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Lefty Specialist Unfazed
October 6, 2061 | Forever Land | When lefthanded reliever Mitchell Radnall was informed that he was not being included on the post-season roster for Bikini's Doubleday Round match with Nashville, he was as good as ever. "It doesn't really matter to me," he said. "Kate let me know I could travel with the team and sit in the bullpen to help keep everyone's spirits up, so it works out the same way. Just means I don't have to take the time to strip out of my blue jeans."
Radnall, who has been on the team's active roster all season, has thrown a total of twelve innings to date, or roughly an inning every two weeks. Give or take. For that work, he's made $1M. "And $25,000," Radnall quipped. "Don't forget that last 25K." He's been moderately effective in his usage, finishing with a 2.39 ERA, though that's tempered with a 5.8 BB/9 ratio that could be worrisome with more usage.
Could Mitch the Stitch
Sing 7th Inning Stretch
Will Klone Kill?The move has been made in concurrence with adding starter Brody Picot into the mix, and will leave the roster with the same 12-pitcher, 15-hitter makeup. "I like to be more flexible with the bats," manager Kate Fiscus said. "And with our arms, eight guys in the pen should be enough for any night."
Some expect that Radnall will join the team's broadcasting crew for the series in order to make use of the lefty's propensity to lean into a steady stream of self-deprecating jokes, a propensity that has made him quite the fan favorite. "Sure, I give up a lot of fly balls," he said on a recent CR-Cast, "but in my favor those lollipops are so easy to catch that even Bubba out in right field can pull them down and not even drop his beer."
With Radnall entering his second season of arbitration and possibly due to make $1.7M (give or take), some are wondering if this is his last hurrah with the team.
"I don't know," Radnall said. "But I'm thinking if they agree to twice that much I'd agree to half the workload."
October 6, 2061 | Forever Land | When lefthanded reliever Mitchell Radnall was informed that he was not being included on the post-season roster for Bikini's Doubleday Round match with Nashville, he was as good as ever. "It doesn't really matter to me," he said. "Kate let me know I could travel with the team and sit in the bullpen to help keep everyone's spirits up, so it works out the same way. Just means I don't have to take the time to strip out of my blue jeans."
Radnall, who has been on the team's active roster all season, has thrown a total of twelve innings to date, or roughly an inning every two weeks. Give or take. For that work, he's made $1M. "And $25,000," Radnall quipped. "Don't forget that last 25K." He's been moderately effective in his usage, finishing with a 2.39 ERA, though that's tempered with a 5.8 BB/9 ratio that could be worrisome with more usage.
Could Mitch the Stitch
Sing 7th Inning Stretch
Will Klone Kill?
Some expect that Radnall will join the team's broadcasting crew for the series in order to make use of the lefty's propensity to lean into a steady stream of self-deprecating jokes, a propensity that has made him quite the fan favorite. "Sure, I give up a lot of fly balls," he said on a recent CR-Cast, "but in my favor those lollipops are so easy to catch that even Bubba out in right field can pull them down and not even drop his beer."
With Radnall entering his second season of arbitration and possibly due to make $1.7M (give or take), some are wondering if this is his last hurrah with the team.
"I don't know," Radnall said. "But I'm thinking if they agree to twice that much I'd agree to half the workload."
