AARON GO DL

Aaron Hill (Toronto 2B, not Luann DeGroot's impossible crush) is on the Disabled List until April 21st with a bad hamstring.  This could be really bad.  Hamstring problems tend to linger for weeks and even for a second baseman, it could be a big detriment to his game.  I have basically nothing backing him up, unless Grant Green makes a meteoric rise from the California League, which isn't happening.  Juan Uribe, you're my only hope!

The Slingers didn't do much at the plate on a mostly full Monday of games, horking up a putrid .491 OPS in 29 AB.  The pitching was better, with Nick Masset and Darren Oliver combining for two and a third innings of scoreless relief with five strikeouts (and three hits allowed).

Martin Perez made his 2010 debut at Frisco, throwing four and two thirds scoreless innings with only two hits allowed.  Four walks and only three strikeouts were a negative, but I still think we'll see him in Arlington this summer.  Hmmm, the stats sheet said he had an astounding 9.0 ground out/air out ratio.  Since he retired 14 batters, three by strikeout, that leaves 11 other outs.  To get a 9.0 ratio, he'd have to have gotten nine ground outs and one air out.  What was the other out?  Wouldn't you count both outs of a double play as ground outs?  Maybe not.  Then there are breakdowns of GO/AO by bases empty, runners on, and runners in scoring position, and they make no sense either.  What if he got no air outs with bases empty?  You can't report a ratio where the denominator is zero.  I think I've found a fatal flaw in MiLB's stats reporting, one which matters only to me.