Good news: OF Clint Frazier (hamstring) is “ready to go,” Triple-A Scranton manager Al Pedrique told Shane Hennigan. Frazier could play in the regular season finale tomorrow as a tune-up for the playoffs.
Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Syracuse, walk-off style) their regular season ends tomorrow … their first round postseason series with Lehigh Valley (Phillies) starts Wednesday (best-of-five)
- LF Mark Payton: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
- DH-C Kyle Higashioka: 0-5, 1 RBI, 2 K — had the walk-off fielder’s choice … the third baseman threw to second for the inning-ending force out, but he double-clutched and Payton was safe, allowing the run to score from third
- RF Cesar Puello: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
- 3B Jose Rosario: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — singled in the game-tying run in the eighth … this team keeps losing their best players to call-ups (and a trade), yet they keep winning
- CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — first dinger since July 8th … he’s not really a power hitter, but still, that’s a long time
- RHP Matt Wotherspoon: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 33 of 50 pitches were strikes … the Scranton native made the spot start because they’re lining up their rotation for the postseason … looks like LHP Jordan Montgomery will get the ball in Game One on Wednesday
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 27 of 45 pitches were strikes (60%)
- LHP Tyler Webb: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 34 of 49 pitches were strikes (69%) … finishes the season with a 3.59 ERA and an 82/23 K/BB in 72.2 innings this season … is that good enough to get a 40-man roster spot or picked in the Rule 5 Draft this winter?
- RHP Johnny Barbato: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes (60%) … finishes with a 2.61 ERA and a 49/23 K/BB in 48.1 Triple-A innings
Double-A Trenton (4-0 win over Reading) their regular season ends tomorrow … their first round postseason series with Reading (Phillies) begins Wednesday (best-of-five) … between this series and the postseason, Trenton and Reading could end up playing nine straight games against each other
- SS Tyler Wade & 1B Mike Ford: both 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — Wade got picked off first
- CF Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 1 K
- DH Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 3 K
- RF Billy McKinney: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — threw a runner out at third … 13-for-39 (.333) in his last ten games
- 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 RBI
- LHP Caleb Smith: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 57 of 88 pitches were strikes (65%) … finishes the season with a 3.96 ERA and a 70/20 K/BB in 63.2 innings this season … he throws kinda hard, so I wonder if someone will roll the dice in the Rule 5 Draft
- RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 23 of 38 pitches were strikes (61%) … 78/26 K/BB in 58.1 total innings for the fourth piece in the Andrew Miller trade
High-A Tampa Game One (5-4 loss to Lakeland in ten innings) makeup of one of the games rained out by Tropical Storm Hermine this past week
- 2B Jorge Mateo: 1-6, 1 K
- CF Tito Polo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB — organizational debut after coming over from the Pirates as one of the players to be named later in the Ivan Nova trade a few days ago
- 3B Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
- SS Gleyber Torres: 1-5, 1 R
- RF Rashad Crawford: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB — the fourth piece in the Aroldis Chapman trade has been killing the ball for a good month now … he finishes the season with a .264/.341/.380 batting line overall and .291/.381/.364 since the trade
- 1B Kevin Cornelius: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 13 dingers in only 56 games
- DH Jeff Hendrix: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS, 1 HBP
- RHP Domingo German: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 6/6 GB/FB — 50 of 73 pitches were strikes (68%) … finishes with a 3.08 ERA and a 38/11 K/BB in 49.2 innings after coming back from Tommy John surgery
- RHP Gabe Encinas: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine pitches, four strikes … the hard-throwing but control-challenged Encinas finishes the season with a 26/46 K/BB in 33.1 total innings
- RHP Jordan Foley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 15 of 24 pitches were strikes (63%) … the team’s 2014 fifth rounder finishes with a 3.03 ERA and an 88/33 K/BB in 65.1 innings in his first season as a full-time reliever
High-A Tampa Game Two (6-4 loss to Lakeland in seven innings) their regular season is over … they went 77-58 overall … their first round postseason matchup with Dunedin (Blue Jays) begins Tuesday (best-of-three)
- SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — finishes the season with a thoroughly disappointing .256/.308/.381 batting line, though he did hit a career-high eight homers … he also went 36-for-51 (71%) in steal attempts one year after going 82-for-99 (93%), plus there was the whole suspension thing … all in all, not a great year for Mateo
- RF Tito Polo: 1-4, 1 R
- 3B Thairo Estrada: 4-4, 3 2B, 1 RBI — finishes the season at .290/.346/.391 with eight homers and 18 steals in 118 total games … he played 83 of those games as a 20-year-old in High-A ball … the Summer of Thairo was pretty awesome
- 2B Gleyber Torres: 0-4, 2 K — first pro game at second base … he’s going to see more time there in the Arizona Fall League … Torres finishes the season at .270/.351/.420 with 29 doubles, eleven homers, and 21 steals in 123 total games as a 19-year-old in High-A, which is nuts … he hit .254/.341/.385 in 31 games since coming over as the headliner in the Aroldis Chapman trade
- LF Trey Amburgey: 2-4 — finishes the year at .274/.313/.381 with two homers and eleven steals in 68 games around a pretty severe hamstring injury
- CF Jeff Hendrix: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — threw runners out at third and home … last year’s fourth rounder finishes the season with a .293/.373/.376 batting line in 96 total games … he had some insane hot streaks along the way, including a 29-game stretch at midseason with a .469/.530/.584 line
- LHP Stephen Tarpley: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6/6 GB/FB — 55 of 83 pitches were strikes (66%) … organizational debut for the other guy who came over in the Ivan Nova trade
Low-A Charleston Game One (5-1 loss to Columbia in seven innings) makeup of Friday’s game, which was rained out by Tropical Storm Hermine
- SS Kyle Holder: 0-3, 1 K
- 3B Mandy Alvarez & RF Jhalan Jackson: both 0-3
- CF Estevan Florial: 1-3, 2 K — 4-for-12 (.333) in three games since the promotion
- C Luis Torrens: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 CS, 2 PB — 8-for-16 with three doubles, a homer, three walks, and no strikeouts during his little five-game hitting streak
- RHP Daris Vargas: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 3/5 GB/FB — 49 of 81 pitches were strikes (60%) … finishes a quietly strong season with a 2.95 ERA and a 108/57 K/BB in 131.1 innings … he’s already 24 though, so he’s definitely old for the level
Low-A Charleston Game Two (4-1 win over Columbia in seven innings) their regular season ends tomorrow … their first round postseason series with Rome (Braves) begins Wednesday (best-of-three)
- SS Kyle Holder: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
- 3B Mandy Alvarez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — only a 9.0% strikeout rate for this year’s 17th rounder
- DH Jhalan Jackson: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
- CF Estevan Florial: 0-2, 1 RBI
- 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K
- RHP Taylor Widener: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 35 of 53 pitches were strikes (66%) … 59/7 K/BB in 38.1 innings for this year’s 12th rounder
- RHP Dillon Tate: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 30 of 40 pitches were strikes … last year’s fourth overall pick finishes the season with a 4.59 ERA and a 70/33 K/BB in 82.1 total innings … he came over in the Carlos Beltran trade, as I’m sure you know
Short Season Staten Island (5-0 win over Brooklyn) their regular season ends tomorrow and they’ve already clinched a postseason berth … looks like they’ll end up playing either Hudson Valley (Rays) or State College (Cardinals) in the first round (best-of-three)
- 3B Welfrin Mateo: 2-5, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K — the 20-year-old hit .289/.315/.408 in 45 games with Pulaski and is here to help out for the postseason
- DH Timmy Robinson: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
- SS Angel Aguilar: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
- RHP Simon De La Rosa: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GB/FB — finishes the season with a 4.22 ERA and a 114/56 K/BB in 100.1 total innings
The season is over for Rookie Pulaski, Rookie GCL Yanks East, and Rookie GCL Yanks West. None of the three teams qualified for the postseason.
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