First-rounder Khalil Greene has signed and been assigned to Eugene. Sean Burroughs, rehabbing at Portland, is working on pitch recognition. He’s drawn three walks in two games. No strikeouts. Xavier Nady is up to .270/.306/.317. Still not real good, but getting there.

Jake Peavy and Oliver Perez have been pounded the past couple days. They’re young; it’ll happen.

Never thought I’d say this, but thank goodness for Bud Selig. If it weren’t for his Brewers, the Pads would have the worst record in the NL.

Jake Gautreau is now hitting .305/.366/.480 at Elsinore. What’s particularly encouraging is the fact that he’s starting to draw some walks.

Mark Phillips has made 21 starts for the Storm since he first came to Elsinore last August. Okay, he’s made 19, with 2 appearances in relief of the rehabbing Tom Davey. Here is his line in those 21 games:

   IP  H  R ER HR BB  SO  ERA
114.0 85 59 49  5 73 119 3.87

Incidentally, three of those five homers came in the same game.

Here is how his numbers break out depending on control:

BB/G  G   IP  H  R ER HR BB SO  ERA
 0-2 12 69.1 55 32 29  4 20 76 3.76
 3-5  6 26.2 24 17 15  1 25 25 5.07
  6+  4 18.0  6 10  5  0 28 18 2.50

BB/G is actual number of walks in a game, not a theoretical BB/9IP.

Here is perhaps a more interesting breakout:

IP-BB G   IP  H  R ER HR BB SO  ERA
   4+ 9 56.0 36 16 14  1 14 63 2.25
  1-3 5 22.7 27 22 21  3 13 23 8.35

IP-BB is on a per-game basis; e.g., 2 walks in 7 innings equals 5. Phillips has been hard to hit when his control is very good or very bad. But when it’s just kinda bad, he’s gotten hit.

FWIW, six of his last eight starts have fallen into the 4+ category (after the previous four had been of the

One more stat line, and then I’ll get on with life and let you do the same. Here’s what Phillips has done over his last eight starts:

  IP  H  R ER HR BB SO  ERA
46.2 30 17 14  2 20 48 2.70

Ten of those runs came in back-to-back games at the beginning of June. Hit prevention is down, walks are down, runs are down. What’s not to like?

Finally, here are a couple sites of interest: Baseball Musings | Touching the Bases. Enjoy…