Down on the Farm: Rookie League Report

Elizabethton Twins

Starting Pitchers
1.) Alex Burnett - 4-2 / 3.66 ERA / 66.1 inn / 69-11 K-BB
2.) Brian Kirwan - 4-5 / 5.98 ERA / 58.2 inn / 55-22 K-BB
3.) Jose Lugo - 7-4 / 3.66 ERA / 66.1 inn / 62-21 K-BB
4.) Sean Land - 3-4 / 4.21 ERA / 57.2 inn / 54-25 K-BB
5.) Jose Castillo - 4-3 / 3.31 ERA / 68 inn / 53-22 K-BB

Alex Burnett pitched 4 innings and took a loss. His ERA rose by .48 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 2.

Brian Kirwan pitched just 1 inning, taking a loss. He got bombed, with his ERA jumping by .99 points, and he walked 2 while walking 2.

Jose Lugo pitched 6 inning and picked up a win. His ERA fell by .22 points, and he struck out 6 while walking 3.

Sean Land pitched 4 innings and took a loss. His ERA rose by .86 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 2.

Jose Castillo got 2 starts, winning one and losing one. He pitched a total of 12 innings. His ERA rose by .42 points, but he struck out 14 while walking 6.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Danny Hernandez - 1-1 / 2.84 ERA / 25.1 inn / 35-8 K-BB
2.) Matthew Williams - 4-2 / 3.79 ERA / 35.2 inn / 37-9 K-BB
3.) Aaron Craig - 2-1 / 5.56 ERA / 22.2 inn / 28-15 K-BB
4.) Matthew Fox - 3-0 / 3.13 ERA / 37.1 inn / 42-10 K-BB
5.) Brandon McConnell - 1-1 / 7.71 ERA / 35 inn / 32-12 K-BB
6.) Patrick Bryant - 0-0 / 6.75 ERA / 22.2 inn / 28-15 K-BB
7.) Justin Staatz - 2-0 / 4.82 ERA / 18.2 inn / 14-8 K-BB

Danny Hernandez pitched 2.1 innings in 2 games. His ERA fell by .29 points, and he struck out 3.

Matthew Williams got into 2 games, pitching 2 innings. His ERA rose by .31 points, but he struck out 3 with just 1 walk.

Aaron Craig pitched 3 innings in 2 games. His ERA fell by .85 points, and he struck out 9 while walking just 2.

Matthew Fox appeared in 1 game, pitching 2 innings. His ERA fell by .18 points, and he struck out 1 while walking 1.

Brandon McConnell pitched 5 innings in 2 games. His ERA rose by .51 points, but he struck out 3 while walking 1.

Patrick Bryant got into 1 game, pitching 3 innings. His ERA fell by .11 points, and he struck out 5 while walking 3.

Justin Staatz pitched 3.2 innings in 2 games. His ERA more than doubled, rising by 2.42 points, and he struck out 2 while walking 1.

Catchers
1.) Gregory Yersich - 46 games / .258 BA / 4 HR / 21 RBI
2.) Daniel Berg - 48 games / .247 BA / 5 HR / 23 RBI

Gregory Yersich started 4 games at C. His batting average fell by 16 points, but he did pick up an RBI.

Daniel Berg started 2 games at C and 2 at 1B. His batting average rose by 7 points.

Infielders
1B - Daniel Valencia - 42 games / .325 BA / 7 HR / 26 RBI
2B - Brian Dinkelman - 40 games / .291 BA / 4 HR / 29 RBI
3B - Garrett Olson - 45 games / .319 BA / 0 HR / 19 RBI
SS - Steven Singleton - 35 games / .344 BA / 2 HR / 20 RBI
IF - Joshua Dean - 25 games / .253 BA / 2 HR / 12 RBI
IF - Michael Lysaught - 25 games / .167 BA / 0 HR / 4 RBI
DL - Henry Sanchez - 12 games / .220 BA / 1 HR / 8 RBI

Daniel Valencia started 2 games at 1B, 3 at 3B, and 1 at DH. His batting average rose by 8 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 5 RBI's.f

Brian Dinkelman started 4 games at 2B and 2 at DH. His batting average stayed even, but he picked up an RBI.

Garrett Olson started 3 games at 3B and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 17 points.

Steven Singleton started 6 games at SS. His batting average fell by 3 points, but he hit a HR and picked up 6 RBI's.

Joshua Dean started 2 games at 1B and 2 at DH. His batting average rose by 43 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 8 RBI's.

Michael Lysaught started 2 games at 2B. His batting average rose by 3 points.

Outfielders
LF - Josh Land - 32 games / .217 BA / 2 HR / 14 RBI
CF - Danny Santiesteban - 59 games / .257 BA / 6 HR / 29 RBI
RF - J.W. Wilson - 45 games / .235 BA / 6 HR / 21 RBI
OF - Richard Sojo - 31 games / .236 BA / 0 HR / 11 RBI
OF - Wesley Connor - 28 games / .181 BA / 0 HR / 7 RBI

Josh Land started 3 games in LF. His batting average rose by 15 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 3 RBI's.

Danny Santiesteban started 5 games in CF. His batting average rose by 12 points, and he picked up 2 RBI's.

J.W. Wilson started 3 games in RF and 1 in CF. His batting average fell by 15 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Richard Sojo started 3 games in LF. His batting average fell by 14 points.

Wesley Connor started 3 games in RF. His batting average fell by 2 points, but he picked up an RBI.


GCL Twins

The GCL Twins season ended on August 21. As a result, this will be the last post that includes the GCL Twins stats. Only 3 games were played between the last Rookie League Report and the end of the season, so there was not a lot of change. Where players have been assigned to other teams in order to finish off their season, I have so noted.

Starting Pitchers
1.) Omar Alcala - 3-1 / 4.02 ERA / 53.2 inn / 41-26 K-BB
2.) Michael Allen - 0-2 / 4.91 ERA / 22 inn / 22-8 K-BB
3.) Tyler Robertson - 4-2 / 4.25 ERA / 48.2 inn / 54-15 K-BB
4.) David Bromberg - 3-3 / 2.66 ERA / 50.2 inn / 31-18 K-BB
5.) Ludovicus Van Mil - 1-2 / 3.30 ERA / 43.2 inn / 24-17 K-BB

Omar Alcala pitched 3 innings in his start. His ERA rose by .29 points, and he struck out 7 while walking 3.

Michael Allen pitched 7 innings and took a no decision. His ERA fell by 1.69 points, and he struck out 6 while walking 2.

Tyler Robertson pitched 4 innings and took a no decision. His ERA rose by .42 points, and he struck out 5 while walking 3.

Bromberg and Van Mil did not pitch this week.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Luis Carreras - 1-1 / 3.34 ERA / 29.2 inn / 23-5 K-BB
2.) Thomas Wright - 0-1 / 11.74 ERA / 7.2 inn / 3-9 K-BB
3.) Bradley Tippett - 3-5 / 2.53 ERA / 21.1 inn / 18-5 K-BB
4.) Robert Delaney - 1-3 / 4.64 ERA / 33 inn / 27-1 K-BB
5.) Adam Revelette - 2-1 / 4.78 ERA / 26.1 inn / 18-3 K-BB
6.) Jakub Toufar - 0-0 / 4.70 ERA / 15.1 inn / 5-6 K-BB
7.) Carlos Garcia - 3-0 / 3.68 ERA / 22 inn / 16-15 K-BB
8.) Bruno Sanchez - 1-3 / 8.31 ERA / 17.1 inn / 7-9 K-BB
9.) Jose Acosta - 0-1 / 1.50 ERA / 6 inn / 3-1 K-BB
10.) Curtis Leavitt - 0-2 / 7.59 ERA / 32 inn / 33-16 K-BB
11.) Walter Patton - 0-0 / 9.00 ERA / 2 inn / 1-4 K-BB
12.) Joan Ortiz - 1-0 / 3.86 ERA / 2.1 inn / 0-1 K-BB
13.) Nathan Crawford - 0-0 / 18.00 ERA / 2 inn / 2-1 K-BB
14.) Jeffrey Schoenbachler - 0-0 / 0.00 ERA / 1 inn / 0-0 K-BB

All of the relievers who pitched this week made just one appearance.

Luis Carrerras pitched 5 innings, and lowered his ERA by .67 points while getting a strikeout.

Thomas Wright pitched .2 innings, and his ERA skyrocketed by 5.31 points. He picked up a strikeout, but walked 3 batters.

Bradley Tippett pitched .2 innings and took a loss. His ERA rose by .35 points, and he struck out 1 while walking 1.

Robert Delaney pitched 1 inning and took a loss. His ERA rose by .14 points, but he picked up another K to end the season with that very solid 27-1 K-BB ratio.

Adam Revelette pitched 5 innings, and lowered his ERA by 1.13 points while striking out 3.

Jakub Toufar pitched 1.1 innings, and lowered his ERA by .44 points.

Carlos Garcia pitched 1 inning. His ERA rose by .25 points, and he struck out 1 while walking 2.

Bruno Sanchez pitched 2 innings and took a loss. His ERA rose by .09 points, and he walked a batter.

Acosta, Leavitt, Patton, Ortiz, Crawford, and Schoenbachler did not pitch this week.

Catchers
1.) Wilson Ramos - 46 games / .286 BA / 3 HR / 26 RBI
2.) Mighuel Barrientos - 8 games / .143 BA / 0 HR / 2 RBI
3.) Gilbert Buenrostro - 13 games / .281 BA / 0 HR / 0 RBI

Wilson Ramos caught 3 games this week. His batting average fell by 12 points.

Mighuel Barrientos started 1 game at DH. His batting average fell by 24 points.

Gilbert Buenrostro did not play this week.

Infielders
1B - Juan Delgado - 40 games / .228 BA / 1 HR / 15 RBI
2B - Thomas Cowgill - 35 games / .185 BA / 2 HR / 13 RBI
3B - Deibinson Romero - 50 games / .313 BA / 4 HR / 38 RBI
SS - Eric Santiago - 35 games / .250 BA / 0 HR / 8 RBI
IF - Matthew Lawman - 28 games / .256 BA / 0 HR / 4 RBI
IF - Rodolfo Palacios - 37 games / .279 BA / 0 HR / 16 RBI
DL - Starling De Los Santos - 24 games / .195 BA / 0 HR / 2 RBI

Juan Delgado started 2 games at 1B. His batting average fell by 14 points.

Thomas Cowgill started 2 games at 2B. His batting average fell by 4 points.

Deibinson Romero started 3 games at 3B. His batting average rose by 12 points, and he picked up 2 RBI's.

Eric Santiago started 3 games at SS. His batting average rose by 3 points.

Matthew Lawman started 1 game at 2B, 1 in LF, and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 8 points.

Rodolfo Palacios did not get a start this week. However, his batting average did rise by a point, and he picked up 2 RBI's.

Outfielders
LF - Kevin Harrington - 36 games / .136 BA / 0 HR / 6 RBI
CF - Joe Benson - 52 games / .260 BA / 5 HR / 28 RBI
RF - Mark Dolenc - 51 games / .212 BA / 1 HR / 26 RBI
OF - Chris Parmalee - 45 games / .279 BA / 8 HR / 32 RBI

Kevin Harrington started 1 game in LF and 1 in CF. His batting average fell by 8 points.

Joe Benson started 2 games in CF. His batting average rose by 2 points, and he hit a HR with 1 RBI. He was promoted to Low A Beloit for the remainder of the season.

Mark Dolenc started 2 games in RF and 1 in LF. His batting average fell by 8 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Chris Parmalee started 1 game in RF and 1 at 1B. His batting average fell by 18 points. He was promoted to Low A Beloit for the remainder of the season.