Kershaw's promotion likely delayed

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For Kershaw lovers only
Published 5/14/2008 at Roto Arcade
Clayton Kershaw picked a bad time to get hit. The 20-year-old Dodgers prospect allowed five runs in 3.1 innings on Monday, which raised his minor league ERA from 1.08 to a still-brilliant 2.21. He hadn't allowed an earned run in 19.1 innings prior to that effort, but it sounds like that was enough to delay a promotion: Kershaw was inserted back into the rotation for Double-A Jacksonville on Monday night, which would put him on a five-day schedule to start Saturday for the Dodgers in Anaheim. But he was pushed around by Mobile, charged with five runs on five hits and two wild pitches in 3 1/3 innings. "They had him lined ...

The Z-Meter: 5/15/2008
Published 5/15/2008 by Extra P. at Bus Leagues Baseball
The Z-meter tracks the story arcs of 25 top prospects (or players we just like) on their way to the bigs. It is named after current Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman, who made the transition from anchoring the University of Virginia to starring in MLB in one year. Promoted: Evan Longoria, 3B, Durham (AAA) to Tampa Bay ...