Palm Beach is 11-13 in the second half and sits in 3rd place in the FSL South division after going 29-41 in the first half.
The Florida State League is a pitcher’s league, so some of the struggles of the hitters can be contributed somewhat to the park factors and the pitchers dominance in this league. The Palm Beach pitcher’s problems…not so much.
Adonis
Adron Chambers was the FSL player of the week on the week ending June 22nd. He’s getting on base at a .380 clip this year and has 17 steals. He doesn’t have a lot of power, but has speed to spare with 11 triples as well. He’s 5th in the FSL in OBP.
Brown-out
The Cardinals are 3rd to last in AVG in the FSL, but their team OBP is middle of the pack.
Long Road Home
Palm Beach has the most innings pitched in the FSL, for what that is worth.
Struggling
Palm Beach is dead last in ERA in the FSL. And the Cardinals pitchers have granted a league leading 366 walks in their league leading 823 innings.
Where Have All the Good Men Gone?
Pitchers Scott Gorgen, David Kopp, Sam Freeman, Eduardo Sanchez and Layne Lynn all have earned mid-season promotions to AA Springfield.
Finally…
Charles Cutler finally earned a promotion to Palm Beach with his stellar play at Quad Cities. He’s slashing .314/.351/.457 in 35 ABs so far.
The Light Shines In the Darkness and…
Richard Castillo is having a good season for the Cardinals this year. Not great, but good. He leads the team in innings and has a 3.88 ERA. His ERA is good for 20th in the FSL. He’s struck out 73 in 102 innings.
Dr. Jekkyl, Mr. Watch Out!
Blake King has struck out 72 guys in 53 innings, but has also walked 44. Sometimes he is very good. Sometimes, he is very bad. He has proven that he can miss bats though.
Orange Crush
Curt Smith is showing some signs of life in Palm Beach, he’s slashing .304/.331/.435 and hitting 8 HRs, but he’s not walking. He was up to AA briefly, but now he is back.
Nargles Didn’t Take His Bat
Aaron Luna leads the team is OPS with a .851 clip and is second on the team with 7 HRs, which should soon earn him a promotion out of Palm Beach now that Dan Descalso has moved up to Memphis.
*All stats from July 21st and milb.com
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chambers = barton? is that a good comp?
Barton put up better numbers in the low minors and I think Adron has less power.
If Adron can cut down on the Ks and pick up the walks, he could be a good leadoff man.
Any word on what Boggs’ deal is? He got pulled from his start I heard. The website says tonight’s starter is TBD. Trade, Call-up, Injury?
No worries, he pitched last night.
Garcia threw 2 innings for the GCL Cardinals today as per the PD. Check the out the link for more.
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/commishs-hot-stove/commishs-hot-stove/cardinal-beat-updates/2009/07/jaime-garcia-completes-start-for-gulf-coast-cards/
i hope he is taking weely’s spot in the rotation..but i doubt it
Have you checked out Mulligan’s stats?
Casey Mulligan 1.69 era 26.2 ip 20h 12 bb 33so 1.20whip
and he’s not a bad dancer either!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEh6TcmlQes
Looks like Garcia had another very good rehab outing tonight at Palm Beach. I know I know…it is Palm Beach! But the key is he looked good and didn’t get hurt. He had 4IP 1H 0ER 6K. Not too shabby. Keep it up Jaime…we need ya next year for the rotation!