This list isn't looking too pretty... and this year's draft isn't doing much to replace Soto, Donaldson, and Gallagher... let alone displace some of the junk on the list.
I remember being peeved in 2006 when Theriot got the callup to play 2B instead of Fontenot. I don't know what it is, but I've always liked the little bugger.
Wheels completely falling off in the sixth. Single, stolen base, strikeout swinging, wild pitch, sac fly, groundout. 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 9 SO, 1 BB, 0 HR, 5 GO - 4 FO
Chris Capuano, Hong-Chih Kuo, Victor Zambrano and Jeff Zimmerman have had two. Apparently Jose Rijo got it done three times. :shock: I seem to recall Chad Fox has had multiple TJS too.
Does anybody happen to know what's changed that's allowing Samardzija to strike out more batters? Is he relying on a different pitch more often, has a pitch gotten better, etc...?
Likewise, the argument can be made that if Hill actually pitches himself back into the big league rotation, he may be better than Lilly or even Dempster.
The Cubs feel the same way about him. He's been a nice pitcher for them. We'll see him in Mesa next spring, for sure. Good to hear it. He's a guy I think we've all been rooting for.
http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19841942&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532228&rfi=6 If they're really pitching him out of the pen there, you'd have to assume it's gonna be a pretty short stay in Boise.