Random thoughts, notes
* If there is somebody playing the role of unsung hero on this Wild Things team, then it has to be relief pitcher Travis Risser.
The guy has a 0.31 ERA. That's ZERO-THREE-ONE.
That's unheard of in the Frontier League, especially when you consider Risser's not a guy who faces only one or two batters per outing (the most common way for a pitcher to have such a low ERA). Of Risser's last 10 outings, eight have been of at least two innings, including Saturday's night's two-inning save at Windy City. Risser has helped ease the loss of relief pitcher Ian Heisel.
* Speaking of Heisel, the MRI performed on his right shoulder recently showed no structural damage. He could be back by mid-August, if not sooner.
* The Wild Things' original plan for Saturday night at Windy City was to go with a bullpen night, similar to what they did recently at Traverse City. They were going to start the game with a relief pitcher on the mound and use about four relievers over the course of the game. That plan was probably scrapped when Aaron Ledbetter didn't make it through the fifth inning Tuesday. Ledbetter pitched Saturday on three days of rest.
* The bullpen night won't happen Sunday, either. According to WJPA Radio's Randy Gore, Washington will start lefty Alan Stidfole on three days of rest.
* What has happened to Patrick Sadler? After coming off the injured list, Sadler has pitched in only three games, for a total of four innings, over the last 23 days. When asked last weekend if Sadler was healthy enough to pitch, manager John Massarelli said there was nothing wrong with the right-hander. Sadler was thought highly enough of to be the No. 4 starter at the beginning of the season, which makes his inactivity puzzling.
* In the last 26 innings in which the Wild Things have batted with Tom Cochran as their pitcher of record, they have scored only 2 runs.
* Washington's 51 errors are the fewest in the league, five less than second-place Evansville.
The guy has a 0.31 ERA. That's ZERO-THREE-ONE.
That's unheard of in the Frontier League, especially when you consider Risser's not a guy who faces only one or two batters per outing (the most common way for a pitcher to have such a low ERA). Of Risser's last 10 outings, eight have been of at least two innings, including Saturday's night's two-inning save at Windy City. Risser has helped ease the loss of relief pitcher Ian Heisel.
* Speaking of Heisel, the MRI performed on his right shoulder recently showed no structural damage. He could be back by mid-August, if not sooner.
* The Wild Things' original plan for Saturday night at Windy City was to go with a bullpen night, similar to what they did recently at Traverse City. They were going to start the game with a relief pitcher on the mound and use about four relievers over the course of the game. That plan was probably scrapped when Aaron Ledbetter didn't make it through the fifth inning Tuesday. Ledbetter pitched Saturday on three days of rest.
* The bullpen night won't happen Sunday, either. According to WJPA Radio's Randy Gore, Washington will start lefty Alan Stidfole on three days of rest.
* What has happened to Patrick Sadler? After coming off the injured list, Sadler has pitched in only three games, for a total of four innings, over the last 23 days. When asked last weekend if Sadler was healthy enough to pitch, manager John Massarelli said there was nothing wrong with the right-hander. Sadler was thought highly enough of to be the No. 4 starter at the beginning of the season, which makes his inactivity puzzling.
* In the last 26 innings in which the Wild Things have batted with Tom Cochran as their pitcher of record, they have scored only 2 runs.
* Washington's 51 errors are the fewest in the league, five less than second-place Evansville.
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