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On opening day at Triple-A Buffalo, the Bisons rotation was made up of Marcus Stroman, lefty Sean Nolin, Kyle Drabek, veteran southpaw Ricky Romero and journeyman right hander Liam Hendriks. Of those five today, only Nolin is still with the "Herd" and he missed a chunk of the season with an injury. Stroman is up with the Blue Jays as a key member of the starting rotation. Drabek was just called up this past weekend to be part of the Jays bullpen after the organization decided he was better suited to relief pitching. Romero is done for the season with a knee injury and Hendriks was part of the trade with the Kansas City Royals that brought Danny Valencia to the Blue Jays. So the Bisons rotation for the final two weeks of International Leage season looks distinctly different and appears to offer the Blue Jays a lot more upside. Nolin is still pitching well. Lefty Daniel Norris has been brilliant in his first two Triple-A starts, striking out a total of 23 batters. Raul Valdes is a 36-year-old southpaw, adding a bit of veteran stability. Then, you have a pair of young right handers whove been more than holding their own in Scott Copeland and Kendall Graveman. Graveman is the one who really caught my eye. On Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies-affiliate Lehigh Valley Pigs, he got a no-decision while pitching seven shutout innings. He struck out four and walked none. The 23-year-old right-hander out of Alexander City, Alabama has had a meteoric rise through the Blue Jays organization, especially considering he was just an eighth-round draft pick in 2013. Graveman, or maybe we should start calling him "the Undertaker," has made four different stops throughout the Blue Jays system this season. He started at Low-A Lansing, then moved up to Dunedin in the High-A Florida State League, where he spent the bulk of this season. Then, it was on to Double-A New Hampshire and finally Buffalo. Youvre got to be pretty impressive to move up that fast. In total, Graveman has pitched 155 innings this season. He has built a 12-6 record with a sparkling 1.68 ERA. Opponents have only managed to hit .223 off of him and he has surrendered only two home runs in total. The Blue Jays playoff hopes are looking iffy at best right now with just 37 games to play, but the pitching future looks encouraging, especially with the likes of Stroman, Sanchez, Hutchison, Norris, Nolin and now maybe Graveman. This may be the best group of young arms, this side of the New York Mets. --- All this talk of pitching brings me to a great bit of research by Woody Paige of the Denver Post. Going back over the archives, Paige discovered that the Rockies had drafted 569 pitchers (414 right-handers) over their 22-year history. Of those numbers, the only arms that had made any significant impact with Colorado were Canadian lefty Jeff Francis, Aaron Cook, Jason Jennings and Jamey Wright. Is it any wonder then, that Colorado has the worst record in the National League and second-worst in the Majors, just a game ahead of Texas? --- The Detroit Tigers have been stumbling around since June 1, compiling a meagre record of 35-34. They are sitting a half-game back of Seattle for that second Wild Card slot in the American. But one reason not to count Detroit out is that hey have 11 of their remaining games left against the Central cellar-dwellers, the Minnesota twins, and they close out the season at home against with seven-straight games against the Chicago White Sox (three) and the Twins (four). The Mariners, on the other hand, play 13 of their final 27 against the two teams ahead of them in the West in the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland As. Chris Herndon Jets Jersey . Last year, Matt Kuchar closed with a 4-under 68 to beat Kevin Chappell by two strokes for his second win of the 2013 season and sixth of his career. Sam Darnold Jets Jersey . 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Josh Morrissey also had a pair of goals for the Raiders (31-30-5) while Mackenze Stewart, Calder Brooks, Reid Gardiner, Chance Braid and Carson Perreaux had the others. Brayden Point scored both goals for the Warriors (17-40-9), who are on a two-game slide. Prince Alberts Nick McBride made 19 saves for the win as Justin Paulic allowed all nine goals on 36 shots for Moose Jaw. --- HITMEN 5 WHEAT KINGS 1 BRANDON — Chris Driedger stopped 23 shots as Calgary downed the Wheat Kings for its 12th win in its last 13 outings. Ben Thomas and Brady Brassart each had a goal and an assist for the Hitmen (44-15-7) while Pavel Padakin, Greg Chase and Connor Rankin added a goal apiece. Rihards Bukarts scored the lone goal for Brandon (31-27-9), which has dropped back-to-back games. Jordan Papirny turned aside 35-of-40 shots in a losing cause. --- BRONCOS 4 OIL KINGS 3 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The Broncos scored four times in the third period to come from behind and defeat Edmonton. Colby Cave, Jay Merkley, Andrew Johnson and Nathan Burns scorred for Swift Current (34-24-9), which improved to 6-0-1 in its last seven games.dddddddddddd Henrik Samuelsson scored both goals for the Oil Kings (45-17-3), who led 2-0 early in the third. Eetu Laurikainen made 26 saves for the Broncos while Edmontons Tristan Jarry stopped 31-of-35 shots in defeat. --- REBELS 4 ICE 0 CRANBROOK, B.C. — Patrik Bartosak stopped all 30 shots his way as Red Deer blanked Kootenay. Ryhse Dieno, Brooks Maxwell, Wyatt Johnson and Aspen Sterzer supplied the goals for the Rebels (31-30-5). Mackenzie Skapski kicked out 29-of-32 shots for the Ice (37-25-4), who are on a two-game skid. Red Deer went 1 for 1 on the power play while Kootenay failed to score on two chances with the man advantage. --- SILVERTIPS 5 ROCKETS 1 EVERETT, Wash. — Joshua Winquist had two goals and an assist as the Silvertips halted Kelownas four-game win streak. Jujhar Khaira scored once and set up two more for Everett (34-24-9) and Ben Betker and Carson Stadnyk each scored once. Austin Lots made 23 saves for the Silvertips. Justin Kirkland scored for the Rockets (52-10-4) while Jackson Whistle allowed five goals on 27 shots through two periods of play. Jordon Cooke made 11 saves in relief. --- Cheap Ducks Jerseys Cheap Coyotes Jerseys Cheap Bruins Jerseys Cheap Sabres Jerseys Cheap Flames Jerseys Cheap Hurricanes Jerseys Cheap Blackhawks Jerseys Cheap Avalanche Jerseys Cheap Blue Jackets Jerseys Cheap Stars Jerseys Cheap Red Wings Jerseys Cheap Oilers Jerseys Cheap Florida Panthers Jerseys Cheap Los Angeles Kings Jerseys Cheap Wild Jerseys ' ' '