The Stars only won 59 games last year and already in mid June are at 33 wins and only 3 games under .500. The Stars pitching this year has been very good ranking top 3 in many categories. The weak area this season again is the offense ranking 9 or 10th in many categories.
Light hitting SS Hiroshi Hishikawa who is a defense specialist had the game of his career as he drives in 6 runs against the California Crusaders, going 2-3 with 1 HR. Unbelieveable. Hishikawa is hitting .199 but has 4 homers and drove in 21 runs. The 21 RBI'S is 5th best on the Stars so far this season. Of course the 6 RBI game helped him.
Rookie LF/1B Frank Mahaffey is slowing get used to the pitching at this level. Mahaffey power numbers are good so far hitting 12 homers and drving in 35 RBI's which both lead the team. However he needs to have more contact and when that happends he could be a consistant 30 homerun 100 Rbi hitter. Mahaffey is hitting .234 but his OBP is .355 which is a good sign.
OF free agent pick up Manuel Freyta will be out 3 weeks as he fractured his foot. Freyta gave the Stars a great Defensive LF who was hitting .260 and had 30 stolen bases. Freyta should be back in July so he wont miss to much time. Freyta is a carreer .263 hitter and nice leadoff guy.
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Re: Valencia Stars: 33-36 (.478) # 5
Mahaffey looks to be a star in the making. Hopefully he avoids the corner OF lump syndrome.
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Re: Valencia Stars: 33-36 (.478) # 5
When Hishikawa is fifth on your team in RBI, that's just not good.
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