The Tampa Bay Seminoles have started the season off playing below expectations. With the season being 21 games in, the Seminoles are only 11-10. So why are our beloved Seminoles playing .500 ball? The obvious answer is hitting. As team the Seminoles are only hitting .241, which is 5th worse in the Major Leagues. Leading the way in the hitting poorly section is Glenn Sabel who is hitting an abysmal .135 and when asked why he is hitting so poorly Sabel said "Right now every time I hit the ball it seems to find a defender. I'm getting no luck but I'm going to keep working at it and things should come around." The team has started to come around and the team batting average has actually improved if you can imagine that.
The bright spot so far has been the pitching. The team ERA is currently 3.44 and the starting pitching has been dynamite with the exception of Ray Hamelin who is 1-2 with a 5.85 ERA. Hamelin has been moved to the bullpen for now and the team is going with Zerbe as the 5th starter.
Is the front office worried? Early indications are they are not worried since the season is so young. The general feeling is that when the hitting comes around the team should be ok but they are keeping a close eye on the situation and will make moves if they deem it necessary.
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