to 0.75 with 4 hits, a run, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts in his 4 inning start. Peter the Heater didn't allow a hit, but walked 4 and struck out 5 in four shutout innings. Milt Fritz went 4 with 4 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks. We had good pen outings too, including Harl Haines, who had two appearances with 8 combined innings, allowing 7 hits and a run with 3 strikeouts. Ray McNeill went five and got a win, no hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Pug Bryan went 4 with 2 hits and 3 strikeouts. Still very little offense, but both Freddie Jones and Aart MacDonald managed to hit over .300. Freddie was 5-for-11 with a double while Aart went 4-for-10 with a triple and homer. Cliff Moss continues his cold start as a Cougar, this week 4-for-19 with 2 runs and 2 walks. Leo Mitchell had a rough week as well, 2-for-12, while Carlos Montes was just 3-for-15. My hope is everyone is just saving their hits for the regular season...