big stuff

Drew Pomeranz, the touted Ole Miss product, is scheduled to make his 2012 MLB debut today. The Colorado left-hander will face Arizona at Coors Field. … Mississippi State alumnus Paul Maholm makes his second start as a Chicago Cub, hoping for better than his first start (six runs in four innings). He faces St. Louis at Busch Stadium. … Ex-Ole Miss star Lance Lynn beat the Cubs on Saturday and is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in two starts for the Cardinals. … Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College product Tony Sipp has a 19.29 ERA for Cleveland but somehow has managed to record two holds for the 3-4 Indians. … Ex-Southwest Mississippi CC star Jarrod Dyson, recalled by Kansas City last week, is 2-for-8 with two runs scored in his two games as the Royals’ new leadoff batter. … Itawamba CC alum Desmond Jennings has seen his average dip to .194 as Tampa Bay’s leadoff man. … Also scuffling are former Ole Miss standouts Alex Presley (.269 for Pittsburgh after a hot start) and Chris Coghlan (.158 for Miami). Coghlan, the 2009 National League rookie of the year, has not been the same player since suffering an injury during a postgame celebration in 2010. … Former Mississippi Braves closer Craig Kimbrel is 4-for-4 in saves for 4-4 Atlanta. Kimbrel hasn’t allowed a run, but not all of the saves have been tidy. … Ex-M-Braves catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, under scrutiny in Boston, belted one of the five homers the Red Sox hit on Saturday in a 13-5 win over Tampa Bay at Fenway Park. Salty is batting just .118. … Former M-Braves star Jeff Francoeur is now hitting second in the order for Kansas City and is off to a .333 start. … M-Braves alum Jason Heyward, who needed a good start this season, has had one, batting .346 for Atlanta. He appears to have made some adjustments in his set-up.