Moving on
Another day, another pitching dilemma for the Wild Things.
Prior to Monday's home game against the Chillicothe Paints, the Wild Things lost two more starting pitchers for very different reasons.
Right-hander Chris Rivera, who made only two apperances with Washington, had his contract purchased by the Chicago Cubs. Rivera was 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA, giving up 8 hits and 4 walks in 10 innings. He struck out 6. Rivera signed with Washington last month after playing at Virginia Wesleyan, an NCAA Division III school. He earned his first professional win Saturday night in the Wild Things' 6-1 victory over Slippery Rock.
Rivera is the 18th Wild Things player to sign with an affiliated team.
"We are excited for Chris. This will be a great opportunity for him," said Washington general manager Ross Vecchio. "In his brief time here, he has proven himself capable to play at a big-league level."
Meanwhile, right-hander Micahel Hauff opted to retire. Hauff was 1-1 with a 6.65 ERA in seven games (4 starts). Hauff had been bothered by back spasms, leaving a game at Southern Illinois last month with the injury. He pitched two innings Sunday but walked three batters in the resumption of the suspended game at Slippery Rock.
Washington has only 22 active players – the league minimum – for Monday's game. Adam Stidfole, who pitched at Penn State and in the Toronto Blue Jays' system last year, is expected to sign and pitch Thursday's game against Traverse City. Stidfole was 0-2 with 1 save for Pulaski of the Appalachian League in 2006. Stidfole's twin brother Sean pitches for New Hampshire, the Blue Jays' Class AA affiliate.
Prior to Monday's home game against the Chillicothe Paints, the Wild Things lost two more starting pitchers for very different reasons.
Right-hander Chris Rivera, who made only two apperances with Washington, had his contract purchased by the Chicago Cubs. Rivera was 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA, giving up 8 hits and 4 walks in 10 innings. He struck out 6. Rivera signed with Washington last month after playing at Virginia Wesleyan, an NCAA Division III school. He earned his first professional win Saturday night in the Wild Things' 6-1 victory over Slippery Rock.
Rivera is the 18th Wild Things player to sign with an affiliated team.
"We are excited for Chris. This will be a great opportunity for him," said Washington general manager Ross Vecchio. "In his brief time here, he has proven himself capable to play at a big-league level."
Meanwhile, right-hander Micahel Hauff opted to retire. Hauff was 1-1 with a 6.65 ERA in seven games (4 starts). Hauff had been bothered by back spasms, leaving a game at Southern Illinois last month with the injury. He pitched two innings Sunday but walked three batters in the resumption of the suspended game at Slippery Rock.
Washington has only 22 active players – the league minimum – for Monday's game. Adam Stidfole, who pitched at Penn State and in the Toronto Blue Jays' system last year, is expected to sign and pitch Thursday's game against Traverse City. Stidfole was 0-2 with 1 save for Pulaski of the Appalachian League in 2006. Stidfole's twin brother Sean pitches for New Hampshire, the Blue Jays' Class AA affiliate.
posted by Chris Dugan at
3:15 PM
2 Comments:
Speaking of moving on, Mr. Dugan, perhaps you could suggest the idea that any Wild Thing called up to the major leagues have their Wild Thing number retired. I noticed that 18 Wild Things have been picked up by and assigned to minor league teams, but only Mike Amrose, Brett Grandstrand, and Brandon Ketron are still on affiliate rosters. I can't wait until a Wild Thing makes the majors and retiring his (or perhaps her) Wild Thing number would be quite an honor. I would also bestow this honor to prior Wild Thing managers and coaches who were pickup up after working with the Things which at this time would exclude Teke and Cleveland Joe.
No need to worry about retiring any Wild Things number.
NOBODY in the organization is capable of performing that well!!
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