JETHAWKS NOTEBOOK: PITCHERS COULD GET A CHANCE AT MAJORS : MARTE, SPENCER SEEM LIKELY CANDIDATES.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer The list of former JetHawks now in the major leagues stands at four. But Jose Cruz Jose Luis Cruz (Cheo) can refer to different people:
The most likely candidates to get a chance would seem to be pitchers Damaso Marte and Sean Spencer. The parent club Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. are in dire need of left-handers in their embattled bullpen. Spencer, whose career was almost ended when he underwent surgery three years ago, followed up a strong 1997 season for the JetHawks with impressive performances at both Double and Triple-A levels in 1998. Marte is an enigmatic performer but has one of the best arms in the organization and could have a slight edge over Spencer. The two former JetHawks teammates are probably vying for one southpaw bullpen spot. With the trade of Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit and a less than stable starting rotation of Cloude, Jamie Moyer Jamie Moyer (born November 18, 1962 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. , Jeff Fassero, Mark Leiter and Bill Swift, the opportunity to snatch a place among that quintet could be available for right-hander Brett Hinchliffe. An 11-game winner with the JetHawks in 1996, Hinchliffe went 10-8 with a 4.00 earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. at Triple-A Tacoma last year after various injuries sent him to Lancaster for a brief rehabilitation assignment in April. Hinchliffe was on track for a September promotion but faded down the stretch. The young players in what has become a depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d Seattle farm system will have every courtesy in spring-training auditions, Mariners manager Lou Piniella declared during last month's winter meetings. ``Basically, anyone who comes to major-league camp will have an opportunity to make the team,'' Piniella said. ``It will be wide open. Our preference has been to bring our young kids along slow.'' Not anymore. Aqua man: Scott Steinmann, a JetHawk in the team's 1996 inaugural season, filled in as hitting coach in Lancaster last season when Doug Saunders took a leave of absence. That was the 25-year-old's coaching debut and the Mariners rewarded the former catcher from Cincinnati with a permanent job as catching instructor/coach with the (short-season) Single-A Everett AquaSox of the Northwest League. The Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers will have a definite Lancaster flavor to their staff. Former JetHawks manager Dave Brundage will assume an assistant coach position for the second consecutive year and Antelope Valley native Jim Slaton will serve as Tacoma's pitching coach after serving a similar duty in his hometown the past two seasons. Out of a job: Ivan Montane mon·tane adj. Of, growing in, or inhabiting mountain areas. [Latin mont  nus, from m , who threw the first pitch in
JetHawks' history at 7:31 p.m. on the night of April 4, 1996 in
Bakersfield, was released from the Seattle organization after missing
much of 1998 with a torn ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. in his left knee. Montane, 25, pitched well in 11 starts with the JetHawks in 1996 but had two horrendous stints in Double-A, including an 0-8, 7.53 ERA stretch in 1997 before he was demoted back to Lancaster, where he went 1-2 in six outings. Back in America: Finally, Brendan Kingman has found a home in the states. Released by the Florida Marlins despite being named a Florida State League The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth step All-Star in 1995, Kingman's Cal League batting title in 1998 with the JetHawks earned the 25-year-old Sydney, Australia native a new minor-league contract with the Mariners. Kingman hit .340 with 16 homers and 78 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in for the JetHawks. He'll be assigned to Double-A New Haven at the outset of spring training. You're the best: Former JetHawks made up a large chunk of postseason award winners among Seattle's minor-league clubs. Hinchliffe was Triple-A Tacoma's top pitcher. Spencer and outfielder Tarrik Brock were named Double-A Orlando's MVPs and 19-year-old pitcher Lesli Brea, who had a brief stint with the JetHawks in 1997, and 1998 alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Cam Smith, were named the organization's Most Improved Players. The JetHawks MVPs were first baseman Cirilo Cruz and pitcher Aaron Scheffer. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) JetHawks pitching coach and Antelope Valley native Jim Slaton, left, with pitcher Patrick Dunham (34), will serve as pitching coach for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers this season. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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