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Bus Leagues Baseball found this 4/29/2008 on www.bugsandcranks.com [flag]
The Diamondbacks called up top pitching prospect Max Scherzer from AAA Tuscon. Scherzer joined the D-backs after dominating the Pacific League with a 1.17 ERA in 23 innings this season. Adding one of the best pitching prospects in baseball to a team that already leads the major leagues with a 3.04 ERA almost seems unfair. The rest of the National League may have to enact the mercy rule ... [link]

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Now Pitching, For The Arizona Diamondbacks…
Published 4/29/2008 by OMDQ at Bus Leagues Baseball
... According to Bugs & Cranks, which alerted me to this story, the 23-year-old Scherzer will pitch out of the bullpen for the first place Diamondbacks.  For that reason, it’s hard to say when he might make his major league debut; if I were a betting man, I’d say he has a good chance of pitching against the Astros, who are in town through Wednesday. ...

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