Category Archive:
Roch Kubatko
The lineups
For the Orioles:
Brian Roberts - 2B
Nick Markakis - RF
Melvin Mora - 3B
Aubrey Huff - DH
Ramon Hernandez - C
Kevin Millar - 1B
Jay Payton - CF
Lou Montanez - LF
Juan Castro - SS
And for the Indians:
Sizemore - CF
Dellucci - DH
Francisco - LF
Peralta - SS
Choo - RF
Shoppach - C
Garko - 1B
Gonzalez - 3B
Cabrera - 2B
Roch
Glad to see Lou getting more time. Nothing against Scott, but do you see Lou getting most of the starts against lefties from here on out?
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I know Dave Trembley still wants Scott to start against lefties, but Scott's banged up and this is a good excuse to get Montanez's bat in the lineup. - Roch
Did I miss the part on why Scott hasn't been playing a lot lately?
Who's chucking the apple tonight?
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Daniel Cabrera - Roch
Just why do they refuse to bring Salazar up? Bring him up, waiver Payton, and bring Reimold up to AAA. Not that hard!
last night Kevin Millar said that Nick Markakis was cool when he eats but he doesn't dress cool...
Devin -
Luke has a sore achilles tendon
Glad to see Sweet Lou (I get to play every other day) Montanez in the game. I guess the lefty on the mound cinched it. I read this guy Jackson was considered a throw in in the Sabathia trade but has pitched well for Buffalo since the trade. Just the kind of guy whom we struggle against. Come on DCab, we need some innings tonight baby.
Speaking of Sweet Lou, can he hold on to the Triple Crown in the Eastern League? The batting title seems pretty secure--the guy who is second has fallen further behing (8 points) since coming off the DL. He still leads in homers by 4 and the RBI lead is down to 11. Those races will be close.
This is another unneccessary Scott benching. To give Scott a break he could have started at DH. Then Trembley could have given Mora, Millar, or Huff a day off.
Although Scott's OPS against lefties this year is .708 for his career the OPS is .768. This is another missed opportunity to spread playing time around instead of continually penalizing one player: Luke Scott.