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timmyw3 · 09-16-2005, 03:37 PM

2004 Salt Lake City Speed Preview (cont.)

Pitchers

Starting Rotation

Our “ace” this year will be newly acquired Alton Colligan. It’s not often that a pitcher who went 7-17 the previous year can be considered an ace but his peripheral stats were pretty good (3.43 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 13 HR allowed in 200+ IP). I’m hopeful we can flip that record around to 17-7.

Lefty Bryan Madison is our #2 guy. He pitched very well for us once we acquired him from Lima in the Marpons deal so we extended his contract for 2 seasons. He was 21-6 back in 2001.

The youngest member of the rotation is 26-year-old James Lamay. James won 14 games for us last season in his first full season in the bigs. A repeat of last year would be a big boost for the ball club.

We’ll bring Joe McNabb back for another season. Twice we have let him test free agency only for us to resign him. He’s averaged 14 wins over the past 3 seasons but he was hit a little bit harder last season (4.31 ERA) than he was in 2002 when he posted a 3.14 ERA

The #5 starter will be Neil Heston. We picked him up last year but he missed 2 months with a broken jaw. When he did pitch he was hit pretty hard (4-8, 5.40).

Bullpen

More than half of our bullpen is new this season and it can’t be any worse than it was last year when we lost countless games that should have been wins. The key piece was the addition of closer David Guynn who signed with us from Managua where he saved 22 games in 26 chances last season.

Last year’s closer, Eric Mattie, suffered through a dreadful season, blowing 13 save opportunites. In 2002 he was great as a set-up man, pitching in 100 games with a sub-3.00 ERA. Hopefully he can return to form in that role this year.

The lefty set-up man is another new acquisition, 33-year-old Eddie Schuller. Schuller has been a key member of some great San Juan teams the last 4 years and brings that experience to SLC this season.

A trio of right handers will handle the middle relief roles. One of the few holdovers is Andres Espino, a big Venezuelan with a lot of potential. He was not very effective last year though, allowing 18 homers in 103.2 IP but did earn 11 wins out of the pen. Veteran Donald West will also work out of relief. He’s been a big part of Buenos Aires’ success the past few years. Kyle McCalla was a starter for a bad Santiago team and went 5-16 but he should be a decent member of the pen and could be a spot-starter.

Christopher Cunningham will work in long relief. He made a few starts for us last season and was up and down. Along with McCalla, they represent our fill-in starter options.

09-16-2005, 03:37 PM	#26
timmyw3 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD	2004 Salt Lake City Speed Preview (cont.) Pitchers Starting Rotation Our “ace” this year will be newly acquired Alton Colligan. It’s not often that a pitcher who went 7-17 the previous year can be considered an ace but his peripheral stats were pretty good (3.43 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 13 HR allowed in 200+ IP). I’m hopeful we can flip that record around to 17-7. Lefty Bryan Madison is our #2 guy. He pitched very well for us once we acquired him from Lima in the Marpons deal so we extended his contract for 2 seasons. He was 21-6 back in 2001. The youngest member of the rotation is 26-year-old James Lamay. James won 14 games for us last season in his first full season in the bigs. A repeat of last year would be a big boost for the ball club. We’ll bring Joe McNabb back for another season. Twice we have let him test free agency only for us to resign him. He’s averaged 14 wins over the past 3 seasons but he was hit a little bit harder last season (4.31 ERA) than he was in 2002 when he posted a 3.14 ERA The #5 starter will be Neil Heston. We picked him up last year but he missed 2 months with a broken jaw. When he did pitch he was hit pretty hard (4-8, 5.40). Bullpen More than half of our bullpen is new this season and it can’t be any worse than it was last year when we lost countless games that should have been wins. The key piece was the addition of closer David Guynn who signed with us from Managua where he saved 22 games in 26 chances last season. Last year’s closer, Eric Mattie, suffered through a dreadful season, blowing 13 save opportunites. In 2002 he was great as a set-up man, pitching in 100 games with a sub-3.00 ERA. Hopefully he can return to form in that role this year. The lefty set-up man is another new acquisition, 33-year-old Eddie Schuller. Schuller has been a key member of some great San Juan teams the last 4 years and brings that experience to SLC this season. A trio of right handers will handle the middle relief roles. One of the few holdovers is Andres Espino, a big Venezuelan with a lot of potential. He was not very effective last year though, allowing 18 homers in 103.2 IP but did earn 11 wins out of the pen. Veteran Donald West will also work out of relief. He’s been a big part of Buenos Aires’ success the past few years. Kyle McCalla was a starter for a bad Santiago team and went 5-16 but he should be a decent member of the pen and could be a spot-starter. Christopher Cunningham will work in long relief. He made a few starts for us last season and was up and down. Along with McCalla, they represent our fill-in starter options. Last edited by timmyw3 : 09-16-2005 at 03:39 PM.