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Vetran Finds Stride Against Mounties
May 5, 2063 Fans have made their displeasure of Arturo Meza's April Pains known, and if he has anything to say about it, the calendar turning to May will help wash away their fears. His outing tonight stands as exhibit A. The 30-year-old went seven strong innings, striking out eight Mountie hitters and scattering five hits among three walks to allow only a single run. That this kind of stint left him with a 6.13 ERA on the season goes a way toward telling you why fans might be a little slow to get on the bandwagon, though.
Will Meza Find
The Corners Again?"I'm hopeful," Meza said after that team closed out the victory to run his record to 3-3. "I get why they're mad."
"Arturo will be fine," said Kate Fiscus 2.0, the league's first cloned manager. "His history says he'll be back to getting guys out any time now. I have faith in him."
He may need more than that.
Like a wily thoroughbred jockey, Meza, a 6'2" slinger from Lexington, Kentucky, has always gotten by on guile and trickery rather than a blazing stretch run. His slider, screwball, cutter repertoire has never topped out much past 92 MPH, It adds up to mean that he has to live on the corners, and right now a bloated HR rate (5.6/100 AB vs last year's 4.2) and a disturbing tendency to give up line drives (he carries a 33.1% line drive rate against a league average of 26%) continues to give folks the willies. The fact that six of seventeen Mounties who made contact (35%) resulted in line drives does not help deter the haters.
He's making $8M this year, and is due to make the same each of the next two seasons, that is, if the team executed the options they hold for his services. Right now fans are still not suo sure that should happen.
"All I can do is go out there and do the best I can," Meza said. "This is a good team. The guys are all behind me, and Kate is helping me work out the kinks. I think things will be okay."
Meza's next start will likely be against Long Beach.
May 5, 2063 Fans have made their displeasure of Arturo Meza's April Pains known, and if he has anything to say about it, the calendar turning to May will help wash away their fears. His outing tonight stands as exhibit A. The 30-year-old went seven strong innings, striking out eight Mountie hitters and scattering five hits among three walks to allow only a single run. That this kind of stint left him with a 6.13 ERA on the season goes a way toward telling you why fans might be a little slow to get on the bandwagon, though.
Will Meza FindThe Corners Again?
"Arturo will be fine," said Kate Fiscus 2.0, the league's first cloned manager. "His history says he'll be back to getting guys out any time now. I have faith in him."
He may need more than that.
Like a wily thoroughbred jockey, Meza, a 6'2" slinger from Lexington, Kentucky, has always gotten by on guile and trickery rather than a blazing stretch run. His slider, screwball, cutter repertoire has never topped out much past 92 MPH, It adds up to mean that he has to live on the corners, and right now a bloated HR rate (5.6/100 AB vs last year's 4.2) and a disturbing tendency to give up line drives (he carries a 33.1% line drive rate against a league average of 26%) continues to give folks the willies. The fact that six of seventeen Mounties who made contact (35%) resulted in line drives does not help deter the haters.
He's making $8M this year, and is due to make the same each of the next two seasons, that is, if the team executed the options they hold for his services. Right now fans are still not suo sure that should happen.
"All I can do is go out there and do the best I can," Meza said. "This is a good team. The guys are all behind me, and Kate is helping me work out the kinks. I think things will be okay."
Meza's next start will likely be against Long Beach.
