After a winter in which Goldeyes manager Rick Forney acquired all-star centre fielder Aharon Eggleston, signed catcher Luis Alen following two years in the Mets organization and brought back the likes of Dee Brown, Vince Harrison, Wes Long, Juan Diaz, Josh Asanovich and Cory Patton, plenty of people have wondered about the pitching.
This is understandable, for just Ace Walker and southpaws Zach Baldwin and Ian Thomas are back from the 2009 squad that led the Northern League in earned run average.
But the lack of returnees is something Forney isn’t the least bit concerned about. In fact, he figures his Goldeyes might just have one of the best pitching staffs that have come to Winnipeg in years.
“We have five guys with Double A experience,” Forney said. “We have Ace, Mark Holliman, Joey Norrito, Matt (Kniginyzky) and (Chris) Salamida. This team has plenty of pitching. We have three guys back – Ace, Zach and Thomas and four other guys from Double A. Man, that looks pretty good to me.”
There is also talk that a reliever with Major League experience could sign during training camp, so indeed, these Goldeyes would appear to have plenty of pitching.
In fact, when you add in Stephen Flake, one of the top pitchers in the Frontier League the past two seasons, and you already have the reigning NL Pitcher of the Year in Walker, pitching might be the deepest part of an already deep team.
“I’m not at all worried about pitching,” Forney said. “Our pitching will be very good.”
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