Jose Leger’s squad struggled at the end of June to finish with a record
of 11-16 for the month
June
MVP: Jeffrey Diehl.
Cy: Kevin
Canelon.
Fireman: Johnny
Magliozzi.
Offense
Vicente Lupo - 21 PA, 0.444/0.524/0.667, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3
RBI, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 SB, 1 CS, 15.4% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4.3 Pitches/PA,
0.727 BABIP
Been a spark for the
Fireflies since returning, but that contact rate + BABIP is not a good recipe
Jeff Diehl - 71 PA, 0.290/0.380/0.532, 11 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4
HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, 23 K, 2 GIDP, 1 CS, 18% SwStr, 44% Whiff/Swing, 3.8
Pitches/PA, 0.400 BABIP
If Diehl reaches the
PCL, it will be fun to watch his blasts
Randomly had a strong
July last year, but did little the rest of the season, so let’s see if he can
keep it up this time. Has made a few appearances at 2B but his throwing looked
awkward there
David Thompson - 76 PA, 0.300 /0.329/0.486, 10 R, 7 2B, 2 HR,
17 RBI, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 2 SF, 14 K, 2 GIDP, 14.4% SwStr, 25.6% Whiff/Swing, 3
Pitches/PA, 0.339 BABIP
Solid power, good
fielder (charging bunts needs work), enough arm for 3B (not the plus line you
want to see at 3B, but accurate and few bounced throws on MiLB.tv). Question is
how he’ll adjust to more consistent hard stuff and if he’ll make enough contact
in the upper levels.
Kevin Kaczmarski - 111 PA, 0.284/0.367/0.421, 11 R, 5 2B, 4
3B, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 12 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SF, 2 SAC, 19 K, 0 GIDP, 3 SB, 2 CS, 7.5%
SwStr, 19.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.4 Pitches/PA, 0.351 BABIP
Kaczmarski has really
turned it on after his rough April and has shown no L/R platoon splits. Been
using LF more often lately.
Natanael Ramos - 12 PA, 0.273/0.333/0.455, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI,
1 BB, 4 K, 16.3% SwStr, 30.4% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA, 0.429 BABIP
Vinny Siena - 69 PA, 0.222/0.391/0.370, 10 R, 4 2B, 2 3B, 2
RBI, 13 BB, 2 HBP, 14 K, 1 GIDP, 4 SB, 1 CS, 9.2% SwStr, 25.6% Whiff/Swing, 3.6
Pitches/PA, 0.300 BABIP
Struggled with contact
and managed just 10 XBH over 226 PA during May and June but was still an on base machine
(37 BB, 6 HBP)
Dash Winningham - 89 PA, 0.259/0.273/0.447, 9 R, 10 2B, 2 HR,
9 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SF, 18 K, 1 CS, 13% SwStr, 25.3% Whiff/Swing, 3.5
Pitches/PA, 0.303 BABIP
Dash has been
gradually improving this season but has managed just a .574 OPS against
southpaws so far. He’s 19 months older than Dominic Smith was when he played
for Savannah in 2014: Smith hit .271/.344/338 (.321 BABIP) with 26 2B, 1 3B, 1
HR, 14.9 K%: 9.8 BB% over 518 PA, Dash is at .235/.286/.361 (.274 BABIP) with
22 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 17.2 K%: 6.2 BB% over 308 PA.
Joe Tuschak - 72 PA, 0.212/0.278/0.424, 12 R, 5 2B, 3 HR, 7
RBI, 6 BB, 14 K, 2 GIDP, 1 CS, 16.9% SwStr, 32% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA,
0.224 BABIP
Patrick Mazeika - 80 PA, 0.235/0.316/0.382, 6 R, 4 2B, 2 HR,
11 RBI, 8 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SF, 1 SAC, 10 K, 7.9% SwStr, 18.6% Whiff/Swing, 3.8
Pitches/PA, 0.241 BABIP
Solid peripherals but
he’s since been moved to the DL.
Jean Rodriguez - 97 PA, 0.250/0.305/0.375, 16 R, 4 2B, 2 3B,
1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB, 2 SAC, 16 K, 1 GIDP, 4 SB, 0 CS, 6.4% SwStr, 13.8%
Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA, 0.296 BABIP
The switch hitter has
huge platoon splits, again: .695 OPS vs. RHP, .385 OPS vs. LHP
Luis Ortega - 84 PA, 0.227/0.265/0.333, 8 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 13
RBI, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SF, 1 SAC, 18 K, 3 GIDP, 1 SB, 15.8% SwStr, 27.8%
Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA, 0.259 BABIP
Enmanuel Zabala - 9 PA, 0.250/0.333/0.250, 2 R, 1 HBP, 5 K,
1 SB, 28.1% SwStr, 52.9% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA, 0.667 BABIP
Cyclones Manager Tom
Gamboa was high on Zabala’s extended spring training work and the speedy
outfielder should be in CF for Columbia for the rest of the season.
Ivan Wilson - 67 PA, 0.177/0.239/0.323, 6 R, 6 2B, 1 HR, 7
RBI, 5 BB, 25 K, 2 GIDP, 1 SB, 1 CS, 19.3% SwStr, 38.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.6
Pitches/PA, 0.278 BABIP
Unfortunately for the
Mets, Ivan Wilson has retired from baseball so he can take his tremendous
athletic abilities to the gridiron. Good luck Ivan Wilson! Wouldn’t it be funny
if he ended up playing for whatever team Paul DePodesta is working for down the
line?
Milton Ramos - 88 PA, 0.217/0.253/0.253, 9 R, 3 2B, 6 RBI, 3
BB, 1 HBP, 1 SAC, 22 K, 4 GIDP, 1 SB, 1 CS, 13% SwStr, 23.9% Whiff/Swing, 3.4
Pitches/PA, 0.295 BABIP
Strikeout and walk
rates went the wrong way and his OPS dropped nearly 200 points from May.
Jose Garcia - 6 PA, 0.000/0.167/0.000, 1 BB, 2 K, 29.4%
SwStr, 55.6% Whiff/Swing, 2.8 Pitches/PA, 0.000 BABIP
Juan Centeno 2.0 left
mid-game after taking a foul ball off his forearm and hasn’t returned.
Pitching
Starters
Gaby Almonte - 16.2 IP, 25 H, 8 R (5 ER), 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR,
39 TB, 1 BB, 9 K (7 K/Sw), 29 GB: 13 FB: 14 LD: 3 PU, 225 Pitches (153
Strikes), 20 Swinging, 39 Called, 8.9% SwStr, 17.5% Whiff/Swing, 13.5 Pitches/IP,
73 BF
His long motion
resembles Gabriel Ynoa and he’s showing good control but he has been hit around
so far, especially by lefties.
P.J. Conlon - 21.1 IP, 19 H, 9 R (7 ER), 3 2B, 2 HR, 28 TB,
1 BB, 14 K (12 K/Sw), 34 GB: 17 FB: 11 LD: 3 PU, 84 BF
Went 10 innings during
his first start of the month and finished his Fireflies career as the South
team starter in the SAL All-Star game.
Kevin Canelon - 31.1 IP, 33 H, 16 R (12 ER), 5 2B, 1 3B, 6
HR, 58 TB, 8 BB, 23 K (16 K/Sw), 33 GB: 42 FB: 15 LD: 12 PU, 423 Pitches (291
Strikes), 52 Swinging, 56 Called, 12.3% SwStr, 22.1% Whiff/Swing, 13.5
Pitches/IP, 135 BF
Lefties have a .274
ISO against the southpaw Canelon, but he’s held righties to a .637 OPS. Canelon
has yet to allow more than 3 ER in a start (including unearned runs, he has
allowed 4+ R 3 times), and 12 of 16 starts have been 6+ IP.
Tyler Badamo - 31.1 IP, 40 H, 17 R (16 ER), 12 2B, 3 HR, 61
TB, 2 BB, 23 K (20 K/Sw), 50 GB: 25 FB: 21 LD: 10 PU, 133 BF
Went 4+ starts without
allowing a walk but ended the month on the DL with an apparent back issue. The
gameday pitch info isn’t available for all of his starts during the month, but
Badamo finished with 31 swinging strikes (18% Swinging strike rate) over his
final 12.1 IP of the month
Chase Ingram - 25.2 IP, 30 H, 20 R (19 ER), 5 2B, 1 3B, 2
HR, 43 TB, 13 BB, 22 K (18 K/Sw), 38 GB: 26 FB: 14 LD: 3 PU, 459 Pitches (272
Strikes), 55 Swinging, 67 Called, 12% SwStr, 26.8% Whiff/Swing, 17.9
Pitches/IP, 122 BF
There were two bad
starts and three very good ones. Ingram has three potential average pitches
(fastball, changeup, knuckle curve could be plus), but may prove better suited
for the pen.
Joe Shaw - 27.1 IP, 38 H, 26 R (23 ER), 6 2B, 4 HR, 56 TB, 9
BB, 31 K (22 K/Sw), 42 GB: 21 FB: 19 LD: 3 PU, 129 BF
Shaw’s breaking ball
makes righties look silly, which has helped Shaw post a 29% strikeout rate
against RHB’s in 243 PA (4.5% walk rate too!). Lefties have a .934 OPS and 13%
strikeout rate against Shaw.
Relievers
Witt Haggard - 10.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 HR, 7 TB, 6 BB, 9
K (9 K/Sw), 13 GB: 6 FB: 5 LD: 2 PU, 185 Pitches (114 Strikes), 13 Swinging, 31
Called, 7% SwStr, 15.7% Whiff/Swing, 17.9 Pitches/IP, 41 BF
Radio recently
mentioned that the Fireflies coaches think Haggard has the most potential of
the arms in this Cola pen, suggesting he just needs to improve his command.
Alex Palsha - 8.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 2B, 1 HR, 11 TB, 4
BB, 10 K (7 K/Sw), 8 GB: 4 FB: 7 LD, 117 Pitches (74 Strikes), 15 Swinging, 26
Called, 12.8% SwStr, 31.2% Whiff/Swing, 13.5 Pitches/IP, 34 BF
Consistently big
strikeout numbers, but Palsha has struggled against lefties in 2016: .839 OPS
allowed vs. LHB compared to .418 OPS allowed vs. RHB.
Christian Montgomery - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 HR, 9 TB,
3 BB, 12 K (10 K/Sw), 8 GB: 4 FB: 3 LD: 0 PU, 102 Pitches (70 Strikes), 27
Swinging, 9 Called, 26.5% SwStr, 44.3% Whiff/Swing, 13.3 Pitches/IP, 32 BF
Was placed on the
suspended list on 6/27 and the Mets have yet to announce why.
Johnny Magliozzi - 15 IP, 14 H, 4 R (3 ER), 4 2B, 2 HR, 24 TB,
4 BB, 10 K (9 K/Sw), 16 GB: 10 FB: 17 LD: 2 PU, 208 Pitches (131 Strikes), 24
Swinging, 25 Called, 11.5% SwStr, 22.6% Whiff/Swing, 13.9 Pitches/IP, 60 BF
Including his first
two appearances of July, Magliozzi has limited the SAL to a 1.44 ERA over his last
12 appearances (25 IP), with 18 K: 7 BB and just 23 hits allowed
Tyler Bashlor - 12.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR,
12 TB, 4 BB, 14 K (13 K/Sw), 13 GB: 9 FB: 4 LD: 3 PU, 180 Pitches (119
Strikes), 25 Swinging, 27 Called, 13.9% SwStr, 27.2% Whiff/Swing, 14.6
Pitches/IP, 49 BF
Bashlor’s walk rate
has improved throughout the season and he’s held lefties to a mere .348 OPS in
2016. Shown the most potential out of the Cola pen in 2016.
Seth Davis - 12.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R (3 ER), 3 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 15
TB, 7 BB, 14 K (11 K/Sw), 12 GB: 9 FB: 6 LD: 6 PU, 202 Pitches (125 Strikes),
42 Swinging, 19 Called, 20.8% SwStr, 39.6% Whiff/Swing, 16.4 Pitches/IP, 58 BF
Potential LOOGY: 32
K%, .479 OPS allowed vs. LHB.
Craig Missigman - 12.1 IP, 14 H, 11 R (5 ER), 4 2B, 0 HR, 18
TB, 11 BB, 11 K (9 K/Sw), 16 GB: 9 FB: 12 LD: 1 PU, 230 Pitches (138 Strikes),
26 Swinging, 37 Called, 11.3% SwStr, 25.7% Whiff/Swing, 18.7 Pitches/IP, 61 BF
Six unearned runs in
one 1.1 IP outing was unusual and he issued multiple walks in 6 straight
outings during June
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