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Have to give Jeremy Guthrie credit for holding himself together after that horrible first inning today. He settled down and held the Marlins scoreless up to his pitch count and got all his work in. Talk about turning a frightening day into a surprisingly productive one. Nice afternoon for Luke Scott, who had two dingers, and Lou Montanez, who had three more hits. And Ty Wigginton knocked in four runs. Maybe I shouldn't have taken the day off after all.
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Comments
so I checked out the box score and it said that Jeremy Guthrie walked 22 men, all within a 75-85 pitch count....impressive!
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Pete's reply: Yes, that's hard to do, but Jeremy is a special guy.
Posted by: Matt | March 27, 2009 4:59 PM
Pete,
It's good for Felix Pie that there is not an open competition for the LF spot because Montanez has totally outplayed him. I understand the O's like Pie's defense, but he has yet to prove he can hit major league pitching even in spring training.
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Pete's reply: I'm glad somebody likes his defense, because I'm still waiting to see it.
Posted by: Chuck | March 27, 2009 5:00 PM
I don't get how Montanez hasn't earned the LF starting position. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pie has an error or two and Montanez has a couple outfield assists. The hitting isn't even close and Lou showed at the end of last year that he could hit in the big leagues. 26 is still young, isn't it?
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Pete's reply: Yes, but Lou is 27, which is much, much older.
Posted by: Sam | March 27, 2009 6:08 PM
Hey, we're on a roll. Take a another Ice Cream day tomorrow.
Posted by: A Fan with delusions of Grandeur | March 27, 2009 6:29 PM
Pie is showing why he hasn't made it and likely won't. Let me be the 100th guy to make the inevitable Corey Patterson comparision but in fairness to Corey, at least he had a few decent moments/half seasons.
Pie looks like the multitude of failed O's OFs-Bigbie/Richard/Matos-good on paper and in a uniform but nothing much in the way of production.
Let's all hope that we don't keep sending Pie out there game after game if he hits a buck ninety.
Posted by: TerryP | March 27, 2009 6:58 PM
Another possible trade:
The Orioles trade Montanez (or Scott) to the Kansas City Royals for SP Brian Bannister. He (Bannister) is on the bubble, but I think he a power pitch who can log some innings and I think with more consistency can be very good.
Posted by: Metsfan | March 27, 2009 8:43 PM