Ben Fritz
0-0, 4.43 ERA
Aaron Rakers
9-7, 4.56 ERA
The numbers have become absurd. The Barnstormers have allowed 59 runs on 74 hits in the span of 35 innings. That adds up to a tidy 15.17 ERA over the past four games. It appears the weight of the long season has come crashing down on this team.
“We’re [...]
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Jason Scobie
1-4, 3.91 ERA
Corey Thurman
7-6, 4.77 ERA
Fair or not, the final 24 games will serve as a referendum on Von Hayes’ future as the Barnstormers’ manager. It’ll be discussed, dissected and analyzed as the team wearily walks to the finish line of a difficult summer.
The Barnstormers are facing a tough decision. Hayes was supposed [...]
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Chris Steinborn
1-3, 7.06 ERA
Mike Bumstead
13-6, 5.22 ERA
There are a handful of players who definitely deserve another shot at affiliated ball. Yet, for one reason or another, they’re still hanging around the Atlantic League.
* Long Island’s Ray Navarrete
* Camden’s Nic Jackson
* Southern Maryland’s Pat Osborn
* Somerset’s Brandon Larson
Those guys are regarded as the cream of [...]
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Erik Dessau
0-2, 5.72 ERA
Jeff Blitstein
2-3, 4.99 ERA
The Barnstormers had an interesting option presented to them this week. They could have signed OF/DH Curtis Pride, who was released by Southern Maryland. Lancaster, which has been searching futilely for outfield help for months, declined.
Pride has his limitations and drawbacks. He’s 39. Age has sapped his trademark [...]
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Eric Ackerman
5-6, 4.38 ERA
Benito Baez
5-4, 4.08 ERA
If the 55 days in a row wasn’t enough of a scheduling mess, there’s this: Newark is back in town. The Bears are finishing off a stretch in which they play 10 games in Lancaster in the span of 35 days. They’ve only played 14 home games [...]
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Ben Fritz
0-0, 4.96 ERA
Lance Davis
3-2, 3.99 ERA
This was supposed to be the Barnstormers’ first off day since July 28 and its final off day before the season finale on Sept. 21. Because of a rainout against Long Island earlier this month, it’s yet another game day. So it’ll be 55 days in a row at [...]
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Jason Scobie
1-4, 4.28 ERA
Mike Connolly
2-2, 5.33 ERA
The hopes of a pennant race in September are fading for the Barnstormers. They’ve lost the first three games of this series at Bridgeport and have slipped three games under .500 for the first time in the second half. They’re also 4½ behind York, which is the biggest gap [...]
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Chris Steinborn
1-2, 7.31 ERA
Ryan DiPietro
3-4, 5.97 ERA
Injuries and signings have taken their toll on the Barnstormers’ starting rotation and it has shown in the results. The team only has one win from a starting pitcher this entire month.
Some of that is bad luck and some of it is a lack of run support. But there’s [...]
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Erik Dessau
0-1, 4.88 ERA
Jordan Pals
0-1, 17.18 ERA
The Barnstormers continue their five-game road swing at Bridgeport tonight. Although players and managers never look at things this way, a goal for this trip should be to return home with the same first-place deficit that existed when the team left Lancaster. That’s 2½ games behind York.
Once they return [...]
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Eric Ackerman
5-6, 4.31 ERA
Barry Hertzler
7-7, 5.14 ERA
Brian Munhall figures to be a key part of the lineup as the Barnstormers embark on a five-game road trip starting tonight. With Matt LeCroy expected to miss a few more games with a deep bone bruise in his left knee (X-rays were negative), Munhall will likely continue to [...]
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