Injury Bug Bites Again!

Well in the first installment of the Injury Bug Bites the Bombers saw Bustamante, Guzman and Jackson all go down pretty much at the same time.

They all returned and were producing, even if the game results weren't exactly what we'd like to see.

So, it's no wonder that in May the Bombers posted a sub par 12-16 record and have started off June going 0-5.
However, in the last two SIM's (end of May) the Bombers got bit hard.
Going down was:

Starting SS Gerald Pugh (back in July)
Starting CF Roy O'Quinn (back in July),
Starting LF Stephen Jackson (again!) back next SIM
Starting RF Mark Buchanan (back in August)
Backup OF Leland Rey (back in mid August)
Backup OF Martin Evans (back in 2 weeks)
Back up Closer Cal Henry (back in July)
Setup Joe Ward (April 2017)

When O'Quinn went down, the plan was to call up 2013, 2nd Round draft pick Bernardo Cisneros, who was having a good time beating up on AAA pitching hitting .328, .423 OB, .513 Slug (936 OPS) however he ALSO went down with an injury, strained hamstring, and is expected to be sidelined 2 more weeks.  Cisneros window of opportunity might have closed for the 2016 season as he is not on the 40 man roster yet and he'll be coming back when everyone else is. 

So, in essence, the entire starting OF (Jackson, O'Quinn, and Buchanan) all went down as well as 4th OF'er Martin Evans and Leland Rey.

The piece-meal OF is now O'Day, Lee and Fox.  Not quite the guys we would like to run out there, let alone all 3 at the same time.  But the games must be played and this now becomes an opportunity for them to show that they belong at the ABL level and make decisions a little tougher for GM Gary Altman.

Even with all this, the overall pitching of the Bombers needs to significantly improve for the Bombers to have a chance this season.  Ranked at or near the bottom in the major categories has team officials concerned, however, even with all this going on, after just a third of the season and a AAA lineup, the Bombers sit just 3 GB of division leader San Francisco.