Today's Lineups - August 9th DH vs. Bowling Green

Ender Inciarte - CF

Niko Gallego - SS

Matt Helm - 3B
Yazy Arbelo - 1B
Gerson Montilla - 2B
Roberto Ortiz - RF
Roberto Rodriguez - LF
Jhoan Pimentel - C
David Narodowski - DH

J.R. Bradley - P

The pregame interview is with Kable Hogben (recorded but not played yesterday). Pregame show begins at 11:40 AM. First pitch at 12 Noon.

 

Game Two Probable Lineup (Not official until confirmed between games)

Ender Inciarte - CF

David Narodowski - SS

Raywilly Gomez -DH

Yazy Arbelo - 1B
Matt Helm - 3B
Gerson Montilla - 2B
Roberto Ortiz - RF
Roberto Rodriguez - LF
Ramon Castillo - C

Patrick Schuster - SP

 

Tonight's Lineup - August 8th vs. Bowling Green

Ender Inciarte - CF

Niko Gallego - SS

Matt Helm - 3B

Yazy Arbelo - 1B

Gerson Montilla - 2B

Roberto Ortiz - RF

Roberto Rodriguez - LF

Ramon Castillo - C

David Narodowski - DH

J.R. Bradley - P

The pregame interview is with Kable Hogben. Pregame show begins at 6:40 PM. First pitch at 7 PM.

Today's Roster Move - July 10th

And here we go again...

LHP Dan Taylor promoted to high- A Visalia.
RHP Kable Hogben joins team from short-season A Yakima.

Analysis:  Taylor has been phenomenal and deserves to go up.  At the same time, by promoting him the bullpen weakens a bit and the team loses a veteran presence during the roughest stretch of the season.  On the positive side, Hogben has been absolute dominant for Yakima and it is nice to see him get another chance in South Bend.  Full story here.

Today's Roster Move

We start today with a roster move:

Joining the Silver Hawks from Visalia:  RHP Chris Odegaard
Returning to Extended Spring Training:  RHP Kable Hogben

My Commentary (as if you care):  This is simply a numbers game.  A player coming off the DL in Visalia means that someone had to move.  Odegaard was struggling, but is a bit older, so they moved him down to South Bend instead of extended spring.  Hogben just happens to be the odd man out of the Silver Hawks bullpen, mainly because he's the youngest reliever on the staff.  In no way is this an indication of Hogben's ability, and we certainly expect to see him back with the team at some point this season.