Lenny showed up at the Hot Stove/Cool Music benefit recently and jammed with Theo and Gammons. That's definitely a good sign. In terms of his chances of jumping back into the organization with all the pitching changes this year, I have no clue. Our pitching is chock-full-of-warm-bodies, so who knows -- especially as Hideki Okajima is an experienced lefty and will definitely make the team, if for no other reason than to be the Nelson to Dice-K's Pedro.
For now, here are Lenny's winter league final numbers: 1-0, 2.07, 16K, 5BB in 13 innings pitched.
Lenny DiNardo has been one the hottest relievers in the Arizona Fall
League over the past three weeks. After being roughed up in his first
two outings, the 27-year-old left-hander has been nearly unhittable for
the Peoria Javelinas.
The former third-round pick collected his
first victory on Monday. He worked two innings of hitless relief in the
Javelinas' 12-3 victory over Scottsdale. He fanned three and walked
one.
The 6-foot-4 lefty fanned two in a perfect inning on Thursday,
extending his scoreless innings streak to six. The Miami native has not
allowed a run since he was roughed up against the Saguaros on Oct. 13.
He is 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA in seven games.
DiNardo was selected to the inaugural Rising Stars Showcase game on Oct. 27, but did not make an appearance.
Yeah, sorry for the long break...I'm now a citizen of the State of New York, the City of Gotham. I'm subscribed to a Lenny DiNardo news update and decided that now is as good a time as any to start the LD blog up again. You see, Lenny is back on the mound. Now, he's not pitching THAT great, but, hey, it's the Arizona Fall League, and his team has a cool name. What I don't understand is how the great city of Peoria (which I thought was in Illinois--but is actually in Arizona) has TWO baseball teams, when my hometown of WORCESTER only gets one (go tornadoes!).
Dinardo's team for the Fall League is called the Peoria Javelinas. What exactly is a javelina? I would have guessed a female track and field star...but, of course, I would have been wrong. A javelina is a wild hog. How awesome is that? Check out this video on javelina hunting from over on YouTube (warning: the indigo-girl like music leads into a direct bow and arrow strike of a javelina):
ANYWAY: Lenny's now a javelina, and if he keeps pitching like this, he might end up like the boar in the video there. Here's the latest from RedSox.com:
LHP Lenny DiNardo -- DiNardo has not recorded a decision in two
relief outings for the Javelinas. The 27-year-old left-hander has
allowed five runs -- three earned -- on six hits over 3 2/3 innings. He
has a 7.36 ERA over his first two games.
Get it going, DiNardo. If you think of it, email me for my address and send me one of them Javelinas hats. Cool stuff.
