paging mr. delgado

Randall Delgado won’t start tonight for the Mississippi Braves at Jacksonville. Instead, the 21-year-old right-hander will start for Atlanta on Friday night against Texas at Turner Field. Delgado, 4-4 with a 3.54 ERA for the M-Braves, will take the spot of Tommy Hanson, another ex-M-Brave who was scratched because of shoulder soreness. Delgado, who hasn’t pitched higher than the Double-A level, is 0-3 in his last five starts. His last win came on May 14. But the wiry 6-foot-3, 180-pound Panama native was rated the Braves’ No. 3 prospect before the season. He has strikeout stuff, having fanned 10 in one start this year and eight in another. After eight starts this season, he was 4-1. His ERA took a beating in a May 24 outing when he allowed 10 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Delgado could have picked a better team to debut against; the defending American League champion Rangers can rake.