23 SIDEARM REVIEW: #12 PERTH PANTHEON

                                      PERTH PANTHEON IN A DOGFIGHT


FRONT OFFICE 

Dean Ashley has 13 years under his belt , 7 playoff appearances, 2 trips to the World Series and 1 championship ring.  Looks like Dean needs to tell the league website manager his team moved from Brisbanes to Perth :).  On to the numbers...

ROTATION 

Tallion 713
Urquirdy 730
Keller  729
Dunning 788
Tr. Rogers 812

BULLPEN 

Floro 625
Edwards 652
Gott 661
Knebel 662
Lawrence 736
D. Santana 637
Taylor Rogers 725

LINEUP 

Heim c 697
Y. Diaz 1b 824
Burger 2b 761
O. Cruz ss 744
Bohm 3b 713
Wade of 833
Grisham of 626
Melendez of 706
Y. Alvarez dh 1019

BENCH 

Castro ut 651
Choi 1b 729
Hoerner ss 737
Ed. Sosa ut 644
T. Walls inf 553

DL LIST

Means P
Paddack P
Woods- Richardson P


ANALYSIS

You never know what young pitching will give you.  Ashley did a good job acquiring a promising crop of young pitching but 3 of them are on the DL list and Trevor Rogers just slipped into a negative trance.  Perth's rotation is left with a bunch of average starters for the 23 SSL season but help should be on the way once the young crop of starters mend their bodies and their psyche. 

The bullpen is above average but lacks the usual depth found on other quality staffs.

You have to like the way the lineup is coming together.  Yordan Alvarez is arguably the best hitter in baseball while Wade and Diaz are above average hitters usually ignored by baseball media.  O'Neil Cruz and MJ Melendez offer future promise while Hoerner and Grisham are excellent defenders who solidify the defense up the middle. 

Perth would have a higher ranking if  all those young pitchers were not on the DL.  As a result, look for Perth to manage a 3rd place finish in the AL West.