>Side Note

>Hush. Gardy has already stated he will be making his next start.

>Spring training is unreliable. First, it’s a small sample size (if you’re a pitcher, one inning can ruin your stats). Second, the level of competition is not very high. In Ponson’s case, it was possible he put up the good numbers against pretty low level competition.But I think also to some extent it’s luck. Ponson hasn’t pitched well by any means, but he’s sort of hamstrung by the fact he’s been giving up a lot of home runs. And, he’s been giving up those home runs despite the fact that he’s an extreme ground ball pitcher, which should keep the home run rate down. In fact, fully 1/4 of his outfield fly balls end up in the stands. So for Ponson, I think the Twins have better options in AAA, but he’s been sort of unlucky and will probably improve.Silva’s been lucky the other direction. He’s allowing tons of baserunners but is stranding 86.5% of them, which is an unsustainable level far above the league average rate. Plus, even though he’s supposedly a “sinkerball” pitcher, which should induce ground balls, he’s hasn’t really been doing that and has allowed a ton of fly balls. However, unlike Ponson, despite the fact that Silva has let up a ton of fly balls, Silva’s fly balls have ended up in the park, as he’s got a really low home run rate this year.So, long story short, spring training stats are unreliable and both these guys are kind of victims/beneficiaries of luck at this point. But, lets hope that Ponson can improve a bit once balls stop heading out of the park, and let’s hope that Silva stays unsustainably good.

>Well? When is soon?:p