“If there’s one thing that stands out from what I’ve seen,” Piniella said, “it’s that there are no great teams in baseball. There are a few good teams but even they have serious flaws and all the others have a lot of flaws.”
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The offense has been great, but the pitching? Err, not so much. Led by rookie Aaron Crow (who is gaining traction in AL-only leagues, by the way), the bullpen (3.09 ERA) has been much better than the starting rotation (4.95, worst in the American League). On the bright side, in a few weeks, the team will likely begin to think about bringing up some of its massive surplus of fine young pitching prospects.
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The streak now sits at 29 games, and because he didn’t enter Wednesday’s game, it remains intact, although it’s worth noting that he was willing to pinch hit in the game – something that would have seriously jeopardized the run.
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Today we’re going to turn our attention to the bullpen, checking in on a few ex-Mariner relievers around the game.
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Meanwhile, the Rangers sure have floundered after getting off to that amazing 9-1 start. They’re 7-12 since, and the series loss against the A’s leaves them with six defeats in the past eight.
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After a nice start, the Angels’ offense as a whole has gone into the tank big-time recently and that helps explain Wells’ paltry run total. Of course, a .224 OBP is a pretty darned good reason why he’s scoring less than a UNIX programmer with four-inch thick glasses. Of greater concern has been Wells’ complete lack of productivity. The dude is batting fifth (and sometimes cleanup) in Los Angeles’ lineup yet has only driven in five freaking runs all season. He’s hitting .146 with runners on base and .174 with RISP. Yikes.
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Well, that’s exactly what’s he’s been so far, and on Tuesday he limited the suddenly hot Red Sox to five hits and one run over six quality innings to earn his fourth win of the young season, making the lefty the first rookie in Oriole history to win that many games in April.
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