DotF: Florial triples and homers in Charleston debut

As always, we begin with the notes:

• OF Zack Zehner was named to the High-A Florida State League end of season All-Star Team. Also, Pat Osborn was named the league’s Manager of the Year, so congrats to both. Zehner, last year’s 18th round pick, hit .282/.382/.379 (129 wRC+) with three homers in 107 games for Tampa.
• OF Alex Palma was placed on the Low-A DL with a lower body injury, the team announced. His regular season is over but he could return for the postseason, depending on the severity of the injury. The 20-year-old hit .265/.292/.420 (101 wRC+) with six homers in 64 games this year.
• OF Estevan Florial was bumped up from rookie Pulaski to replace Palma, the team announced. Pulaski’s season ends today, so Florial is getting a late-season cameo in full season ball. Neat.

Triple-A Scranton (6-1 win over Buffalo) the win clinches at least a tie of the division title

• CF Mason Williams: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — he’s locked in right now
• RF Cesar Puello: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP — another hit-by-pitch … he’s a magnet
• 3B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Chris Parmelee: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) — ten homers in 61 games for the RailRiders
• DH Kyle Higashioka: 1-5, 2 K
• LF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
• LHP Phil Coke: 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 68 of 93 pitches were strikes (73%)
• LHP Tyler Webb: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 12 of 16 pitches were strikes
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — eleven of 16 pitches were strikes (69%) … pitching tonight is a pretty good indication he won’t be called up tomorrow

Double-A Trenton (5-3 loss to New Hampshire)

• SS Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) — in a nasty 6-for-46 (.130) slump
• CF Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 1 R
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RF Billy McKinney: 1-4, 1 R
• 2B Abi Avelino: 2-4, 2 E (missed catch, fielding)
• RHP Will Carter: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 15/2 GB/FB — 47 of 76 pitches were strikes (62%) … now up to a 67.8% ground ball rate
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 14 of 21 pitches were strikes … 61/20 K/BB in 43.1 innings … his breakout season in 2012 was a 99/22 K/BB in 64.1 innings
• RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — half of his 14 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa‘s game was postponed due to Tropical Storm Hermine. It’ll be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday.

Low-A Charleston (8-2 win over Hagerstown)

• 2B Kyle Holder: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B — beast mode since coming off the DL last month
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing)
• DH Mandy Alvarez: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
• CF Estevan Florial: 2-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — heck of a Low-A debut for Mr. Florial
• C Luis Torrens: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 PB — picked a runner off first with a snap throw
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 60 of 89 pitches were strikes (67%)

Short Season Staten Island (4-3 loss to Tri-City, walk-off style)

• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• 2B Nick Solak: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — he’s played 61 games and has reached base multiple times in 37 of them, or 61%
• DH Drew Bridges: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Angel Aguilar: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Kolton Mahoney: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — 63 of 94 pitches were strikes (67%)
• RHP Drew Finley: 1 IP, zeroes, 1/1 GB/FB — only six of 14 pitches were strikes (43%) … first outing since July 19th due to elbow fatigue … guessing he’ll pitch in relief the rest of the way because there’s not nearly enough time left in the season to stretch him out

Rookie Pulaski (5-1 loss Johnson City) this was their final game of the regular season … they went 29-37 and finished in last place, so they didn’t qualify for the postseason

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4 — hit a disappointing .198/.255/.284 with an 18.4 K% and a 6.3 BB% in 53 games after missing the start of the season with a shoulder problem … he had a 12.0 K% and 15.8 BB% last year
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-4, 2 K — he might go up to Charleston for the postseason, but if not, he finishes the season with a .226/.289/.382 batting line with 14 doubles and nine homers in 84 total games … a .156 ISO is really impressive for a kid who turned 19 a little more than a month ago
• DH Donny Sands: 2-4 — hit .286/.328/.375 in his first season as a catcher while missing time with an unknown injury
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-4 — finishes the season with a .206/.326/.454 batting line, a 34.3 K%, and a 13.9 BB% in 57 games … his 13 homers were second in the Appalachian League
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4 — finishes the season with a .239/.301/.440 batting line, a 26.8 K%, and a 7.8 BB% in 57 games … he was fourth in the league with ten homers
• RHP Abel Duarte: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 HB, 5/4 GB/FB

Both the Rookie GCL Yanks East & West had their doubleheaders rained out by Tropical Storm Hermine. Today was the final day of the regular season, and neither team qualified for the playoffs, so their seasons are over. East went 19-36 while West went 24-31. They both finished in last place. Womp womp.