Devon Young

If Rochester beats LeHigh Valley tonight, we’ll be 66-66 with 14 games to play. That would make the final couple weeks pretty exciting even if we haven’t got a shot at the playoffs. If you live near Rochester, come to Frontier Field and support the team in the drive for a winning record. If you can’t come, then listen to the game online at WHTK.com.

10th Inning Stretch thinks Twins 3B Crede will be on the DL soon. I agree. I think as soon as rosters are expanded & Danny Valencia is called up, Crede will go on the DL simultaneously.

Armando Gabino’s major league debut was a flop. Really. If he put up those numbers against the Yankees, Red Sox, or Rangers, I would say it wasn’t a flop. But it was Baltimore. And this is ok, because he won’t be fully baked ’til 2010.

I’m going to try recording one of the TV broadcast games during the upcoming Buffalo series & put them online. I’ll probably do Friday night’s. A friend of mine has this VCR-to-DVD machine so I can put the games on DVD and then break it up into chunks and put it on YouTube. I’ve slacked on this during the summer, and I really feel a need to get at least 1 more game done before the offseason….besides, I know you all want to see Danny Valencia before he arrives in Minnesota.

Did you know that Yohan Pino has a 1.82 ERA over 34 2/3 IP this month? Opposing batters are hitting just .177 against him. Yikes! I think he’s adjusted to AAA now. What really tickles me pink, is that he’s actually got better numbers than he did when he was in New Britain earlier in the year, with almost the same amount of innings. Does he get better against better opponents? It seems to look that way, and that would be a killer pitcher on the Minnesota staff…..next year. Yeah, don’t expect too much from him if he’s called up next month. He’ll need some time to adjust, and then he should be lights out.

Don’t worry about Anthony Swarzak yet. Lots of great pitchers had bad first seasons. Nolan Ryan was 6-10 with a mere 90 ERA+ in his first 23 games….and he was all-time greatness in the works. Swarzak could still be a #1 starter for Minnesota in the future. Stranger things have happened. Ask Dave Stewart how he went from 14 game loser to 4 consecutive 20 win seasons.

Since Mike Gosling left Rochester, he’s just 0-2 with an ERA of 5.27. When he was here earlier in the year, he went 7-1, 4.37 ERA.

Juan Morillo has been awful this month. 0-2 via a 6.98 ERA. Opposing batters are hitting .383 off him. Basically, he’s making them all look like Joe Mauer.

Red Wings leader in runs scored, Jason Pridie, still hasn’t gotten a base hit in the major leagues. I hope they call him up next month just to try to get him a base hit. A bloop single or an error-generously-called-a-hit… anything, please. I’m starting to worry that he’ll never get one.

David Winfree leads the Red Wings in doubles and strikeouts. Seems like an odd combo to me.

Danny Valencia walks just 6 times in 48 games, which is once every 8 games. Then walks 2 times in 10, which is once every 5 games. I hope there’s something to that.