Roster moves, and more

Hot on the heels of his first win of the season, lefthander Phil Devey was released by the Sea Dogs yesterday. I thought that Devey pitched OK for Portland. His W/L record was only 1-6, but there were a couple of tough-luck losses mixed in there. Over 38 IP, Devey had a 3.79 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP, and he struck out a batter per inning. Still, he's 28 years old and an independent league reclamation, so he's not considered a prospect. His roster spot was filled by Denney Tomori, a 37-year-old Japanese League veteran who the Sox signed in the off season. According to his Soxprospects.com page, Tomori is a sidearmer with a 95 MPH fastball. It must be a fairly straight fastball, as his Japanese League stats do not stand out, and his Pawtucket line (34 IP, 5.03 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 27 K/8 BB) isn't any more inspiring than Devey's was. I'm not sure who replace Tomori on the PawSox roster. Tomori wouldn't appear to be any more of a potential future Red Sox pitcher than Devey is, but I guess they feel compelled to keep him around after bringing him over from Japan.

Also, the Sea Dogs lost game one vs. Altoona 10-7 last night. It was a "Bad Kason" night last night. Now that I think of it, as much as I like the Good Kason / Bad Kason thing, I think I'm going to switch it to Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde from now on. So it was Mr. Hyde last night for the Sea Dogs giving up more runs than the offense could cover. Tonight's scheduled starters are the disappointing Chris Smith for Portland vs. the disappointing Matt Peterson for Altoona. I'm scoring the game, so I hope not to be disappointed. And it turns out that Jon Papelbon's start wasn't just pushed back for a couple of days, but that his turn was skipped altogether to get him some additional rest. Papelbon is tentatively scheduled to start on Saturday.