Down on the Farm: High A Report

Ft. Myers Miracle

Starting Pitchers
1.) Anthony Swarzak - 4-5 / 4.40 ERA / 86 inn / 83-36 K-BB
2.) Justin Jones - 1-3 / 4.35 ERA / 41.1 inn / 26-16 K-BB
3.) Brian Duensing - 1-4 / 3.09 ERA / 32 inn / 27-4 K-BB
4.) Jay Sawatski - 1-0 / 2.25 ERA / 8 inn / 5-2 K-BB
5.) Josh Hill - 5-2 / 5.79 ERA / 51.1 inn / 33-17 K-BB
DL - Kyle Aselton - 4-2 / 4.56 ERA / 49.1 inn / 44-26 K-BB
DL - Danny Powers - 3-1 / 3.52 ERA / 30.2 inn / 28-9 K-BB

Josh Hill moved into the rotation this week, replacing Danny Powers. He got two starts, and won both games. His ERA took a nice step in the right direction, going down by .68 points. He went 11 innings in the two starts, and picked up 6 K's to 2 BB's.

Anthony Swarzak also started two games, going 12 innings and picking up 1 win and 1 loss. His ERA improved by .10 points, and he had 4 K's to 3 BB's.

Justin Jones went 6 innings in his start, taking the loss. His ERA went up by .02 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 2.

Brian Duensing lasted six innings in his start but took the loss. His ERA improved by .72 points, however, so it was a tough-luck loss. He also got 7 K's to just 1 BB.

Finally, Jay Sawatski got the win in his start, going 5 innings and getting 3 K's to 1 BB. His ERA went from 0.00 to 2.25, which obviously is still not too shabby.

Relief Pitchers
1.) J.P. Martinez - 1-2 / 3.13 ERA / 46 inn / 52-21 K-BB
2.) Ryan Callahan - 3-4 / 4.35 ERA / 39.1 inn / 34-16 K-BB
3.) Chris Schutt - 2-1 / 3.77 ERA / 31 inn / 38-17 K-BB
4.) Colby Miller - 2-2 / 4.80 ERA / 30 inn / 16-14 K-BB
5.) Tim Lahey - 4-0 / 4.78 ERA / 43.1 inn / 31-16 K-BB
6.) Jose Mijares - 0-5 / 4.87 ERA / 40.2 inn / 44-20 K-BB
DL - Angel Garcia - 2-1 / 2.93 ERA / 15.1 inn / 13-9 K-BB

J.P. Martinez got into 2 games this week, going 3 innings. He had 4 K's to 1 BB. His ERA went up by .20 points.

Ryan Callahan pitched in just 1 game, going 1 inning and lowering his ERA by .11 points. He had 1 BB and 1 K.

Chris Schutt pitched twice and picking up 5 innings. His ERA suffered, jumping .65 points, but he did have 6 K's against just 2 BB's.

Colby Miller got into two games, pitching 4 innings. His ERA went down by .74 points, and he had 2 K's to 1 BB.

Tim Lahey also pitched twice for 3 innings of work. His ERA went down by .13 points.

Jose Mijares pitched twice, getting 5 innings of work. His ERA went down by .68 points, and he had 7 K's with no walks. Pretty good week.

Catchers
1.) Korey Feiner - 53 games / .209 BA / 1 HR / 12 RBI
2.) Kyle Geiger - 59 games / .251 BA / 1 HR / 21 RBI

Korey Feiner started behind the plate 4 times, and his batting average dropped by 1 point. He his his 1st HR of the year and picked up 1 RBI.

Kyle Geiger got 3 starts at C and 1 at 1B. His batting average went up by 12 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Infielders
1B - Brock Peterson - 65 games / .285 BA / 9 HR / 35 RBI
2B - Steve Tolleson - 3 games / .455 BA / 1 HR / 3 RBI
3B - Luke Hughes - 62 games / .228 BA / 2 HR / 24 RBI
SS - Trevor Plouffe - 70 games / .226 BA / 1 HR / 21 RBI
IF - David Winfree - 10 games / .325 BA / 2 HR / 10 RBI
IF - Thomas Cowgill - 2 games / .000 BA / 0 HR / 0 RBI
IF - Juan Delgado - 2 games / .333 BA / 1 HR / 2 RBI
IF - Alexi Casilla - 72 games / .320 BA / 0 HR / 32 RBI

Some additions to the team this week, as David Winfree rejoined the team (he started the season with the Miracle) from the low A GCL Twins along with Thomas Cowgill, Steve Tolleson, and Juan Delgado. This presumably refurbishes the team, which was depleted after promoting 3 guys to AA New Britain and getting just one back in return. It's possible that Delgado was only called up to spell Casilla, who may have been hurt (he didn't play much these week).

Brock Peterson started 4 games at 1B, 1 at 3B, and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 8 points, but he picked up 2 RBI's.

Steven Tolleson started 3 games at 2B. Obviously, he had an excellent week. Just look at his stats.

Trevor Plouffe started 4 games at SS and 1 at 3B. His batting average went up by 5 points and he picked up 3 RBI's.

Luke Hughes started 5 games at 3B and 1 at 2B. His batting average went down a point, but he picked up 3 RBI's.

David Winfree started 2 games at 1B and 2 at DH. He had an excellent week, hitting a couple of homeruns and hitting for a high average.

Thomas Cowgill got 2 starts at 2B and did absolutely nothing offensively.

Juan Delgado got 2 starts at SS and hit a dinger.

Alexi Casilla started 1 game at 2B and 1 at SS. His batting average went up 7 points and he had 3 RBI's.

Outfielders
LF - Deacon Burns - 67 games / .215 BA / 1 HR / 16 RBI
CF - Brandon Roberts - 15 games / .210 BA / 0 HR / 5 RBI
RF - Jeremy Pickrel - 63 games / .229 BA / 3 HR / 28 RBI
OF - Justin Arneson - 40 games / .203 BA / 0 HR / 10 RBI
OF - Erold Andrus - 31 games / .211 BA / 2 HR / 19 RBI

Deacon Burns started 5 games in LF and 1 in RF. His batting average went up 6 points and he picked up 2 RBI's.

Brandon Roberts started all 7 games in CF. His batting average went up by 54 points and he had an RBI.

Jeremy Pickrel started 5 games in RF. His batting average dropped by 15 points, but he picked up 1 RBI.

Justin Arneson started 1 game in RF. His batting average went up by 10 points.

Erold Andrus started 2 games in LF and 2 at DH. His batting average went up by 3 points.