Baby Bird Performers of the Week Offense- Brad Glenn - OPS of 1.289 for the week, with 4 doubles & a HR. Glenn also picked up 4 walks and drove in 6 runs Honorable Mention - J.D. Davis - OPS of 1.247 across two levels. Davis had 3 doubles & a HR. Davis also added 3 walks and 3 SB's
Pitching - Matt Boyd - Allowed 1 run over 12 innings in 2 starts last week. He picked up 11 strikeouts and only walked 2 batters. Honorable Mention - Luis Santos & Starlyn Suriel - Both had similar lines, allowing 1 run over 6.1 innings last week. Santos picked up 5 strike outs in his start.
Leaders
OFFENSE
PITCHING
HR
7
Ryan Schmipf
IP
44.1
Matt Boyd
OPS
.870
Jake Fox
FIP
1.85
Matt Boyd
wOBA
.405
Matt Hague
K%
28.4%
Matt Boyd
ISO
.231
Jake Fox
OBA
0.172
Matt Boyd
BB%
13.4%
Derrick Loveless
BABIP
.248
Matt Boyd
K%
26.8%
Derrick Loveless
BB%
10.0%
Randy Wolf
Stats of the week that may only interest me Outfield Assists - 5 - David Harris Caught Stealing % - 32% (8 of 25) - A.J. Jimenez Hit By Pitch - 13 - Tim Locastro Buffalo Buffalo had a better run this past week, finding a little bit of offense after scuffling along since Chris Colabello's recall to Toronto. Including the holiday Monday, Buffalo went 4-4 and 3 of the losses were by 1 run. The big game for the bats was the 16-2 fog shortened win on Saturday. Even taking that game out of the picture, the Herd had a positive run differential, which indicates some better performance.
This week, Buffalo starts a 7-game road trip with 3 in Columbus and then a 4-game set in Toledo. Buffalo just finished splitting 4 games with Toledo at home, so the return should be interesting. On Saturday, Buffalo hammered Toledo as discussed, and then lost 5-2 in 12 innings, as Chad Jenkins gave up 3 runs in the 12th.
In Monday's game, Buffalo gave up 3 in the first inning and couldn't find enough offense to come all the way back. The offense had 7 hits and 4 walks, while striking out 7 times. The pitching held Toledo to 3 unearned runs in the first on a Matt Hague error, 5 walks and struck out 8
Miguel Castro started and gave up 2 2-out HR's in the 1st. Overall Castro allowed 5 hits and a walk over 2.1 innings. Castro picked up 2 strike outs. He threw 57 pitches, including 37 strikes.
Minor Leaguer's Edit: The two homers Castro gave up were bombs--one was hit to the Bob Evans' outlet in left and the other bounced off the right field roof and went out of the stadium.
Luis Perez was back in Buffalo and in a different role after picking up a save earlier this week for NH. He threw 3 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and 2 walks, while striking out 4
Rob Rasmussen then followed with 2.2 scoreless, without giving up a hit. Rasmussen allowed 2 walks and struck out 2
Brad Glenn continued his hot streak with a solo HR in the 6th, his 2nd of the year
Andy Burns & Caleb Gindl both picked up 2 singles. Gindl also added a walk. Burns was picked off and caught stealing
Dalton Pompey went 1-3 with a walk and a K. Since our last update, Pompey has went 2-12 with 3 walks and 1 K
Matt Hague added a hit
Long Weekend Performances
Chris Dickerson hit a grand slam Saturday and added a double. He picked up 2 walks on Saturday
Brad Glenn is hitting .444 over his last 10 games, with 2 HR's, 4 walks and 5 K's
Matt Hague has hits in 18 of 19 and 30 of 37 for the season. He picked up a HR in Saturday's game
Melky Mesa had a HR Saturday as well
Andrew Albers had a decent start Saturday going 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 3
Daniel Norris allowed 2 runs over 6 innings on Sunday. He gave up 5 hits and 3 walks, but struck out 9
New Hampshire New Hampshire had a rough week going 2-5, although 3 of the losses came by a run. The Fisher Cats didn't seem to have a lot of offense last week, but did win Sunday & Monday to start a mini streak that will hopefully carry on.
This week, the Fisher Cats play a 3-game set at Reading and then return home to take on Altoona. Over the weekend, New Hampshire lost 6-1 to Binghamton before coming back with a 5-0 win on Sunday, with a 5-run 8th inning. The one thing to keep an eye on is the fact that Dwight Smith hasn't played since May 15th, but he's still on the active roster. I haven't heard anything on him though.
On Monday, New Hampshire had a good pitched game as they beat Reading 4-1. Both clubs had 6 hits on the night. NH picked up 4 walks and 7 K's. Reading had 2 walks and 5 K's. The Fisher Cats got 3 in the 1st inning and held on from there in the victory. The NH bullpen didn't allow a hit over 3.2 innings to shut down the win
Casey Lawrence threw 5.1 innings of 1-run ball. He allowed 6 hits and a walk, while striking out 3
Scott Barnes threw 0.2 innings
Greg Burke had 2 scoreless innings with a walk and a K.
Blake McFarland pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strike out
Pierce Rankin had a 2-hit game, including a double.
Kevin Nolan had 2 singles in this one, as he continues to swing a hot bat. Nolan is riding a 6-game hit streak, and has hits in 16 of 17
Matt Newman & Shane Optiz added singles & a K each. Newman also had a walk
Long Weekend Performances
Jon Berti & Andy Fermin had doubles on Saturday
Kevin Nolan, Matt Newman & Jack Murphy all had 2 hits and a walk on Sunday. Murphy had a double among his 2 hits
K.C. Hobson is scuffling. He's 0-12 with 5 K's in his last 3
John Anderson allowed a run over 5 innings on Saturday. He gave up 4 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 3
Matt Boyd looked good on Sunday, allowing 7 hits and a walk over an efficient 7 innings. He struck out 4. Boyd threw 83 pitches, 57 for strikes
Dunedin Last week Dunedin had an average week, going 3-4 with a -4 run differential on the road. The D-Jays split at Fort Myers before losing 2 of 3 at Lakeland. Dunedin moves home for a 7-game road trip, with 3 against Tampa and 4 with St. Lucie.
Over the weekend Dunedin picked up a 3-1 win on Saturday and lost 6-3 on Sunday. On Saturday, Dunedin went down 1 in the 1st, but chipped away to win 3-1. Sunday, Dunedin jumped out to a lead in the 1st, but couldn't score again until the 9th. J.D. Davis played Saturday, but did not play Sunday or Monday, so that's a roster item to keep an eye on
On Monday, Dunedin was down 2 before they came to bat, and were down 3-0 until the bottom of 6, when they tied it up, and then went ahead with a 4-run 8th inning, as they beat the Yankees 7-3. Dunedin had 10 hits and a walk. The D-Jays also struck out 6 times. Tampa had 7 hits and 4 walks, but struck out 9 times.
Luis Santos started and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks over 4 innings. He gave up a 2-run HR before he'd recorded an out. Santos picked up 4 strike outs
Matt Dermody went 3 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits. He struck out 5 and picked a runner off
Alberto Tirado had 2 scoreless innings, as he allowed a hit and 2 walks
Mitch Nay is currently swinging a hot bat, as he picked up a double and a HR on Monday. He's now at 3 for the year, after homering in back-to-back games. Nay is riding a 5-game hitting streak
L.B. Dantzler & Matt Dean both added 2 hits, including a double each.
Derrick Loveless had a triple and a walk
Dawel Lugo had a double
Maicer Izturis made his debut with a hit in 2 at-bats playing 2nd base
Roemon Fields had a hit and struck out twice
Long Weekend Performances
J.D. Davis had the big game on Saturday, with 3 hits, including 2 doubles. Davis also scored 2 runs
Roemon Fields had 2 hits on Sunday
Mitch Nay hit a solo HR leading of the 9th on Sunday
Dickie Joe Thon had singles both Saturday & Sunday
Murphy Smith started Saturday and allowed an unearned run on 5 hits over 6 innings. Smith struck out 5
Jairo Labourt started Sunday and allowed a run on 3 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings. He recorded 2 strike outs
Brady Dragmire wasn't good Sunday, as he was charged with 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk without recording an out
Phil Kish made his Dunedin debut allowing a run over 2 innings. Kish gave up 4 hits
Jimmy Cordero threw 2 scoreless on Sunday, striking out 2
Lansing Lansing went 3-4 last week, losing 2, winning 2, losing a game, winning a game and then losing another. The Lugs were a -8 for the week, the bulk of which came in an 11-4 loss to West Michigan. This week Lansing plays a 8-game home stand, starting with 4 at home against South Bend and then welcoming Fort Wayne for 4.
Over the weekend, Lansing picked up a 4-3 win on Saturday, before losing 4-3 on Sunday. In both games, Lansing gave up a big inning and that was all the offense they would allow. A 3-run 8th Saturday made the game close, while the 4-run 5th on Sunday was the difference.
On Monday, Lansing and South Bend traded runs most of the game, but Lansing came out with a 7-5 win. Lansing had 16 hits and a walk. They struck out 7 times. South Bend had 11 hits and 4 walks, while striking out 6 times.
Shane Dawson started and allowed 3 runs over 5.1 innings. Dawson gave up 5 hits and 3 walks, and struck out 2. Dawson got 7 ground outs to go with 2 fly outs. He also helped his cause with 2 pick offs
Mark Biggs followed with 2 innings of relief. Biggs allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, while picking up 1 K
Colton Turner threw 0.2 innings, with a walk and a K
Jose Fernandez threw a scoreless 9th with 2 K's
D.J. Davis had a 4-4 evening. Davis picked up a double as well. And in very D.J. fashion, he had a stolen base (7) and was caught stealing (5)
Anthony Alford had 3 hits, including a double (11). Alford also picked up a stolen base (6)
Ryan McBroom (11) had a single and a double, and added a walk
Gunnar Heidt had 2 hits, including a double, and was caught stealing
Danny Jansen had 2 hits for the game
Richard Urena, Justin Atkinson & Josh Almonte all had a hit. Atkinson had 2 strike outs while Almonte picked up a stolen base (2)
Long Weekend Performances
Josh Almonte had 3 hits on Sunday, including a double
Richard Urena had 2 hits Sunday, and has hits in 7 of 8
Ryan McBroom & Gunnar Heidt both had doubles on Saturday
Anthony Alford, Rowdy Tellez & D.J. Davis both had hits Saturday & Sunday. Davis is currently riding a 7-game hit streak
Chase De Jong looked good on Saturday, throwing 6 shutout innings, with 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 4 times, and had 6 ground outs and 3 fly ball outs
Jesus Tinoco allowed 4 runs on 8 hits over 6 innings on Sunday. He also struck out 6 and got 8 ground outs to 3 fly outs
Look Ahead BUF - Buffalo plays Columbus (NYY) in a morning start. Felix Doubront makes his second start of the year NH - New Hampshire continues at Reading (PHI). The starter is TBD DUN - Dunedin takes on Tampa (NYY). Justin Shafer looks to have a second solid start in a row LAN - Lansing has a morning date with South Bend (CHC).Conner Greene throws for the Lugs
Transactions
Munenori Kawasaki - Placed on 7-Day DL Luis Perez - Assigned to New Hampshire from Buffalo Felix Doubront - Activated from 7-Day DL Jonathan Diaz - Outrighted to Buffalo Luke Scott - Assigned to Buffalo
Andy Fermin - Assigned to New Hampshire from Dunedin Jake Fox - Placed on temporary inactive list & released John Stilson - Assigned to New Hampshire from Dunedin Emilio Guerrero - Placed on 7-day DL Tiago Da Silva - loaned to Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen Ian Parmley - Assigned to New Hampshire from Dunedin Ronald Torreyes - Optioned to New Hampshire by Toronto Joel Pineiro - Assigned to New Hampshire Arik Sikula - Placed on 7-day DL Dustin Antolin - Activated from 7-day DL
Scott Silverstein - Placed on 7-day DL Michael Kraft - Assigned to Dunedin from Vancouver Matt Dermody - Activated from 7-day DL J.D. Davis - Assigned to Dunedin from Lansing Michael Kraft - Assigned to Extended Spring Training Phil Kish - Assigned to Dunedin from Lansing Boomer Collins - Assigned to Dunedin from Lansing David Harris - Placed on 7-day DL
Conor Fisk - Assigned to Extended Spring Training Jose Fernandez - Activated from 7-day DL Chris Carlson - Activated from 7-day DL Dusty Isaacs - Assigned to Lansing from GCL Tim Mayza - Assigned to Lansing from Bluefield Josh Almonte - Activated from 7-day DL
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