Dizard on the DL, Bittner from Hogs to Barons

 

By FutureSox Staff

 

 

 

The Birmingham Barons announced Wednesday the demotion of White Sox pitching prospect Ray Liotta to Winston-Salem and the placement of pitcher Fraser Dizard on the disabled list. The Warthogs have promoted pitchers Adam Russell and Tim Bittner to Birmingham, with Russell taking Liotta's spot in the rotation.

 

 

 

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Damn, I didn't know Liotta was having that much trouble. Hopefully he can get back to putting up good numbers.

would of rather of seen harrel or whistler get the promotion. And rather of had Liotta in AA than rodriguez or whatevr.

Harrell, while having the better overall numbers, has been very average the last month.

 

Russell, who's a couple years older, needs to be pushed. Harrell just needs to continue to improve control, while advancing a level per year.

Harrell, while having the better overall numbers, has been very average the last month.

 

Russell, who's a couple years older, needs to be pushed. Harrell just needs to continue to improve control, while advancing a level per year.

Yeah, I agree. Harrell is only 21 years old. At this rate, he will be in AAA by 23 and be in perfect sequence. Russell, on the other hand, is 23 and needs to be pushed to see how good of a prospect he is. Right now, Russell probably doesn't have much trade value, but if he succeeds at AA, his value will shoot up. 6-8 pitchers who do well have good value because of the angles they provide and the potential to add velocity as they fill out.

Yeah, I agree. Harrell is only 21 years old. At this rate, he will be in AAA by 23 and be in perfect sequence. Russell, on the other hand, is 23 and needs to be pushed to see how good of a prospect he is. Right now, Russell probably doesn't have much trade value, but if he succeeds at AA, his value will shoot up. 6-8 pitchers who do well have good value because of the angles they provide and the potential to add velocity as they fill out.

 

LOL... well... Russell is already "filled-out", as they would say.

Harrel has pretty damn good sinking action and just needs to continuously work on improving his command. If he can do that he can turn into a solid pitching prospect with a chance of becoming a decent MLB starter. I don't think he'll ever emerge as a top flight prospect but should have some value down the road.

 

Liotta is in a major funk after starting out pretty good. I'm not sure whats going on with him, but it seems as if the league has gotten to him. Hopefully he can get some confidence after making some adjustments down in A ball.

Could Liotta be possibly injured in some sort of way? Really hard to explain how that ERA has really gone up especially after he had a fairly good start to the season.

 

Nice to see someone from the Warthog rotation get a call up though, they've performed well all season. Hopefully Russell can make the most of it.

I saw that Russell was pulled after going 3 shutout innings on the 13th vs Chattanooga. Any one know why?

I saw that Russell was pulled after going 3 shutout innings on the 13th vs Chattanooga. Any one know why?

There was a long rain delay therefore he was pulled.

There was a long rain delay therefore he was pulled.

Good. BTW, Baseball America envisions Russell as a reliever down the road after he gets some innings. Do you see him as a Jon Rauch type set up guy as well?