The Diamondbacks 16 game winner and ace, Brandon Webb, will try to salvage something from a horrific series this weekend against the Atlanta Braves. The Diamondbacks, like most teams in the NL West, have been absolutely dominated by both teams from the NL Central and NL East this year – even those like the Braves who are playing for next year. Webb needs to help Arizona stop the bleeding.
The AZ Star had an interesting article about Micah Owings’ return to the minors and his first start with AAA Tucson. Anyway you look at it Owings has been a project with the D-Backs. It may start to be time to look at dealing Owings, who surely has potential, to another system while he retains some value. This would likely occur at the end of the season. I am not positive this is the best farm system for Owings to mature. In the MLB this year he was 6-9 with an ERA of nearly 6.00.
Before tonight’s game with Atlanta, the following list were the team’s leaders.
AVG C. Jackson .315
HR M. Reynolds 24
RBI M. Reynolds 77
R C. Jackson 71
SB C. Young 8
W B. Webb 16
SV B. Lyon 24
IP B. Webb 163.0
ERA D. Haren 2.75