R. ORTIZ

[Meaney]

I cannot believe how great Ortiz is pitching! Do you think he will stay like this all year...any thoughts?

[mnwild]

I hope he does, he has looked good so far and that last night was against a very good line-up. We need a solid 2nd starter in our rotation. He is our Little Papi...

[schweady]

Thankfully, the bats came alive in the 8th to seal the win for RO. What a great performance. Love that emotion he shows!

[maros91]

It's amazing how hard he throws for how small he is. We need somebody to step up to that #2 behind Johan. Hopefully Ramon wil be that guy.

[Spinner1]

I hope so. We need a starting pitcher upside surprise or this is going to be a tough year.

[Schloogs]

Hopefully he will. It would be nice to get 10-12 wins from him this year. That would be a good compliment to santana.

[IFallsRon]

Thing I like best about Ortiz is that he lets the ball fly without standing on the mound doing a lot of thinking.

[The Yeti]

He's pitching good against the Mariners tonight as well. He goes after the batters. So far so good. by the way.. Torii Hunter just hit a grand slam! Twins up 7-1 bottom of 5.

[schweady]

Extra base hits by the cartload, Ramon (3-0) Ortiz's sinking 2-seamer inducing ground outs and nifty DPs, getting reminded by my wife how down I was on Torii last June and how she has always kept the faith, and a very crooked number. (I'd say '11' qualifies.) Nicely entertaining night. And I debated staying up to watch.

[Spinner1]

Great game. Ortiz may not be a true #2 guy, but he is sure filling the role for now. Only about one starting pitcher away from having a competitive rotation at the moment. Not a "2006 good" staff, but perhaps sufficient to stay in the hunt.