Brett Gardner promoted

On Jul 12, 5:38 pm, Thermos wrote:
> Thermos wrote:
> > BadgerBC wrote:
> >> and Bronson Sardinha demoted according to Patrick Teale of PP.
>
> > Yep - Sardinha played for Trenton tonight and homered.
>
> And Gardner is leading off and has 2 walks, 2 runs scored and a SB so
> far, playing CF. With Resse, Christian and Gardner, the SWB OF doesn't
> have much pop but they sure do cover some ground out there, I'd bet.

A nice debut so far for Brett. I wonder if this is a showcase
promotion. I like Damon but I can't wait for them to DL him and
promote Gardner. They're not getting any SLG from Johnny this year
due to his injuries anyway. Having Gardner and Melky in the OF with
Matsui at DH would be nice.

BTW, I just read a scouting report on Chase Wright in which a
comparison was made to Cole Hamels. It's a bit of stretch IMHO but
perhaps Chase could improve his control a bit this winter and tighten
up the slurve. Hamels' fb is 88-92mph but his change-up is the out
pitch. And his slurve isn't that good IMHO