I'm really curious about Gohara now, and not in a good way. He should be on that roster. I'm guessing Rigoberto Garcia is the nominal "ace" of that staff, which is kinda scary. Not that he's bad, but he's the youngest and is still just a big raw dude. Hope he can take a big (ha) step forward this year.
I expect Altavilla to get starts and show well. He's the one I'm really curious to see. Wish I still lived near Aquasox stadium...
De Meyer's an odd duck who I want to see against college guys, and other than that, I really have no idea who's gonna be starting and who's working out of the pen. Even a guy like Altavilla may do split duty to monitor innings. It'll be interesting.
And the offense... oof. Why are there 4 catchers? Kristian Brito is still trying to hit baseballs as a large 1B, but when he catches em they go far. He and Lumberkings pitcher Diaz were drafted the same year as long-term projects who had basically never played organized ball before. I think that's harder on hitters., so 1B Brito is lagging as expected.
But we have another 1B, Planas-Arteaga on this team too. So confusing. And we just drafted P-A. Tiny school D-II dude, built like a knock-kneed caveman, interesting plate potential for somebody from the middle of nowhere. Lapped his conference as a hitter, pretty much, so we'll see how that goes.
The rest of the hitters are basically gritty glove dudes that you hope can tap it around the field a little. Everett's a weird team this year for sure. Not quite how I was expecting it to be drawn up, but we'll see who else shows up there in a week or two. If Gohara and Jackson swing by it gets way more interesting. In the meantime, watch some unknowns and new draftees try to impress.
~G
Everett gets short season ball underway tonight.
Dave Valle leaves the broadcast booth to take the helm.
The year begins with no Luiz Gohara.
A couple of ex-teen-phenoms will try to re-ignite their status.
Seven guys from last week's draft already signed and ready to wear aqua.
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Elias will have those kind of days.
Positive signs on Miller and LoMo.
A funny line for Pries, another offensive burst in the desert, and Wilson needs to move up.
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