On the surface, the numbers suggested that Casey Kelly's 2010 season in Double-A was one of struggle. The 2008 first-rounder posted a 3-5, 5.31 record in 21 starts for Portland, a far cry from the dominance he exhibited in 2009.
Old friends and teammates shook hands and shared jokes afterward, but game faces were firmly in place when lefthander David Holmberg made his first two starts for Rookie-level Missoula in early August.