Tag: Carl Furillo

TWIWBL 12.1: Series X Notes – Bill James Division

On July 21, 2021

#Detroit Wolverines

Johnny Marcum‘s return to the rotation was a good sign for Detroit fans. Marcum combined with Mickey Lolich, Kevin Hart, and Mike Henneman, allowing 6 hits and 1 run in a 2-1 victory over Brooklyn. Marcum improved to 3-1, with Henneman picking up his 7th save.

All 7 of the Wolverines’ hits came from Tony Phillips (3) and Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg (2 each).

Hank Aguirre will be on the DL for at least a 10 days, forcing the Wolverines into another change in their starting rotation. Buddy Napier was recalled from AAA to take Aguirre’s roster spot.

#Los Angeles Angels

Doc Gooden, Nolan Ryan, Jonny Venters, and Joe Nathan combined on a 5-hit shutout and Derrek Lee broke open a scoreless game with a 2-run double as the Angels triumphed over Chicago, 3-0. Gooden allowed only 2 hits in 4 innings before a rain delay forced him out of the game, a very positive sign for the struggling, young righthander.

Gerrit Cole joined the WBL’s group of 6 game winners with 7 innings of 4-hit, 1-run pitching against Chicago. Chuck Finley and Nathan finished the game off, with Cole’s record now 6-2 and Nathan picking up his 5th save. The difference in the game was Kal Daniels‘ 3rd homerun.

#Memphis Red Sox

During an 11-3 loss to the Gothams, Nomar Garciaparra was injured in a collision at home plate, and will miss at least a week. Wayne Causey was recalled from AA for infield depth.

#New York Gothams

4 hits from Willie Mays and 4 RBIs from Carl Furillo led the Gothams to an 11-3 win over Memphis, with a strong start from Juan Marichal moving the right-hander to 3-1 on the year.

Helped by back-to-back homeruns from Mays and Johnny Callison and 5 double plays, the Gothams rolled to a 9-2 victory in the second game of the series. Mickey Welch pitched 6 solid innings to improve to 4-1 and Al Mays earned his first save with 3 scoreless innings in relief.

Gaylord Perry‘s first start didn’t go so well. Then, Christy Mathewson was called into the game to replace an injured Carson Smith, who was put on the DL. All of that made the Gothams look for an SP to recall from AAA, and they settled on Buck O’Brien. Pete Donohue looks better right now, but after a recent start, Donohue would be unavailable for use for a few days, a luxury New York cannot afford.

#Wandering House of David

Closer Tom Niedenfuer, who’s been excellent all season, will miss about 3 months with shoulder inflammation. Bruce Sutter is likely to take over as closer with Phil Regan being recalled from AAA.

Spring Training Preview: New York Gothams

By mknn

On June 20, 2020

In 2000 Spring Training, Team News

There’s a lot of SP depth, but perhaps 1 of Sad Sam Jones, Matt Latos, and Al Mays could force their way into the conversation.
- The Gotham pitching has been pretty remarkable all Spring, which hasn’t really clarified the situation. It has meant that Pete Donohue‘s struggle probably move them out of the rotation contenders.
  - Donohue is headed back to AAA. The 5th spot is still up for grabs, most likely between Gaylord Perry and Al Spalding, with Buck O’Brien and Mays having a shot as well.
  - Carl Hubbell should be back before the end of Spring Training, but Latos will miss opening day.
Will Clark and Willie McCovey will both make the roster, but it’s not clear which will play 1B.
- Neither McCovey nor Bill Terry are playing well, and the less said about Clark’s first 10 games, the better.
  - Terry is still struggling, but both McCovey and Clark have recovered.
2B is up for grabs between Brian Dozier and Mark Loretta.
- Not so much: Dozier is playing great and Loretta could lose the backup spot to newly recalled Larry Doyle.
The starting OF is pretty much set, but it’s not clear who between Jimmy Sheckard, Wally Berger, Carl Furillo, and Carlos Moran will make the team as reserves.
- Johnny Callison‘s struggles have opened up an opportunity in the OF, with Berger, Moran, and Furillo all playing very well.
  - George Burns is back in AAA.
SS has been remarkable productive, with Brandon Crawford, Art Fletcher, and Eugenio Suarez all knocking the cover off the ball with regularity.
- Suarez has cooled off a bit.
Pinky Higgins has seized the 3B job, with neither Art Devlin nor Ken Boyer doing much at all. Boyer, in fact, has been optioned to AAA.
John Kerins has leapfrogged Dick Dietz to be the likely backup to Buster Posey behind the plate.

	Near Definite	Likely	Possible	Long Shot
Starting Pitchers	Christy Mathewson Mickey Welch	Sad Sam Jones Juan Marichal	Gaylord Perry Al Spalding ~~Matt Latos~~ ~~Carl Hubbell~~	Al Mays Buck O'Brien
Middle Relievers		Matt Thornton Mike Norris		Aaron Loup Marcel Lachemann Sergio Romo
Setup		Robb Nen Carson Smith
Closer	Brian Wilson
C	Buster Posey	John Kerins	Dick Dietz
1B		Willie McCovey	Will Clark Bill Terry
2B		Brian Dozier	Mark Loretta	Larry Doyle
3B		Pinky Higgins	Art Devlin
SS		Art Fletcher Brandon Crawford	Eugenio Suarez
OF	Willie Mays Wally Berger	Benny Kauff Carl Furillo Carlos Moran	Johnny Callison Jimmy Sheckard	Ben Oglive