I think this sums up Jake Peavy's start better than I could. The board is the Indians. Let's hope the second board isn't the Rays, because I'll be at that game.
Making matters worse, Peavy said, "My arm just didn't feel alive." Obviously, he didn't scream at it enough.
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A few stray observations:
*Of course Jeff Cox waves Mark Kotsay from second to third on Shin-Soo Choo's arm in the same week I praise him for a lack of harmful decisions. This is why we can't have nice things!
*I didn't mind Kotsay playing for Paul Konerko, though. When Konerko starts hitting everything on the ground, it's usually a harbinger of a slump. And he hit three of the exact same grounders to third on Monday. It's worth keeping an eye on.
*One of the few things that get under my skin these days is the abject refusal by Sox right-handed hitters to take sinkerballers to right field. Alexei Ramirez, of all people, was the only one to go the other way multiple times, and he got a couple of doubles to show for it.
*Ramirez, by the way, is hitting .270/.316/.432 in May, putting him on the course for another typical season, which is fine. He's also up to 10 doubles; he hit 14 all of last season.
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Christian Marrero Reading Room:
*Sergio Santos gets more nice press, this time from Yahoo!'s from Jeff Passan.
*Mark Buehrle isn't happy about a fake Facebook page. I think Oney Guillen is behind it.
*Omar Vizquel might be ready to re-retire Luis Aparicio's number at the end of the season.
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Minor league roundup:
- Charlotte 5, Columbus 3
- Carlos Torres lowered his ERA below 4.00 with an effective outing: 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR.
- Clevelan Santeliz allowed a solo homer over 1 2/3 innings, striking out a batter.
- Jordan Danks went 1-for-4 with an RBI and two strikeouts.
- C.J. Retherford did what Danks did, except without the hit.
- Buck Coats went 0-for-4 in his Charlotte debut. His promotion may grease the skids for outfielder promotions below (Justin Greene, or maybe Brandon Short).
- Winston-Salem 3, Salem 2
- Terry Doyle picked up his first High-A victory by allowing a run on three hits and three walks over six innings, striking out three.
- Kyle Bellamy threw two scoreless innings, allowing a hit while striking out two.
- Short went 1-for-4 with a double (No. 17) and a walk, striking out once.
- Justin Greene went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Jon Gilmore went 0-for-5; Eduardo Escobar singled and walked over five PAs.
- Kannapolis 2, Savannah 1
- Nick Ciolli tripled and singled over four at-bats, striking out once.
- Trayce Thompson went 0-for-4 with an RBI.
- Kyle Colligan wore the collar and a silver sombrero.
- Birmingham OFF
