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Ryan Doumit’s home run power is MIA

Traveling home for Easter so quick post.

It was nice to hear Morton have a solid outing before he packs his gear. He started the game having allowed 28 of 79 batters faced reaching and having surrendered the most long balls on the staff, and ended spring allowing 34% of all batters to reach. That’s not exactly what I would call a strong spring considering many of the batters he faced were of the 4A variety over his previous starts, but at least he seemed to settle in today.

The limited Sunday lineup we sent out there did very little damage against the Twins. In fact, three of the four hits came by way of guys who are said to be looking at starting the season in the minors – Ford, Grossman, and Jaramillo. Each spring I build up a bit of hope on Shelby Ford and then as the season goes on he’s let me down, most likely from nagging injuries. This year is the first in two years I had a scout tell me he as relaxed as he was in college so maybe he’s back in the swing of things? We can sure use his bat (can he cover the ball playing center?????).

John Raynor is intriguing but Neal Huntington needs to stop fantasizing about him being a leadoff hitter until the young man settles in. Obviously he either has a major hole in his swing or else he’s pressing too much (which is what I believe). If my memory serves me right, that’s now 6 strikeouts in 8 at bats leading off. Bury him in the order and he’ll probably relax. 

It seems more and more likely the Pirates want Raynor to stick around and break camp with the club, but we’ll see over the next few days. It seems the Marlins might have  wanted MLB starter depth from Huntington for Raynor and perhaps that’s why Mickey White was floating around lately? Voss and Raynor for…..Virgil Vasquez??? McCutchen??? Karstens??? Doubtful. But put that one in the ‘what might have been” folder in case Voss ends up becoming a 20 game winner down the road.

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