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August 28, 2002
CORRESPONDENT REPORT
Game Date Team Decision Record Win Loss Save
109 08/01 CLE W 10-6 67-42 Nelson De Paula
110 08/02 CLE W 3-1 68-42 Moyer Baez Sasaki
111 08/03 CLE W 12-4 69-42 Garcia Wright
112 08/04 CLE L 8-10 69-43 Westbrook Sasaki Wohlers
113 08/06 @TOR L 12-14 69-44 Halladay Baldwin Escobar
114 08/07 @TOR W 5-4 70-44 Sasaki Prokopec
LATEST TEAM INFO
• For the Latest Team Statistics, Go to the Seattle Mariner Team Roster Page and Click Through for your Favorite Player Updates. Game Log is the Link to Click for all the Seasonal Statistical Information, and News & Notes is the Place to Find Recent Injury, Trade, and LineUp Shuffling Inforation. All Starts, Games Played, and Relief Appearances are Found in the Game Log Section.
• Ryan Franklin Has been Placed in the Starting Rotation Replacing the Struggling James Baldwin. Franklin Compares Well With Baldwin, with the Main Difference being Franklin’s Superior FastBall which Can Reach 94 On Occasion with Franklin Residing in the 89-92 MPH Range the Majority of the Game. Franklin’s CurveBall Is a Cros Between a Pure 9 to 5 Off the Table Hammer and a New Wave 90’s Slider Curve {Slurve} Veriety. Franklin Has Been Much More Effective In the BullPen with a Career 3.91 ERA, Compared to a 5.91 ERA In the Starting Rotation with some of his Worst Outings Occuring July 15 at Baltimore and August 17 Against N.Y. at the Safe. Start Franklin With Caution with Regard his Past Success Against a Particular Opponent, with the Knowledge that His Home ERA is Nearly 3/4 of a Point Better at 3.72.
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• Freddy Garcia Has Accumulated a 3.69 ERA at SafeCo Field In His Major League Career – 3.67 ERA On The Road -- in 111 Career Major League Starts. July Has Historically Been Garcia’s Worst Month, and 2002 Was No Exception, As the Chief Went Winless In July -- 34 Days In Total -- Before Recording a 121 Pitch Victory Against Cleveland August 3rd at the Safe. Freddy Finished the Month of July With a 5.87 ERA Covering 5 Starts and 30.2 Innings Pitched. Garcia Has Given Up 4 Or More Runs 7 Times in 2002, With a Difficult 10 Run Outing June 24 Against Oakland Setting a Career High for Runs Allowed, As Garcia Was Sacrificed to Save an OverUsed BullPen. Do Not Lose Hope, However, As August and September are Historically Garcia’s Best Months with a 3.28 & 2.90 ERA Respectively to go with a Career Total of 19 Wins Equaling His April/May Best. Garcia Has Been Monitored Well to Date, With a 124 Pitch Effort May 19 at Boston as His Season High. Garcia Touched 121 Pitches In His Last Start August 3rd Against Cleveland at the Safe. That 121 Pitch Effort Ranks 2nd On Garcia’s Season Pitch Count, with Garcia Hitting 107 In 4 of his last 9 Starts { Looks Like Garcia’s Ideal Limit }.
• The Rankings Have Been Broken into three groups: hitters parks, pitchers parks and neutral parks Also, if you'd like to see how three superstars might fare in all 30 major league parks, check out "What they might have hit in . . ." by Fantasy Source Expert David Srinivasan. Also Check The Dave Darling Archive For Other Fantasy Information and an Insider Edge. David Srinivasan The Sporting News Archive Listing
PITCHERS PARKS
1. San Francisco, Pacific Bell Park
2. San Diego, Qualcomm Stadium
3. Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium
4. Seattle, Safeco Field
5. Oakland, Network Associates Coliseum
6. Detroit, Comerica Park
7. Florida, Pro Player Stadium
8. New York, Shea Stadium
9. Baltimore, Camden Yards
NEUTRAL PARKS
• Toronto, SkyDome (For Artificial Turf Divers AKA Sinker-Ballers)
• Atlanta, Turner Field (Start Your 1-3 Starters)
• Chicago Wrigley Field (When The Wind Is Blowing In)
FIREMEN
• Kazuhiro Sasaki Pitched the first 2 Months of the Season Without Surrendering an Earned Run, Allowing Only 2 Unearned Runs Through May 30th. In June, Sasaki Gave Up 5 Total Runs, 2 Earned, with Back to Back Games Allowing 2 Earned June 30th and July 2nd Against Colorado and Kansas City Respectively. Sasaki Was Almost UnHittable For the First 2 Months of the Season, So Some Deterioration in Performance is to be Expected. Again, Keep in Mind Kazuhiro’s Best Months Will Be Behind Him As July Commences, With August Being His Worst Career Month with 11 Saves and a 5.59 ERA Compared to 21 Saves and a 2.22 ERA for the Month of July.
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• Bret Boone Batted .287 In the Month of May Helped by 15 walks. Boone Followed that with a .191 Average in the Month of June with Only 6 Walks In 99 Official At Bats { With 16 Walks a Month the Target for a 100 Walk Season }, and a .294 Average and 17 RBI In the Month of July. Bret Boone’s Best Month Has Been July, with 38 Home Runs, 130 RBI, a .483 Slugging Percentage, and a .284 Average. Boone’s August and September Numbers are Considerably Below That Level of Production, and Even Given Boone’s Huge Second Half Last Season, I would Expect his Career Splits to Come Closer to His 2002 Finish. But If His Post All-Star Numbers are any Indication, Boone May Make up for His Disappointing Start With a Strong Finish In August and September. Boone Finished the First Half of the Season Batting .229, However, Since the Break Boone Has Hit .339 with 9 Home Runs and 34 RBI Increasing His Average to .269. It Would Not Be Surprising If Boone Finished the Season In the .290 Range as Boone Has Been Hitting the Ball to Right Field with Authority, a Good Indication that His 2001 Swing Has Resurfaced. Boone's Slugging Percentage Has Gone from .390 Through the All-Star Break, to .532 over his last 44 Games since the Mid-Summer Tragic in MilWaukee.
• Mike Cameron Batted .217 in May, a .191 Average In June, and Finished July with a .255 Average In 86 Official At Bats. Cameron Increased His Stolen Base Production With 10 Swipes in July. However, Cameron Has Not Been Able to Raise his Average or Decrease His StrikeOut Frequency Leading to a Recent Temporary Benching by Lou Piniella. "We're gonna let Cammy sit for a while and see if we can get him straightened out,'' Lou Piniella Said In a Recent Media Session. Since Piniella Benched Cameron, Cameron has gone on 14 for 29 Tear Batting .482 On the Mariners Recent Road Trip. Cameron is Hitting Much Better on the Road in 2002 -- .196 at the Safe and .262 on the Road. If Cameron In 44 Games Since the Break, Cameron has Raised his Average Nearly 45 Points although his Season Average is Still Hovering Around .230. Cameron is hitting .231 and lis among AL Leaders with 139 strikeouts and Appears to Have Been Rather Ineffectual In Run and Stolen Base Production.
• Jeff Cirillo Has Very Good Career August Numbers. The First 2 Months of the 2002 Campaign Were Not Quite What J.C. Or the Mariner Front Office Had in Mind When they Made him their Number One OffSeason Priority. Jeff Cirillo Had his Best Month of the Season Toward the End of the 1st Half Batting .297 in June Following a .260 Average In May. Cirillo Managed Only a .175 Average in 74 July At Bats With an Atrocious 3 Walks { A Projected 6 Month Total of 18}. Cirillo is Batting .310 Against Lefties in 2002, and Although the Mariners close the Season with a Number of Left-Handed Starters on the Schedule, Cirillo Should Finish 2002 with a SubStandard September as the Mariners Have a Rather Balanced Home to Road Ratio with 14 Road Games and 15 Home Games to Close Out the Season. J.C. Has Only Managed a .209 Average At the Safe So if You Need to Spot Start a 3B In a Deep H2H League Think J.C. On the Road Against Lefties Who Play for Texas or Oakland.
• Ben Davis Hit 2 Home Runs and Finished the august 25th Game at Jacobs Field With 5 RBI; The First 2 Homer Game of His Major League Career. Davis Has Been Hitting the Ball With More Authority since Working His Way Back From Injury to Start the 2002 Season { .344 AVG .875 SLG With 4 HR & 14 RBIIn August }. Davis, A Switch Hitter, Is Batting 11 Points Higher From the Left Hand Side, However, He's Slugging 135 Points Higher From the Left Side So Look For Dan Wilson to Receive the Majority of his Down Time Against Tough Right-Handers. Davis Is Hitting .346 With a .712 Slugging Percentge Since the Break, But Has Only Played in 17 Games Since the Mid-Summer Tragic. Look for Davis to Find Himself In the LineUp Exclusively Against Righties 2 or 3 times a Week with Occasional Late Inning at Bats In Pinch Hit Duty.
• Carlos Guillén Batted .276 in the Month of May, Followed with a .265 Average in an Injury Shortened June, and an UnInspiring .241 Average In 62 July At Bats. I would Expect Guillén to Continue to Struggle Until His Ailing Finger Heals Completely and He's Finally Allowed to Revert to His Free-Swinging Ways. Guillén Hits Much Better From the Left Hand Side, So Think About Sitting Him Against Tough South Paws. Switch Hitting May Not Be In Guillén's Future, and A Platoon Role Could Emerge If Offensive Production does Not Increase At Some Point In 2003.
• Édgar Martínez has One of the More Consistent Swings in the Game. Martínez Hits Left Handers, Right Handers, At Home, On the Road, OutSide, In Domes, On Turf. On Grass, During Day Games, and During Night Games. Martínez Only Accumulated 22 At Bats in June After Missing All Of May with an Injured Tendon Behind the Knee. Martínez Batted .272 for the Month of June, Followed By a .318 Average In July. Martínez Should Increase His Overall Production as He Regains Health & Conditioning and Refines a Swing that that Has Led the Full Time Designated Hitter to a Possible Hall Of Fame Career. Édgar is a .327 Hitter ThroughOut his Mariner Career in the Month of September, And Although Édgar's Overall Power and RBI Production Have Not been as Good in the Final Month of the Season, Look for Quality Overall Numbers From The Bat of Mr. Mariner. Mr. Mariner Leads The Team In Career Hits {1951}, Games {1742}, Doubles {463}, and Average {.318}.
• John Olerud Has Performed Above PreSeason Expectations. However, given His Succes With the Long Ball In 2002, Olerud Has Failed to Reach the .350 Plateau Since 1993 When He Won the AL Batting Crown with a .363 Average. In Recent Years Olerud Has Batted .350 or Higher 2 Times in His Career, However He's Only Managed to Eclipse the .300 Barrier 3 times In His Last 10 Seasons. Oly Has Managed a .285 Average In September ThroughOut his Career, and Given HIs Recent Groin Strain, and the Balanced Home VS Road Schedule { Olerud Is Batting .267 at the Safe With a .327 Road Average In 2002 } Could Fade In Offensive Production to Close the Season.
• Rubén Sierra Recorded 27 Hits in 106 At Bats During the Month of May for a .254 Average. Sierra Walked Only 8 times During the Month of May and Saw his Average Drop to a Season Low .308. In the Month of May, Sierra Recorded 106 Official At Bats, Walking Only 8 Times, Pushing his Monthly Average Under .300 -- .254 – Maring What was an OtherWise Productive Month with 22 RBI. Sierra Rebounded to Hit .311 In June, But Again Drew Only 4 Walks, However He Managed to Remain Productive With 17 RBI. Sierra Batted .183 In the Month of July with 4 RBI and Is In Danger of Losing Playing Time To Desi Relaford, Mark Mclemore, and Any Other Possible Offensive Additions.
• Ichiro Suzuki Batted .404 In the Month of May with 11 RBI and 11 Stolen Bases. Since Them, However, Suzuki Has Seen His Stolen Base Total Fade From a Month High of 11 in May, to 6 in June, 4 in July, and 2 in August. Ichiro Started the Season SomeWhat Conservative on the BasePaths, and After an Injury to His Lower Leg Required Stitches, Suzuki Remained Rather Consevative With the Hope That His Invaluable Talent Would Be Available the Majority of Édgar Martínez Absence. And Now With the Mariner Team Struggling to Produce with Men In Scoring Position, Suzuki and the Mariner Team Have Become SomeWhat Reluctant to Waste BaseRunners With Runs Often In Scarce Supply. Suzuki Batted .353 in June with 6 RBI and 21 Runs. Suzuki Struggled to a .321 Average in July with 7 RBI and 13 Runs. Ichiro Finished the Month of August with a .282 Average and a .325 Slugging Percentage { 188 points off his Season Average of .513 }. Icirro Finished July With His Best Power Numbers of the Season, But Was Only able to Manage 4 Extra Base Hits and No Home Runs for the Month of August. Suzuki Has Scorched South Paws Batting .368 With a .493 Slugging Percentage Which Ranks Him Among the Leaders In Average Against Left-Handed Starters. Ichiro Finished September of 2001 with 11 Stolen Bases after a Drop in August, So it's Conceivable that Number 51 Could Finish the 2002 Season With Similar Production. Suzuki Became the Seventh Player In Major League History to Accumulate 200 Hits In his 1st 2 Seasons Sunday September, 22 2002. The Most Recent Player to Accomplish the Feat Was Harvey Kuenn for the 1953 Detroit Tigers. Kuenn Was Traded Following the 53 Season for Rocky Colavito and Completed the Feat Amidst Boos and Fan Animosity in Cleveland. In June Of 1982 Kuenn Took Over the Fifth-Place Brewers and Led Heavy Hitting “Harvey's Wallbangers” to the World Series Where the Team Eventually Lost in 7 Games to St. Louis. Kuenn Won Manager of the Year Honors and Another Entry In The BaseBall History Book.
• Dan Wilson Batted .229 in May, .350 In June, and Finished the Month of July With a .230 Average With Only 2 walks and 15 Hits In 65 July At Bats. Wilson did Manage to Drive In 11 Runs While Sharing Time With Ben Davis. Wilson Has Not Played More than 123 Games Since 1997, And Now at age 33 Should See at Least 2 Days Off Every Week Through October. So Look For Ben Davis to receive Additional Playing Time In August and September.
QUICK VIEW
• Lou Piniella Is Starting To Come Around With the Mariners Fading Into September With an Inability to Produce with Runners in Scoring Position. Sweet Lou Has Been Quite Etertaining In Post Game InterViews Routinely Exploding At The Sound of Questions He’s Now Heard 100 Or More Times The Past Month: “What do You think About the Pitching Performance In Todays Game?” Lou Has Continued to Maintain His Position that the Mariner Struggle Stems From an Inability to Produce with Runners In Scoring Position, and Has Stated that The Team Needs Another Offensive Weapon to Make a Serious run at the Division Title. "What's amazing," said Sweet Lou Following the Teams' Most Recent loss, "is that we've come full circle in the 10 years I've Been here. When I first Arrived, we'd bludgeon people and couldn't hold the lead. Now, we've got the pitching and we can't score runs." With an Impending Strike on the Horizon, and PayRoll Near The Teams Upper Limit, It Seems as If the Team Will Have to Find Additional Offensive Production From One or More of the Struggling Mariner Veterans – Sierra, Cirillo, Suzuki, Cameron – Who Could Lessen the Stress Load On the Mariner Rotation and BullPen, which has Continued to Perform at a High Level.
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• 08/18/2002: Ismael Valdés Cleared Waivers and Was Claimed From Texas In Return for 2 Minor League Prospects { Jermaine Clark and Left-Hander Derrick Van Dusen } Both Of Whom Could Contribute at the Major League Level At Some Point in time.
• Ismael Valdés Turns 29 on Wednesday, and Could Not Be Happier to Be Playing Meaningful Games In August and September. Valdés Was a Top Of the Rotation Starter at One Point in His Dodger Career, and Much Like Chan Ho Park, Regressed and Left L.A. as the ScapeGoat For all Dodger Dissatisfaction. Valdés was 6-9 with a 3.93 ERA in 23 starts for the Rangers, And Although He Surrendered 3 or More Runs 11 times In His 23 Starts, Pitched Quite Well Against Oakland and Anaheim, The Mariners Main Opposition For The American League West Divisional Title. Valdés is 2-1 with a 2.55 ERA in five starts this season against The Mighty California Teams But Has Not Fared as Well Against Minnesota - Another Possible Post-Season Opponent - Allowing 8 Runs In 11 1/3 Innings of Work. Manager Lou Piniella said, "He knows how to pitch and compete well. He'll give us some depth and some experience and hopefully will come here and throw the ball well. According to reports that we have, he's been throwing the ball well over there in Texas. He should help us.'' Valdés can become a free agent after this season and would consider returning to the Rangers. "I'd love to Go Back. You never know. This is close to home But I hear that they're going Young Next season So I don't know. There's always a chance,'' he said. Valdes will go right into the Mariners' rotation as the No. 4 starter in place of John Halama Who Has Been Sent to AAA Tacoma for the Immediate Future. Ryan Franklin Will Start In the 5 Hole and James Baldwin Will Work In Long Relief Until Further Notice. One Possible Problem: Valdés Has Given Up 11 Home Runs Since July 1st which ties him for Second most with Multiple other Starters. Tanyon Sturtze is Out in the Lead with 15 Home Runs Allowed In 69 1/3 Innings Pitched Since July 1st. Valdés is Now Pitching in One of the Premier Parks in BaseBall and Could Limit His Long Ball Damage and Provide Lou Piniella with a Quality Upgrade over James Baldwin, Who Has Yet to Pitch Well Enough to Stay in any Quality Starting Rotation. The Mariners Improved Defensive Ability Should Also Allow Valdés to Work More Confidently In and Around the StrikeZone. Cory Lidle Has Mentioned His New Found Confidence In the Oakland Defense and Credits that Confidence and the A's Improved Defensive Play with His Willingness to Again Challenge Hitters and Allow His Team-Mates to Finish the Inning.
• Jermaine Marcel Clark Attended William C Wood High School In California and Was the Mariners' Fifth-Round Selection From the University of San Francisco where he Was an All-American three times During His Collegiate Career. Clark Led the WCC In Hitting During the 1996 Season and Ended His USF Career with 86 Steals -- Which Stands as a School Record -- and Stormed Out of College with a Career .366 Average. Clark was a Rule V Selection By the Tigers In 2001 Before Being Returned to the Mariners for Cash as Prescribed in the Rule V Protocol. Clark Had a .266 Average, 4 Triples, Six Home Runs, and 29 Stolen Bases for the Mariner AAA Affilite in Tacoma. Clark Has Tremendous Speed and Hammers Right-Handed Pitching, but has Serious Trouble Making Contact against Left-Handers Making Him a Potential Candidate for Major League Bench Platoon Work Much Like Desi Relaford & Mark Mclemore. Clark, a Career Second Baseman, Has Recently Started Getting Game Action at SS. Clark Knows Speed, Defense, and Versatility Could Be his Ticket to the Next Level. "It's something I need to do to help my chances of getting to the next level," Clark said. "People always say they can play AnyWhere, but you never really know until you do it. I think I've Done Fairly Well." When Asked About The Seattle Middle-Infield Situation, Clark Ponders his Eventual Major League Debut, and Replies, "I can't worry about that. I've just got to play. As long as I keep playing well, Something Will Happen, Either with Seattle or Some Other Team."
• Derrick Van Dusen, Seattle's fifth-round pick in the 2000 June draft, was a Local Fontana city, California Resident More Than Happy to Be Playing his Minor League BaseBall Close to Home. Van Dusen Was Pitching Well With the San Bernardino Stampede Accumulating a 7-6 Record with a 3.10 ERA - Fourth-Best in the California League - in 20 starts at Class the Mariner Class A Affiliate. Van Dusen Was Promoted to AA San Antonio Where He Struggled Compiling a 1-2 Record with a 7.20 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 25 innings. Van Dusen's Stay lasted a month at AA as he Logged 5 Appearances, 4 in the Missions Starting Rotation. When Informed of the News of His Change of Organization, Van Dusen Pondered the Entire Impact of Not Only Changing Teams, Losing Friends, TeamMates, and Moving to a New Far Away Destination. "I felt like I have made a lot of friends and established myself in this organization and now I have to prove myself all over again. I have mixed feelings Right Now." Van Dusen Grew Up 20 Minutes From His Home Stadium - ArrowHead Park - and Undoubtedly Enjoyed the Support He Recieved From Friends and Family with the Stampede. "When I have time to really think about it, I will probably look More Positive." BaseBall America Listed Van Dusen as Seattle's 14th Best Prospect. Van Dusen will Again Try his Talents at the AA Level When He Joins the Rangers' AA Team in Tulsa of the Texas League. "I really don't know what to say. I'm still sort of stunned,'' Van Dusen Offered Prior to the Sunday Game with Modesto. "It will probably be an opportunity to get to the big leagues Sooner, But the Whole Starting Over Thing is a Little Scary.''
HOLD
• Ichiro Finished the 2001 Season with 11 Stolen Bases after a Drop in August, So it's Concievable that Number 51 Could Finish the 2002 Season With Similar Production. Suzuki has Struggled to Produce In the Power Department, and Save his OutBurst in July with 4 HomeRuns and 9 Extra Base Hits, Has Not Been Quite As Valuable with the DropOff in Stolen Base Production. The Mariners Schedule Is Quite Favorable Over the Final 29 Games of the Season, with 14 Road Games { Suzuki is Batting .324 at Home and .357 on the Road } and 15 Home Games All Against Texas, Anaheim, Oakland, Minnesota, & Kansas City. Suzuki has Struggled SomeWhat Against Anaheim and Minnesota, But Has Managed to Accumulate Very Good Numbers Against Texas, Oakland, and Kansas City and Should Face a Number of Lefties to Close out the Season, so Remain Optomistic and Keep Hope that Area 51 Again Becomes a Tornado of Offensive Explosion.
• Freddy Garcia Has Has Some Trouble with Texas, Boston, and Kansas city Throughout his Career, But the Remaining Teams on the Mariner Schedule Should Provide The Seattle Ace with an Opportunity to Close the Season With 20+ Victories. Many Major League Aces Have Displayed an Inconsistent Streak of Late -- Ishii, Garcia, Oswalt, Morris, Milton, Burnett, Buehrle, Mussina, Clemens, Johnson, Vázquez, Lawrence -- Have All Struggled to Dominate on a Consistent Basis. Any Of the Aforementioned Are Worth The Wait, as a Nice 5 Game Winning Streak With a Sub 2.00 ERA Always Help Those September Blues. Garcia Is Still Young, and With the Help of Mariner Coaches, Should Correct Any Errors in Approach. It's Difficult to Reamain Confident When a Pitcher Loses an Edge, Especially When Performance Expectations Do Not Live Up to Real Life Numbers. Keep the Faith, Occasionally Sit A Young Ace Against Teams They Have Historically Had Difficulty Against, and Remember That Fantasy is not an Exact Science. At Some Point During a 162 Game Season, Any given Move(s) Will Not Only Not Work, The Moves Will Cost Points and H2H Series. Stay Calm, Confident, and Continue to Trust the Law of Averages, and Faith will Be Restored.
TRADE
• Kazuhiro Sasaki Appears to Be in The Best Shape of His Mariner Career, However, The Team Does have Some Additional Weakness with the Struggle of Boone, Cirillo, and Cameron So a Trade May Be the Best Course of Action. The Mariner Organization May Not Be Able to Overcome Their Struggle to Fill the Void In the Rotation and In the EveryDay LineUp As A Number of Minor League Prospects are Ailing and PayRoll Is Near Maximum of Allowable Expenditure. Most Medium Size Market Teams Seem to Be Unwilling to Add PayRoll In an Uncertain Season When a Labor Strike May Not Only Waste Money, But also Burn Prospects that Could Help those Organizations that Need them the Most.
• Mike Cameron Batted .217 in May, .191 In June, and a Finished July with a .255 Average. Cameron Increased His Stolen Base Production With 10 Swipes in July. Deal Him Now and Avoid any Possible Loss to Playing Time That Could Occur Due to Injury Or September Rest. "We're gonna let Cammy sit for a while and see if we can get him straightened out,'' Lou Piniella Said In a Recent Media Session. Since Piniella's Recent Mandated 'Rest' Cameron has Exploded with 14 hits in his last 29 At Bats. All is Not Well However, as Cameron has Remained Ineffectual on the Base Paths With 2 PickOffs in the Mariners Most Recent Loss. Cameron Had a Nice Run with 7 RBI Over His Last 7 Road Games, However Cameron is Hitting a Rotund .270 on the Raod in 2002 Compared with a .196 Average at the Safe. Cammy Has Managed a Much Better Average and Slugging Percentage Against Left-Handers, However, Even with the Large Number of Games remaining with Anaheim and Oakland, Cameron May Continue to Scuffle at the Plate as He's Not Had Much Success Against Either Team In 2002. Cammy Has Had Succes Against Texas and Kansas City, Both of Whom Appear On The Seattle Schedule for September.
MINOR £EAGUE PLA¥ER PROSECTU§
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
DIVISION STANDINGS NORTH DIVISION
Team W L PCT GB
EDMONTON (MINNESOTA) 80 56 .588 -
PORTLAND (SAN DIEGO) 69 69 .500 14.0
CALGARY (FLORIDA) 65 69 .485 12.0
TACOMA (SEATTLE) 63 73 .463 17.0
STOLEN BASE LEADERS
Player Team SB
Chad Meyers Memphis 43
Chone Figgins Salt Lake 39
Jermaine Clark OklaHOma 34
Johnson, Rontrez Omaha 31
Scott Podsednik Tacoma 31
TEXAS LEAGUE
DIVISION STANDINGS WEST DIVISION
W L PCT GB
SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS (SEATTLE) 40 26 .606
MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS (OAKLAND) 36 30 .545 4.0
EL PASO DIABLOS (ARIZONA) 36 30 .545 4.0
*ROUND ROCK EXPRESS (HOUSTON) 32 34 .485 8.0
*First Half Champion
STOLEN BASES
Player Team SB
Jamal Strong SAN 46
Pat Hallmark WCH 40
Kenny James ARK 36
Alexis Gomez WCH 34
Eric Bruntlett ROU 34
