Chris
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Was waiting for that comment from you haha
Hey, that 55 MPH curveball might get my little brother out! :chuckles:
Was waiting for that comment from you haha
- While he has only surrendered 11 HRs as a minor leaguer, most of those innings where starting in the indy leagues. What the scouting report referred to where the 5 HRs he has surrendered in 11.3 bigleague innings. Even Tomo Ohka thinks those are crazy HR/IP numbers.
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090812&content_id=6388190&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle
Swindle is a lefty reliever & has had 2 brief stints in the majors thus far & has gotten hammered to a 12.71 ERA in 9 appearances.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/R.J.-Swindle.shtml
Career minor league #s look impressive as hell:
2.18 ERA; 397 1/3 IP; 337 H; 11 HR; 76 BB; 400 K
Looks like Rich Rundles will be off the 40 man this offseason, if not sooner..
As soon as I find a scouting report, I'll post it
Sounds like he fits right in with the mold of the relievers we've been chasing all season... journeyman has beens/wannabes dumped by teams who actually need bullpen help because they flat out can't cut it in the majors.
Anyone want to put an over/under on the amount of time it takes us to Winston Abreu/Jose Veras/Matt Herges/Greg Aquino/Luis Vizcaino/Vinnie Chulk this guy on the first train out of Cleveland?
Um, no offense guys, I love some good discussion but...I can't believe we're analyzing RJ Swindle right now.
Yeah, completely ignore the fact that Abreu is 32, Veras is 28 & has 116 career appearances, Herges is 39, Aquino is 31, Vizcaino is 34, and Chulk is 30..
While Swindle is 26 & has 9 career appearances
But yeah, you're absolutely right, there's no difference at all..