Down on the Farm: Rookie League Report

Elizabethton Twins

The E-Twins regular season has ended, and the playoffs (which feature just one best-of-3 series) were supposed to beging last night. Rain intervened, however. Congratulations to the E-Twins for making it back to the Appalachian League Championship Series, and good luck against the Danville Braves. Here are the final regular season numbers for the team:

Starting Pitchers
1.) Alex Burnett - 4-3 / 4.04 ERA / 71.1 inn / 71-13 K-BB
2.) Brian Kirwan - 5-5 / 5.63 ERA / 64 inn / 58-23 K-BB
3.) Jose Lugo - 8-4 / 3.56 ERA / 73.1 inn / 70-21 K-BB
4.) Patrick Bryant - 0-1 / 6.61 ERA / 32.2 inn / 36-18 K-BB
5.) Jose Castillo - 4-3 / 3.17 ERA / 71 inn / 56-23 K-BB

Alex Burnett pitched 5 innings and took a loss. His ERA rose by .38 points, and he struck out 2 while walking 2.

Brian Kirwan pitched 5.1 innings and picked up a win. His ERA fell by .35 points, and he struck out 3 while walking just 1.

Jose Lugo pitched 7 innings and got a win. His ERA fell by .10 points, and he struck out 8 while walking none.

Patrick Bryant started 2 games, pitching 10 innings and taking a loss. His ERA fell by .14 points, and he struck out 8 while walking 3.

Jose Castillo did not pitch this week.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Danny Hernandez - 1-1 / 3.81 ERA / 28.1 inn / 40-9 K-BB
2.) Matthew Williams - 4-2 / 3.89 ERA / 39.1 inn / 41-10 K-BB
3.) Aaron Craig - 2-1 / 5.11 ERA / 24.2 inn / 17-15 K-BB
4.) Matthew Fox - 4-0 / 3.79 ERA / 40.1 inn / 46-13 K-BB
5.) Brandon McConnell - 1-1 / 7.30 ERA / 37 inn / 33-12 K-BB
6.) Justin Staatz - 2-0 / 4.15 ERA / 21.2 inn / 17-10 K-BB
7.) Sean Land - 3-5 / 4.45 ERA / 60.2 inn / 57-27 K-BB

Danny Hernandez pitched 3 innings in 3 games. His ERA rose by .97 points, and he struck out 5 while walking 1.

Matthew Williams got into 2 games, pitching 3.2 innings. His ERA rose by .10 points, and he struck out 4 while walking 1.

Aaron Craig pitched 2 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by .45 points, and he walked a batter.

Matthew Fox appeared in 1 game, pitching 3 innings and picking up a win. His ERA rose by .66 points, and he struck out 4 while walking 3.

Brandon McConnell pitched 2 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by .41 points, and he struck out 1.

Justin Staatz got into 2 games, pitching 3 innings. His ERA fell by .67 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 2.

Sean Land pitched 3 innings in 1 game, taking the loss. His ERA rose by .24 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 2.

Catchers
1.) Gregory Yersich - 50 games / .244 BA / 4 HR / 21 RBI
2.) Daniel Berg - 51 games / .253 BA / 6 HR / 27 RBI

Gregory Yersich started 4 games behind the plate. His batting averge fell by 14 points.

Daniel Berg started 1 game at C and 1 at DH. His batting average rose by 6 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 4 RBI's.

Infielders
1B - Joshua Dean - 30 games / .231 BA / 2 HR / 15 RBI
2B - Brian Dinkelman - 46 games / .298 BA / 4 HR / 32 RBI
3B - Garrett Olson - 49 games / .313 BA / 0 HR / 20 RBI
SS - Steven Singleton - 41 games / .340 BA / 4 HR / 24 RBI
IF - Daniel Valencia - 48 games / .311 BA / 8 HR / 29 RBI
IF - Michael Lysaught - 28 games / .160 BA / 0 HR / 4 RBI
DL - Henry Sanchez - 12 games / .220 BA / 1 HR / 8 RBI

Joshua Dean started 4 games at 1B. His batting average fell by 22 points, but he picked up 3 RBI's.

Brian Dinkelman started 4 games at 2B and 1 at DH. His batting average rose by 7 points, and he picked up 3 RBI's.

Garrett Olson started 2 games at 3B and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 6 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Steven Singleton started 5 games at SS. His batting average fell by 4 points, but he hit 2 HR's and picked up 4 RBI's.

Daniel Valencia started 2 games at 3B, 2 at DH, and 1 at 1B. His batting average fell by 14 points, but he hit a HR and picked up 3 RBI's.

Michael Lysaught started 1 game at 2B and 1 at 3B. His batting average fell by 7 points.

Outfielders
LF - Josh Land - 36 games / .211 BA / 2 HR / 15 RBI
CF - Danny Santiesteban - 64 games / .250 BA / 6 HR / 30 RBI
RF - Wesley Connor - 32 games / .188 BA / 0 HR / 9 RBI
OF - J.W. Wilson - 48 games / .228 BA / 6 HR / 23 RBI
OF - Richard Sojo - 34 games / .228 BA / 0 HR / 11 RBI

Josh Land started 3 games in LF. His batting average fell by 6 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Danny Santiesteban started 4 games in CF. His batting average fell by 7 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Wesley Connor started 3 games in RF. His batting average rose by 7 points, and he picked up 2 RBI's.

J.W. Wilson started 1 game in CF and 1 in RF. His batting average fell by 7 points, but he picked up 2 RBI's.

Richard Sojo started 2 games in LF and 1 in RF. His batting average fell by 8 points.