Roster moves
The Wild Things made several roster moves ahead of their series against Traverse City. On Monday, they released outfielder Andrew Heck. Tuesday, pitcher Michael Hepple was released and replaced on the roster by rookie pitcher Jordan Elliott, a right-hander out of Delaware State University.
Heck was Washington's leading hitter last year with a .310 batting average, 14 doubles and 20 stolen bases. This year, however, Heck was off to a slow start, batting only .182 (6-for-33) with no extra-base hits. He did not have at-bats in consecutive games since the record-setting doubleheader at Windy City June 2.
Hepple had been pitching well, though he was rarely used. The Wild Things' first pick in this year's Frontier League tryout and draft, Hepple had pitched in six games. In 11 innings, he gave up eight hits, three runs, five walks and 10 strikeouts. He had no record and a 2.45 ERA.
The 6-foot-3 Elliott had a 9-2 record and 2.77 ERA in 13 starts this spring for Delaware State. He struck out 73 in 91 innings and opponents batted only .219 against him.
Heck was Washington's leading hitter last year with a .310 batting average, 14 doubles and 20 stolen bases. This year, however, Heck was off to a slow start, batting only .182 (6-for-33) with no extra-base hits. He did not have at-bats in consecutive games since the record-setting doubleheader at Windy City June 2.
Hepple had been pitching well, though he was rarely used. The Wild Things' first pick in this year's Frontier League tryout and draft, Hepple had pitched in six games. In 11 innings, he gave up eight hits, three runs, five walks and 10 strikeouts. He had no record and a 2.45 ERA.
The 6-foot-3 Elliott had a 9-2 record and 2.77 ERA in 13 starts this spring for Delaware State. He struck out 73 in 91 innings and opponents batted only .219 against him.
posted by Chris Dugan at
3:04 PM
4 Comments:
Andrew heck being gone already is a joke. Zeller never gave him a chance. Good luck to Andrew, zeller doesn't know what he just lost.
Here we go again with losing.
Zeller knows he lost someone that was hitting under the Bando line (with apologies to Mario Mendoza)
Cry babies!
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