Day trading
Catching up with the Wild Things following a few days of R&R:
* Today is trading day for the Wild Things. They made three trades and signed one player.
Gone are center fielder Darian Sandford, the Frontier League's leader with 43 stolen bases, and relief pitcher Orlando Santos.
Sandford has been traded to the Joliet Slammers in exchange for a player to be named. You might recall that Washington attempted to trade Sandford to Joliet back in June and thought it had the deal finalized -- they even sent the transaction paperwork and updated roster to the league office -- only to have the Slammers pull out of the deal at the last minute.
Sandford is batting .245 with one home run and 13 RBI. He is tied for third on Washington's team with 29 runs. Sandford is classified as Experienced by Frontier League roster standards.
Santos has been traded to the Evansville Otters in exchange for a player to be named.
Santos, like Sandford, was in his second season with Washington. He began this year as the Wild Things' closer, but lost that job when he struggled early in the season (though he had only one blown save). Santos has a 1-1 record, two saves and a 2.70 ERA. He recently spent a 7-day stint on the disabled list. Since returning to the roster, Santos has pitched in 3 games for 7 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and one run.
Santos also is classified as Experienced.
Washington acquired outfielder Tyler Hall (5-9, 175) from the Southern Illinois Miners in exchange for a player to be named.
Hall played in 44 games with Southern Illinois and is batting .252 with one home run, seven RBI and six stolen bases. A product of Central Michigan University, Hall is in his second year of pro baseball. He played for the Road Warriors last season and batted .276 with eight RBI and two stolen bases in 23 games. Hall is classified as a Rookie 2 by league roster standards.
The Wild Things also signed rookie infielder Jordan Weymouth (5-11, 180) out of Virginia Commonwealth University. Weymouth, a lefty hitter, batted .296 with three home runs and three stolen bases this spring for the Rams. As a junior, Weymouth batted .276 with two home runs and eight stolen bases. He played second base this year for VCU.
* In case you're wondering the trades leaves Washington with 11 players from their opening day roster. Last year, seven players went wire-to-wire with the team.
* Manager Bart Zeller wrote in his weekly manager's column on the team's website that pitcher Zach LeBarron (3-2, 3.91) will have surgery to repair an ulnar nerve disorder in his elbow. He was transferred this week from the 7-day to the 60-day disabled list.
* Today is trading day for the Wild Things. They made three trades and signed one player.
Gone are center fielder Darian Sandford, the Frontier League's leader with 43 stolen bases, and relief pitcher Orlando Santos.
Sandford has been traded to the Joliet Slammers in exchange for a player to be named. You might recall that Washington attempted to trade Sandford to Joliet back in June and thought it had the deal finalized -- they even sent the transaction paperwork and updated roster to the league office -- only to have the Slammers pull out of the deal at the last minute.
Sandford is batting .245 with one home run and 13 RBI. He is tied for third on Washington's team with 29 runs. Sandford is classified as Experienced by Frontier League roster standards.
Santos has been traded to the Evansville Otters in exchange for a player to be named.
Santos, like Sandford, was in his second season with Washington. He began this year as the Wild Things' closer, but lost that job when he struggled early in the season (though he had only one blown save). Santos has a 1-1 record, two saves and a 2.70 ERA. He recently spent a 7-day stint on the disabled list. Since returning to the roster, Santos has pitched in 3 games for 7 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and one run.
Santos also is classified as Experienced.
Washington acquired outfielder Tyler Hall (5-9, 175) from the Southern Illinois Miners in exchange for a player to be named.
Hall played in 44 games with Southern Illinois and is batting .252 with one home run, seven RBI and six stolen bases. A product of Central Michigan University, Hall is in his second year of pro baseball. He played for the Road Warriors last season and batted .276 with eight RBI and two stolen bases in 23 games. Hall is classified as a Rookie 2 by league roster standards.
The Wild Things also signed rookie infielder Jordan Weymouth (5-11, 180) out of Virginia Commonwealth University. Weymouth, a lefty hitter, batted .296 with three home runs and three stolen bases this spring for the Rams. As a junior, Weymouth batted .276 with two home runs and eight stolen bases. He played second base this year for VCU.
* In case you're wondering the trades leaves Washington with 11 players from their opening day roster. Last year, seven players went wire-to-wire with the team.
* Manager Bart Zeller wrote in his weekly manager's column on the team's website that pitcher Zach LeBarron (3-2, 3.91) will have surgery to repair an ulnar nerve disorder in his elbow. He was transferred this week from the 7-day to the 60-day disabled list.
posted by Chris Dugan at
3:08 PM
4 Comments:
This was once a lively blog. The WT management group has managed to kill almost all interest in the team. It used to be said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The WT have proved that to be wrong. Even the negative comments that pointed out perceived faults generated some interest in the team. As usual, the WT just ignored what they did not want to hear AND that is exactly what has led them into the failure this organization has become. They just ignore fan's concerns and rely on the judgment of people such as Steve Z. This man has proved beyond all doubt that his best efforts fall far short of any reasonable expectations. The first goal of any business is to please the customer - can anybody give us an example of what the WT have done with the customer in mind over the last two, or 3 seasons? It's very easy to name some things they have done to drive customers away.
The WT are setting things up to leave Washington - all signs point to WV. Raise the Jolly Roger!!
Dis Grunteled.
I'm curious .... What were the fan's concerns that were ignored.
Raise the Jolly Roger!!!
Go Mild Things.
If you don't know what the concerns were/are, then you are completely brain dead.
One thing for sure is that women's softball is NOT going to solve the Wild Things attendance problems. Neither is a change of their logo going to change anything.
Since you don't seem to know the things that were ignored, how about telling us some of the fan friendly things you've seen put into place? Perhaps you are referring to the parking charges or, the higher concession prices! Maybe it's the lack of a truly competitive team that you think is so appealing to the fans.
The response by Anon 9:29 was typical of a Wild Things "fan". I don't consider myself anything more a casual observer of the "Mild Things" because I don't like to throw my hard-earned money away watching a gloridifed high school team. But I do like to visit this blog once in a while and see what the "Wild Things fans" are bitching about today and occasionally read an interesting blog post or two. I ask a serious question in an attempt to learn something and in typical "Wild Things fan" response I am called "brain dead". From what I've seen, a "Wild Things" fan falls into one of two categories. Either an 80-year old fool who is cranky as a constipated bear or trailor trash. You know the old joke don't you Anon 9:29? What has 60 feet and 3 teeth? ..... The front row at a Wild Things game. Which category do you fall into Anon 9:29? My guess is both. With "fans" like you it's now wonder the Mild Things are headed to West Virginia, where they'll have a higher class quality of fan.
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