Player updates

Here's an article about Jeremy West from last Sunday's paper. He's a good hitter. So far on the year, he's at 333/403/464-1-6 on the young season. West's power will likely pick up a little bit as the year goes along, but he doesn't hit prodigious amounts of doubles, so I don't think he's likely to turn into a 25-30 HR guy at any point. So far this year he's walked a little more frequently than he has in the past.

Chris Durbin appears to have picked up where he left off when he went on the DL. His line is now 373/467/686-3-11 in 13 games. This performance wasn't expected - he hit 279/344/417-7-44 in 125 games at Sarasota last season. He showed good power at Baylor, but has yet to do the same in the pros. He looks good at the plate, though, so maybe he's taking a step forward in his development.

After last night's start, Jon Papelbon now has a 2.78 ERA, a WHIP just under 1.00, and a 24/2 K/BB ratio in 22 2/3 IP this year. Impressive. Cla Meredith picked up the win in the 10th inning. He has now allowed 7 base runners (4H, 2BB, 1HBP) vs. 10 K's and no runs allowed in 12 1/3 IP this year. Also impressive.