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Starting Rotation |
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| Player | Trend | Notes |
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| Ian Kennedy |
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Kennedy had a fabulous Opening Day start - 7 innings, two hits, two runs, and eight strikeouts! A great job by our ace. |
| Trevor Cahill |
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Cahill was his usual Cahill self, pitching just shy of a "quality start" with three earned runs in 5.2 innings. He struggled in that 6th inning, allowing a Matt Holliday home run and two baserunners after that. He was bailed out of the inning by Tony Sipp. |
| Brandon McCarthy |
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McCarthy really only struggled in one inning last night against the Cardinals. Outside of the 3rd inning, he allowed only two hits (well, until the 6th, when he allowed two more). In the third, however, and mostly with two outs, he allowed five hits and four runs. Ouch. |
| Wade Miley | Has not yet pitched. | |
| Patrick Corbin | Has not yet pitched. Was almost needed to play left field, though... | |
Bullpen |
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| Player | Trend | Notes |
| Heath Bell |
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The less said about his attempt to pitch the 7th inning on Tuesday, the better. Hint: his ERA is currently 81. |
| Josh Collmenter |
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Collmenter not only pitched a scoreless inning and two thirds on Tuesday, he pitched five innings in long relief last night. He allowed one run and struck out five batters in 78 pitches to earn the win in the 16th inning. A "quality start" for sure, and better numbers - including more pitches - than the game's initial starter, McCarthy! |
| David Hernandez |
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Hernandez pitched two lights-out innings, striking out three. I hope to be able to use the phrase "lights-out" a lot with DHern. |
| J.J. Putz |
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J.J. was going to pitch last night regardless of the score. He came into the 9th in a tie game, walked the leadoff man, and got the next three batters no problem (including 2 Ks). |
| Matt Reynolds |
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Reynolds has impressed so far - three innings across the two games, no hits, no walks, and one strikeout. |
| Tony Sipp |
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Sipp's first appearance was fine, getting out of Cahill's jam on Tuesday night. But he allowed two runs inherited from McCarthy to score in the 6th inning last night, and then one of his runs scored after Ziegler came in. It's kind of hard to tell with Sipp right now... |
| Brad Ziegler |
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Brad pitched a clean inning on Opening Day, but last night he allowed one of Sipp's runners to score and then one of his own the next inning. Five of his nine batters did hit ground balls though, so I'm not worried. |
Starting Lineup |
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| Player | Trend | Notes |
| Gerardo Parra |
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Parra is off to a hot start in the leadoff position. He's 8-for-16 with three doubles and a triple, he nearly hit for the cycle last night, and lead off yesterday's game with his first home run of the season. |
| Martin Prado |
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Martin is making a good impression so far, going 2-for-5 on Monday and 3-for-7 on Wednesday (but 0-for-4 on Tuesday). His two-run home run in the 6th inning yesterday tied the game. |
| Aaron Hill |
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A decent series for Hill, collecting four hits and one RBI. |
| Miguel Montero |
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Miggy went 4-for-12 against the Cardinals, including 2-for-3 with a solo home run in the losing effort on Tuesday. |
| Paul Goldschmidt |
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Goldy has struggled a little bit, getting just one hit in the first two games. He had two singles and a two-run home run in his first three at-bats last night, but went 0-for-5 with 3 Ks the rest of the way. |
| Jason Kubel |
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Jason went just 3-for-12 in the series (1-for-7 last night), but his one walk last night lead to the walkoff win in the 16th inning. |
| A.J. Pollock |
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A.J. was en fuego on Opening Day, going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. But he is 0-for-5 since then. |
| Cliff Pennington |
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The hero of Canton, the man they call.... wait, that's not right. Pennington waited until late last night - the 12th inning - to get his first hit of the season, and got the walk-off single to score Kubel in the 16th. He also made some great defensive plays. |
Bench |
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| Player | Trend | Notes |
| Eric Chavez |
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Chavez went 1-for-4 in two games as a pinch hitter/defensive replacement. He singled and scored one of the many tying runs last night. He would've played longer but he got nailed in the elbow by Mitchell Boggs and left in the 13th. |
| Eric Hinske |
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Hinske appeared in all three games against St. Louis as a pinch hitter. He worked a walk last night. |
| Alfredo Marte |
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Marte made his major league debut on Tuesday, and pinch hit on Wednesday, but has yet to collect his first hit. |
| Wil Nieves |
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Struck out as a pinch hitter in the 11th inning last night. |
| Josh Wilson |
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The last guy on the bench in last night's marathon was needed to replace Chavez defensively. He then went 0-for-1. |
Disabled List |
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| Player | Trend | Notes |
| Willie Bloomquist |
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No news on Willie, battling a similar intercostal strain as last year. It's one of those injuries where rest is the best medicine. |
| Adam Eaton |
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Out at least another 4 weeks with his strained left elbow. |
| Didi Gregorius |
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He is headed to Triple-A Reno for a rehab assignment. |
| Daniel Hudson |
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Dan started throwing off the mound in Spring Training. While the team is away, he's working with the Extended Spring Training guys. |
| Cody Ross |
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Starting a rehab assignment with Class A Visalia this weekend. |
Stats run from 4/01 - 4/03.