San Juan is abuzz as hometown boy Jose Gomez will likely be making his big league debut this week after being part of the September call-ups. Gomez, who was born in San Juan, has dominated the Global Baseball Brotherhood this year, collecting 28 saves and posting a 1.58 e.r.a. He has struck out 92 batters in 68 innings.
"The kid is excited," reported San Juan general manager Mike Best. "I know a lot of people have been following his season closely and hopefully it will be a fun month for all of us."
The Coqui already have a Puerto Rico native serving as the team's closer. Jorge Nunez, who was born in Bayamon Bay, is fourth in the league in saves with 34.
San Juan, which has ridden its pitching all season is all of a sudden seeing its starting staff stumble. Twenty-five year old To-wai Zhou, who appeared to be having a breakout season, has been hammered in his last four starts and went 1-4 in August. Iwane Sato, who is in a contract season, had his e.r.a. drop from 3.10 in mid-July to 4.18, also going 1-4 during that period. Meanwhile, top starter Dave Parkinson (10-7, 2.56) enters the September stretch hampered by a blister. The team will be calling up junkballer Seon-keun Yi for help. Yi, who is 11-9 with a 2.49 e.r.a. in AAA, fared well as a starter in the big leagues last year (3-3 3.32).
FROM THE MINORS:
Santurce made a mad dash for the Great Northern League playoffs with a 20-8 August, gaining seven games on division leader Port-au-Prince. Entering the final series of the season, the Castillos trailed Port-au-Prince by three games. Port-au-Prince was swept by Monterey but the Castillos, after convincing 7-0 and 18-1 victories at Inverness and holding a 1-0 led in the sixth inning of the season finale, could not complete a sweep of their own, falling 4-1 in that last game.
While Santurce's season ended at 80-60, all other San Juan affiliates are leading their divisions. Santa Domingo (AAA) holds a half-game lead, Kingston (A) a nine-and-a-half game lead and Homer (SS-A) has a two-game edge.
Hometown favorite Gomez to make debut
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Re: Hometown favorite Gomez to make debut
Should be fun to watch Gomez do his toe into the bigs.
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Holy instant upgrade Batman! Gomez should have an immediate impact in the rotation. Here's hoping his luggage gets lost before we have to play the Coqui again!
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Early returns on Gomez are looking favorable. He hasn't missed a beat after his first cup of coffee in the bigs.
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Re: Hometown favorite Gomez to make debut
Yeah. Otherwise my staff is a shambles at the moment.
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