The ‘Pigs are hanging on but bare;y, with a 3-3 week that leaves them 69-61, 5.5 games behind division leading Scranton and a half game behind Pawtucket for the wild card position. After a rainout last night, the ‘Pigs play a doubleheader tonight at home against Toledo, followed by three on the road against Rochester. Lehigh Valley is home for 11 of their last 14 games, where they are 42-21.
Probables: Tuesday (1)Cochran; (2) Pettibone; Wednesday: Elarton; Thursday: Cloyd; Friday: Brummett.
Notes: Jon Pettibone is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his 4 starts since being called up from Reading.
—Sebastian Valle has 3 multi hit games in his last 5 starts and has 11 RBI in his 13 games played for Lehigh Valley.
–Over his last 16 games, Pete Orr is hitting .333 with 6 multi hit games.
–JC Ramirez has been outstanding as of late. He hasn’t given up an earned run in his last 7 outings, spanning 10.2 innings, striking out 9 and walking 2.
—Tyler Cloyd leads minor league baseball with 15 wins.
—Scott Elarton has not won a game in three months and is 0-10 with a 7.19 ERA in his last 17 starts.
—Justin DeFratus has been pitching well. Over his last 9 games, he is 0-0 with 3 saves and a 2.52 ERA. In 10.2IP he has walked 2 and struck out 10.
—Derrick Mitchell is hitting under .100 since being activated from the DL.
—Cody Overbeck has just 2 extra base hits in his last 21 games.
Stats (thru Mondays game): Kyle Hudson is 8th in SB’s (20); Tyler Cloyd is 2nd in Wins(12), 2nd in ERA (2.27), 8th in IP (135) and has the 4th best WHIP (1.03); Pat Misch is 2nd in the league in losses (12) has the 5th worst ERA (4.98) and is 6th in HR allowed (16); Scott Elarton is 3rd in the league in losses(11), has the worst ERA (5.48); and has the 3rd worst WHIP (1.58);Phillipe Aumont is 4th in saves(15);Tom Cochran has allowed the 6th most walks(61)
Transactions: Jake Fox went full circle, going from Reading to LV last Tuesday, and back to Reading last evening. Fox returned to Reading to open up a roster spot for Hector Luna, who was optioned from Philly after Placido Polanco was activated from the DL.
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Elarton was a great story early on, but has been a disaster on the mound the past 3 months. I suspect he’ll make it through the season if he’s lasted this long, but it would nice to see a pitcher who can give the team a chance during a pennant race. Hyatt with all his struggles is an improvement over Elarton. The Phil’s brass did a good deed here, now let him go
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Has anyone seen Hudson play? Hes still young-“ish”. Is he any type of MLR prospect? Obvy, he can steal bases but .250-ish in AAA doesnt cut it, unless he’s a gold-glover type CFer and great base stealer, maybe…Like a 5th OFer?
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Joe Jordan guy from O’s org. Lots of speed and will be 26-years old for next season.
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What’s with Cloyd lately? He doesn’t seem to be quite as sharp in the, past 2 or 3 starts, more BB, and more HR surrendered. His Era jumped from 1.9x to 2.3x. & settling at 2.27
Yeah- 2.27 is a great Era but, ..
Thoughts?
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Regression to the mean.
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Who would have predicted that a guy whose peripherals are consistent with an ERA of 3.92 would see his ERA regress to over 2.00? It does appear quite odd.
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*Repost:
Funny that his “less than sharp” outings are still all quality starts, so can’t complain about that. It’s probably fatigue though, he’s pitched 6 or more innings in all but 1 outing I think, bringing his IP to 160 on the year.
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Hoping Cesar is making the needed adjustments to AAA. He’s got a 4 game hit streak but they’re all 1-for-4s. He is making contact though. Only 2 Ks, 1 BB in that time.
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