That's the problem with being stuck with High Desert as a park. It messes up your pitchers and gives your hitters illusory prowess. Kivlehan's problems are in understanding the strike zone. He was a strikeout fool last year for the first have (35:1 K:BB ratio to start his career - I'm NOT kidding, those are the exact numbers) before taking a few walks. His Ks have actually come way down to well into the reasonable area now, but if he was hitting HRs on what should be shallow fly outs? It would give him the wrong impression.
I definitely want Kivlehan learning in a pitcher's league, even if that means he stays there the whole year.
Pizzano has a good enough eye that I'm not worried about High Desert messing it up. I'd expect a promotion for him in a month or two. They usually wait til after the All-Star votes are made. It's a nice feather in a kid's cap to get to go to an All-Star game, and if he doesn't make it the first time, well, as guys are promoted and so can't attend they pick other guys. Dario Pizzano, MWL All-Star is a nice thing to give him if you can, and doesn't hurt anything. He's not bored down there and taking laps around the league or anything.
~G
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