Can you smell it in the air? No that's not the stench of Hendersonville. That's the smell of a new BSA season beginning. A time of year when every team thinks they will be playoff bound, well except Niagara Falls.
April is here again and the Looters are looking to continue their improvement this year. In 2012 in the first year under new ownership the team finished with 52 wins in their first year in New Orleans. In the second year they improved to 67 wins. If they could add another 15 wins they'd break last year's franchise win record by a mile and finish above .500.
In order to do that the Looters will need significant pitching improvements. Pitching has been a focus this offseason, or at least the bullpen with acquisitions of a closer in Doberman Gordon, and middle reliever Doug Meeligan. Meeligan spent the prior two years in StLouis showing flashes, but Looters officials think he can take a step forward. Gordon Brown is 31 and has spent the last 4 years with the Niagara Falls organization with 132 saves to his name in his tenure there.
A look at each grouping that make the opening roster:
Catchers: Hyung-Jin Park, Sandro Cajani
Infielders: Tony Marin, Jaime Manuel, Luis Alou, Ramon Hernandez, Michael Young, Leonard Crowley, John Brown
Outfielders: Errol Hughes, Alex Herrejon, Porter Sanford, Jon Love
Rotation: Tyler Law, Kevin Lane, Ricardo Gomes, Bill "Headhunter" Maddox, Carlos Gonzalez
Bullpen: James Kelly, Gordon Brown, Cameron Rowde, Sergio Zaragoza, Juan Najara, Doug Meeligan, Chris Woodruff
Also traded to the Indianapolis Lions was Jimmy Murphy and cash for OF Jason Curtis and closer Dave Rodgers. Murphy was going to have to be run through waivers and was expendable to trade rather than be claimed.
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