Ron Potesta Appearing on WNWS

[jaxxradio]

I will be appearing on "The Cheap Seats" tonight from 6-8 pm CDT. It's a local sports-talk show here in Jackson, TN. The show is available on the world wide web by going to http://www.wnws.com

 

I look forward to hearing from you Jaxx fans tonight...

[jaxxradio]

I don't mean to "give myself some props".. I'm just looking for people to call or e-mail the show..

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If I'm around, I'll listen and give you an email or a call-in, but the wife is working so I'm having a night with me and my daughter. If she's being entertained by Barney, I may be free to call.

[Jon]

Hey, Ron. What do you plan on talking about? Do you know if there's a way to email in questions?

 

By the way, I picked up a Diamond Jaxx hat online. I plan on wearing it out here when I'm not in the mood to represent the parent club.

[Marco4]

I'll listen in, certainly, but I don't know about asking anything - the thing I'm really curious about we won't know until the season's well underway; whether or not there's more people going to watch the Jaxx this season after the events of the off-season.

[Jon]

Some notes from Ron so far:

 

Guzman and Pie won't be part of the Diamond Jaxx.

 

Marmol will probably be back in the starting rotation (I emailed in a question about him as a possible closer which he'll hopefully get), Rojas will probably be the starting shortstop, Craig may be back, Spearman will probably be back, Weston will probably be back if he's a member of the Cubs, O'Toole may be there.

[Chris]

Very cool, thanks for the info. The Cheap Seats is a very good show. It's good to know that WNWS is still doing their part in regards to supporting the Jaxx!

[Jon]

I guess it's good news/bad news with Guzman. If he starts at Iowa, they must think he's healthy and ready, but I would be a little happier with a more cautious approach.

 

Ron also went on to say that Pie might start the season at West Tenn if he has a bad Spring Training, but it's not terribly likely. This was all based from conversations with Fleita, I believe.

[jaxxradio]

I didn't get your e-mail Jon.. it was fun to be on the Cheap Seats.. Seabass (the host) does a really nice job (as well as the rest of the staff) of promoting us.

 

As the season draws nearer, I'll be back on the show..

[Jon]

I didn't get your e-mail Jon.. it was fun to be on the Cheap Seats.. Seabass (the host) does a really nice job (as well as the rest of the staff) of promoting us.

 

As the season draws nearer, I'll be back on the show..

Yeah, I sent it to the email address on their website and got an email last night saying it didn't exist. I guess that's why they didn't advertise it.

 

For the record, I think you two didn't even last ten minutes before taking a shot at East St. Louis. Had to be done, though.

 

I will say that you need to sing more during your broadcasts.

[jaxxradio]

Bass was talking about listening to the show on the internet so he was trying to get cities that started with an E.. naturally I took East St. Louis and it went downhill from there.

 

To answer your question, I think Marmol will start out as a starter. He looks pretty solid as a starter.. but I think he would be pretty dominating as a closer. His fastball would be upper 90's as a closer instead of 93-94 as a starter.

 

It's safe to say that what happens injury wise to the pitchers above Marmol (Triple-A and the show) will dictate what kind of pitcher Marmol becomes.

[Chris]

I will say that you need to sing more during your broadcasts.

 

Agreed. More impersonations as well.

[craig]

Bass was talking about listening to the show on the internet so he was trying to get cities that started with an E.. naturally I took East St. Louis and it went downhill from there.

 

To answer your question, I think Marmol will start out as a starter. He looks pretty solid as a starter.. but I think he would be pretty dominating as a closer. His fastball would be upper 90's as a closer instead of 93-94 as a starter.

 

It's safe to say that what happens injury wise to the pitchers above Marmol (Triple-A and the show) will dictate what kind of pitcher Marmol becomes.

 

This was Fleita's comment too, that Marmol can throw a lot harder without losing his movement in short relief.

 

Ron, you mention throwing 93-94 in rotation, and perhaps high 90's in relief. How often was he 93-94? That seems faster than what BA's scouting report had on him.

 

mph reports always confuse me, because I never quite know what somebody means. Did he throw 93-94 two or three pitches every other game, but even in those throw mostly in the 89-92 range? And on slower days he was working 86-91 and topping at 92? Or are you talking about a guy who's routinely throwing 93-94, throwing a couple of fastballs in that range every inning of every game?

 

Obviously everybody has considerable scatter. Not many guys at any level, other than relievers, whose average fastball is 93-94. But probably every organization has two dozen guys who top out at 93-94 on at least a couple of pitches per month....

[jaxxradio]

I meant topping out.. now that I look at it again, it is a tad confusing.. he threw low 90's during his stay in Jackson. Very rarely did he throw in the upper 80's.