Laurence J. Peter
That's the Peter Principle - if you're good at something, you'll get promoted. And eventually you'll be doing something you're not good at.
That's the Peter Principle - if you're good at something, you'll get promoted. And eventually you'll be doing something you're not good at.
The best young Pirate-developed lefty since John Candelaria has changed all that with a 1.23 ERA and 21:4 K:BB ratio in his first three big league starts this month. (Incidentally, has anyone nicknamed this guy "Duke of Hurl" yet?) And that makes him eligible for today's team -- what, we just finished up All-Willie and All-Mickey teams, and you couldn't see the All-Duke team coming a mile away?
Of course, Zach is only the third player in big league history to bear the surname "Duke," so we'll need a little leeway ...
This will be my last Advance Scout column for a little while, as I head off on vacation. But fear not, Bauxites -- Lucas, Rob and Pepper Moffatt will all contribute pinch-hit Scout reports with their usual aplomb over the next four series. It won't skip a beat.
Today's Scout features a brawlin' (but appealin') righty, a proud papa and a young ace starting to trust his stuff again.
On to the Advance Scout!The Toronto Blue Jays have a 5-14 record in one-run games.
Well, that is how you hope everything is going to work out when Josh Towers starts.
But we're not just giving this team the Willies, as it were ...