Tommy Hunter Tonight

[DuffMan]

The other day Mike Bordick claimed that Hunter had a fantastic bullpen session over the weekend. Either that didn't carry over to his start or maybe Bordick confused Hunter with another Orioles pitcher.

[24fps]

I've seen enough of Hunter

Me too. He's not fooling anybody at the moment.

That being said, the team is 6-4 when he starts and he's gone 6 or more innings in 7 of his 10 appearances.

[OFFNY]

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Hunter is throwing the opening game of a doubleheader tonight against the AAA-Scranton Yankees.

Let's go, Tommy.

http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t568

[OFFNY]

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TOMMY HUNTER O(vs. AAA-Scranton Yankees 6/02)

IP:. 7 (COMPLETE GAME) *

H:o 6

R:O 1

BB: 1

SO: 1

Pitches: 85 (56 Strikes, 29 Balls)

2012 ERA: 1.29 (AAA-Norfolk)

* This was a 7-inning game, as the Tides were playing a doubleheader today.

T IDES SWEEP YANKEES: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120602&content_id=32664274&vkey=news_t568&fext=.jsp&sid=t568

[JimPalmerJr]

How long does Hunter have to stay down to add a year of team control ?

[Greg]

Over/Under 4 Hr he gives up tomorrow?

[OFFNY]

Over/Under 4 Hr he gives up tomorrow?

Under.

[Greg]

Under.

Hope your right.

[Il BuonO]

Under.

Lol, I thought you were taking the under on RUNS. I was thinking, "Now that's optimistic!"

[OFFNY]

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With Gonzo Part II having pitched 4 innings yesterday, and Eveland having gone 3 innings today, the net below Hunter tomorrow is considerably weaker than it looked to be yesterday afternoon, also.

[Il BuonO]

Hunter must be thrilled to know he is the pitcher of last resort.

[OFFNY]

Hunter must be thrilled to know he is the pitcher of last resort.

At this point, I think that he's happy just to be back in the majors and given another chance to start again, for whatever reason. You know the old saying, "Beggars can't be choosers."

[scOtt]

He might give up some runs, but he'll eat some innings too. He has a knack for that. Jake go down and work with Peterson and get your mind right. Tommy will hold down the fort in Balmer for a while. We scored 6 tonight, I feel Hunter can win if we score 6 tomorrow.

[wildcard]

A spot start for Hunter

For me, Hunter is only getting today's 4 pm start because he is the only one rested enough to pitch it. He hasn't earned a promotion. So if he pitches well, he gets another start. If he doesn't he goes back to Norfolk to work on his command.

Opportunity knocks for Hunter but I am not highly optimistic about his chance to succeed. He hasn't had time to work on the things he needs to fix to be a consistent starter.

Good Luck Tommy. I would like to be surprised.

[OFFNY]

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PHILADELPHIA AIHPLEDALIHP O(June 9th)

Jimmy Rollins - SS

Juan Pierre - LF

Hunter Pence - RF

Jim Thome - DH

Shane Victorino - CF

Ty Wigginton - 3B

Mike Fontenot - 2B

Hector Luna - 1B

Brian Schneider - C

Vance Worley - RHP (3-2, 3.38 ERA)

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php