Sayonara Lou Pote?
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After being sent to the farm in April, Pote came back to the 1st team on June 4. However, in his one appearance on the mound, he pitched 2/3 of an inning, gave up three hits and 1 run. Citing a sore right shoulder, he was demoted again on the 13th.
Since then, Hanshin have acquired another right-handed reliever, Jerrod Riggan, and although SanSpo quotes Hanshin boss-man Katsuyoshi Nozaki as stressing that Pote's return to the USA is temporary, the paper speculates that Pote may not be back.