Curses and Inuit doctors.

With great anticipation the Beavers fans expected a better showing than what they got, splitting 2 with New York, and losing the first one to Los Cabos.  What made the opening series worse is highly anticipated Nam-Cheol Chong was injured in his start.  Resulting in elbow inflammation that will cause him to miss 3 months.  This leaves some fans wondering, "Is it the curse of Luke Pittman?"  The most injury prone Beaver to ever dawn the jersey, who was traded for Chong.  Did the curse remain on the island, or just bad luck.  The locals seem to think the curse has been left on the Island even after Pittman has left, so local Inuit doctors have already began formulating home-grown remedies, and carving soapstone Inukshuks as a homeage to their gods in hopes Chong will return to the Beaver Dam soon. 

This leaves who will be taking the slack in the rotation?  GM Aaron Blank was busy this offseason, signing many borderline and old SP's to minor league deals in order to build depth...which we need all too soon.  The Beavers GM loves experience, so he will be calling up from AA, a former LA Bruin SP Carlos Castillo a tryout with the big club.



Castillo pitched last year in El Paso, to not much success in 21 starts, going 4-11 with an 8.71 ERA, but we're hoping that he can turn it around at the pitcher friendly park here in Iqaluit. Not to mention an already staff full of leaders and an amazing talented pitching coach, it shouldn't be long before Castillo can find his groove again.

Some high points from the start of the season include:

OF Zach Hutchinson .421 AVG, 1 HR and 2 SB
3B Jason Jackson .412 AVG, 2 3B and .444 OBP
1B Charlie Murdock .304 AVG and 2 HR
OF Michael Jackson .400 AVG and 1 SB
SP Jimmy Sanders 8 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 K and 1.13 ERA
SP Nick Reed 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5 K and 2.57 ERA

There is always room for improvement for everyone's stats, but we all know it's early.  The Beavers look forward to the next set of games when they will be facing former opening day starter and former Beaver, Allan Landry in Los Cabos.  Another former Beaver will be faced after Los Cabos, good ole' CarGo in New Orleans now, will be be as dominant at the Beaver Dam as he was in a Beavers uni, stay tuned fer the next recap!

It should be a gooder