Bullpen help on horizon?
I was unable to listen to all of Friday night's game at Traverse City, so I don't know if this was mentioned by Radio Randy during the broadcast: According to the Atlantic League web site and Lancasteronline.com, the Wild Things have re-acquired relief pitcher Joe D'Alessandro from the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League.
This, I think, completes the earlier trade that sent D'Alessandro to Lancaster for future considerations.
The Atlantic League is in the midst of its all-star break, and Lancaster took advantage of the stoppage to bring in two former major leaguer relief pitchers, including Antonio Alfonseca. D'Alessandro, who was 1-1 with a 4.43 ERA, was one of the two pitchers dropped from the roster. D'Alessandrto had given up 22 hits in 22 1/3 innings.
With Washington last year, D'Alessandro was 3-2 with 4 saves and a 2.52 ERA in 20 games.
This, I think, completes the earlier trade that sent D'Alessandro to Lancaster for future considerations.
The Atlantic League is in the midst of its all-star break, and Lancaster took advantage of the stoppage to bring in two former major leaguer relief pitchers, including Antonio Alfonseca. D'Alessandro, who was 1-1 with a 4.43 ERA, was one of the two pitchers dropped from the roster. D'Alessandrto had given up 22 hits in 22 1/3 innings.
With Washington last year, D'Alessandro was 3-2 with 4 saves and a 2.52 ERA in 20 games.
Labels: Joe D'Alessandro
posted by Chris Dugan at
9:45 PM
61 Comments:
Chris, if this is true, 1. who do you see the Wild Things getting rid of and 2. will Peterson remain the closer with D'Allessandro throwing the 8th and Lucas the 7th?
Those are three pretty strong relievers (by Frontier League standards) at the back end of the bullpen
winterhalter, maybe fuhrman
I see Peterson staying the closer with D'Alessandro being given a shot to close on days when Peterson is not available. First though, D'Alessandro needs to be signed. You have to say the odd player out at this point appears to be Winterhalter, only because he's pitched in only one game.
Another four-run comeback, another late loss by the bullpen.
D'Alessandro joins team as does Banks. Winterhalter released.
I'm betting Chris Raniere going on 14-day injured list...
All right you bloggers that knew it all and said Ernie Banks is out of here. Ernie Banks is back.
Jamal did his magic.
I'll tel you all something right this minute. They better not mess with Ernie because we will not let that stand. I was hard to get the team to take him and they just better keep him. Count on it
Jamal
Ernie Banks is back and will not be going anywhere. The Wild Things know better than to piss off the black community. They want to keep that free money for their phony grass next year. Letting Ernie go will be bye-bye to the money.
Franni may be dumb but she is not stupid. If the Wild Things go back on their promise to the blacks there will be hell to pay and they know it.
If I could be anything I wanted to be right now it would be a black man and a Democrat! Life would be great. As things stand now, being white, male, and under 35, I am the most discriminated against person in
the U.S. WE are the ones paying for that phony grass only because we have no input into the matter of how our tax money is spent.. If the blacks yelled loud enough about NOT wanting that stuff, then the entire thing would be scrapped!
Bill
^^^Dumbest comment ever.
Note to Mark Mason: Don't pitch Hempel. You lose every time you do. Oh, I'm sorry. According to the above comment, you were too busy trying not to piss off the black community Saturday to notice who was pitching for you.
Well Obuma, thanks for instigating the Jerry Springer/Rush Limbaugh mentality on the blog. Just read the posts following his for proof. Just mention "Jamal" and it all starts. Let me be the second to nominate "Bill" for dumbest comment ever.
I'll be the third, Bob you are truly a piece of work. Obuma you suck, this blog was going so well before you said your two cents. Banks wont be back long if he starts with his attitude he had before he was suspended. If I were Mason I'd be trying to find a way to get him out ASAP. The team was so much better without him (and no thats not a racist comment Jamal, look at the stats)
Trade Banks for a legit 3rd baseman/ starting pitcher and put Psomas Back at 1st.
Come on Ross and Mason make it happen
Come on Ross and Mason make it happen
Don't be a moron, they dont' have the bal** to do it!
Wow, what a difference in the pitching the past 2 games. Last night, continuing the trend in Wild Things' losses, they issued 9 walks/hit batsmen, and 2 wild pitches. Ugly. I'd have to say that Heimpel is the main occupant of the pitching doghouse at the moment.
Today, whoa! 3 walks, no hit batsmen, and 1 wild pitch. They didn't give it away to a first place team, and see what happens? Hats off to McCullough, Lucas, and Edwards, holding Kalamazoo to just 1 run even though the leadoff hitter managed to reach base 5 times. D'ellasandro is a welcome addition to the improving bullpen. Now if we could just get more consistent pitching from the starting rotation....
Nice game by Ernie Banks. 2-4, a run scored and 1 RBI. Hopefully the rest will do Psomas some good. The Wild Things best hope at this point would be to try and get to .500 by the all-star break, and then make a run at the playoffs in the second half. And yes, the next post by "Jim Mora" will actually be done by me for some light-hearted comical effect.
Playoffs??? Don't talk about playoffs! Playoffs?? You kidding me? Playoffs? We're just trying to win a game.
What I want to know is, when is Ms. Williams finally give Chris Dugan an interview. She is probably afraid he may ask some tough questions, for instance; How are you today?
What a piece of work she is!
The only reason I go to WT games is because I like a good laugh! Plenty of that watching a bunch of amateurs trying to play baseball! I actually saw a MLB scout at a Frontier League game once – turns out he was just lost!
"turns out he was just lost..."
turns out, you are too. this is the planet earth. you must have just arrived.
"I actually saw a MLB scout at a Frontier League game once – turns out he was just lost!"
I remember when I discovered blogs. Very funny jackass.
for the anon alien (must be from uranus): 2009 Season — Frontier League Alumni in Affiliated Baseball--Major Leagues
D.J. Carrasco - Johnstown 1999 - Chicago White Sox (American League)
Chris Jakubauskas - Florence 2003-04, Ohio Valley 2005 - Seattle Mariners (American League)
Josh Kinney - River City 2001 - St. Louis Cardinals (National League)
George Sherrill - Evansville 1999-2000 - Baltimore Orioles (American League)
Joe Thatcher - River City 2004-05 - San Diego Padres (National League)
Clay Zavada - Southern Illinois 2008 - Arizona Diamondbacks (National League)
In this era of The President of the U.S. apologizing to everybody for what America has done since it’s founding. Congress apologizing for slavery, and on and on, I still waiting for Bill Lee to apologize for insulting the baseball world for starting the Frontier League and all the dead franchises scattered around.
Crusader
and we're waiting for your mother to apologize...
I agree with the guy that ask about that long overdue Franni Williams interview with Chris.
Come on Franni, if you can’t take the heat then get the hell out of the damn kitchen!
Chris, if she FINALLY does give you an interview, which I doubt, please don’t go easy on this despotic attorney! The Wild Things sure haven’t given your, or the O-R, much respect the last few seasons. Time to take the gloves off. The Wild Things are NOT God’s gift to Washington, PA. They are nothing but ‘takers’
from the public while giving nothing in return. Bob Gregg being the key enabler.
Snoopy
Franni, Franni, where art thow?
If you are afraid of talking to chris Dugan, then perhaps you will do a pregame interview with Radio Randy. Randy is nice to everyone and I am sure he would not offend you and give you softball questions.
As far as taxpayer turf, pony field would be a better place for use of taxpayers money. Then they could play more of the Washington youth baseball games on the turf field.
and we're waiting for your mother to apologize...
Why should she apologize...
she didn't givr birth to Bill Lee.
Must have been your mom.
While we are talking about Franni Williams
Consol has been around in one form or another for over 100 years. Consol has NOT always been the most benevolent employer as history proves. Consol required the minors that worked for them to supply all their own equipment they needed to work AND to purchase them from the company store. This practice is now largely illegal in the Unites States.
Annie Franni still requires us WT employees to buy clothing items from the “company store” as her employees have NO other source for them. We get a discount but SHE should provide all clothing
items we need to do our job.
She screws the taxpayers for a new field and us, her employees, for every dime possible. Most of the people working here don’t even make minimum wage due to some sort of legal technicality about seasonal employment. I won’t be back here next year.
The old Consol Coal Company is gone but its spirit lives on in the heart of Franni Williams.
Mike
"Why should she apologize...
she didn't givr birth to Bill Lee."
no, but she gave birth to you and for that she should apologize...
mike, why wait? quit now. that's what all your fellow employees say. more hours for them. go get a job somewhere else. mcdonald's gives you a uniform, and a meal. why not fly over to the golden arches? just so you know, the same door you came in, you can go out. don't let ithit you on the way out.
you know, the same door you came in, you can go out. don't let ithit you on the way out.
Looks like old Franni is back to posting again. Why don't you just fire the guy Franni?
no, but she gave birth to you and for that she should apologize
yoy mother should commit suicide!
yoy mother should commit suicide!
you are a low life. instead of insulting the guys mom. quit paying attention to the frontier lague if it is such a joke. no one forces you to do so. and if it is such a joke, why are you on the blogs paying attention to it.
either enjoy it or don't. believe me, no one cares if you go to the games or not.
now can we get back to talking about baseball? it was going so good for a couple of weeks before all of that non sense
"One of the people that makes River City special is "roaming" P.A. announcer Randy Moehlman. There was a story on the FL web site this week about his exploits - I got to see him in action, clipboard in hand, pumping up the level of excitement for Rascals' fans who braved the hottest day of the season. His frenetic style was infectious. I also got to meet "Bubblegum" Bob Griffith, who sits right behind the first base dugout. He was pointed out to me by his daughter, Dawn Gerard, who sang the National Anthem Saturday. Bob earned his nickname by bringing a bucket of bubblegum to every game and tossing individually-wrapped pieces to Rascals' players as they come off the field. He had to be the happiest guy in the ballpark."
From the blog of "The Scout" on the Frontier League website. Since Difabio isn't there to announce half the batters anyway, maybe the Wild Things should make him a traveling PA guy. I'm sure he can't do worse since he messes up enough just sitting in his little booth.
The Bob Dylan tickets are $76.00 including the "convenience charge".
How much is the parking?
Sounds like a $100/person/night.
I'll sit on the bank and listen for free and spend less than $5.00 on the food and drinks I bring.
Want to join me?
any chance heimpel is the next to go. he just gives them no chance to win, weather it be starting or out of the pen. i say the same about fuhrman
no one wants to join you Thriftyone, cause you're a cheap b@%&?ard!
I didn't think you would join me Franni!
thriftyone
no one actually expected you to spend $100. but if you did we all know you would bitch about it for the next two years on this blog
I'm not Frani you jerkoff! Just a guy that's sick and tired of your continuous pissing and moaning!!! Get off the blog if you hate everything Wild Thing that much!
amen to all of you guys. now if he would just go away for good
thriftyone...why in the world do you think that it's Frani posting each time someone here disagrees with you or supports the Wild Things???
Are the Dylan tix really 76 bucks. I didn't pay any fees at the Wild Things Box Office. Must be those whores at Ticketmaster!!! Thriftyone should go on the Ticketmaster website and bitch like he does here.
Thriftyone...who the F cares about the parking at the Dylan concert. They'll all be too stoned to know any different!
Thriftyone = LOSER
the drunks will probably pee all over Ron Wilson's sacred grass...
Here's the problem with Saturday night's loss (losing 2-run lead in the ninth).
Tonight, the Kings are outplaying, outhitting, outpitching the Wild Things. SO, barring another 4-run comeback, the Wild Things will end up losing 2 out of 3 to the 1st place Kings, dropping a game in the standings instead of picking up a game...
Gotta win all the games you have in your hand...and steal a few from the other guy...
Well, got the 4-run comeback. All square to the bottom of the eighth. Sometimes, you gotta steal one from the other guy...
yes bob. big game. need to get this one after 4 run 8th. petersen on in the 9th so hopefully he can get it to xtras
7-6 loss. comeback wasted. that hurts. it would have been nice to come back home after a win
I agree with you, Mike. Other teams sell their merchandise at retail stores. Why can't the Wild Things? Outsourcing costs money. Franni can't handle losing money. She also can't handle not being able to tell others how to handle their business.
Ike
Well, I hate to interrupt the catfights in here, but here's some thoughts on tonight's GAME. A 2nd consecutive bad outing by Nick Peterson. I wouldn't be shocked to see D'ellasandro audition for the closer's role soon. The Kings must have taken some great notes tonight, because although Zach Groh mowed them down his first time through the order, he was battered the second time around.
I thought Aaron Fuhrman did a nice job in relief. He did give up the 6th run, but he did stop the bleeding in the 5th with runners on the corners and only 1 out. I wouldn't chase this guy out of town just yet.
On the plus side, stellar defense this evening by Brett Grandstrand and yes, even Grant Psomas. Here's hoping Psomas' clutch homer will be the start of a new hot streak. Uncharacteristic bad night at the plate for Jacob Dempsey, 0-4 including stranding the go ahead run at second in the 9th, as did Ernie Banks.
This team still lacks a legitimate #1 starting pitcher. Maybe I've been spoiled by watching Aaron Ledbetter the last few years. Come on, Ross Vecchio, there's got to be one out there somewhere!
i would have to agree an ace and a reliable back end of the pen (even though petersen has been good) are really needed. you just dont know what you are going to get with your 5 starters
"Since Difabio isn't there to announce half the batters anyway,"
Almost pissed myself laughing so hard at that one. The sad part is it's true. Seems like there's 3 different PA announcers each night.
Also, don't know what this Franni person did to you, but I wouldn't accuse her of writing things on this blog unless you have proof. Remember she's an attorney. She could be working on a slander suit against all Wild Things fans.
he really doesn't announce half the batters. we sit almost right underneath him and the guy that sits next to him announces half of them. i bet he gets a full days pay for doing half of the work though
How they still pay him game after game year after year to do less and less is beyond me. Seems to be the exact opposite of the approach of the new regime.
Thriftyone is the only person on here that has it right. The rest of you are just brain dead Washington County morons!
Probably never even saw a real baseball game!
Bob in E. Washington
another classic retort by bob in e. washington...
you've shown yourself to be the brain-dead moron over and over.
Most FL fans would not knoe REAL baseball if it bit them in the butt!
most people who blog about "real" baseball wouldn't know it if it bit THEM in the butt.
Does the PA announcer there really take time off during games?
swisscheda
looking at some numbers on petersen, i think his arm may need a little break as well, or into a different role. on the road trip, his era rose nearly 3 full runs, while striking out only 2, yet walking 6. its probably a good thing d'alessandro is back in the mix
Thriftyone is the only person on here that has it right. The rest of you are just brain dead Washington County morons!
Probably never even saw a real baseball game!
Bob in E. Washington
Bob, you know that same-sex marriage IS legal in several states now. If you do want to marry Thriftyone, we'll all chip in for the gas. Let's just hope they don't charge for parking, or the deal is off!
Bob in E. Washington's future English teacher
pitching & defense help needed tonight. just left. couldn't stay any more. neitz was awful--even the outs were hit hard. laurent misplayed fly ball. sutton misplayed ball in gap. both should have been outs. then parker muffs a shorthop. somebody better get this whole thing turned around. and there were about a thousand people max.
i will pitch in a few bucks to get those bob and thrifty one to take a trip and tie the knot. however they will probably be bitching on this blog about having to spend money on their honeymoon
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