Alex Carver

Shortstop. Arguably the toughest position to play on a baseball diamond. For the past three years, Adeiny Hechavarria has made a career of playing it not only well but spectacularly. However, due to an apparent dismal season with the bat this year, not even a young career full of dazzling plays and highlight reel catches has been enough to stop people from calling for the replacement of Hech next season. Hechavarria came to the Marlins as part of the blockbuster 11 player trade in 2012 that also brought Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, Yunel Escobar, Jake Marisnick, Jeff Mathis and Justin Nicolino to the Fish in return for Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes, Emilio Bonifacio and John Buck. He joined the National League after making his Major League debut with the Blue Jays in 2012. He began flashing his plus plus glove that earned him top 10 organizational prospect honors in each of 2009, 2010 and 2011 by becoming a plus DRS player (+2) and a plus dWAR player over his first 114 innings played at short. Curiously, though, Hech saw more time at second base during his cup of coffee (156 innings), a spot which he had only played a total of 17 games and 142.2 innings at coming up and even saw time at third base a position which he had never played before in his career. Perhaps the Blue Jays were attempting to feel out exactly what they had in Hechavarria as a defender or perhaps they were trying to play him off as a multiple position defenseman. In any event, this may have hurt Hech's overall defensive game and set him back a considerable amount. This proved to possibly be true in 2013, Hech's first year with the Marlins and his first year as a full-time pro starter. Playing in 1291.1 innings as Miami's primary shortstop, Hech placed sixth from the bottom of the league with a -3 DRS. His 15 errors that year were by far a team high and tied him for sixth most among MLB shortstops. Even with a pretty dismal rookie year under his belt, there was little worry that Hech wouldn't eventually grow in to his skillset. Perhaps the mismanagement by the Jays went a bit deeper than had been apparent. Then 2014 happened when an even worse defensive year for Hech unfolded. Then, in a comparable 1294.2 innings, he again posted a -3 DRS, a lowly .763 revised zone rating and committed another 14 errors (second most on the Marlins). His ability to contribute to double plays took a nosedive that year too, as, for the first time in his career, he was worse than the league average player at turning them (3 runs worse to be exact). As a result of his first three seasons in the bigs, Hechavarria, a -4 career DRS player, including -6 in his first two full years, a total of 31 errors on his record, and a very subpar .776 RZR, Hech was the second worst shortstop in baseball from 2012-2014 based upon Fangraphs' very reliable Def formula which sums up a player's defensive value by adding together runs above or below average adjusted to that player's position. Over the aforementioned three year span, Hech was a -4.5 in that metric. Accordingly, although Hech would occasionally flash his in-grown skills by making a spectacular play, the excuse that the Jays moving him around the field hindered him was no longer valid and it didn't appear he was in any way shape or form capable of becoming the kind of defender scouts predicted him to become over the course of a full season. However, even with two straight full seasons of below average defensive ball behind him, with every metric seemingly working against him and even finding him as one of the worst at the position in the league, the Marlins' brass stayed committed to Hechavarria. Not only that, they still took to calling him one of the best at the position even though statistical evidence proved exactly the opposite. In 2013, Perry Hill, one of the most respected infield gurus of all time, even blamed himself for Hech's subpar play. "I guess the numbers don’t lie," Hill told a local newspaper that offseason. "I need to do a better job getting him in the right place, bottom line. I saw a lot of good shortstops. I didn’t see anyone that was any better than him." In 2014, after Hechavarria's even worse season, Hill again threw away stats in favor of what he physically sees out of him. "They’ve got all these fancy numbers you measure stuff by and I guess I’m just a dinosaur," Hill said during that year. "I go by what I see. I know what my eyes see and my eyes tell me he’s an elite shortstop." A few months after Hill made that comment, the 2015 season started. One hundred and sixty-two games later, it ended and finally, to a resounding "I told you so" from the Marlins' front office and coaches including Bone, the numbers matched what they were observing. That season, in 1,120.1 innings, Hech posted a +9 DRS, fourth best in baseball and he limited his error count to nine, which tied him for fourth fewest in baseball. His RZR was the best in the game and he was 1.4 runs above average on double plays. All of that accompanied by his Def metric of 21.6, he was the second best overall shortstop in the game. This year, Hechavarria is proving that his 2015 season in the field was no fluke. Through 147 games, although he has taken a bit of a stumble as of late, the error count is a bit more profund (12 so far) and he is almost right at replacement level when it comes to turning double plays (-0.1 DPR), Hech's name is again present in the top 10 of the leaderboards of every other reliable defense metric. His +10 DRS ranks sixth, his .844 RZR ranks third, his 14.7 Def ranks ninth. So, the long story short on Hechavarria defensively is that after being one of the worst gloves at shortstop through the first two seasons of his career, he has suddenly become one of the best which the Marlins seem to have always knew he would. Now let's look at the other side of the ball. Offensively, the story has been quite the opposite for Hechavarria. Rather than struggling his first few years before realizing his full potential, Hech improved at the plate slash line wise with each passing full year only to seemingly sink into mediocrity faster than a Clayton Kershaw curveball. In his first full big league season, Hechavarria, by way of a .565 OPS, a 15% K rate, a -1.7 oWAR and a -34 Off, another Fangraphs metric which accounts for both batting and base running above average, Hech was the second worst offensive shortstop in baseball. However, rookies will be rookies. The next two years were much kinder to Hech. From 2014-2015, he hit a combined .278/.311/.365, which made him the fourth best for-average hitting shortstop in ball over that span. However, the K rate stayed constant at 15.3% and it came via a heightened .324 BABIP, second highest among all of the MLB's shortstops This year, his BABIP has fallen back down to .270, a figure which is slightly low but is more realistically in line with the 2016 major league shortstop's average BABIP of .290. On the surface, that would normally mean this year's version of Hechavarria is a more pragmatic example of what we can expect from him going forward. And it isn't good. In fact, Hech has been so bad numbers wise that he is barely hitting better than he did in his rookie season when he hit .227/.267/.298 and his BABIP was .270, the exact same it is right now. His -28.8 Off rating is dead last in baseball among shortstops as is his .312 SLG. His .237 BA and .312 OBP are both third worst. Based on these facts alone, no matter how good his defense is, willingly making a spot in the lineup a black hole to this affect (a a very, very, deep and dark black hole) is simply unsustainable and something must be done about Hechavarria and the shortstop position this offseason. But if we look at Hechavarria a little bit closer, things don't appear to be as bad as they seem. In fact, it is mind-boggling and seemingly impossible that he could be where he is offensively. Firstly, let's take a peek at his plate vision and patience. This season, Hech's strikeout rate has improved quite a bit from seasons past. Whereas he used to be a perennial strikeout victim in 15% of his ABs, he is now only K'ing at a 13.6%. He's also posted a 6.2% walk rate which is a career best. He is also making contact at a career high rate of 86%, including 91% of the time he swings at balls inside the zone. Both of those figures are well above the league averages of 86% and 78% respectively. When he does swing at balls outside of the zone, it appears he isn't going fishing that far. In those situations, he is putting bat to ball 76.9% of the time, also well over the league average (63.9%). Overall, he is only swinging and missing pitches 6.7% of the time, by far a career best and far improved from 9.9% as early as last season. All of this together proves Hech has vastly improved his knowledge of the strike zone. Season Team O-Swing% Z-Swing% Swing% O-Contact% Z-Contact% Contact% Zone% F-Strike% SwStr% 2012 Blue Jays 36.7 % 69.5 % 52.2 % 74.7 % 84.6 % 80.9 % 47.4 % 70.1 % 10.0 % 2012 Average 30.3 % 64.7 % 45.6 % 66.8 % 87.2 % 79.6 % 44.4 % 59.8 % 9.2 % 2013 Marlins 36.0 % 66.2 % 49.5 % 77.3 % 90.4 % 85.1 % 44.6 % 62.5 % 7.3 % 2013 Average 30.4 % 65.5 % 45.9 % 66.5 % 87.0 % 79.4 % 44.2 % 60.2 % 9.4 % 2014 Marlins 38.5 % 73.2 % 54.8 % 75.5 % 88.4 % 83.6 % 47.1 % 66.7 % 8.9 % 2014 Average 30.7 % 65.7 % 46.2 % 65.7 % 87.3 % 79.3 % 44.3 % 60.6 % 9.5 % 2015 Marlins 34.6 % 70.6 % 51.9 % 74.5 % 87.2 % 82.8 % 48.1 % 65.1 % 8.8 % 2015 Average 30.6 % 66.9 % 46.9 % 64.9 % 86.7 % 78.8 % 44.7 % 60.9 % 9.9 % 2016 Marlins 34.0 % 67.8 % 50.3 % 76.9 % 91.6 % 86.4 % 48.1 % 60.3 % 6.7 % 2016 Average 30.3 % 66.7 % 46.5 % 63.9 % 86.3 % 78.2 % 44.7 % 60.2 % 10.1 % And all of that sounds great. But it doesn't mean anything if he can't make solid contact, right? Well, he is. Across the board of his batted ball stats, Hech is hitting the ball at career best rates. His line drive percentage of 22.1% is seventh best among shortstops and well over the average of 20.5%. According to Baseball Info Solutions, he is making soft contact on just 19% of the pitches he touches and medium contact on 47% balls he comes into contact with. His hard contact rate of 33.1% is by far a career high. 2016 marks the first year of his career he's ever been above league average in that metric. Season Team GB/FB LD% GB% FB% IFFB% HR/FB IFH% BUH% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Soft% Med% Hard% 2012 Blue Jays 1.55 21.3 % 47.9 % 30.9 % 3.4 % 6.9 % 6.7 % 16.7 % 43.0 % 35.0 % 22.0 % 10.0 % 66.0 % 24.0 % 2013 Marlins 1.86 20.4 % 51.8 % 27.8 % 11.4 % 2.4 % 5.7 % 20.0 % 33.2 % 39.2 % 27.7 % 19.9 % 57.7 % 22.3 % 2014 Marlins 2.26 22.3 % 53.9 % 23.9 % 5.7 % 1.0 % 7.2 % 30.0 % 26.3 % 39.6 % 34.1 % 17.8 % 54.8 % 27.4 % 2015 Marlins 1.78 20.3 % 51.0 % 28.6 % 8.2 % 4.5 % 6.6 % 75.0 % 30.3 % 38.6 % 31.1 % 19.9 % 55.3 % 24.7 % 2016 Marlins 1.58 22.1 % 47.7 % 30.2 % 3.3 % 2.5 % 7.4 % 0.0 % 29.1 % 38.3 % 32.6 % 19.0 % 47.9 % 33.1 % Low and behold, where we were once asking ourselves, "Just exactly what kind of defensive player is Hechavarria?" only to see him grow into one of the game's absolute bests, here we are a few years later asking ourselves, "Just what kind of offensive player is Hechavarria?" In line with that, if Hechavarria is striking out a career low rate, walking at a career best rate, making some sort of contact on more than the league average amount of pitches he swings at, and is hitting the ball harder than he ever has in his career, why does he find himself owning a horrific .237/.283/.312 slash line with a handful of games left to be played? While the answer isn't simple (just as nothing regarding Hechavarria ever has been), the only explanation possible is his BABIP, which is 20 points lower than the league average, is 50 points lower than either BABIP he posted in his two full seasons previous, and is very nearly the only advanced stat that is working against him. Many will argue that a .320-something BABIP for a guy like Hech who has very little power to speak of is nearly impossible for him to post on an annual basis. But, again, with as good an eye as he has ever had and making the best contact he ever has, I argue that is is sustainable and that the version of Hech we saw slash line wise over the last two years previous to this one is more in line with the kind of hitter he is, a .270-.280 for-average bat. Due to the improved walk ratio and better contact rates, I see Hech capable of OBPing in the .330-.340 neighborhood. For a guy that provides the kind of defense Hech does, that is all that should be asked of him at the plate. In turn, I contend this season for Hech is nothing but a run of bad luck and frustration for a guy swinging a very good shortstop's bat by way of a great approach. Having just turned the magical age of 27, it would be a mistake for the Marlins to give up on him right now.

Although it took nearly a month and a half's worth of extra games during which time the undoubtedly frustrated 28-year-old slugger was forced to watch as the likes of Don Kelly, Robert Andino, Yefri Perez and others inexplicably received call ups to fill his rightful roster spot, Xavier Scruggs, who not only held down the .284/.388/.507 line he had at time time of Justin Bour's ankle going bum on July 6th, but improved upon it to the tune of .290/.408/.565, finally became a Miami Marlin on August 18th. He came to the Fish as the second best OPSing bat (.973) in the Pacific Coast League with its sixth most homers (21) and a 1.55 K/BB. Other than switching his navy and white garb for orange and black, nothing has changed in Scruggs' first 12 games, his first in the majors in over a year. Headed in to play on September 1st, Scruggs is hitting at a pace very reminiscent of that which he enjoyed with the Zephyrs. He is 10 for his last 34 with three XBHs which includes his firs MLB homer and a 4/8 K/BB which equates to a .294/.368/.441 slash line. Combined, Scruggs has hit safely in 12 of his last 17 games and is 18 for his last 52 (.346) between the top two levels of competition professional baseball has to offer. As I wrote earlier this month, the timing of Scruggs' call and the circumstances surrounding it are eerily similar of a Marlins' GM-ism from 2014. Then, then Marlins' head honcho in charge of player decisions Dan Jennings left Bour down in the minors despite his hitting .320/.397/.559 in the first half in AAA despite the fact that, in the bigs, Miami's first baseman, Garrett Jones hit just .253/.321/.423. At most, Jones contributed a very sparce power threat while striking out over twice as much as he walked (2.3 K/BB) and playing terrible defense. Even though Jones' power production fell off even further in the second half as he hit just .234/.288/.391 in 57 games, it wasn't until the rosters expanded in September that Bour finally got called up. After Bour presumably burst onto the scene by hitting .284/.361/.365 in his first 39 MLB games, he took over the starting job in 2015. A year later, Bour is in danger of losing his starting job in a very similar fashion. Not only could he lose that spot, it is my opinion that he should lose that spot this offseason. Coming in to this year, Bour was a 219/.287/.288 bat in his major league career against lefties. This included a 2015 season in which teams started playing the pull shift against him. Against it, he had 15 hits in 68 ABs. This season, the Marlins have cut their losses and made Bour a platoon partner to Chris Johnson and Derek Dietrich. This season, he has gotten just a sparse 22 ABs vs southpaws. In that handful of chances, he has just five hits, no walks and eight Ks. Struggling vs lefties is nothing new for Bour. Looking at his minor league numbers, it would appear as though the jury on Bour vs lefties was out before his major league career even started. As an MiLBER, his slash line was a very meager .237/.301/.359 and his yearly career high OPS was .753 in single A. Comparatively, Xavier Scruggs is a much more complete hitter. In 921 career ABs vs lefties, Scruggs has homered 68 times or once in every 13 ABs. His best power producing seasons against LHP came as recent as 2014 when he hit 11, tying a career high from 2011 in A+ when his OPS was over 1.000. He had hit six homers in 83 ABs vs lefties for the Zephyrs this year prior to his call-up. In addition to the 55 career long balls, Scruggs added 64 doubles and a triple. In his eight year minor league career, his slash line vs lefties sits at a robust .271/.368/.520. Add the hot start to his Marlins' career and the fact that he's much better against lefties to the fact that Scruggs against the other side in the minors (.252/.351/.455) rivaled Bour (.294/.359/.493) who played in 313 less games and got 925 less at bats, and Scruggs is making a serious case for taking over the primary job at first base in 2017. And that's just based on statistics alone. Now add in the injury factor. Bour, who stands at 6'3" and carries nearly 270 pounds worth of weight, is just returning from missing two months' worth of action due to a high ankle sprain. According to a trio of professionals, from two prestigious universities, the risk for the common patient athlete, let alone one who sports nearly 300 pounds of mass, is most common in the year following the initial sprain. For those doing the math, that would make Bour a prime candidate for another trip to the DL in 2017. Despite his ineptness against lefties and his injury this year, if the Marlins do decide to replace Bour with Scruggs this year, Bour carries increased value because of his contract situation. The 28-year-old signed a $500K contract with the Marlins this year and is under team control next year before entering the first of three arbitration years. For a team in need of a righty killing 1B such as the Nationals who are counting on an aging Ryan Zimmerman to carry their left-handed production flag, the Red Sox, who face the prospect of a retiring All-Star DH in David Ortiz (Bour is a career -2.0 defensive WAR player and, especially considering the ankle, could make the switch to becoming an exclusive offensive threat advantageously), or the Cleveland Guardians who could use a platoon partner for Mike Napoli, as well as other clubs, Bour could prove to be an attractive asset as the Marlins seek to bring in quality rotation talent.

7/1/2016 @ Colorado Springs L 7-13 Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Austin Nola, 2B-3B: 3-4, 2 2B, 3 R Xavier Scruggs, LF: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 K Kendry Flores, SP: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Chris Reed, RP: 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), BB, K 7/2/2016 @ Colorado Springs L 6-8 Xavier Scruggs, LF: 2-5, HR (8), 2 RBI, 2 R Adrian Nieto, C: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 K Kenny Wilson, CF: 2-4, 2 R, BB, 2 SB (22, 23) Dylan Axelrod, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 K 7/3/2016 @ Colorado Springs W 12-8 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 4-5, 2 HR (9, 10), 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, K Isaac Galloway, RF: 2-4, RBI, 3 R, BB, SB (22) Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, SB (24) Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, 2 RBI, BB Tomas Telis, C: 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB Jeremie Guthrie, SP: 5 IP, 12 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Craig Breslow, RP: 3 IP, H, 3 K 7/4/2016 vs Round Rock W 3-2 Destin Hood, LF: 1-3, HR (13), 2 RBI, R Matt Juengel, DH: 1-3, HR (5), RBI, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, SB (6) Chris Narveson, SP: 6 IP, H, BB, 5 K Cody Ege, RP: 2 IP, SV (5), H, BB 7/5/2016 vs Round Rock L 0-8 Elliot Soto, 2B: 2-3, BB, K Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, 2B, BB Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-4, K Asher Wojchiechowski, SP: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 7 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 2 K Greg Nappo, RP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 K Raudel Lazo, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 7/6/2016 vs Round Rock W 9-3 Matt Juengel, 3B: 3-4, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI Robert Andino, SS: 2-5, HR (10), RBI, 2 R Elliot Soto, 2B: 3-5, 3 R Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R Kendry Flores, SP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K Brian Ellington, RP: IP, H, 3 K 7/7/2016 @ Nashville W 1-0 Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-4, RBI, K Tomas Teis, C: 1-3 Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, BB, K, SB (23) Adrian Nieto, DH: 1-2, R, BB, K Jose Urena, SP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 6 K Bullpen: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 7 K 7/8/2016 @ Nashville W/6 5-1 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 3-3, 2 HR (11, 12), 4 RBI, 2 R Kenny Wilson, CF: 3-3 Garret Weber, DH: 1-2, R Dylan Axelrod: 6 IP, CG, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 5 K 7/9/2016 @ Nashville W 8-6 Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R, 2 K Austin Nola, 2B: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-3, 2B, R, 2 BB, K Destin Hood, LF: 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Peter Mooney, DH: 1-3, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Jeremie Guthrie, SP: 5 IP, 12 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 K Brian Ellington, RP: IP, SV (2), BB, 3 K 7/10/2016 @ Nashville L 2-8 Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-4, HR (6), RBI, R, K Garret Weber, DH: 2-4, 3B, R, 2 K Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, 2B Asher Wojchiechowski, SP: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, K Raudel Lazo, RP: 2 IP, H 7/14/2016 vs Fresno L 2-6 Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-4, HR (6), RBI, R Pedro Ciriaco, SS: 2-4, 2B, K Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-2, 2B, R, BB, SB (25) Austin Nola, 2B: 1-4, RBI, K Jose Urena, SP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Kendry Flores, RP: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K 7/15/2016 vs Fresno W 9-5 Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2 HR (11, 12), 3 RBI, 3 R Xavier Scruggs, LF: 1-4, HR (13), RBI, 2 R Austin Nola, 2B: 3-5, R Destin Hood, DH: 2-5, 2 RBI, R, K Tomas Telis, 1B: 2-4, 2 RBI Jarred Cosart, SP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K 7/16/2016 vs Fresno W 5-1 Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R, K Adrian Nieto, C: 2-3, RBI, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, RBI, K Destin Hood, LF: 1-3, R, BB Tomas Telis, DH: 1-4, RBI Justin Nicolino, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 4 K Cory Luebke/Raudel Lazo, RP: IP, K 7/17/2016 vs Sacramento PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/19 7/19/2016 vs Sacramento Game 1 L/7 0-1 Team: 1-21, 5 K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 4 IP, H, BB, K Game 2 W/7 3-0 Austin Nola, 3B: 1-3, HR (5), RBI, R Destin Hood, RF: 2-2, 2 2B, BB Pedro Ciriaco, SS: 1-3, R Adrian Nieto, C: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI Kendry Flores, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, SV (4), H, BB, 2 K 7/20/2016 vs Sacramento L 4-10 Carlos Corporan, C: 2-3, HR (3), 2 RBI, R, K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Isaac Galloway, CF: 2-4, R, 2 K Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 1-4, R Jarred Cosart, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R (3 ER), BB, 2 K 7/21/2016 vs Sacramento L 4-5 Tomas Telis, C: 2-4, 2 2B, R, 2 K Kenny Wilson, CF: 2-4, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, R, BB, 2 K Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 1-4, RBI, BB, 2 SB (1, 2) Justin Nicolino, SP: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 K Bullpen: 4 IP, H, 4 BB, 5 K 7/22/2016 @ Oklahoma City L 5-8 Carlos Corporan, C: 1-4, HR (7), 2 RBI, R, K Destin Hood, RF: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R, SB (8) Xavier Scruggs, LF-1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K Jeremie Guthrie, SP: 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R (4 ER), 5 BB, K 7/23/2016 @ Oklahoma City L 3-4 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-4, HR (14), RBI, R Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, 2B, 2B Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 1-4, 2B, R, K Isaac Galloway, CF: 2-4, HR (7), RBI, R Dylan Axelrod, SP: 2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K Greg Nappo, RP: 4 IP, 4 H, 9 K Chris Reed, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 7/24/2016 @ Oklahoma City L 3-5 Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 2-5, 3B, R, K Carlos Corporan, C: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, K Austin Nola, SS: 2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K Kendry Flores, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 3 K 7/25/2016 @ Oklahoma City W 9-3 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-4, HR (15), 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, K Tomas Telis, C: 4-5, RBI, R Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 2-5, 2 R, K Robert Andino, LF: 2-5, 2 R Matt Juengel, 3B: 3-5, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R Cole Figueroa: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, K Chris Narveson, SP: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 K 7/26/2016 vs Iowa W 9-5 Tomas Telis, 1B: 2-3, HR (4), 4 RBI, 2 R, BB Matt Juengel, 3B: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R Destin Hood, RF: 2-5, 2B, 2 K Robert Andino, LF: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Dee Gordon, 2B (rehab): 2-5, RBI, 2 R, K, SB (3) Carlos Corporan, C: 2-3, BB, K Isaac Galloway, CF: 2-3, 2B, R, BB, K Justin Nicolino, SP: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R (4 ER), 4 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2.2 IP, 3 K Brian Ellington, RP: IP, 2 H, 3 K 7/27/2016 vs Iowa L 2-8 Kenny Wilson, CF: 2-3, R, BB Destin Hood, LF: 1-4, RBI, BB, K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 0-1, R, 3 BB, K, SB (2) Jeremie Guthrie, SP: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, K Asher Wojciechowski, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 7/28/2016 vs Iowa W 7-1 Destin Hood, LF: 3-5, HR (14), RBI, 2 R, K, SB (9) Cole Figueroa, RF: 1-2, 3B, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-3, 2B, R, 2 BB Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-3, 2B, R, K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K Greg Nappo, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, 4 K 7/29/2016 vs Iowa W 7-5 Xavier Scruggs, LF-1B: 2-4, HR (16), 2B, 4 RBI, R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R Austin Nola, SS: 1-3, 2 RBI, R, K, SB (1) Isaac Galloway, CF-RF: 2-4, R, 2 K, 2 SB (27, 28) Kendry Flores, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 7/30/2016 vs Nashville L 0-2 Destin Hood, RF: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 K Matt Juengel, DH: 2-4 Justin Bour, 1B (rehab): 1-4 Pedro Ciriaco, 2B: 1-4, K Chris Narveson, SP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K 7/31/2016 vs Nashville L 2-6 Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-2, HR (8), RBI, R, BB, K Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-3, R, BB Austin Nola, 2B: 1-3 Justin Nicolino, SP: 6 IP, 10 H, 6 R (5 ER), 2 BB Drew Steckenrider, RP: 2 IP, BB, 3 K 7/1/2016 vs Tennessee L 3-5 Austin Dean, LF: 2-5, HR (9), 2B, RBI, 2 R Peter Mooney, SS: 2-4, 2B Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 2-5, R, K Chris Curley, 1B: 2-5, 2B, 2 K Cam Maron, C: 2-4, K Eric Jokisch, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, 5 K Drew Steckenrider, RP: 2.2 IP, BB, 3 K 7/2/2016 vs Tennessee W 7-2 Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 2-3, HR (1), 2B, RBI, 2 K, BB Alex Glenn, CF: 2-3, HR (1), 4 RBI, R, BB, K Austin Dean, LF: 1-2, RBI, 2 R, BB Peter Mooney, SS: 1-3, RBI, BB, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 5 K 7/3/2016 vs Tennessee W 9-2 Alex Glenn, LF: 4-5, HR (2), 4 RBI, 2 R J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 R Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-2, 2 RBI, R, BB Garret Weber, 1B: 1-4, 3B, 2 R, BB Jake Esch, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 K Austin Brice, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 7/4/2016 @ Biloxi L 1-5 Francisco Arcia, C: 2-3 J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, 2B, R, 2 K Alex Glenn, RF: 1-4, R, K Hunter Adkins, SP: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 3 K 7/5/2016 @ Biloxi W 4-1 Yefri Perez, CF: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K Francisco Arcia, C: 1-3, 2B, BB, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, R, BB Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-3, R, BB Patrick Johnson, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 K Bullpen: 3 IP, H, 3 K 7/6/2016 @ Biloxi W 3-1 Ronnie Mitchell, LF-RF: 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, R Cam Maron, C: 1-2, BB Matt Tracy, SP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, ER, 5 K Bullpen: 4.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 7/7/2016 @ Biloxi W 9-1 Yefri Perez, CF: 3-5, R James Roberts, 2B: 2-5, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, K Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, 2 RBI, 3 R, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2 RBI, R, BB, 2 K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-4, 2 RBI, R, BB Francisco Arcia, C: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 6 K Sean Donatello, RP: 2 IP, H 7/8/2016 @ Biloxi W 4-2 J.T. Riddle, SS: 4-5, RBI, 2 R, BB Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, BB, 2 K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, R, BB, K Chris Curley, 1B: 1-4, 2 RBI, 3 K Jake Esch, SP: 7 IP, 6 H, BB, 3 K 7/9/2016 @ Birmingham L 8-9 Alex Glenn, RF-CF: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Brian Anderson, 3B: 3-5, HR (2), 4 RBI, R, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-3, 2B, R Yefri Perez, CF-2B: 2-4, R, BB, K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 1-4, BB, K Hunter Adkins, SP: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K 7/10/2016 @ Birmingham L 4-7 Alex Glenn, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI Austin Dean, DH: 3-5, RBI, R, K Moises Sierra, CF: 2-4, RBI, R, BB, K Yefri Perez, SS: 0-2, 3 BB, SB (39) Cam Maron, C: 2-4 Patrick Johnson, SP: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R (4 ER), K Tyler Higgins/Cory Luebke, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 7/11/2016 @ Birmingham W 11-8 Austin Dean, LF: 3-5, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R Moises Sierra, CF: 2-4, 2B, R, BB, K Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 3 K Peter Mooney, SS: 2-5, 2 R, K Chris Curley, 1B: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Cam Maron, C: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R Matt Tracy, SP: 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R (4 ER), BB, 4 K 7/12/2016 @ Birmingham W 1-0 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-2, HR (4), RBI, R, BB, K Alex Glenn, RF: 1-3, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 7 K Bullpen: 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 7/13/2016 @ Birmingham W 6-5 Moises Sierra, RF: 3-5, HR (9), 2 RBI, 2 R, SB (5) Austin Dean, DH: 2-4, 3B, 2 R, BB Alex Glenn, CF: 1-5, 2B, 2 K Chris Curley, 1B: 2-5, 2 RBI, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2 R, BB Cam Maron, C: 2-5 Jake Esch, SP: 5 IP, 5 H,2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Cory Luebke, RP: 2 IP,3 H, 2 K 7/14/2016 vs Pensacola L 0-9 Alex Glenn, CF: 2-3, BB Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4 Hunter Adkins, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, 7 K 7/15/2016 vs Pensacola PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/17 7/16/2016 vs Pensacola L 2-5 Cam Maron, C: 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI, R, BB, K Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, 3B, 2 K Francisco Arcia, 1B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Alex Glenn, CF: 1-4, 2B, 2 K Matt Tracy, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K Austin Brice, RP: 2 IP, K 7/17/2016 vs Pensacola Game 1 W/7 1-0 Alex Glenn, CF: 2-3, 2B Austin Dean, LF: 1-2, R, BB, K Peter Mooney, SS: 1-3, 2 K Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, K Patrick Johnson, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K Game 2 L/10 6-7 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 R Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 3-5, R Moises Sierra, CF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Peter Mooney, SS: 2-5, 2B, K Cam Maron, C: 1-4, BB, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, 3 K 7/18/2016 vs Pensacola W 3-2 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, HR (5), 2 RBI, R Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 2-3, 2B, BB Garret Weber, 2B: 2-3, 2B, R, K Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, 2 RBI, R Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, RBI Jake Esch, SP: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 7 K 7/20/2016 @ Mobile W 4-3 Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3, 2B, R Alex Glenn, CF: 2-4, RBI, R, K Francisco Arcia, C: 2-4, 2 RBI Hunter Adkins, SP: 7 IP, 3 H, BB, 2 K 7/21/2016 @ Mobile PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/23 7/22/2016 @ Mobile PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/24 7/23/2016 @ Mobile Game 1 L/7 5-6 Chris Curley, PH: 1-1, HR (6), 2 RBI, R Cam Maron, C: 2-2, 2B, RBI, R, BB Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, R, K, SB (6) Garret Weber, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 2 K Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-2, R, 2 BB Peter Mooney, SS: 1-3, R Matt Tracy, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R (1 ER), BB, K Game 2 L/7 1-3 Ronnie Mitchell, LF-RF: 1-2, 2B, R, BB, K Alex Glenn, CF: 1-2, RBI Team: 3-23, RBI, R, BB, 9 K Patrick Johnson, SP: 3 IP, 3 H, BB, 3 K 7/24/2016 @ Mobile Game 1 L/7 1-6 Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3, RBI Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, K Garret Weber, 1B: 1-3 Peter Mooney, SS: 1-3, R Jake Esch, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, BB, 5 K Game 2 L/7 1-4 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-3, 2B Chris Curley, 1B: 2-3, 2B, R, K Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 1-4, 2B, K Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R (2 ER), 5 K 7/26/2016 vs Jackson W 8-3 Austin Dean, LF: 2-4, HR (10), 3 RBI, 2 R Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Garret Weber, DH: 2-4, RBI, 2 R, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, R, K Peter Mooney, SS: 1-3, RBI, BB Hunter Adkins, SP: 4 IP, H, ER, 2 BB, K Patrick Johnson, RP: 4 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 K 7/27/2016 vs Jackson L/7 1-6 Garret Weber, 2B: 2-2, RBI, BB J.T. Riddle, DH: 2-3 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-2, R Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, K Chris Mazza, SP: 4 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 K 7/28/2016 vs Jackson L 3-6 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, HR (7), 2 RBI, R, BB, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, RNI Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, K Alex Glenn, CF: 1-4, R Matt Tracy, SP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K Sean Donatello, RP: 2 IP, H 7/29/2016 vs Jackson L 1-11 Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 1-4, 2B, R Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4 J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-3, RBI, K Garret Weber, DH: 1-3 Jake Esch, SP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, K 7/30/2016 vs Jackson W 4-1 Sharif Othman, C: 3-3, 3B, R Alex Glenn, CF: 3-4, RBI, R, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, RBI Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-4, 2B, RBI Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Hunter Adkins, SP: 4 IP, H, 2 BB, 5 K Travis Ballew, RP: 2 IP, BB, K 7/31/2016 vs Biloxi W 5-3 Alex Glenn, CF: 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, HR (3), RBI, R Ronnie Mitchell, RF: 1-3, HR (3), RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, K, SB (1) Chris Mazza, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 K 7/1/2016 @ Ft. Myers L 4-7 Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, K Arturo Rodriguez, C: 2-4, 2 RBI Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-4, RBI, R John Norwood, RF: 1-5, 2B, RBI, K Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, K Ben Holmes, RP: 3.1 IP, 5 H, ER, K 7/2/2016 @ Ft. Myers L 1-10 Jeremias Pineda, CF: 2-3, BB John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-3, R Michael Mader, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, BB, 3 K 7/3/2016 @ Ft. Myers L 0-3 Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, K Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-2, BB, K Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4, 2B Luis Castillo, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 8 K 7/4/2016 vs Palm Beach L 4-5 John Norwood, RF: 1-4, HR (7), 2 RBI, R, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-3, 2B, BB Avery Romero, 3B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, RBI, BB, 2 K Jeremias Pineda, CF: 0-4, BB, R, 2 K, 2 SB (3, 4) Dillon Peters, SP: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 K 7/5/2016 vs Palm Beach W 4-1 Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, HR (1), RBI, R, BB, K Brad Haynal, 1B: 3-4, RBI, R, SB (2) Jeremias Pineda, CF: 2-4, K, SB (5) John Norwood, RF: 2-4, R, 2 K James Roberts, SS: 1-3, RBI Jeff Brigham, SP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, BB, 7 K 7/6/2016 vs Palm Beach W 4-0 James Roberts, SS: 2-3, HR (1), 3 RBI, R, BB Brad Haynal, DH: 1-3, RBI Avery Romero, 3B/Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3 Jeremias Pineda, CF/Junior Sosa, LF: 1-4, R Scott Squier, SP: 5 IP, H, 2 BB, K Bullpen: 4 IP, H, K 7/7/2016 @ vs St Lucie L 5-8 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, 3B, RBI, R, K Arturo Rodriguez, C: 1-3, 2 RBI, BB John Norwood, DH: 2-4, RBI, R, K Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, RBI, BB Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-4, 2B, R Cory Luebke, SP: IP, 2 K James Buckelew, RP: 4 IP, BB, 2 K 7/8/2016 vs Tampa W 4-0 Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R Rony Cabrera, SS: 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-3 RBI Junior Sosa, RF: 2-4, K, SB (2) Michael Mader, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 6 K Andy Beltre, RP: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 K 7/9/2016 vs Tampa W 3-2 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI Jeremias Pineda, LF: 4-5, 3 R Junior Sosa, RF: 3-5, BB Brad Haynal, DH: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, BB Jarred Cosart, SP (rehab): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K Ben Holmes, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, 3 K 7/10/2016 vs Tampa W 4-2 Jeremias Pineda, CF: 2-4, R, SB (6) Junior Sosa, RF: 1-2, R, BB, 2 SB (3, 4) Brian Schales, 2B: 1-4, RBI Rony Cabrera, SS: 1-3, BB, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 0-2, RBI, R, 2 BB, K Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 K Jeff Brigham, RP: 4 IP, SV (1), 3 BB, 7 K 7/11/2016 vs Tampa W 5-3 Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-3, 2 RBI, K Dexter Kjerstad, DH: 1-4, RBI, 2 K John Norwood, RF: 1-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Avery Romero, 3B: 1-4, 2B, K Rehiner Cordova, 2B: 1-3, 2 R, BB Dillon Peters, SP: 5.1 IP, 8 H, ER, 7 K 7/13/2016 @ Brevard County L/13 3-4 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 3-5, HR (9), 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, K Rodrigo Vigil, C: 2-6, 2B, RBI, BB John Norwood, RF: 2-6, R, BB, 3 K Jeremias Pineda, DH: 1-6, 2 BB, K, 2 SB (7, 8) Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 5 K Andy Beltre, RP: 2 IP, 4 K Esmerling De La Rosa/Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, H, K 7/14/2016 @ Brevard County W 3-1 Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-2, RBI, 2 BB Rony Cabrera, SS: 1-2, RBI, BB John Norwood, RF: 1-4, R, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-4, R Michael Mader, SP: 7 IP, 7 H, R, 6 K Ben Holmes, RP: 2 IP, SV (1), H 7/15/2016 @ Brevard County L 3-4 John Norwood, RF: 3-4, R, SB (10) Rony Cabrera, SS: 2-4, R, K Avery Romero, 3B: 1-3, RBI Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-4, HR (10), RBI, R, 2 K Junior Sosa, DH: 1-3, R, BB, K Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K 7/16/2016 @ Brevard County W 3-1 John Norwood, RF: 2-4, 3B, R Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB Brad Haynal, DH: 1-3, RBI, R, BB, K Jeff Brigham SP: 5 IP, 5 H, R (0 ER), BB, 4 K Bullpen: 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 K 7/17/2016 @ Daytona W 3-0 Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, HR (2), RBI, R Avery Romero, 3B: 1-4, 2B, RBI Junior Sosa, DH: 2-4, RBI, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-4, R, 3 K Dillon Peters, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K Bullpen: 2 IP, K 7/18/2016 @ Daytona L 5-11 John Norwood, DH: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Taylor Ard, PH-LF: 1-2, RBI, K Avery Romero, 3B: 1-2, R, BB, SB (1) Rony Cabrera, SS: 2-5, 2 K Brian Schales, 2B: 1-4, RBI Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 2.2 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 2 BB James Buckelew, RP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K 7/19/2016 @ Daytona L/11 2-3 Dexter Kjerstad, DH: 2-5, 2B, 2 K Avery Romero, 3B/Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-5, RBI, K Rony Cabera, SS: 1-4, BB, K Michael Mader, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Ben Holmes, RP: 3 IP, 2 BB, 2 K 7/20/2016 @ Daytona W 5-1 John Norwood, RF: 2-3, R, BB, SB (11) Rodrigo Vigil, C: 3-4, 2B, RBI Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4, RBI, R, BB, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Rony Cabrera, SS: 1-4, 2 RBI, R Luis Castillo, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, 7 K 7/21/2016 vs Dunedin W 1-0 Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, 2B, RBI Chris Hoo, C/John Norwood, RF: 1-3 Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-3, K Jeff Brigham, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 10 K Scott Squier, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 K 7/22/2016 vs Dunedin W 9-3 Junior Sosa, LF: 4-5, 4 RBI, R John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 2 RBI, K Justin Bohn 3B: 2-4, 3B, R Brian Schales, 2B: 2-3, 3 R, BB Jeremias Pineda, CF: 4-4, RBI, 3 R, BB Dillon Peters, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 5 K 7/23/2016 vs Dunedin W 10-0 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-4, HR (11), 2 RBI, R, BB, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-4, HR (10), 3 RBI, R Rony Cabrera, SS: 2-4, 2 RBI, R, K Junior Sosa, CF: 2-5, R, 2 K Brad Haynal, DH: 1-4, RBI, 2 R, BB Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, RBI, R, BB, K Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, BB, 5 K Bullpen: 4 IP, H, 6 K 7/24/2016 vs Dunedin W 5-0 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-3, HR (12), 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, K, SB (6) Junior Sosa, CF: 2-4, 2B< RBI, K Taylor Ard, DH: 1-4, RBI Chris Hoo, C: 1-2, 2 R, BB Michael Mader, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K Bullpen: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K 7/26/2016 vs Charlotte W 3-1 Brad Haynal, DH: 1-2, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, H, K, SB (8) Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-3, 2B, R Junior Sosa, CF: 1-4, RBI Luis Castillo, SP: 6 IP, 6 H, ER, BB, 6 K Scott Squier, RP: 2.2 IP, 4 K 7/27/2016 vs Charlotte L 3-8 Junior Sosa, CF: 2-3, R, BB John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Taylor Ard, DH: 1-3, RBI, 2 K Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-3, 2B, R, BB Justin Bohn, SS: 1-3, RBI Jeff Brigham, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K 7/28/2016 vs Charlotte W 3-0 Justin Bohn, 3B: 3-3, RBI, R, SB (4) Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, 2 K Rony Cabrera, SS: 2-4, 2B, R Jeremias Pineda, CF: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Dillon Peters, SP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, BB, 4 K 7/29/2016 @ Dunedin L 2-3 Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-3, HR (11), 2 RBI, R, K Rodrigo Vigil, C/Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3 Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 K 7/30/2016 @ Dunedin L 3-9 Brad Haynal, DH: 1-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, R, 3 K Avery Romero, 3B: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB, K Michael Mader, SP: 4.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R (6 ER), 3 BB, 2 K 7/31/2016 @ Dunedin L 5-6 John Norwood, RF: 1-4, HR (8), 3 RBI, R, 2 K Taylor Ard, DH: 2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Scott Squier, SP: 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), BB, K Ben Holmes, RP: 3 IP, 3 H, BB, 2 K 7/1/2016 @ Lakewood W 8-4 Josh Naylor, 1B: 3-4, HR (9), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Isael Soto, RF: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R Casey Soltis, LF: 1-4, 2 RBI Angel Reyes, DH: 2-5, 2 RBI, R, K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-5, 3B, R, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-5, R, K, SB (30) LJ Brewster, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 2 K 7/2/2016 @ Lakewood W 9-2 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-4, HR (4), 5 RBI, R, 2 K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, K Roy Morales, C: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Casey Soltis, LF: 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4, 2 RBI, R, 3 K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, 2B, 2 R, BB Steven Farnworth, SP: 6 IP, H, ER, BB, 2 K 7/3/2016 @ Lakewood W 4-3 Giovanny Alfonzo, SS: 2-4, R, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K John Silviano, C: 1-4, 2B, K Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, R, BB, 2 K Justin Jacome, SP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Ben Meyer, RP: 4.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K Jose Quijada, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 7/4/2016 vs West Virginia W 5-2 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 2-4, HR (5), 3 RBI, R, K Roy Morales, C: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, 2B, R, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, R, K Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 4 K 7/5/2016 vs West Virginia W 2-1 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 2-2, 2B, RBI, BB John Silviano, C: 1-4, 2B Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K Bullpen: 3 IP, BB, 3 K 7/6/2016 vs West Virginia W 3-0 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, HR (6), 2 RBI, R, K John Silviano, DH: 1-3, R, BB, K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, RBI, R, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-3 LJ Brewster, SP: 5 IP, H, BB, K Bullpen: 4 IP, H, BB, 5 K 7/7/2016 vs Kannapolis W 5-2 Kyle Barrett, CF: 1-3, HR (1), RBI, R Angel Reyes, DH: 2-3, 2 2B, R, BB Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, K, SB (33) Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, RBI, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, K Ryley MacEachern, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 7/8/2016 vs Kannapolis W 7-4 John Silviano, C: 2-5, HR (2), 2 RBI, R, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-3, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Isael Soto, RF: 1-4, HR (5), 2 RBI, R, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 2-3, 2B, R, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 2-3, 2B, BB, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R Justin Jacome, SP: 3 IP, 3 H, K Ben Meyer, RP: 4 IP, H, 5 K 7/9/2016 vs Kannapolis L/7 0-1 Team: 1-22, BB, 9 K Cody Poteet, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 K 7/10/2016 vs Kannapolis L 2-10 Aaron Blanton, 3B/Angel Reyes, 1B: 2-4, 2B Roy Morales, C: 2-3, R, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 1-4, RBI, R Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-5, RBI, K Chuck Weaver, SP: 3.2 IP, 12 H, 8 R (7 ER), BB, 6 K 7/12/2016 @ Greenville L 5-6 Angel Reyes, DH: 1-5, HR (5), RBI, R, 3 K Justin Twine, 2B: 3-3, RBI, 2 R Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, RBI, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, RBI, BB Isael Soto, RF: 1-4, 2B, R, K LJ Brewster, SP: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K Jose Quijada, RP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, ER, 6 K 7/13/2016 @ Greenville L 4-6 John Silivano, C: 2-3, 2 HR (3, 4), 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 3-4, 2B Isael Soto, RF: 1-4, HR (6), RBI, R, 2 K Steven Farnworth, SP: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, 3 K Ryley MacEachern, RP: 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 K 7/14/2016 @ Greenville L 1-3 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, 2B, R Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, RBI Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, BB Casey Soltis, LF: 2-4, 2B, K Justin Jacome, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 8 K Parker Bugg, RP: 2 IP, BB, K 7/15/2016 @ Kannapolis PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/17 7/16/2016 @ Kannapolis PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/28 7/17/2016 @ Kannapolis Game 1 L/7 2-3 Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K Roy Morales, C: 1-3, R, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, RBI Angel Reyes, DH: 1-3 Cody Poteet, SP: 4.1 IP, 7 H, ER, BB, 7 K Game 2 W/7 5-4 John Silviano, C: 4-4, 2 2B, HR (5), 3 RBI, R Justin Twine, 2B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R Giovanny Alfonzo, 2B-SS: 1-3, 2B, R Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, 2B, K LJ Brewster, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K Bullpen: 3 IP, 4 K 7/18/2016 @ Kannapolis W 7-3 Isael Soto, RF: 3-4, HR (7), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Josh Naylor, 1B: 5-5, 2 2B, RBI Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R Angel Reyes, 3B: 1-5, RBI, R, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K 7/20/2016 vs Greenville W 8-3 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, HR (7), 4 RBI, R, K Casey Soltis, LF: 1-4, HR (1), RBI, R, 3 K Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R Roy Morales, C: 2-4, RBI, R Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, 2 R, BB Kyle Barrett, CF: 2-3, RBI, R, BB Justin Jacome, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, ER, 5 BB, 5 K Parker Bugg, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 BB, K 7/21/2016 vs Greenville L 0-2 Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-3, BB, K Team: 2-28, 3 BB, 11 K Ben Meyer, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 2 IP, H, K 7/22/2016 vs Greenville W 4-3 Giovanny Alfonzo, 2B: 2-3, HR (1), RBI, 2 R Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-4, 2B, RBI Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-4, 2 R Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, RBI Angel Reyes, DH: 1-4, RBI Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, (1 ER), 1 BB, 3 K Ryley MacEachern, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 7/23/2016 vs Augusta W 6-5 Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R, K John Silviano, C: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, RBI Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, RBI, R LJ Brewster, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 K Parker Bugg, RP: IP, K 7/24/2016 vs Augusta L 3-4 Isael Soto, RF: 3-4, HR (8), 3B, 2B, 3 RBI, R Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, 2B, 2 R Roy Morales, C: 1-3, BB Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R (2 ER) Tyler Kinley, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 7/25/2016 vs Augusta L 1-5 Giovanny Alfonzo, 3B: 1-3, HR (2), RBI, R Justin Jacome, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER (1 ER), BB, 2 K Ryley MachEachern, RP: 2 IP, BB, 2 K 7/26/2016 vs Augusta L 1-3 Zach Sullivan, CF: 2-4, HR (3), RBI, R, K Angel Reyes, 1B: 1-3, 2B, K Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, BB Ben Meyer, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 4 K Bullpen: 4 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K 7/28/2016 @ Kannapolis Game 1 L/7 1-2 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-2, 2B, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-3, K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, K Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K Game 2 W/7 4-2 Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, RBI, R Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, 2B, R Giovanny Alfonzo, 3B: 1-3 Trevor Richards, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K CJ Robinson, RP: 1.1 IP, SV (20), BB, K 7/29/2016 @ Kannapolis L 4-6 Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-5, RBI, K Giovanny Alfonzo, 3B: 3-4, RBI, R, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, 2 R, SB (34) Angel Reyes, 1B: 1-4, 2 RBI, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 1-4, 2B, R Roy Morales, C: 1-3, BB LJ Brewster, SP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BB Kyle Keller, RP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 K 7/30/2016 @ Kannapolis W 11-2 Justin Twine, 2B: 4-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R, K Angel Reyes, 1B: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 3 R Roy Morales, C: 3-4, 2 RBI, 2 R Giovanny Alfonzo, 3B: 2-5, 3B, RBI, R, 2 K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4, RBI, R, 2 K, SB (7) Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-5, RBI, R, K, SB (11) Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K Marcus Crescentini, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 7/31/2016 @ Kannapolis L 1-2 Justin Twine, 2B: 3-4, K Giovanny Alfonzo, SS: 3-4 Anfenree Seymour, DH: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Justin Jacome, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, K Isaac Gil, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 7/1/2016 @ Williamsport L 1-3 Samuel Castro, SS: 3-4, K J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-4, 2B, 2 K David Gauntt, C: 2-4, 2B< 2 K Rony Cabera, 2B: 1-3, K Jhonny Santon, LF: 1-4, R Jose Diaz, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 K 7/2/2016 @ Williamsport L 1-4 Corey Bird, CF: 1-4, 2B, R, K Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-4, 2B Aaron Knapp, DH: 1-3, BB, 2 K Javier Garcia, SP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Brent Wheatley, RP: 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), BB, K 7/3/2016 @ Williamsport W 6-2 Aaron Knapp, CF: 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI, R Pablo Garcia, C: 2-4, RBI, R Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Corey Bird, DH: 2-4, RBI, R Travis Neubeck, SP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, BB, K 7/4/2016 vs Brooklyn L 1-5 Isaiah White, DH: 2-3 Team: 4-31, 11 K Reilly Hovis, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, BB, K Parker Bugg, RP: 2 IP, K 7/5/2016 vs Brooklyn L 1-5 Corey Bird, CF: 2-4, R, K Pablo Garcia, C: 1-3, 2B Aaron Knapp, RF 1-3 Ryan McKay, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, R (0 ER), 4 BB, 2 K Shane Sawczak, RP: 1.2 IP, H, K 7/6/2016 vs Brooklyn W 15-2 Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 3-3, HR (1), 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB, SB (1) J.J. Gould, SS: 1-4, HR (1), 3 RBI, R, BB Kris Goodman, DH: 3-4, RBI, 3 R, BB Joseph Chavez, 2B: 2-3, 2 RBI, R Aaron Knapp, RF: 3-5, RBI, 4 R, 2 K Jordan Holloway, SP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 7 K Bullpen: 4.1 IP, H, 6 K 7/8/2016 @ Vermont L 1-4 Kris Goodman, 2B: 2-3, 2B Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Jose Diaz, SP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Sam Perez, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 7/9/2016 @ Vermont L 3-8 J.J. Gould, 3B: 3-3, 2 2B, 2 R, BB Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-3, 2 RBI Isaiah White, LF: 2-4 Travis Neubeck, SP: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R (4 ER), 2 BB, K Shane Sawczak, RP: 3 IP, H, BB 7/10/2016 @ Vermont W 6-5 Javier Lopez, 3B: 2-4, 2 2B, R, K Aaron Knapp, RF: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, K, 4 SB (3, 4, 5, 6) Reilly Hovis, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 7 K Trenton Hill, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 3 K 7/11/2016 @ Williamsport L 6-10 Corey Bird, CF: 2-5, 3 RBI, R, K Joseph Chavez, 2B: 2-4, RBI, 2 R Javier Lopez, 3B: 1-4, RBI, R Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 1-4, RBI, BB Ryan McKay, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K 7/12/2016 @ Williamsport L 4-9 J.J. Gould, 3B: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R Jhonny Santos, RF: 2-4, HR (2), RBI, R, K Kris Goodman, 2B: 1-5, 2B, K Jordan Holloway, SP: 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), BB, 3 K 7/13/2016 @ Williamsport L 7-8 Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 2-4, HR (2), 4 RBI, 2 R, BB, K Pablo Garcia, C: 2-5, R Colby Lusignan, DH: 1-4, RBI, BB, 2 K J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-4, 2 RBI, K Corey Bird, LF: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 R, K, 3 SB (3, 4, 5) Jose Diaz, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, K 7/14/2016 vs Aberdeen L 2-8 Colby Lusignan, DH: 1-3, RBI, BB, 2 K Aaron Knapp, RF: 1-4, R, K Javier Garcia, SP: 3 IP, 6 H, 8 R (5 ER), 4 BB, 2 K Trenton Hill, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, 4 K 7/15/2016 vs Aberdeen L 2-4 J.J. Gould, SS: 4-4, 2 2B, R Aaron Knapp, CF: 1-4, RBI Mike Garzillo, 2B: 1-3, K Travis Neubeck, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Alejandro Mateo, RP: 3 IP, 3 H, K 7/16/2016 vs Aberdeen L 0-9 Javier Lopez, 3B: 2-3 Pablo Garcia, C: 1-3, 2B Corey Bird, LF: 1-2, BB Reilly Hovis, SP: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, BB, 3 K Dustin Beggs, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 7/17/2016 @ Tri-City L 8-9 Colby Lusignan, 1B: 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB, 2 K Pablo Garcia, C: 2-4, R Mike Garzillo, 2B: 2-4, 2 R, K Aaron Knapp, RF: 2-4, RBI, R, SB (7) Isaiah White, DH: 2-5, 2 RBI, K Ryan McKay, SP: 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Trevor Richards, RP: 3 IP, H, BB, 3 K 7/18/2016 @ Tri-City L 3-6 J.J. Goud, 2B: 3-4, HR (2), RBI, 2 R Samuel Castro, SS: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 1-3, K Jordan Holloway, SP: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K 7/19/2016 @ Tri-City W/10 6-4 Alex Jones, C: 3-4, RBI, R J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-4, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K, SB (1) Kris Goodman, DH: 2-4, R, BB, K Eric Gutierrez, 1B: 1-4, 2B, R Jose Diaz, SP: 4 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 6 K Chad Smith, RP: 2 IP, 2 K Dustin Beggs, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K 7/21/2016 vs Williamsport L/10 0-1 Jhonny Santos, RF: 2-4, K Corey Bird, LF: 1-4, K Trevor Richards, SP: 4 IP, H, BB, 6 K Travis Neubeck, RP: 3 IP, H, 4 K 7/22/2016 vs Williamsport L 0-8 Javier Lopez, 3B: 2-4, K Samuel Castro, 2B: 1-2, 2 BB Eric Gutierrez, DH: 1-4, K Reilly Hovis, SP: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R (4 ER), 2 K 7/24/2016 vs State College L 6-8 Mike Garzillo, 2B: 3-3, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Alex Jones, C: 2-3, R, 2 BB Corey Bird, LF: 1-3, 2 RBI, R, BB Ryan McKay, SP: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R (3 ER), 3 BB Alejandro Mateo, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 7/25/2016 vs State College PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 7/26 7/26/2016 vs State College Game 1 W/7 4-1 J.J. Gould, 3B: 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI Aaron Knapp, RF: 1-1, RBI, R, 2 BB Isaiah White, CF: 1-3, 2B, R, K Jose Diaz, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, K Shane Sawczak, RP: IP, 3 H, 2 K Dustin Beggs, RP: IP Game 2 L/7 2-8 Branden Berry, 1B: 2-3, 2B, R, BB Alex Jones, DH: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K Kris Goodman, LF: 1-3, BB, K Travis Neubeck, SP: 3 iP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), BB, K 7/28/2016 @ Lowell L/10 3-5 J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-2, R, 2 BB, K Corey Bird, CF: 1-4 Sam Perez, SP: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER 7/29/2016 @ Lowell W 7-5 Isaiah White, DH: 2-5, 3B, 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 K Jarrett Rindfleisch, C: 2-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, R, BB Aaron Knapp, CF: 2-5, R, K Mike Garzillo, 2B: 2-5, R, K, SB (1) Branden Berry, 1B: 1-4, RBI, R, BB Samuel Castro, SS: 1-3, RBI, BB, K Dylan Lee, SP: 4 IP, H, BB 7/30/2016 @ Lowell L 3-4 Branden Berry, 1B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Javier Lopez, 3B: 2-3, RBI, SB (2) Corey Bird, CF: 1-3, R, K, SB (7) Aaron Knapp, RF: 1-4, R, 2 K, SB (10) Ryan McKay, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 K Trenton Hill, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 7/31/2016 vs Hudson Valley L 1-4 Eric Gutierrez, SS: 2-4, 2 2B, R, K Corey Bird, CF: 1-3, BB J.J. Gould, SS: 2-4 Jose Diaz, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB Reilly Hovis, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K

The baseball world is very familiar with the exports of the Bad News Bears, a bumbling fictional team who just can't seem to do much of anything right. This year, in reality, a very non-fictional Kyle Barrett, although being similarly named, somewhat thanks to a .342/.405/.474 month of July, has become the polar (pun intended) opposite and is proving himself to be one of the best players in the Marlins' minor league system this season. Andrew Kyle Barrett, who just celebrated his 23rd birthday on August 4th, is the Marlins' 2015 fifth rounder out of Kentucky. Prior to his collegiate days, Barrett attended high school in Douglasville, GA. After playing basketball as a freshman, he hit .485 as a junior and as a senior he hit .564 with a combined six homers and collected two combined All-America team honors. The accolades kept coming upon his graduation to the Wildcats in 2013 when he lead his entire team in batting average (.349) and OBP (.407) in his freshman season on a team which also held current Marlins' MiLBer J.T. Riddle. His BA also placed 12th in the entire SEC, a league which held the likes of top prospects Alex Bregman, Hunter Renfroe, and Tony Kemp. After finishing that season reaching base in 19 straight games (which attributed to him reaching safely in a total of 34 of his 38 games), Barrett earned a spot playing alongside the aforementioned Bregman on the All-SEC Freshman Team. In 2014, Barrett ran his total of games reached safely in to 35 as he reached in 16 straight, all via a hit to open his sophomore year. On the whole that year, he took a bit of a step back numbers wise as the sophomore slump bit him and spelled out a .253/.354/.312 slash line. However, Barrett came back with a vengeance in summer league play in the Cape Cod league, hitting .317/.354/.358 with the Harwich Mariners. His BA ranked third on his team as did his 10 stolen bases. As the 11th best for-average bat in the league, he earned a spot in the Cape's All-Star Game. Barrett rode that momentum in to his junior year where he enjoyed his best season to date, placing second on the team in BA (.354), third in OBP (.394) and third in slugging (.443). He showed off his blazing speed on the regular, stretching would-be singles into doubles and doubles into triples. He also added seven steals in 11 attempts. His BA ranked second on the Wildcats, his OBP and SLG both third. With a career .324/.386/.391 slash line in college along with a 57% stolen base success rate, great defense, and plus speed on top of two great seasons in the summer leagues, Barrett attracted attention as early as the 10th round of the 2015 draft. He fell to the 15th round where the Marlins drafted him 446th overall. Minus four games with the Muckdogs at the end of 2015, Barrett is getting his first taste of pro ball this year with the Grasshoppers. And my, what a tasty morsel it is. After getting his feet wet with a .182/.243/.212 April and a .260/.309/.260 May, Barrett exploded onto the scene in June when he hit .337/.352/.372. Things only got better for the stout left hander in July when he hit .342/.405/.474. Over that two month span he reached in 32 of his 45 games via a hit and in 36 of 45 overall, spelling a .377 OBP mostly out of the lead-off spot. Over that span, his yearly BA rose from .230 to .302. He also added seven total steals in nine attempts. Standing at a petite 5'11" and weighing just 185, Barrett cuts down on his strike zone by getting low in his straight away stance. His light load, good bat speed and slappy singles bat have allowed him to enjoy a more than decent contact rate and an ability to still barrel up balls despite committing to a swing late into the pitch, a great sign for a future leadoff man. On the contrary, Barrett is a bit too of an aggressive bat early in the count as he looks to barrel up fastballs which often leads to him failing to maintain his soft hands and instead trying to do too much and lose his balance. This is what has led to his heightened K/BB for all of his career so far. If he hopes to succeed as a top of the order man, Barrett will need to be a bit more patient early in ABs and learn to go with breaking pitches as well as he does on heaters. If he can do that, the level-headed speedy baserunner and overall heady player who isn't afraid to take advantage of what the defense gives him as he is always a candidate to squeeze a bunt down successfully for a hit if the infield plays back and reach thanks to his plus jets, most definitely has a future as a top of the order catalyst. On the common occasion that Barrett, who once ran a 6.77 60 yard dash, reaches base, he is a threat to steal every time. He utilizes that speed in the outfield well by making good straight reads and covering all the ground necessary and then some. He finishes off his five-tool skill set by possessing a plus arm which can make on-line throws from all three positions, though his best suited position is probably center. With a great makeup already in a very immature career, if Barrett, who just turned 23, can receive some nurturing regarding his approach early in counts, he has more than a potential future as a fire starter in the upper levels of the minors and further. I will be watching him closely as his career progresses.

There is no sugar-coating it: the Marlins' wild card hopes, which they went all in for at the deadline by making a series of buyer moves including some which mortgaged some big pieces of their future are in serious jeopardy. With injuries to some of their biggest power threats and key pieces to both their rotation and bullpen, Miami, who once looked like a favorite to secure a playoff berth, is suddenly an outsider. The most disturbing part? It seems in at least one regard, they are okay finishing out the rest of the season with that title attached to them. In early July, the second best power threat on the team, Justin Bour hit the disabled list with an ankle injury. Not thought initially to be serious after MRI results came back negative, it appeared as though the Marlins could get by by platooning Chris Johnson against lefties and a call-up from the minors. This was the first time, at least in the short term, that Xavier Scruggs' name surfaced. Hitting .290/.393/.536 with 12 homers in the minors at that point, he appeared to be the best candidate to replace the big bat of Bour against righties. But instead, the Marlins selected Don Kelly, hitting .210/.284/.276. He appeared in 13 games before being sent back to the minors. During that time, Bour's eligible date to be reinstated from the DL came and went with him not even beginning a rehab assignment. That came two weeks later when the 28-year-old finally returned to action for the Zephyrs, coincidentally playing on the same team as Scruggs. In that assignment, Bour went just 2-18. As a result, he did not return the following week and on August 12th, it was announced that Bour would not return until at least early September if at all this season. For a second time, every Marlins' writer and scout predicted a Scruggs call up. It never came. Currently, the Marlins are a revolving door at the position with innings being given to a multitude of players including Johnson (sometimes even against righties whom he is a dismal 29-122 against this year), Derek Dietrich, and Miguel Rojas. To this date, without Bour, those three bats in addition to whomever else the Marlins may plug and play at the position from day to day are a cumulative .218/.277/.310 with a 4.41 K/BB. Since the injury to Bour, their slash line is .223/.291/.357 with a 2.70 K/BB. And still, Scruggs, with a slash line that includes the fourth highest SLG in his league (.565), an OBP that ranks third in his league (.408), and an OPS that ranks second (.973) still sits in AAA. But the confusion doesn't end there. Compounding it even more is the fact that the biggest power threat on the team, Giancarlo Stanton is out for the year. The Marlins' slugger was hurt last Saturday running the bases and went to the 15-day the next day. An MRI revealed a grade 3 strain to Stanton's groin, prolonging the problems Stanton has had his entire career finishing 162 game seasons. Upon the news, everyone interested thought for certain there was no way the Marlins could ignore Scruggs, who also plays outfield, this time. Alas, the team proved everyone wrong on Monday when they selected Robert Andino to take Stanton's roster spot. While Andino is having a good season in his own right and provides good depth to the team, the .267/.319/.427 hitting 32-year-old who is reviving his career after a year out of Major League Baseball and who is likely playing over his head considering he is a career .256/.305/.372 minors bat and an even lesser .232/.294/.318 bat over 470 Major League appearances doesn't (to put it nicely) replace the power of Stanton nearly as adequately as Scruggs potentially would. What's more is that even though he is eligible at most infield spots, Andino is barely eligible in the outfield having only played 14 career games in left and six in center. He is not eligible at all in right. With Marcell Ozuna and Christian Yelich holding down every day starting positions in left and center and neither one being eligible in right either, the Marlins will turn to a 43-year-old Ichiro Suzuki to sure up right field in Stanton's absence, all, again, while Scruggs wastes away in AAA. As legendary as he is, Ichiro has zero power to speak of, very limited speed and defensive capability, and, as he proved last year when he took over for Stanton right around the same time of the year, is no longer fit to be an every day starter. In a nutshell, the Marlins are doing a thing very similar to the one they did in 2014 to the aforementioned Bour who was in the midst of a .306/.372/.517 season as a 26-year-old but being left in the minors for the likes of a 33-year-old .246/.309/.411 hitting Garrett Jones until the season hit the 122 game mark. The difference there was that Jones was at least contributing something positive to the team at the plate, albeit on a stringy basis and at the cost of a ton of strikeouts and shaky defense. That team also managed to keep its biggest bat healthy for the entire year. In this situation, Stanton is gone as is the team's next biggest bat, the current replacements at one of those positions are contributing next to nothing, and the the other is a 43-year-old who has never hit for much power at all. For a team that relied on the power threat for success in the first half, it makes very little sense for them to be content allowing their biggest in-house option waste away in New Orleans in the apparent hopes of trying to become something they are not. So as for the answer to the question posed, what are the Marlins waiting for when it comes to calling up Scruggs, the answer is... I don't know. Perhaps the Marlins will come to their senses after a few series losses which hopefully don't cost them their season. Perhaps all the phone lines are down in New Orleans. Perhaps Scruggs can't get a plane ticket. Or perhaps the Marlins just don't like him. Right now, I only have one answer: only time will tell.

Just before the trade deadline, the Marlins went all in on their wild card hopes by making a trade which mortgaged two big pieces of their distant future and one piece of their present in an attempt to sure up their rotation as they look toward October. Their trade partner was down-and-out San Diego who received former Marlins first round draft pick Josh Naylor and arguably the best arm in Miami's minor league system, Luis Castillo, making an already thin organization very much thinner. In addition to giving up two of their best young commodities, Miami also parted with their best reliever at the MLB level from last year, Carter Capps who underwent Tommy John before the season began. Jarred Cosart, whom the Marlins previously traded another of their top prospects for in Colin Moran, also goes back to San Diego. The return? Two starting pitchers who, combined, contributed dismal numbers this year as members of the Padres' rotation, including a 4.89 ERA and a 2.31 WHIP. Those hurlers are 26-year-old Colin Rea who hasn't been effective at any point in his career above AA (4.88 ERA over 27.2 AAA IP, 4.69 ERA over 134.1 MLB IP) and 29-year-old Andrew Cashner who was last effective as starter in 2014 and who has already been to the DL twice this season. A C-type prospect at best in Tayron Guerrero, a 25-year-old reliever who has a 5.30 ERA between AA and AAA this year comes back as a throw in. In other words, the Marlins picked from the bottom of the barrel while giving up the some of the best of their future talent. In even more words, they got fleeced by the Padres. Josh Naylor came to the Marlins system in 2015 as their first round draft pick. Upon being selected and signing out of his Southern California high school, he was invited to take batting practice at Marlins Park (the version that still hadn't brought the walls in to where they are currently). He accepted the invitation and responded to it by hitting baseballs nearly out of the stadium. [mlbvideo id="163832083" width="400" height="224" /] After that, Naylor took his talents to the Gulf Coast league where he spent the rest of 2015 racking up the third most RBIs and fifth most total bases on his team despite only appearing in 25 games. He placed second on the team (amongst those with at least 20 games played) with a .418 slugging percentage and second on the team in batting average at .327. This year, in his first year of full season ball, including a .326/.348/.442 July, Naylor has kept himself busy by punishing Sally League pitching to the tune of a .269/.317/.430 line and leading the team in homers (9), RBI (54) and doubles (24), totals which also rank ninth, tenth and and sixth in the league. His .430 SLG also leads all Grasshoppers players with over 40 games played. To this point in his career, he has been more of a doubles threat than a home run threat but at just 19, there is plenty of room for Naylor to grow physically into his frame. Strength and conditioning will be key for Naylor on his way up through the minors. If he can succeed in that area, there should be no reason why Naylor can't turn in to a more fit and offensively affective Prince Fielder. Technically, Naylor is pretty sound with just a few hitches in his swing. He adjusts to pitch speed well and has the ability to attack pitches on both sides of the palte, though he favors the pull variety of hitting. He maintains looseness in his hands very well until he commits to a swing which he times with a small front foot trigger. He steps into the ball advantageously. His swing has been described as a thing of violent beauty. I am of the opinion that the swing is a bit too aggressive as he tends to fly open a bit on it and at times lose his balance. He also frequently releases the bat before his swing is through, often leading to weaker contact. However, all of those small hitches are things that should work themselves out with age and experience. When it comes to speed, there isnt much to speak of but he sure can jog the bases beautifully and, should his power potential play out, that's all he will need to do. Defensively, Naylor leaves a bit to be desired at first base, having committed 11 errors this season and only holding a 9.37 range factor. But, after spending a lot of his high school career DHing, that is to be expected. Again, as is the case with his plate approach, with more experience and innings at the corner infield spot, Naylor, forever the athletic athlete, should improve. Should he age successfully before reaching the majors in what most forsee to be 2019, Naylor could wind up being a more athletic and possibly more powerful version of Price Fielder. In addition to his strong on-field product, Naylor, still just 19, is already bringing an always positive vibe to the clubhouse, which is making his team rally around him, something that will be missed in the Grasshoppers' clubhouse for the rest of this year and another aspect of Naylor's game that the Marlins won't be reaping the benefits of. "He's usually one that likes to have fun in the clubhouse especially with (Anfernee) Seymour and myself so it was a little more quiet today," Grasshoppers' infielder Giovanny Alfonzo said the day after the trade. "It's a little weird not having him around." If you frequent this blog and my Twitter, you know how high I have been on Hammerheads' starter Luis Castillo. And if you have had the pleasure of watching him pitch, you know why. Luis Miguel Castillo, a native of Bani, Dominican Republic, came to American pro ball in 2012 as an international signee by the Giants. Following two seasons in the Domincan summer league, including a spectacular 2013 campaign in which he held down a 0.64 ERA in 28 IP, converted 20/22 save ops which lead the league, and struck out 34 while walking just three as the DSL Giants' closer, Castillo joined full season ball in 2014 for the Augusta Greenjackets. Out of their pen, he managed a 3.07 ERA in 52 IP. Again, the K/BB was fantastic as he K'd 66 to just 25 walks. His six holds tied him for his team's lead and his 10 saves in 12 chances ranked second. Castillo came to the Marlins following that season as the lesser-known prospect in the trade that sent Casey McGehee to San Francisco for himself and center piece Kendry Flores. As things are turning out, Castillo looks to be the more valuable long-term piece. In addition to Flores who has already spent time in the majors, it is safe to say the Marlins absolutely fleeced the Giants in that trade only to get fleeced themselves in this one. Following a disappointing initial start to his Marlins career which saw him clinging to a 4.40 ERA in his first 30.2 IP, the Marlins took Castillo out of the pen and made him a starter even though he had only tossed four complete innings once in his career and that being back in his first season in the DSL. He responded by going 4 innings in back to back starts allowing one total ER before going at least 5 in his next five starts in which he held opposing offenses to less than 1.99 runs per game. The Marlins knew then they had something special in Castillo and they rewarded him with a promotion to high A. He finished last year by tossing to the tune of a 3.50 ERA in 43.2 IP and nine starts for the Hammerheads that season. This year, back with the Sharks, all Castillo has managed to do is become quite possibly the best pitcher in the Florida State League, ranking amongst it's leaders in every major stat category. His 0.97 WHIP ranks second, his 2.23 ERA ranks fourth, his 86 strikeouts rank 10th, and his 16 walks are tied for third least (amongst those with at least 80 IP). You wouldn;t know it to look at the wiry 6'2" 170 pounder but Castillo has the ability to reach triple digits with his heat which he has improved from last year to this. The formerly flat offering has shown some added downward plane movement. He also isn't afraid to throw it to both sides of the black, making it both a great first pitch or piggyback pitch to the change. That offering, which he holds with a splitfinger grip, is Castillo's best pitch. Sitting around 87-89, the late drop on this pitch is reminiscent of a roller coaster and is absolutely filthy. The pitch flashes fastball for 50 feet then drops off the table within the last ten, leaving hitters dumbfounded. He has great feel for the pitch and can run it both inside and outside with good fade. His third pitch slider is of the slurvy variety and usually hangs around the 82-84 MPH range though he has such control of his arm speed to drop it down even lower than that. The pitch tilts hard and has good late bite. He uses it as a change of pace pitch, sometimes mixing it in in between the fastball/changeup combo but usually uses it ahead in the count. He could use to develop a fourth pitch but with great control of all three of his present pitches, all of which flash plus and a head for when to throw them, he doesn't really need to in order to succeed. Castillo could and probably should be pitching in AA right now and, if he continues to show what he has this year in the upper levels of the minors, could contribute to a big league club as earlhy as next season as a 3-5 starter with potential to become even more. For a Marlins club that has very few in house pitching options like him in the minors and which has struggled keeping the back end of their rotation from being a revolving door this year, this is a huge loss. UPDATE: After Colin Rea left his first start with the Marlins after 4 IP with shoulder discomfort and went on the DL the next day, the Padres agreed to send Castillo back to the Marlins in a very rare trade back. Although he passed his physical, one has to question whether the Padres knew of Rea possibly having health issues before the trade and the trade back was simply to save face with the league if they were investigated which very well could happen. In any regard, it's great to have Castillo back. [mlbvideo id="73287783" width="400" height="224" /] Although it is disheartening to me to lose both Naylor and Castillo, quite possibly the most maddening aspect of this trade is the inclusion of Carter Capps for nothing more than a fistful of dollars. Capps, the Marlins' best reliever from last year, underwent Tommy John in the offseason and is out for the season. Even though that procedure now carries an 80% success rate, the Marlins, who again have struggled mightily in middle and late relief for years, thought parting with Capps, who has one of the most hard to hit deliveries, a back leg foot drag which shortens the distance to the plate by 10 feet, along with high 90s velo, as nothing more than an inclusion to a trade in order to bring some sort of semblence of cash back in order to pay the rest of Cashner's $7.15 million salary was a good idea. As of right now, instead of setting up with the 26-year-old Capps next year and quite possibly for the long term, that job will fall to a 39-year-old Fernando Rodney, making the Marlins' pen even more of a revolving door. In short, with the return being very little of an upgrade over in house options such as Phelps and Urena, this trade screams that the Marlins made it just to make a move. It also came at the price of two pieces that could be mainstays on their roster within the next two years and in return get a near 30-year-old rental starter (he's a free agent next year) who has been average at best. I disliked when the Marlins traded Moran to the Astros for Cosart; I dislike this move even more.

Angels In the Outfield. A film based around a story about beings with other-worldly powers helping a baseball team reach a coveted title. By what he is accomplishing this season, including what he did this month, hitting .376/.398/.538, Grasshoppers' outfielder/infielder Angel Reyes could be that story come to life. Angel David Reyes was born on May 6, 1995 in Barcelona, Venezuela. His American baseball career began when he was inked by the Marlins as an 18-year-old in 2012 as an international signee. After two seasons in the Dominican Summer Leagues and one and a half in the Gulf Coast League in which he hit a collective .218/.305/.314, Reyes took his talents to short season Batavia as a 20-year-old. That's where his coming out party began. For that year's Muckdogs, Reyes averaged .265, got on base at a .311 clip and was second on the team in slugging at .470. Despite only playing in 25 games, he was also third on the team in triples and sixth on the squad in doubles and RBIs. That success followed him to his first year of full season ball this year. In the most extensive action he has seen in his career in a single season already, Reyes is playing some of the best ball of his career, currently placing third on the single A Grasshoppers in slugging (among those with at least 50 games played) at .402 (a figure which also ranks among the top 30 in the entire Sally league), third in OBP with a .339 mark and second in BA at .287. As for his countable stats, Reyes leads the Hoppers with 44 RBIs (a tote which also ranks among the top 25 in the Sally), is third in homers with five, and is tied for the lead in doubles with 19 (another top 30 total in the Sally). Though it has come at the expense of a 68-26 K/BB, Reyes has shown and continues to show the preliminary ability to become a serious threat as a pure power hitting first baseman. Reyes is a sight to behold as he awaits pitches. Standing from a truly unique stance, he spreads his legs from the front of the box to the back and places all of his weight on his back leg and his front toe turned up and in. Upon engaging his swing, he transfers his weight to his front foot well by snapping quick hips through the zone. This year, vast improvements to his bat speed have been the biggest catalyst for his recent success and made anything on the inner half of the plate a pitch he can do something with. He has also shown strength beyond his size and a possible glimpse into the future by fighting off pitches on his hands and becoming a very hard guy to jam, a fantastic initial sign for the type of hitter he hopes to become. At just 21, there is definitely some more power left in him as he grows into his body which right now isn't very striking (just 6'0", 175). Should he bulk up and maintain the ability to disallow opposing pitchers to get in on his hands for easy outs, his pure pull hit power could make him an elite offensive threat. Areas in which Reyes needs to improve include in his hands. Far too often is he unable to maintain looseness in them leading to him committing to pitches too early, especially on the outer half due to immature plate vision. Pitchers who get ahead in the count early to him rarely have much problem as long as they hit spots on the outer half. With all of the raw talent he has, he need not try to do too much with pitches with his arms, yet just rely on his physically sound lower half to get the ball to the gaps and beyond. Along with how his body develops, much of the mystery surrounding how far Reyes can go also depends on how his mind gets on along with how he sorts out the few tweaks in his upper half including his arms (hard hands lead to his elbows flying open and his elbows winding up more horizontal than straight up and down) hands and eyes. Without much speed to speak of and being an average defensive play, it would seem that his future rides solely on what he will be able to produce at the dish. If he can work out the small kinks and get his mind right advantageously in high A, he has all of the potential to become a starting staple at first base and also has eligibility at the other corner and in the outfield, making him an easy play for his managers. I will be following him closely next year when he brings his talents to Jupiter in what would seem like a make or break season in terms of his prospect status and what exactly the Marlins have in him.

6/1/2016 @ Memphis L 2-3 Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-2, HR (3) 2 RBI, 2 BB Kenny Wilson, CF: 0-2, BB, SB (16), R Chris Narveson, SP: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Brian Ellington, RP: 2 IP, H, 4 K 6/2/2016 @ Memphis W 4-1 Tomas Telis, 1B: 1-4, RBI, R, K Carlos Corporan, C: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Zach Lutz, 2B: 1-3, K Chris Reed, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K Cody Ege, RP: 2 IP, H 6/3/2016 @ Memphis W 5-1 Carlos Corporan, C: 2-4, HR (1), 4 RBI, R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Isaac Galloway, RF: 2-3, 2 R Jarred Cosart, SP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 2 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, K Eric Jokisch, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 6/4/2016 vs Colorado Springs W/5 3-0 Destin Hood, LF: 1-1, RBI, R, BB Adrian Nieto, C: 1-2, 2 RBI, K Tomas Telis, 1B: 0-1, R, BB, K Paul Clemens, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 K 6/5/2016 vs Colorado Springs W 3-0 Tomas Telis, C: 1-4, HR (2), RBI, R Austin Nola, 2B: 2-3, 2B, R, BB Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-3, 2B, R, BB Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-3, BB, SB (17) Dylan Axelrod, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K Bullpen: 3 IP, 2 H, 5 K 6/6/2016 vs Colorado Springs L 1-2 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 2-3, RBI, BB Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-4, 3B, R, K Chris Narveson, SP: 7 IP, H, BB, 4 K 6/7/2016 vs Colorado Springs W 11-2 Adrian Nieto, C: 3-4, HR (1), 2B, 5 RBI, R Destin Hood, LF: 3-4, 3 RBI, R Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-4, 2 RBI, R, K Elliot Soto, 2B: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Jose Urena, SP: 2.2 IP, H, BB, 2 K Greg Nappo, RP: 4.1 IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BB, K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 6/9/2016 vs Omaha W 5-1 Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, R, K Carlos Corporan, C: 2-4, RBI, R, K Tomas Telis, 1B/Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-4, RBI, R Chris Reed, SP: 7 IP, H, 4 K 6/10/2016 vs Omaha W 3-2 Destin Hood, DH: 1-4, HR (9), 3 RBI, R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4 Tomas Telis, 1B: 2-4, K Paul Clemens, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 6 K 6/11/2016 vs Omaha W 3-1 Xavier Scruggs, DH: 2-3, HR (5), RBI, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, 2 R, K Austin Nola, 2B: 2-4 Destin Hood, LF: 1-3, 2 RBI Dylan Axelrod, SP: 7 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 K 6/12/2016 vs Omaha W 7-4 Brady Shoemaker, DH: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R Isaac Galloway, RF: 2-4, RBI, R Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-3, RBI, BB Elliot Soto, 2B: 2-4, RBI, R, BB Jose Urena, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 K 6/13/2016 @ Round Rock W 6-0 Robert Andino, SS: 2-5, HR (6), 2B, 2 RBI, R Tomas Telis, C: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, K Xavier Scruggs, DH: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, K Chris Narveson, SP: 7 IP, 2 H, 8 K Greg Nappo, RP: 2 IP, H, K 6/14/2016 @ Round Rock L 2-4 Brady Shoemaker, DH: 1-4, HR (1), RBI, R Carlos Corporan, C: 2-4, R Robert Andino, LF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 3 K Chris Reed, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 K 6/15/2016 @ Round Rock W/14 8-6 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-6, 2 HR (6, 7), 2 RBI, 3 R, BB, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-5, HR (6), RBI, R, 2 BB, 2 K Isaac Galloway, RF: 3-7, R, K Destin Hood, LF: 2-6, R, BB, K, SB (6) Robert Andino, SS: 2-6, BB, K Paul Clemens, SP: 6.1 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 K Craig Breslow, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, 4 K 6/16/2016 @ Round Rock L 2-3 Robert Andino, SS: 1-3, HR (7), RBI, BB, R Austin Nola, 2B: 2-4, R Destin Hood, 2-4, 2B, RBI Dylan Axelrod, SP: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K 6/17/2016 vs Oklahoma City L 2-6 Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, 2B, R, K Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-3, RBI, SB (20), Austin Nola, 2B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Jose Urena, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K 6/18/2016 vs Oklahoma City L 2-8 Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, 3B, R, BB, K Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-3, RBI, K Destin Hood, LF: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Greg Nappo, SP: 3 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 1.2 IP, H, 2 K 6/19/2016 vs Oklahoma City L 2-5 Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, K Xavier Scruggs, LF: 2-3, R, BB Elliot Soto, SS: 1-4, K Tomas Telis, 1B: 1-4, R, K Chris Reed, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, BB, 4 K Tyler Bremer, RP: 3 IP, H, 3 K 6/20/2016 vs Oklahoma City W 4-1 Destin Hood, RF: 2-2, HR (10), 2B, 2 RBI, BB Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-4, RBI, R, K Robert Andino, LF: 1-4, RBI, K Isaac Galloway, CF: 1-4, R Justin Niccolino, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 K 6/21/2016 @ Omaha W 6-5 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 3-5, HR (2), 2B, RBI, 2 R, K Austin Nola, 2B: 3-5, 2 RBI, R Don Kelly, DH: 2-3, R, K Tomas Telis, C: 2-4, R, BB Destin Hood, LF: 1-5, 2 RBI Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K 6/22/2016 @ Omaha W 4-2 Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, HR (11), RBI, R Brady Shoemaker, DH: 1-2, HR (3), RBI, R, 2 BB Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, HR (5), RI, R, BB, K Carlos Corporan, C: 1-4, HR (2), RBI, R, K Jose Urena, SP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K Raudel Lazo, RP: 2 IP, BB 6/23/2016 @ Omaha W 9-2 Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2 HR (8, 9), 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2 K Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-5, 2 R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, K Destin Hood, RF-LF: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI Chris Narveson, SP: 5.1 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 2 K 6/24/2016 @ Omaha L 1-6 Tomas Telis, C: 2-4 Matt Juengel, 3B/Brady Shoemaker, DH: 1-3, BB Chris Reed, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K 6/25/2016 @ Memphis L 0-4 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 2-4 Destin Hood, RF: 1-4, 2 K Justin Niccolino, SP: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 6 K 6/26/2016 @ Memphis L 4-6 Austin Nola, 3B: 2-5, HR (3), 3 RBI, R, K Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2B, R, K Destin Hood, RF: 2-5, HR (12), RBI, R, K Tomas Telis, 1B/Elliot Soto, 2B: 2-4 Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 6/27/2016 @ Memphis L 3-4 Austin Nola, 2B: 1-3, HR (4), 2 RBI, R, BB Xavier Scruggs, LF: 3-4, K Don Kelly, 1B: 2-4, RBI, BB, K Jose Urena, SP: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, K 6/28/2016 @ Memphis W 8-7 Tomas Telis, C: 2-5, HR (3), 3 RBI, R Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB, K Destin Hood, RF: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, 2 K, SB (7) Robert Andino, SS: 1-5, 2 RBI, K, SB (5) 6/30 @ Colorado Springs L 3-7 Destin Hood, RF: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 K Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4, RBI, K Kenny Wilson, CF: 2-3, K Asher Wojchiechowski, SPO: 2 IP, H, BB, K 6/1/2016 vs Montgomery Game 1 W 7-4 Chris Curley, 1B: 4-4, HR (1), 3B, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, HR (7), RBI, R Peter Mooney, 32B: 2-4, 2 R Cam Maron, C: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K Jake Esch, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K Tyler Bremer, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 K Game 2 PPD (rain) Reschuedled to 6/2 6/2/2016 vs Montgomery Game 1 L/7 0-1 Yefri Perez, DH: 1-2, BB Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, K Austin Brice, SP: 6.2 IP, 7 H, R (0 ER), 2 BB, 7 K Game 2 PPD (rain) 6/3/2016 vs Montgomery L 3-6 Cam Maron, C: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, K Chris Curley, 1B: 1-4, R, K Hunter Adkins, SP: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, BB, K Drew Steckenrider, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 6/4/2016 vs Montgomery L 1-3 Jeremias Pineda, CF: 2-3, RBI, K Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3, BB, 2 K Cam Maron, DH: 1-2, BB Patrick Johnson, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 6 K 6/5/2016 @ Chattanooga W 3-1 J.T. Riddle, SS: 3-4, RBI, R, BB Moises Sierra, DH: 2-4, BB Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-2, RBI, R, BB Yefri Perez, CF: 1-4, 3B, RBI, R, 2 K Jeremias Pineda, RF: 1-3, 3B, K Chris Mazza, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 7 K 6/6/2016 @ Chattanooga L/11 2-3 Francisco Arcia, C: 2-4 J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, 2B, BB, K Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, R, BB, K Jeremias Pineda, LF: 1-5, 2B Jake Esch, SP: 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K Chipper Smith, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 6/7/2016 @ Chattanooga L 1-6 James Roberts, DH: 3-4, 2B, RBI Chris Curley, 1B: 1-4, 2B, R Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3, BB Austin Brice, SP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K 6/8/2016 @ Chattanooga L 2-5 Francisco Arcia, C: 3-4, 2B James Roberts, DH: 1-3, 2 R Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-3, 2B, BB Yefri Perez, 2B: 0-4, 2 RBI, K Matt Tomshaw, SP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 6 K 6/9/2016 @ Chattanooga L 1-15 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-4, 2B, R Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-3, RBI Austin Dean, DH: 2-4 Patrick Johnson, SP: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K 6/10/2016 @ Mobile L 1-2 Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3 Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-2, 2 BB Chris Curley, 1B: 1-4, RBI Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, 2B, K Chris Mazza, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), BB, 4 K Tyler Higgins, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 6/11/2016 @ Mobile L 2-8 Austin Dean, LF: 2-5, HR (7), RBI, R Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, 2B, K Chris Curley, 1B: 2-2, 2 BB Jake Esch, SP: 4 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, K Scott Lyman, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB 6/12/2016 @ Mobile L 2-10 Austin Dean, LF: 2-4, 2B, BB Yefri Perez, CF: 2-5, R, SB (34) Peter Mooney, SS: 2-3, BB Austin Brice, SP: 4 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 3 K 6/13/2016 @ Mobile L/10 7-8 Chris Curley, 1B: 3-5, HR (3), 2 RBI, R, K Francisco Arcia, C: 2-3, HR (1), RBI, R, 2 BB Peter Mooney, SS: 2-6, HR (3), 3 RBI, R Yefri Perez, CF: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, BB Matt Tomshaw, SP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Ryan Chaffee, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, K 6/14/2016 @ Mobile W 7-3 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI, R, 2 BB, K Cam Maron, C: 3-4, 2B, 3 R, BB Moises Sierra, RF: 2-5, RBI J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-6, RBI, R, K Patrick Johnson, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, K 6/15/2016 vs Biloxi W 8-4 Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3, HR (8), RBI, R, 2 BB, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-5, 2 RBI, K Austin Dean, LF: 1-5, HR (8), 4 RBI, R, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 3-5, RBI, 3 R, K Yefri Perez, CF: 2-5, 2B, 2 R Chris Mazza, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, K Tyler Bremer, RP: 5 IP, SV (2), 2 H, K 6/16/2016 vs Biloxi W 3-1 J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, RBI Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3, RBI, BB Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-4, RBI, K Jake Esch, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, ER, BB, 7 K 6/18/2016 vs Biloxi L 1-4 Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB (35) Francisco Arcia, C: 2-4, 2B, R, K Mosies Sierra, RF: 1-3, 2B, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, BB, K Hunter Adkins, SP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, K Austin Brice, RP: 2 IP, 4 K 6/19/2016 vs Biloxi PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 6/20 6/20/2016 vs Biloxi Game 1 W/7 2-1 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 1-2, RBI Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3 Asher Wojchiechowski, SP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 5 K Game 2 L/7 1-2 Garrett Weber, 1B: 1-3, 2B Cam Maron, C: 1-2, RBI James Roberts, 3B: 1-3, R, K Patrick Johnson, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K 6/23/2016 @ Mississippi W 8-3 Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, SB (36) J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Moises Sierra, RF: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Peter Mooney, 1-3, R, BB, SB (2) Hunter Adkins, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 9 K Tyler Higgins, RP: 2 IP, K 6/24/2016 @ Mississippi L 2-4 Yefri Perez, CF: 2-4, 2B, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, RBI Garrett Weber, 1B: 1-1, R, 3 BB Ronnie Mitchelll, RF/Francisco Arcia, C: 1-4, K Patrick Johnson, RP: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R (2 ER), 5 K 6/25/2016 @ Mississippi W 6-5 Cam Maron, C: 3-3, RBI, R, BB Austin Dean, LF: 1-5, RBI, 2 R, 3 K James Roberts, 3B: 2-4, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB Asher Wojciechowski, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 K Ryan Chaffee, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 6/26/2016 @ Mississippi L 2-3 Alex Glenn, RF: 1-3, 3B, R, K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 1-2, 2B, RBI, R, BB J.T. Riddle, 2B: 2-4 Peter Mooney, SS: 1-4, K Kendry Flores, SP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, ER, 4 K 6/27/2016 @ Mississippi L/6 1-2 Yefri Perez, CF: 3-3 Cam Maron, C: 2-2, R Austin Dean, LF: 1-3, K Jake Esch, SP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K 6/29/2016 vs Tennessee L 2-4 Peter Mooney, 2B: 2-4, 2B, R Yefri Perez, CF: 2-5, R, SB (37) Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Francisco Arcia, C: 3-4 Hunter Adkins, SP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K 6/30/2016 vs Tennessee L/10 1-2 Alex Glenn, CF: 2-3, R, BB Yefri Perez, 2B: 1-5, 3B, 3 K Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-3, BB Patrick Johnson, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 5 K 6/1/2016 vs Charlotte L/14 3-8 Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-5, BB, R Taylor Ard, DH: 2-6, 2 K Chris Hoo, C: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI< 3 K Brian Schales, 2B: 2-5 Dillon Peters, SP: 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Kyle Fischer, RP: 3 IP, K 6/2/2016 vs Charlotte L/10 2-5 Garrett Weber, 3B: 1-4, BB Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, 2 BB, R Junior Sosa, CF: 1-3 Luis Castillo, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB Chipper Smith, RP: 2 IP, 2 H Tim Berry, RP: 3 IP, 2 K 6/3/2015 @ Clearwater L 2-3 Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-4, HR (5), RBI, R, K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-4, RBI, K Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-4 Michael Mader, SP: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, 2 BB, K 6/4/2016 @ Clearwater L 3-4 Dexter Kjerstad, RF: 3-4, HR (6), 2B, RBI, 2 R Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 1-3, RBI, R, BB, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-4, RBI Jorgan Cavanerio, SPO: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R (2 ER), BB, 5 K Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, 3 K 6/5/2016 @ Clearwater W 4-0 Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 3-5, 2 HR (7, 8), 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-5, 2B, K Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, 2B, R Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-4, RBI Tim Berry, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K Scott Lyman, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, BB 6/6/2016 @ Clearwater Cancelled 6/8/2016 vs Lakeland PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 6/9 6/9/2016 vs Lakeland Game 1 L/7 0-1 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, 2B, SB (5) John Norwood, RF: 1-2, BB, SB (8) Junior Sosa, CF: 1-2, BB, K Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, 3 K Game 2 W/7 13-2 Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-2, HR (6), 3 RBI, R, BB Garrett Weber, DH: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, 2 R, K Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB Dillon Peters, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, BB, 6 K 6/10/2016 vs Lakeland L 1-5 Chris Hoo, C: 2-3 Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-4, 2B, R, 2 K Brad Haylan, 1B: 1-3, K Michael Mader, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, R (0 ER), BB, 5 K Scott Squier, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 6/11/2016 vs Lakeland W 11-1 John Norwood, RF: 1-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 R, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Sharif Othman, C: 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 K Justin Bohn, SS: 2-3, 2 R, BB Ronnie Mitchell, DH: 1-3, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, SB (1) Dexter Kjerstad, LF-CF: 1-5, 3B, RBI, R, K Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 7 IP, 6 H, ER, BB, 6 K 6/12/2016 vs Daytona L 1-2 Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 3-4, SB (2) Avery Romero, 3B: 1-3, BB Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, RBI Jeff Brigham, SP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, ER, 4 BB, 6 K Ben Holmes, RP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 K 6/13/2016 vs Daytona L 0-4 Team: 0-26, 6 K James Buckelew, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 5 K Scott Squier, RP: 3 IP, 2 K 6/14/2016 vs Daytona L 4-7 Taylor Ard, DH: 1-2, HR (7), 3 RBI, R, BB, K Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-4 Avery Romero, 3B: 1-4, RBI Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, BB Dillon Peters, SP: 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R (4 ER), BB, 3 K Juancito Martinez, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB Tim Berry, RP: 2 IP, K 6/15/2016 vs Daytona L/11 2-3 Avery Romero, 3B: 1-4, HR (1), RBI, R, K John Norwood, RF: 2-4, 2B, K Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-4, 2B, R, BB Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 K Michael Mader, RP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, K 6/16/2016 @ St. Lucie Cancelled 6/20/2016 @ Bradenton L 0-1 Jeremias Pineda, CF: 2-4, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-4, 2B, K Brad Haynal, DH: 1-3, K, SB (1) Kendry Flores, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 K Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 3 K 6/21/2016 @ Bradenton L 2-6 Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4, 2B Justin Bohn, SS: 1-4, HR (3), RBI, R, K Junior Sosa, CF: 3-5 John Norwood, DH: 1-4, HR (4), RBI, R, 2 K Chris Hoo, C: 2-3, BB Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R (2 ER), BB, 3 K 6/22/2016 @ Bradenton W 5-3 John Norwood, RF: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K Rehiner Cordova, 3B: 2-4, R Junior Sosa, LF: 2-5, R Michael Mader, SP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Bullpen: 3.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 6/23/2016 vs Ft. Myers W 6-3 Taylor Ard, 1B: 3-4, HR (8), 3 RBI, 2 R Brian Schales, 3B: 3-4, 2B, RBI, K John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 3B, 2 R Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, R, BB, K Nefi Ogando, SP (rehab): IP, 3 H, 2 ER, K Luis Castillo, RP: 5 IP, 2 H, 4 K 6/24/2016 vs Ft. Myers L 1-5 Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-4, R, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-2 Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-3, RBI Dillon Peters, SP: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5 K Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 6/25/2016 vs Ft. Myers L 1-4 Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-4, HR (9), RBI, R Justin Bohn, SS: 1-2, BB Chris Hoo, C: 1-4, 2B, K Jeff Brigham, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K Ben Holmes, RP: 2 IP, 2 H 6/26/2016 vs St. Lucie W 12-4 John Norwood, RF: 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, K Jeremias Pineda, LF: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K Junior Sosa, CF: 3-5, 2 R Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-5, RBI, 2 R Brian Schales, 2B: 1-2, RBI, R, BB Jorgan Cavanerio,SP: 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K Juancito Martinez, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 6/27/2016 vs St. Lucie L 0-17 Arturo Rodriguez, C: 2-4 Junior Sosa, LF: 1-3, BB Michael Mader, SP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K 6/28/2016 @ Bradenton W 11-5 Jeremias Pineda, DH: 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R, 3 BB, K, 2 SB (1, 2) John Norwood, RF: 3-5, 2 RBI, R, SB (9) Avery Romero, 3B: 2-5, BI, R Justin Bohn, SS: 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, SB (3) Brian Schales, 2B: 1-5, 2 RBI, R, K 6/29/2016 @ Bradenton W 6-2 John Norwood, RF: 3-4, HR (6), 2B, 4 RBI, R, K Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-4, 2B, BB, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-4, 2 R, BB Dillon Peters, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K 6/30/2016 @ Bradenton W 3-2 Avery Romero, 3B: 3-4, R Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI Junior Sosa, LF: 1-3, R, BB, K Jeff Brigham, SP: 7 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 BB, 7 K 6/1/2016 @ Lexington L 5-8 Stone Garrett, LF: 2-3, R, BB, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, 2B, 2 R, BB, K Maxx Tissenbaum, C: 1-4, 2 RBI Steven Farnworth, SP: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, BB, 5 K 6/2/2016 vs Delmarva PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 6/3 6/3/2016 vs Delmarva Game 1 W/7 5-3 Roy Morales, C: 2-3, HR (1), 3 RBI, R Zach Sullivan, CF: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-3, K Jordan Holloway, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, 6 K Game 2 W/7 2-1 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-3, RBI, R, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-3, R, SB (17) Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, K Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, ER, 6 K 6/4/2016 vs Delmarva W 4-3 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-4, 2 RBI, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-4 Josh Naylor, 1b: 2-3, RBI, BB, 2 SB (7, 8) Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 5 K 6/6/2016 @ Hickory W 5-2 Roy Morales, C: 3-4, 2 RBI, R, SB (2) Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-4, K (5) Chris Paddack, SP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 2.1 IP, BB, 3 K 6/7/2016 @ Hickory L 1-5 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-2, BB, SB (19) Angel Reyes, DH: 1-4, 2B, R Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-3, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 K 6/8/2016 @ Hickory W/14 6-5 Angel Reyes, 1B: 5-7, 2B, RBI, 2 R, K Roy Morales, DH: 4-6, RBI, 2 R Korey Dunbar, C: 2-6, 2 RBI, BB, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 2-6, 2 R, 2 K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-7, 3 K, 2 SB (20, 21) Gabriel Castellanos, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 2 K Kyle Keller, RP: 3 IP, H, 3 K Aaron Blanton, RP: 1.1 IP Giovanny Alfonzo, RP: IP, SV (1), K 6/9/2016 vs Rome L 2-4 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 4-5, R, K Arturo Rodriguez, 1B: 2-5 Angel Reyes, DH: 1-4, RBI Jordan Holloway, SP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Ben Meyer, RP: 2 IP, K 6/10/2016 vs Rome L 2-6 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-2, HR (2), RBI, R, BB, SB (4) Zach Sullivan, RF-CF: 3-4 Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-3 Cody Poteet, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 4 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 7 K Andy Beltre, RP: 2 IP, H, K 6/11/2016 vs Rome W 10-7 Anfernee Seymour, DH: 2-4, HR (1), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Arturo Rodriguez, C: 3-4, HR (1), 2B, 4 RBI, R Aaron Blanton, 3B: 2-4 Kris Goodman, LF: 2-4, 2 R, 2 K Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R (5 ER), BB, 8 K 6/12/2016 vs Rome W 7-0 Kyle Barrett, RF: 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R Justin Twine, DH: 2-3, 3 RBI, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, 2B, BB Joseph Chavez, 2B: 1-3, 2B, 2 R Angel Reyes, 1B: 2-5, RBI, R, K Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, BB, 11 K Justin Jacome, RP: 2 IP, 3 K 6/13/2016 vs Ashville W 4-3 Angel Reyes, 1B: 2-3, HR (2), 2B, 2 RBI, R Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R, 2 K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-4, R, K, 2 SB (23, 24) Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 3 K Jose Quijada, RP: 3 IP, H, 5 K 6/14/2016 vs Ashville W/14 6-5 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 4-7, 2 2B, RBI, 2 K Angel Reyes, 1B: 4-6, 2 R, K Justin Twine, 2B: 4-6, HR (1), 2 RBI, R Casey Soltis, LF: 2-5, R, BB, 2 K Aaron Blnaton, 3B: 1-6, HR (3), RBI, R, 2 K LJ Brewster, SP: 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 3 IP, H, 5 K Andy Beltre, RP: 3 IP, H, 3 K 6/15/2016 vs Ashville L 2-5 Angel Reyes, 1B: 2-3, 3B, R, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K Jordan Holloway, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Kyle Keller, RP: 2 IP, 3 K 6/16/2016 @ Rome W 9-1 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R Roy Morales, C: 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB Kyle Barrett, CF: 2-5, 3 RBI, R, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-5, 2 RBI, R, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 4 K Victor Delgado, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 6/17/2016 @ Rome W 4-2 AngeL Reyes, DH: 2-4, 2 2B, R, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 2-3, 2 RBI, BB Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-4, R, K, SB (25) Kyle Barrett, LF: 2-3, 2 R, K Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 K Jose Quijada, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 6/18/2016 @ Rome L 2-3 Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-4, RBI, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-2, 2 R, BB, SB (26) Chris Paddack, SP: 5 IP, 8 K 6/19/2016 @ Rome W 8-2 Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R Josh Naylor, 1B: 3-5, RBI, R, 2 K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 3-5, RBI, 3 R, SB (27) Giovanny Alfonzo, 2B: 1-3, R, BB Steven Farnworth, P: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 K Bullpen: 4 IP, 3 H, 5 K 6/23/2016 vs Hickory W/11 8-5 Arturo Rodriguez, C: 1-1, HR (2), 3 RBI, R Josh Naylor, 1B: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 K Roy Morales, C: 3-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB Justin Twine, 2B: 1-5, 2 R, BB, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, 2 BB Cody Poteet, SP: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 6 K Bullpen: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K 6/24/2016 vs Hickory W 3-2 Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, HR (8), 3 RBI, R, K Angel Reyes, DH: 2-4, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, 2B, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 3B: 1-3, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, R, BB Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 7 K C.J. Robinson, RP: 1.1 IP, SV (12), H, 2 K 6/25/2016 vs Hickory L/10 1-2 John Silviano, DH: 1-5, HR (1), RBI, R, 2 K Roy Morales, C: 2-4 Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, BB, 2 K Giovanny Alfonzo, 3B: 1-3, BB Chris Paddack, SP: 5 IP, 9 K 6/26/2016 vs Hickory W 6-1 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-4, HR (3), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4, HR (2), 3 RBI, R, 2 K Isael Soto, RF: 3-4, RBI, R, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, 2B, R, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 6 IP, H, ER, 2 K Bullpen: 3 IP, 2 H, 5 K 6/27/2016 @ Delmarva W 6-3 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-5, 2B, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-5, 3B, 2 RBI Casey Soltis, LF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K Justin Jacome, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 K 6/29/2016 @ Delmarva PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 6/29 6/29/2016 @ Delmarva Game 1 L/7 1-8 Angel Reyes, DH/Kyle Barrett, LF/Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, K Roy Morales, C: 1-2, RBI, BB Cody Poteet, SP: 3.2 IP, 9 H, 8 R (7 ER), 5 BB, 6 K Jordan Hillyer, RP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 3 K Game 2 L/7 0-6 Team: 1-22, BB, 8 K Ben Meyer, SP: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, K 6/30/2016 @ Lakewood W 7-2 Kyle Barrett, LF: 4-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, SB (8) Aaron Blanton, 3B: 3-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, K, SB (6) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, 2 SB (29, 30) Giovanny Alfonzo, 2B: 2-5, 2 K, SB (2) Chuck Weaver, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 6 K 6/17/2016 @ Auburn L 0-3 Taylor Munden, DH: 1-3, K Kris Goodman, LF: 1-4, 2 K Rilley Hovis, SP: 5 IP, H, 2 K 6/18/2016 @ Auburn L 1-5 Kris Goodman, LF: 2-4, K, SB (1) Jhonny Santos, CF: 2-4, 2 K Matthew Foley, DH: 2-3, RBI, BB, K Ryan McKay, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K 6/19/2016 @ West Virginia L 2-12 Alex Fernandez, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Jhonny Santos, CF: 1-3, R, BB Jose Diaz, SP: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 2 BB 6/20/2016 @ West Virginia L 1-4 SamueL Castro, DH: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Garvis Lara, SS/Rony Cabrera, 2B: 1-3 Travia Neubeck, SP: 5 IP, 3 H 6/21/2016 @ West Virginia L 2-7 Kris Goodman, LF: 2-5, 2 K Rony Cabrera, 2B: 2-3, RBI, R, BB, SB (1) Humberto Mejia, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K Justin Langley, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K 6/22/2016 vs State College L 1-11 Kris Goodman, LF: 1-3, K, SB (1) Rony Cabrera, 2B: 1-3 Isaiah White, CF: 1-4, R, K Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-4, RBI, K Reilly Hovis, SP: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K 6/23/2016 vs State College L 4-8 Isaiah White, CF: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-5, 2B, RBI, K Rony Cabrera, 2B: 2-5, R Pablo Garcia, C: 2-4, RBI Kris Goodman, LF: 1-2, R, 2 BB Ryan McKay, SP: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 6 R (3 ER), 4 BB, K Jordan Hillyer, RP: 2 IP, H, 3 K 6/24/2016 vs State College L 3-10 Corey Bird, CF: 2-5, 2 R Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-4, RBI Aaron Knapp, DH: 2-4 J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-3, K Jordan Holloway, SP: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 2 K 6/25/2016 @ Mahoning Valley L 4-10 Isaiah White, LF: 1-5, GS HR (1), 4 RBI, R, K Rony Cabrera, 2B: 1-4, 2B Javier Lopez , 1B: 1-3, BB, K Corey Bird, CF: 2-4, BB Samuel Castro, SS: 1-4, R, BB Jose Diaz, SP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Trenton Hill, RP: 1.1 IP, 3 K 6/26/2016 @ Mahoning Valley W 6-1 Pablo Garcia, C: 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI, K Mike Garzillo, DH: 1-3, 2B, R, BB, 2 K J.J. Gould, 3B: 1-5, RBI, R, 3 K Jhonny Santos, LF: 1-4, R, BB Travis Neubeck, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, K Bullpen: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K 6/27/2016 @ Mahoning Valley W 11-5 Corey Bird, DH: 3-6, 2B, 3 RBI Jhonny Santos, RF: 2-6, 2B, 2 R Isaiah White, LF: 2-4, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, K Pablo Garcia, C: 2-4, 2 RBI Rony Cabrera, 3B: 2-5, RBI, R Mike Garzillo, 2B: 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB Reilly Hovis, SP: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 K Shane Sawczak, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 6/28/2016 vs West Virginia W 3-1 Rony Cabrera, 2B: 3-4 Aaron Knapp, DH: 1-4, 2B, R, K Javier Lopez, 1B: 1-3, 2 RBI Ryan McKay, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K Trenton Hill, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 6/29/2016 vs West Virginia L 4-9 Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-1, HR (1), RBI, R, BB J.J. Gould, DH: 2-3, 2 2B, R, BB Aaron Knapp, RF-CF: 3-4, RBI Pablo Garcia, C: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI Samuel Castro, SS: 2-5 Sam Perez, SP: 3 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K Chevis Hoover, RP: 3 IP, H, 2 K 6/30/2016 vs West Virgina W 4-3 Javier Lopez, 1B: 1-3, 3B, R, BB, K, SB (1) Kris Goodmanm DH: 1-3, RBI, BB Aaron Knapp, CF: 1-4, 2B, 2 K Jhonny Santos, RF: 1-4, 2 K Isaiah White, LF: 1-3, BB Jordan Holloway, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Shane Sawczak, RP: 2 IP, K

From waiting on a late blind date to waiting for the car in front of you to hit the gas at a green light to waiting for the loud chewer next to you to run out of popcorn in the movies, there are some things every American hates being patient for. Since his ridiculous month of May in which he hit .344 while the likes of Jeff Mathis was building to his current pace of just .222/.261/.483 line and Chris Johnson was barely managing to hit .237 and while the likes of Don Kelly, a .223/.288/.273 AAA hitter this year and Yefri Perez who has played zero games above AA were rewarded with roster spots, every Marlins fan with a knowledge of the minors felt the same way when it came to waiting for Tomas Telis to be called up. Their patience, including my own, were finally rewarded on Friday when Telis joined the Marlins for the second time, taking the roster spot of Justin Nicolino who was sent back to New Orleans. I recapped Telis' career leading up to this season earlier this month as part of my May Prospect of the Month write-up. For those details, give this a click. To sum his career to this point up, which is a bit longer than most guys who just turned 25 thanks to him starting his career at 17 after being signed out of Venezuela, he is the latest product of the Texas Rangers' rich tradition of scouting and signing quality catching help. The organization which once drafted future Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez, held the likes of the game's top three catching prospects Max Ramirez, Taylor Teagarden and Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the same 40-man, and which currently owns Brett Nicholas, the best hitting catcher in AAA (.303/.380/.514) brought Telis to the American major league scene in 2008. After a .317/.328/.434 start to his career in the Dominican affiliated league, short season single A and the Arizona Fall League, Telis came to full season ball in 2011. For the next three years, he jumped a level with each passing year, reaching AAA as a 23-year-old before receiving his first major league call up at the end of 2014. His Marlins career began during that offseason when the Marlins gave up quality pitching help in reliever Sam Dyson to acquire him. This season, Telis has proven well worth that kind of investment as he has enjoyed his best season at the highest level of the minors. Aided by the second best full month of his career above rookie ball, a .344/.394/.508 June, piggybacking a .325/.438/.375 April and thus an overall .337/.420/.455 start to his season and a 14 RBI month of June, his third best run providing month in full season ball, Telis has become arguably the best all-around hitting catcher in the Pacific Coast League by way of a .311/.363/.413 overall slash line, 27 RBI, a 16/25 BB/K, and 13 XBH. The switch hitter has enjoyed sustained success against both lefties and righties slugging over .400 against both and batting well over .300 vs lefties very close to it vs righties, whom he has faced more frequently. He comes to the Marlins in the midst of an 18-56 run (.321/.360/.393) since June 19th. A stout 5'8" 220, Telis gets low in the box and minimizes a strike zone that he has good working knowledge of. While he isn't a guy that is going to reach via walks a lot, he also will not strike out much thanks to a quick bat produced by good mechanics including soft hands that get horizontal quickly, elbows which he keeps pointed down toward the ball and a head which stays in a stationary downward position all the way through the ball. Due to limited size and strength, Telis isn't a guy who is going to hit a lot of balls over the wall. But his knack for finding the barrel of the bat and surprisingly above average speed especially for a backstop makes him an XBH threat and a great for-average hitter that limits Ks and makes for a great bottom of the order candidate plenty capable of turning the lineup back over. On top of average defense behind the plate (32% CS% this year and 42% for his career), Telis, at his present, provides a solid platoon bat for J.T. Realmuto who is hitting just .167 vs LHP and a solid fill in fot Justin Bour who is on the DL, against righties, especially considering Chris Johnson is OPSing just .644 against them over the course of his past three seasons. Have the Marlins finally realized the value Telis provides to the current situation of this team, which is trying to stay in the wildcard hunt? Only time will tell. If not, I'll be back with an update in the coming days. UPDATE: As feared, Telis has been sent back to the minors in favor of Yefri Perez, who has never played a game above AA and who struck out 125 times last year as a member of the Jupiter Hammerheads. Although Perez was off to a much improved start to the year this year with the Jacksonville Suns and is the fastest man this organization has ever seen, the fact the Marlins sacrificed a quality switch hitting bat for him can only suggest to me that the Marlins do not think very highly of Telis, especially considering the likes of Kelly and Johnson remain with the team. It would not surprise me at all to see Telis traded as part of a package to bring back a back end starting pitcher before the trade deadline, nor would it surprise me to see Telis go on to bigger and better things as a type B prospect.

2015 Team Stats 31-44 .252/.320/.347 25 HR/176 XBH 649.2 IP, 4.00 ERA, 1.459 WHIP With the arrival of summer come the arrival of the dog days of the year. Not just in regards to the hottest outside temperatures of the year but also in relation to the beginning of the New York Penn League short season and with it the start of the next Batavia Muckdogs' short season campaign. This year's Muckdogs will welcome back some familiar names from the organization from the past year such as Isaiah White, Samuel Castro and Ryan McKay while also housing draftees participating in their first pro season such as Reilly Hovis, Corey Bird, J.J. Gould and Aaron Knapp to make up a Dogs' team chock full of young talented men waiting to prove themselves worthy of the title prospect. Leading this next crop of potential Marlins in to battle will be manager Angel Espada who returns for his fifth straight year as a Marlins' short season coach and fourth straight season as the Muckdogs' skipper. Espada is a former player who was drafted in 1994 by the Atlanta Braves. He was a blip on the radar on a couple of occasions including during a .301/.368/.345 campaign as a 19-year-old in the Appalachian League in which he ranked as the league's 20th best hitter but overall was just a .277/.328/.317 career hitter in five minor league seasons, all below high A before he confined himself to the independent leagues in 1998. He enjoyed a great career as an unaffiliated player, slashing .311/.356/.375 over nine seasons, most of which came as a member of the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League including a career best .356/.405/.440 campaign in 1999 which made him the league's batting champion. He also stole 40 bases, second most in the league. Espada repeated as batting champ in 2000, slashing .337/388/.403, barely beating out the next closest competition by less than a single hit. After two subpar years in 2001 and 2002, a 27-year-old Espada was his league's tenth best for average hitter in 2003 by way of a .323/.370/.393 line. He appeared on the Atlantic League leader board for the last time in 2005 with a 17th best .309/.345/.386 effort before retiring in 2007. Known as a patient top of the order hitter with plus speed and a snappy bat as well as solid defensive skills which attributed to a 4.65 career range factor with eligibility at shortstop, second base and all three outfield spots, Espada was a tactically sound player whose wealth of knowledge has benefited Marlins minor leaguers since 2009. He comes in to 2016 with a career 139-162 managerial record. Filling out Espada's staff will be his former teammate in the independent leagues in the late 90s following a .263/.326/.408 minor league career and an eight year major league career Luis Quinones (hitting coach), former Muckdog turned bench coach Thomas "T.J." Gamba, and former Red Sox pitching prospect beginning his second year coaching hurlers and first at the affiliated level, Chad Rhoades. Last season he coached the independent Florence Freedom to a 3.69 ERA, third best in the Frontier League. Lineup OF Corey Bird SS Samuel Castro OF Jhonny Santos 2B J.J. Gould OF Isaiah White DH Aaron Knapp C Pablo Garcia 2B Rony Cabrera 1B Joseph Chavez [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVtREBrwu_s]Corey Bird is a 20-year-old 6'0" 180 pound outfielder out of Marshall University and the Marlins' seventh round draft pick from the draft earlier this month. A two sport athlete in high school where he hit a ridiculous .457 over a four year campaign was selected to two All-Tournament teams, was his county's Player of the Year once and West Virginia's representative as Gatorade's Player of the Year once, Bird began his college career with the Thundering Herd in 2014. Despite missing seven games at the beginning of the year due to a toe injury that season, Bird came back to lead his team in BA (.292), hits, walks and steals (which he was second in his entire conference in) and place second in OBP (.370) and SLG (.321). At one point that year, he had a 16 game on base streak. These exports garnered him Conference USA All-Freshman honors and second team honors on the All C-USA squad. Bird showed off his stamina in his final two college seasons, starting in 107 of 110 of the Herd's contests. After again leading the team in multiple categories in 2015 including BA (.307), runs (34), and total bases (77) as well as stealing 10 more bags and placing second on the team in OBP (.377), Bird ended his college career this year by appearing in all 55 of Marshall's games hitting an even .300 and, by way of a career best 26/24 BB/K, a .375 OBP. In the stolen base category, Bird made good on his surname, flying around the bases and totaling 34 steals, most in Conference USA. His 44 runs scored were 10th most in C-USA. He was once again named to the C-USA All Tournament team and earned All-Conference USA second team honors. He comes to the pros and to the Marlins as a career .301/.374/.342 hitter with a 58/15 SB/CS or a 79% success rate swiping bags. He also boasts a more than respectable 68/76 BB/K. As his playing time in college indicates, Bird is an extremely athletic young man, so much so he earned best athlete amongst all C-USA players this season from Baseball America. At the plate, his stance matches that reputation as he cuts down on the strike zone by standing from a straight away but very low stance. He waits out pitchers well, often committing to pitches late but his slappy bat and speed allow him to get away with having very little power to speak of. In Bird, the Marlins knew they weren't getting a guy who is going to slug much of anything but rather a guy who is going to play the catalyst and get on base and in to scoring position ahead of their heavier bats. In addition to his athleticism, Bird boasts plus defense at all three outfield spots, making him very easy to get in to lineups and in to games as a sub. His current makeup has him fitting that of a prototypical fourth outfielder and defensive replacement, but with work, he has plenty of potential to become an every day starter. Infielder Samuel Castro came to the Marlins organization in 2014 as an international signing out of the Dominican. He enters his first pro season at the ripe age of 18. At just 5'10", 160, Castro has a very immature body but he has great instincts at on the infield where he is a natural shortstop but with good reads off the bat and a plus arm, can slot in at any position numbers 3 to 5. As you may have guessed he has very little to no power but, from both sides of the plate, he already has a good feel for the strikezone, good bat control and speed, a solid natural approach and all the willingness in the world to learn. He will be a fun prospect to watch grow. J.J. Gould was the Marlins' 24th rounder in this year's draft. Originally a Florida State Seminole, Gould appeared in just 15 games in Tallahassee before making the move to the much lesser known Eastern Florida State College in Cocoa, Florida before ending his three year collegiate career at Jacksonville University. Between Eastern Florida State and Jacksonville though, Gould flashed the assets that made him attractive to the Seminoles out of high school, a skill-set that would have seen him taken much earlier in the draft had he stuck there. In 2014 as an Eastern Florida Titan, Gould, facing the sixth most plate appearances in his league, placed on league leader boards in OBP (.445) and OPS (.951). His 84 total bases ranked 10th in the league and his six triples placed him in a second place tie. He also flashed a great situational approach with the third most sacrifice hits and fifth most sacrifice flies. Overall, he slashed .325/.445/.506 with a more than respectable 33/46 BB/K. To round out his game, all Gould accomplished was becoming his conference's defensive player of the year. Last year, Gould returned to Div. I ball and appeared in 55 of 56 Jacksonville University games. While his total numbers looked much different than those during his days at the lesser levels in Div. II, Gould still placed sixth on his team in OBP (.362) and his glove stayed gold as he continued to show terrific range and contributed to 13 double plays. He was also somewhat of a road warrior for the Jacksonville U Dolphins as he hit .296 away from their home field. He comes to the professional ranks as a career .294/.401/.431 bat. Leaning over the plate from a low athletic stance, Gould uses a light front foot timing trigger, active hips and a turned in back knee to get around on a lofty line drive swing. He possesses great bat speed and soft hands, making him both an on-base and power threat, a rarity found at second base. Gould is still a bit raw when it comes to knowledge of the strike zone, something he will look to improve on in his early days in the minors. If his coaches are able to get him to cut down on K totals, Gould could become a Chase Utley-esque threat with the defense to match. [mlbvideo id="132091783" width="400" height="224" /] Isaiah White is a speedy outfielder who spent his first pro season in the Gulf Coast League after being drafted out of high school in the third round of last year's draft. Despite being described as extremely raw upon being drafted, White flirted with a .300 BA, ending the season at .294. He flashed his speed by stealing 13 bags which tied him for a team high and placed him and teammate Garvis Lara in a tie for ninth most in their league. Much like his new teammate, Bird, White's best assets are his jets and his glove. He goes gap to gap with ease in center field, reads pitchers well and gets good jumps upon committing to a stolen base opportunity. The difference between Bird and White, although you wouldn't know it by looking at his 6'0" 170 pound frame, is that White has some hidden power. With a swing that has some slight uppercut loft, White gets his weight moving backward well and points his front foot timing trigger towards the ball. His extremely quick swing and ability to maintain looseness set him apart from most guys his size in that he can put quite the charge into the ball when he squares up. Although he isn't currently nor will probably ever be a guy who hits a ton of balls over the fence, he flashes the potential to reach outfield gaps. Should his hits reach the wall, his speed will turn them in to easy doubles if not more. Coming from a tiny K-12 North Carolina school which had never produced major league talent before his draft year, White will definitely need some nurturing but after his success with the GCL Marlins, things are definitely looking in favor of White who just turned 19 in January. We will be following this project closely. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe5QTYpXI_o] Aaron Knapp is the Marlins' eighth round pick from this year's draft out of the University of California. After enjoying a decorated high school career in the Southern California area which included a .434/.536/.645 junior campaign in which he was selected to multiple honors including All-State, All Section, All City and All League as well as Rawlings All-American and Perfect Game USA honorable mentions, Knapp became the third member of his family after his brother Andrew who is currently pitching in the Phillies organization and his father Mike to attend the University of California. On top of owning an epic mustache during his days as a Golden Bear, he possessed a .272/.333/.347 career line over three seasons. After a .235/.302/.304 inaugural campaign as a freshman, Knapp made great strides in his sophomore year appearing in all 57 of Cal's games and becoming a .310/.376/.375 hitter. He placed second on his team in BA, third on the squad in walks (25), and second in triples (4). The speedster who also was a standout as a football safety in high school stole a team-high 12 bases and scored a team-high 45 runs, marks that placed 11th and 9th in the entire Pac 12. Knapp's four triples placed 7th in his league and his 232 ABs placed 7th. With reports out on him this year as he appeared in 53 of the Bears' games this season, Knapp fell back to earth a bit overall, hitting .251/.302/.340 but still managed to add to already fantastic clutch stats including a 30-91 mark with runners in scoring position by driving home a career high 26 runs. He again lead his squad with 10 steals, which ranked 10th in the league and triples (7) which ranked 2nd in the league. The blazing speed he showed during his entire amateur career led scouts to ranking at a 60 out of 80 skill and it is what he should continue to base his approach off of. More loft to his swing last year is what led to his sub-par numbers slash line wise. In his first year as a pro, Knapp should return to his roots as a slap and slash bat whose good first step out of the box and steamy jets force infielders to make mistakes and lead to high OBP numbers, prototypical of a leadoff hitter. A split stance hitter whose front hip points towards first base, he does need to work on staying true through the ball rather than trying to run before he finds the barrel as he was doing very well last year. Knapp hurt himself and his draft stock trying to become something he isn't ever going to be; a fly ball power threat. He undoubtedly realizes that and will attempt to turn back time as a Muckdog. Should he do so, thanks again to his speed, his fantastic range and playmaking ability as a center fielder despite average arm skills make him close to an all-around athlete and a future staple at the top of any lineup. Pitching Rotation 1. Reilly Hovis 2. Ryan McKay 3. Jose Diaz 4. Travis Neubeck 5. Jordan Holloway [mlbvideo id="141471683" width="400" height="224" /] Reilly Hovis is the Marlins' 9th round pick from last season out of powerhouse North Carolina. He pitched primarily out of the pen in his freshman year holding down a 2.36 ERA and a .164 BAA in 34.1 IP. Despite the success, Hovis returned to the pen in 2014. That season, Hovis was one of the ACC's very best, ranking fourth in the league with a ridiculous 11.39 K/9. Despite pitching almost exclusively as a reliever (1 start), Hovis had a team high 9 wins. He was again next to impossible to hit, holding down a .194 BAA, allowing just 8 XBHs including 2 HR. Despite pitching in at least 20 less innings than three of his teammates, Hovis bordered on totalling a team high in Ks (81 where the team high was 83). His ERA of 2.25 bested the rest of the Heels' rotation by at least .4 and was second best on the entire team. The only one of his teammates to best him pitched in nearly half as many innings. At that point, Hovis was slated to go no later than round three in the upcoming MLB Draft. However, before season's end, he underwent Tommy John surgery for a right forearm strain which caused many teams to look past him. The Marlins believe they got a steal by drafting him 266th overall -- and so do I. With a high leg kick and a snap through quick delivery after dropping his arm down below his knee, the hard to pick up and quick to the plate delivery is finished off by spectacular stuff. Usually starting hitters off with a heater that sits in the 93-95 MPH range from a downward plane, his best secondary offering is a slider that has 10-4 movement and sits in the 84 MPH slot. He can throw the slide piece to both sides of the plate and paint both sides of the black, inside outing hitters with ease, making it very much a plus out pitch. Hovis also has a split changeup that rests at the 86 MPH slot. It is the least developed of the pitches in his arsenal but because of his technically sound repeatable approach from his athletic build and rarely wavering arm speed, it is still an above average offering, flashing good run from the inside out and late fade. Rounding out his repertoire, Hovis also holds a cut fastball that was a go-to pitch for him in college. It sits around the 89 MPH range and has drop-off-the-table type movement thanks to minimal backspin. The pitch made plenty an ACC hitter look foolish during Hovis' days in Tarheel blue as he got them to commit to swinging at what they thought was a straight fastball before the ball wound up 15 inches lower in the back of the catcher's glove. Should he show no ill affects from his surgery which was reported to be an undaunted success, Hovis, with great control and fantastic command and confidence on the mound along with good feel for all of his pitches and the ability to throw all of them in any count which leads to a well rounded deceptive arsenal especially for a heady kid who reasons and manages his outings as well as he throws them, has the ability to become a back-end rotation starter. At the very least, he is a future forefront of the bullpen. Don't be surprised if you see this guy's name surfacing in the majors within the next three years. Ryan McKay is the Marlins' 11th round pick from last season out of Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Florida. After striking out 93 and holding down a 0.63 ERA as a senior, he spent his first pro season in the Gulf Coast league, where he posted a record of 1-3 in 10 games, seven starts and 34.2 IP. His control was worrisome as a first year pro as he walked 21, struck out 17, let up hits at a .300 clip and experienced both a heightened WHIP (1.82) and ERA (4.15). McKay has the stuff to succeed including a fastball which has grown in velo from 86 MPH in his junior year to where it currently sits at 94 with the probability to tick up even more as he grows. His best secondary offering, his curveball falls in at 74 MPH, giving him an impressive 20 MPH velo differential. The curve has been flashing plus since scouts started noticing him in his junior season. With tight spin and late bite, McKay has the ability to paint corners with the pitch, usually throwing it to the outer half utilizing it's late movement to back door his opponents. His mix in pitch is an 82 MPH changeup. He has made strides with the pitch in a short amount of time since first developing it in his sophomore season. Although he still needs to work on getting his arm angle consistent and doesn't have much command over the pitch, it flashes good downward run. McKay also owns a slider but he rarely goes to it. Right now, it's nothing more than very much an experiment. While his other three pitches, namely the heat and curve, show plenty of promise, the challenge for McKay has been and will be growing in to his big 6'4", 195 pound frame. He is slow and methodical to the plate and throws from a high 3/4 delivery on a downward plane after a full arm circle, there are times when McKay can look dominant, there were more frequent times during his first pro year where he looked very uncomfortable on the mound, unable to get his long limbs under control, struggling with his release point and his balance on his follow through. If McKay is going to succeed over the long term as a starter, he needs to make some mechanical adjustments to iron out these flaws. If he is able to do so, he has the stuff to succeed as a back of the rotation arm or long reliever. Projected Team Stats 27-48 .256/.317/.334 21 HR/144 XBH 652 IP, 4.31 ERA, 1.462 WHIP

Switch hitters. With the percentage of them slowly dwindling year by year to the current rate of just 14% (65/460 hitters with at least 300 total ABs) it was at between 2013 and last year, it is increasingly becoming a lost art and thus an even more sought after commodity. Accordingly, the methodical weaning away of switch hitters has made an already rare commodity even rarer: the switch hitting catcher. Never a popular player due to the susceptibility to injury at the position and the lack of offensive prowess of battery men, teams have only been able to reap the benefits of a switch hitting backstop 94 times since 1901. Of those 94, due to the aforementioned injury bug, lack of offensive capability or other unforeseen circumstances, only 48 have been every day players who have topped at least 500 plate appearances while playing at least half of their games behind the plate. Of those 48, only nine have come about in the last five years. Thus, when a guy like Jorge Posada, Victor Martinez, Yasmani Grandal, or Matt Weiters surfaces, he is looked upon as a fantastic athlete with great vision which aids him on both sides of the ball and thus an extremely powerful assert to the team. By having the fourth best month of his career this May, a .344/.394/.508 campaign, Tomas Telis took a step towards that future. Currently just 24 years old, Telis has already amassed quite the extensive career in the minors and gotten his first taste of big league ball. By the looks of him this season, he liked the taste of that morsel and wants to get another one ASAP. A native of El Tigre, Venezuela, a 17-year-old Telis began his career in 2008 with a .299/.374/.380 campaign, outhitting the likes of league mates such as Marcell Ozuna, Jonathan Villar and Ender Inciarte. Telis followed that with a 2009 season in the Arizona League in which he hit .322/.333/.470, leading his team in each category amongst those who played at least 30 games. He was one of just three catchers in the league to top the .300 mark with his batting average, one of two to top the .370 mark with his slugging percentage and one of two to top the .800 mark in OPS. His 86 total bases by way of 18 XBHs including five triples ranked 12th in the league. Telis got 144 more ABs in 37 games in the Arizona League in 2010, most of which came at DH allowing him to hone his offensive craft a bit more exclusively. This resulted in a similar season but in slightly better totals in OBP (.351), RBI (35), and walks (6) albeit in nine less games. Telis made the jump to full season ball in 2011 with the Sally League's Hickory Crawdads. That year, Telis tallied career highs in almost every countable stat including homers (11), RBIs (69), doubles (28), ABs (461) and runs scored (67). At the break, his .305/.345/.439 line earned him his first All-Star Game nod. Telis adjusted to the rigors of a full season well, hitting .288/.311/.419 in the second half. His overall His .297 BA ranked seventh in the Sally League and his .430 SLG ranked 30th, earning him Texas' organizational MVP honors Telis fell off a bit in 2012 offensively, hitting .247/.283/.331, all career lows and struck out 56 times, a career high. He made some great strides defensively, though, throwing out 57% of potential base stealers, a career high and his meal ticket to AA in 2013. Making the hardest jump there is to make in the minors, Telis hit .264/.290/.353 with 46 Ks in 91 games. His defense also fell off a bit as he allowed 78 steals in 115 attempts, dooming him to repeat a level for the first time in his career in 2014. A 22-year-old Telis made up for having to begin a second season in Frisco though by making it all the way from AA to the MLB Rangers for his major league debut on August 25th of 2014. After hitting .303/.339/.401 and matching his career high in walks (17) while throwing out 41% of his runners over his first 267 ABs and 70 games in central Texas, he made the move south to AAA Round Rock. After just 36 games there in which he hit .345/.377/.489 with three homers and 17 RBI, the Rangers selected him to replace Geovany Soto whom they had traded. He played 18 games for the Rangers, hitting .250/.271/.279 to end a fantastic overall year which spelled a .318/.352/.431 minor league line with five homers, 50 RBI and a career best full season 1.78 K/BB. Following a .291/.327/.404, five homer, 25 RBI, 31/14 K/BB, 21 XBH offensive start over his first 70 games in Round Rock and catching 27 of 56 runners defensively as well as six more games with the Rangers to start 2015, Telis was traded to the Marlins along with pitcher Cody Ege for reliever Sam Dyson. He began his Marlins career by hitting .333/.389/.333 over his first 13 games a Zephyr and, as a September call-up, appeared in 17 games with the Marlins. His start to 2016 has been nothing short of spectacular as he is on pace to slash full season career highs in each category and on pace for full season career highs in RBIs and a career best in K/BB. With Jeff Mathis off to another terrible start to his season, this time .180/.226/.280 with 15 Ks and three walks and just a 25% caught stealing percentage, Telis' third major league callup shouldn't be too far away. A true switch hitter who has faced lefties and a righty 33% as much as he has faced righties as a lefty in his career and only faced pitchers from the same side twice in his career, Telis enjoys similar success from both sides (.269 as RHB vs LHP, .304 as LHB vs RHB), Telis is mechanically sound on both sides. Swinging from a very low split stace, the 5'8, 200 pound Telis minimizes the strike zone before using a front foot timing trigger to get his weight moving backward and step into the ball. He transfers his weight from back to front and maintains looseness in his hands well, allowing his extremely advantageous plate vision to serve him until the ball is over the plate. When he does swing, it is an athletic stroke in which he snaps his wide hips through the zone and keeps his elbows pointed downward. It has slight loft which gives him the ability to reach fences, but at his size and especially when you consider he has gone yard just 20 times since 2011, it is an offering that is better projected as that of a for-average hitter. But that is nothing to shrug at. Telis' versatile plate game follows him in to the field where he has eligibility at first base and in the outfield, making him a guy that is extremely easy to get in to games and, vica versa, a tough guy for opposing managers to match up against, especially late in games. Without great current defensive skills having thrown out just 28% of his runners in his minor league career and just 10% of runners in his small sample MLB career (2 of 21), that backup and quality bat off the bench capacity looks to be the one this current version of Telis looks to serve on an immediate basis but should the likes of Mathis and Chris Johnson, who has hit just .245/.300/.373 platooning with Justin Bour, continue to struggle, could step in to regular playing time for a Marlins team battling for the playoffs later this year. With progress and improvement to his defensive game, which is entirely possible for the still 24-year-old, Telis could easily become a very valuable every day backstop. It is that capacity which the Marlins, who gave up quality relief help for, will be hoping Telis can grow in to. They, as well as we, will be watching the rest of his maturation process very intently.

5/1/16 vs Memphis PPD (Rain) Rescheduled to 8/9 5/2/16 @ Oklahoma City W 3-2 Xavier Scruggs, 1B-LF: 1-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, R, BB, K Robert Andino, SS: 1-5, HR (1), RBI, 2 R, K Tomas Telis, C: 2-4, 3B, K Kenny Wilson, RF: 1-3, 2 BB, SB (10) Kendry Flores, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K Chris Narveson, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K 5/3/16 @ Oklahoma City W 2-0 Isaac Galloway, LF: 2-4, 2B, R Danny Black, PH: 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI Jarred Cosart, SP: 6 IP, 6 H, BB, 3 K Andre Rienzo, RP: 1.2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 1.1 IP, SV (1), K 5/4/16 @ Oklahoma City L 0-5 Team: 1-28, 2 BB, 8 K Paul Clemens, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 4 K Greg Nappo, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 3 BB, K 5/5/16 @ Oklahoma City L 2-9 Isaac Galloway, LF: 2-4, 2B, K Robert Andino, SS: 1-4, HR (2), RBI, R, 2 K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 1.2 IP, 8 H, 7 ER Nick Wittgren, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/6/16 @ Round Rock L 3-5 Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-3, R, BB Tomas Telis, C: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB, K Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-3, BB Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-4, R, SB (11) Chris Narveson, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, BB 5/7/16 @ Round Rock W 3-2 Isaac Galloway, RF: 2-3, 2B, R Austin Nola, 2B: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB Xavier Scruggs, LF: 1-2, R, 2 BB Kendry Flores, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Dustin McGowan, RP: 3 IP, SV (2), H, BB, 2 K 5/8/16 @ Round Rock W 4-3 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-3, R, 2 K Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-2 Jarred Cosart, SP: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, K Matt Tomshaw, RP: 3.2 IP, 5 K 5/9/16 @ Round Rock L 1-2 Destin Hood, CF: 2-4, HR (7), RBI, R Don Kelly, DH: 1-4, 2B Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-4, SB (11) Paul Clemens, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, BB, 10 K 5/10/16 vs Colorado Springs W 1-0 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB Robert Andino, SS: 1-4, 3B, R, 3 K Tomas Telis, C: 1-3, K Austin Nola, 3B: 1-3, 2B, K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, BB, 7 K 5/11/16 vs Colorado Springs L 5-9 Austin Nola, 2B: 3-4, 2B, 4 RBI Kenny Wilson, RF: 2-4, R, BB, K Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-4, R, 2 K, SB (12) Chris Narveson, SP: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Cody Ege, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, K 5/12/16 vs Colorado Springs L/12 4-2 Dan Black, 1B: 1-2, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Xavier Scruggs, LF-1B: 1-4, BB, 2 K Chris Reed, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 4 BB, 2 K Greg Nappo, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, 2 BB, 2 K 5/13/16 vs Colorado Springs L 3-10 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R, BB, K Elliot Soto, 2B: 2-4, RBI, 2 K Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-3, 2B, R, K Jarred Cosart, SP: 4 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, K Matt Tomshaw, RP: 2 IP, 2 H 5/14/16 @ El Paso L 8-10 Tomas Telis, C: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R Dan Black, 1B: 3-6, R Destin Hood, CF: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, 2 RBI, R, BB, 2 K Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2 K Paul Clemens, SP: 6 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K 5/15/16 @ El Paso L 6-7 Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, 2B, HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 R Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 3-3, HR (10), RBI, R, BB Kenny Wilson, RF: 2-4, R, BB, K Destin Hood, CF: 1-3, RBI, R, BB, K Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R, K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 2 K Andre Rienzo, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 5/16/16 @ El Paso L 6-7 Xavier Scruggs, 1B: 1-3, 2B, 3 R, 2 BB Tomas Telis, C: 3-4, RBI, R Kenny Wilson, RF: 2-5, 2B, K Chris Narveson, SP: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 6 IP, 12 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K 5/17/16 @ El Paso L 7-11 Matt Juengel, 3B: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Robert Andino, SS: 3-5, K Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, K, SB (13) Dan Black, 1B: 2-5, R, K Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-2, RBI, R, BB Chris Reed, SP: 4 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K 5/19/16 @ Albuquerque W 5-4 Don Kelly, 3B: 2-3, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Tomas Telis, C: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Jarred Cosart, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Brian Ellington, RP: IP, H, 3 K Nick Wittgren, RP: IP, SV (2), K 5/20/16 @ Albuquerque W 8-1 Robert Andino, SS: 4-5, HR (4), 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R, K Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-3, HR (1), 3B, RBI, 2 R, BB, K Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-3, HR (3), 2 RBI, R, K Destin Hood, CF: 1-5, HR (8), RBI, R, K Paul Clemens, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 5 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, 3 H, BB, K 5/21/16 @ Albuquerque W 9-2 Robert Andino, SS: 2-6, HR (5), 3 RBI, R, 2 K Tomas Telis, C: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 3 R, K Austin Nola, 2B: 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 1.2 IP, 2 BB, K 5/22/16 @ Albuquerque W 4-3 Matt Juengel, 1-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-3, RBI, R, BB, 2 K Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-4, RBI, K Robert Andino, SS: 1-4, 2B Chris Narveson, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1 ER), BB, 4 K Cody Ege, RP: 2 IP, 3 K 5/23/16 vs Reno L 2-6 Tomas Telis, C: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-4, RBI, K, SB (16) Austin Nola, SS: 1-3, K Chris Reed, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 9 K 5/24/16 vs Reno L 1-4 Destin Hood, LF: 2-4, 2 K Isaac Galloway, RF: 2-4, K Austin Nola, 2B: 1-3, BB Jarred Cosart, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 8 K Eric Jokisch, RP: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K 5/25/16 vs Reno L 5-7 Robert Andino, SS: 2-4, R, BB, K Tomas Telis, C: 1-4, RBI, R, 2 K Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 1-3, 2B, R, BB, K Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-3, RBI, R, BB Paul Clemens, SP: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R (5 ER), 4 BB, 2 K Andre Rienzo, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/26/16 vs Reno L 5-7 Andre Nieto, C: 2-4, 2 R, K Isaac Galloway, LF: 1-3, RBI Elliot Soto, SS: 1-3, R, BB, K Austin Nola, 2B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 6.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, BB, 4 K Brian Ellington, RP: 2 IP, K 5/27/16 vs Tacoma W 3-1 Tomas Telis, DH: 1-3, HR (1), RBI, R, BB Matt Juengel, 3B: 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Elliot Soto, SS: 2-2, BB, SB (1) Chris Narveson, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 K Jo-Jo Reyes, RP: 2 IP, K 5/28/16 vs Tacoma L 3-7 Tomas Telis, DH: 2-2, RBI, R, 2 BB Destin Hood, CF: 2-4, 2B, RBI Chris Corporan, C: 1-4, 2B, K Chris Reed, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Andre Rienzo, RP: 1.1 IP, BB 5/29/16 vs Tacoma W 2-1 Kenny Wilson, CF: 1-3, R, BB, SB (14) Don Kelly, 2B: 1-3, RBI Andre Nieto, C: 1-3, R, K Jarred Cosart, SP: 6 IP, 6 H, ER, 4 BB, 2 K Craig Breslow, RP: 2 IP, 2 BB, 3 K 5/30/16 vs Tacoma TIE/6 2-2 Isaac Galloway, RF: 1-2, HR (4), 2 RBI, R, K Destin Hood, LF: 1-2, SB (2) Carlos Corporan, C: 1-2, R, K Paul Clemens, SP: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K 5/31/16 @ Memphis L 0-1 Austin Nola, 2B: 2-4, K Elliot Soto, SS: 1-2, BB Matt Juengel, 3B: 1-3, 2B, K Destin Hood, LF: 1-4, 2B, K Dylan Axelrod, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K 5/1/16 vs Mississippi W 3-1 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 1-3, 2 RBI J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, RBI, R Francisco Arcia, C: 1-3 Chris Reed, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K Tyler Higgins, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 5/2/16 vs Mississippi L 2-8 Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI, R Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, SB (20) Ivan Pinyero, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, BB, K Hunter Adkins, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 5/4/16 @ Jackson L 6-11 J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-5, HR (2), 3 RBI, R Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI Jeremias Pineda, DH: 3-5, 2 R Jake Esch, SP: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, K Tyler Bremer, RP: 2.1 IP Tyler Higgins, RP/Sean Donatello, RP: IP, H 5/5/16 @ Jackson L 0-5 Team: 2-28, 2 BB. 6 K Jarlin Garcia, SP: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB Chris Mazza, RP: 3.1 IP, H, 3 K 5/6/16 @ Jackson W/18 4-2 Peter Mooney, SS: 4-7, R, BB, 2 K Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 3-7, 2B, RBI, BB, 3 K Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, BB, 2 SB (21, 22) Austin Dean, LF: 2-8, RBI, R, SB (1) Austin Brice, SP: 5 IP, H, ER, 4 BB, 5 K Tyler Higgins, RP/Tyler Kinley, RP: 2 IP, H Jose Jose, RP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 K James Roberts, RP: 2 IP, K 5/7/16 @ Jackson Game 1 W/7 6-3 J.T. Riddle, 2B: 2-4, 2 RBI Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, 2 R, BB, K, SB (23) Austin Dean, LF: 2-3, RBI, BB, K Cam Maron, C: 1-2, 2 RBI, R, BB Chris Reed, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K Game 2 L/7 4-6 J.T. Riddle, 3B: 3-4, 2B, R Yefri Perez, 2B: 1-4, 2 RBI Francisco Arcia, C: 2-3, R Austin Dean, LF: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R James Roberts, DH: 1-2, R, BB Ivan Pinyero, SP: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 BB 5/9/16 @ Biloxi W 1-0 Yefri Perez, CF: 2-4, 2B, R J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-4, RBI Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3, K Jake Esch, SP: 4.1 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, BB, 3 K 5/10/16 @ Biloxi W 10-1 Austin Dean, LF: 3-5, 2 HR (2, 3), 5 RBI, 3 R Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, 2 HR (1, 2), 2 RBI, 2 R, K Peter Mooney, SS: 3-3, 2B, BB Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Jarlin Garcia, SP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K 5/11/16 @ Biloxi L 1-6 Sharif Othman, C: 1-2, 2B, RBI, BB Avery Romero, 3B: 1-3, 2 K Peter Mooney, SS: 1-4, R, K Austin Brice, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Tyler Bremer, RP: 2 IP, K 5/12/16 @ Biloxi L 6-8 Cam Maron, C: 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, K Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 2-4, 2 R, BB, K James Roberts, 3B: 1-2, RBI, R Austin Dean, LF: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Patrick Johnson, SP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K Chris Mazza, RP: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 K 5/13/16 @ Biloxi L 5-6 James Roberts, 3B: 3-5, R, K Austin Dean, LF: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Peter Mooney, 2B: 2-5, R, BB, K Moises Sierra, RF: 2-3, R, 2 BB Yefri Perez, CF: 1-5, SB (25) Ivan Pinyero, SP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER Tyler Bremer, RP: 2.1 IP, BB, K Jose Jose, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/14/16 vs Montgomery L 0-5 Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, 2B Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-2, BB Yefri Perez, SS/Austin Dean, LF: 1-4 Jake Esch, SP: 7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K 5/15/16 vs Montgomery W 4-2 Peter Mooney, 2B: 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Moises Sierra, RF: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R Avery Romero, 3B: 1-3, RBI, BB Chris Mazza, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K 5/16/16 vs Montgomery W 4-1 Yefri Perez, CF: 2-3, 2B, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, K, 3 SB (26, 27, 28) Austin Dean, DH: 0-4, 2 RBI, K J.T. Riddle, SS: 1-3, RBI, BB, K Austin Brice, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 K Tyler Bremer, RP: IP, 2 K 5/17/17 vs Montgomery PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 6/1 5/18/16 vs Montgomery W/11 9-6 Yefri Perez, SS: 3-5, 2 RBI, 2 BB J.T. Riddle, DH: 3-6, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, K Austin Dean, LF: 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R, 2 BB, K Peter Mooney, 2B: 3-5, 2 2B, 3 R, BB Francisco Arcia, C: 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Patrick Johnson, SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, K 5/19/16 vs Pensacola PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/20 5/20/16 vs Pensacola Game 1 W/7 4-0 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 1-3, HR (4), 3 RBI, R Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3, HR (3), RBI, R, K Auastin Dean, LF: 2-2, R, BB Peter Mooney, 2B: 1-3 Yefri Perez, CF: 1-3, R, SB (29) Jake Esch, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 6 K Game 2 L/7 0-6 Team: 0-21, 2 BB, 5 K Chris Mazza, SP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB 5/21/16 vs Pensacola W 4-0 Brady Shoemaker, 1B: 1-2, R, 2 BB Austin Dean, LF: 1-3, R, BB, K Francisco Arcia, C: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, K Moises Sierra, RF: 1-3, 2B, 2 K Austin Brice, SP: 5.2 IP, 5 H, BB, 6 K 5/22/16 vs Pensacola W 6-5 Moises Sierra, RF: 3-4, HR (4), 3 RBI, 2 R, SB (2) Jeremias Pineda, LF: 1-2, R, BB, K, 2 SB (13, 14) J.T. Riddle, 2B: 1-4, 3B, R Jarlin Garcia, SP: 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 5/23/16 vs Pensacola L/10 4-5 Chris Curley, 1B: 1-3, RBI, R, 2 BB Moises Sierra, RF: 2-5, 2B, K Austin Dean, LF: 2-5, R Patrick Johnson, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, K Sean Donatello, RP: 1.2 IP, H, BB, 2 K 5/25/16 @ Mississippi W/10 4-3 J.T. Riddle, 3B: 3-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R, 2 BB Peter Mooney, 2B: 2-5, RBI Jeremias Pineda, CF: 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K Francisco Arcia, C: 1-4, 2B, BB, K Chris Mazza, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 6 K Tyler Kinley, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 4 K 5/26/16 @ Mississippi W 5-3 J.T. Riddle, SS: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, K Yefri Perez, 3B: 1-3, RBI, R Jeremias Pineda, CF: 1-3, 2B, R, 2 K Jake Esch, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, ER, 3 BB, 8 K 5/28/16 @ Mississippi L 2-6 Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, HR (5), 2 RBI, R Peter Mooney, SS: 2-4, R, SB (1) Jarlin Garcia, SP: 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER 5/29/16 @ Mississippi W 2-0 Moises Sierra, RF: 1-4, HR (6), 2 RBI, R, K Cam Maron, C: 1-3, BB, K Avery Romero, 3B: 2-4 Patrick Johnson, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 5 K Sean Donatello, RP: IP, K 5/31/16 vs Montgomery W 6-4 Austin Dean, DH: 2-5, 2 HR (5, 6), 3 RBI, 2 R, K Moises Sierra, RF: 3-3, 2 2B, 3 R, BB Chris Curley, 1B: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K Peter Mooney, 2B: 2-4, K Yefri Perez, CF: 2-5, 3B, R, K Chris Mazza, SP: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K Tyler Kinley, RP: IP, SV (4), 2 H, 2 K 5/1/16 vs Bradenton W 2-1 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-3, R, BB, K Arturto Rodriguez, C: 2-3, K Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, BB Matt Tomshaw, RP: 3 IP, H, 2 K 5/2/16 @ Charlotte L 2-4 Brian Anderson, 3B: 3-4, 2B, R, K Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-4, 2 RBI, K Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, 2B, R, K Jeff Brigham, SP: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 K James Buckelew, RP: 2.2 IP, H, K 5/3/16 @ Charlotte L 1-3 K.J. Woods, 1B: 1-4, HR (2), RBI, R, 2 K Brian Schales, 2B: 1-4, 2B Arturo Rodriguez, C: 1-4 Dillon Peters, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K Victor Araujo, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/4/16 @ Charlotte PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/13 5/5/16 @ Palm Beach W 3-1 John Norwood, CF: 2-5, HR (2), RBI, R Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, RBI Rehiner Cordova, SS: 1-4, RBI Brian Schales, 2B: 1-4, 3B, R Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 4 K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, H, 3 K 5/6/16 vs Palm Beach W 3-1 Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-4, HR (3), RBI, R Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-4, RBI, 2 K John Norwood, RF: 1-3, R, BB, K Yuniel Ramirez, LF: 1-3, BB Arturo Rodriguez, C: 1-3, BB, 2 K Michael Mader, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 K Scott Lyman, RP: 2 IP, 2 H 5/7/16 @ Palm Beach W 6-0 Justin Bohn, SS: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R, BB John Norwood, RF: 2-4, 2B, R Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-3, RBI, R, BB Yuniel Ramirez, LF: 2-4, 2 RBI, R Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 6 IP, 2 H, 3 K Team: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K 5/9/16 @ St. Lucie L 6-14 Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 2-5, HR (4), RBI, 2 R, K Justin Bohn, SS: 2-5, HR (1), 3 RBI, R, 2 K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-5, 3B, RBI Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-5 Chris Hoo, C: 2-3, RBI, BB Jeff Brigham, SP: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, BB, 4 K 5/10/16 @ St. Lucie W 8-2 John Norwood, RF: 4-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R, SB (5) Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-5, 2B, RBI Arturo Rodriguez, C: 2-3, 3 RBI, BB Justin Bohn, SS: 2-5, 2 R, SB (1) Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-4, R, 2 R, BB, SB (3) Dillon Peters, SP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 4 K Drew Steckenrider, RP: 2 IP, BB, 3 K 5/11/16 @ St. Lucie L 2-5 John Norwood, RF: 1-4, 2B, K Junior Sosa, CF: 2-4, R, BB Justin Bohn, SS: 1-3, R, BB, 2 K Taylor Ard, DH: 1-4, 2 RBI, K Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 K 5/12/16 vs St. Lucie W 4-1 Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, RBI, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, 2B, BB Justin Bohn, SS: 2-4, R, SB (2) Michael Mader, SP: 5.2 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 K Kyle Fischer, RP: 1.2 IP, SV (3), H, BB, 2 K 5/13/16 @ Charlotte Game 1 W/7 3-1 Junior Sosa, CF: 2-4, 2 2B, R Brad Haynal, 1B: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI Taylor Ard, DH/John Norwood, RF: 1-3, R Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 6.2 IP, 7 H, ER, BB, 4 K Game 2 W/7 12-4 Brian Anderson, DH: 2-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB Dexter Kjerstad, RF: 2-4, RBI, 2 R, BB, K Arturo Rodriguez, C: 1-3, 2 R, BB Justin Bohn, SS: 1-3, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB Brian Schales, 2B: 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB, SB (1) James Buckelew, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K 5/14/16 @ Charlotte L 4-9 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, R Justin Bohn, SS: 2-5, 2 K Chris Hoo, C: 1-4, 2 RBI Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, RBI, R, BB Edwin Jackson, SP (rehab): 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, 3 K Jeff Brigham, RP: 5 IP, 5 H, 6 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 4 K 5/15/16 @ Charlotte W/11 2-0 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB Junior Sosa, CF: 1-4, 2B, R, SB (1) Brad Haynal, DH: 1-4, K Dillon Peters, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, 6 K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 K 5/16/16 @ Tampa L 1-3 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2B Brad Haynal, DH: 2-4, K John Norwood, RF: 1-4, K, SB (6) Luis Castillo, SP: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R (2 ER), 4 K Scott Lyman, RP: 2 IP, 2 H 5/17/16 @ Tampa PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/18 5/18/16 @ Tampa Game 1 W/7 1-0 John Norwood, RF: 2-3, RBI Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-3, 2B Justin Bohn, SS/Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-3 Edwin Jackson, SP (rehab): IP Jorgan Cavanerio, RP: 6 IP, 2 H, 3 K Game 2 L/7 1-3 Justin Bohn, SS: 1-3, HR (2), RBI, R Team: 1-22, RBI, R, 9 K Michael Mader, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, 3 K 5/19/16 @ Tampa L 3-12 Brian Anderson, 3B: 3-5, 2B, RBI, SB (3) Justin Bohn, SS: 1-5, RBI, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, 2B, R, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-3, R, BB, 2 K Jeff Brigham, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K 5/20/16 vs Brevard County W 2-0 Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K John Norwood, RF: 2-4, 2B, R, K Justin Bohn, SS: 1-4, 3B, R, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-2, RBI Dillon Peters, SP: 6 IP, 4 H, 8 K Scott Lyman, RP: 2 IP, H 5/21/16 vs Brevard County W 2-0 Justin Bohn, SS: 2-4 Taylor Ard, DH: 1-4, 2B Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 1-3, R, SB (4) Chris Hoo, C: 1-2, 2 RBI Luis Castillo, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 5 K Bullpen: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 K 5/22/16 vs Brevard County W 12-3 Taylor Ard, LF: 2-5, HR (3), 3 RBI, R Brad Haynal, 1B: 3-5, HR (1), 2B, 4 RBI, R Justin Bohn, SS: 2-6, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Dexter Kjerstad, CF: 3-5, 2B, 3 R, K Arturo Rodriguez, C: 2-5, R James Buckelew, SP: 5 IP, H, 5 K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 5/23/16 vs Brevard County W 1-0 Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-3, R John Norwood, RF: 1-3 Justin Bohn, SS: 1-2, BB, K Michael Mader, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 K Scott Lyman, RP: 2.2 IP, H, 3 K 5/24/16 vs Bradenton L 0-4 Brian Schales, 2B: 1-3, 2B, K Chris Hoo, 1-2, BB, K Team: 3-29, 3 BB, 10 K Mike Dunn, SP (rehab): IP, H, K Jorgan Cavanerio, RP: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 4 K Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K Jose Velez, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 5/25/16 vs Bradenton W 4-2 Taylor Ard, 1B: 2-3, 2 HR (4, 5), 2 RBI, 2 R, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-3, RBI Brad Haynal, DH: 1-2, K Jeff Brigham, SP: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K Kyle Fischer, RP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 K Ryan Reid, RP: 2 IP, SV (4), BB, K 5/26/16 vs Bradenton L 3-6 Brad Haynal, DH: 2-4, RBI, R, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-2, RBI, BB Junior Sosa, CF: 1-5, RBI John Norwood, RF: 1-4, BB, 2 K Dillon Peters, SP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, BB, 3 K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, 3 BB, 2 K 5/27/16 @ Palm Beach L 2-3 Junior Sosa, CF: 2-4, 3B, R, BB, K Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-3, RBI, K Brad Haynal, 1B: 1-3, 2B, BB, K Chris Hoo, C: 1-4, RBI Mike Dunn, SP (rehab): IP, H, 2 K Luis Castillo, RP: 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BB, 6 K 5/27/16 vs Palm Beach L 3-4 Justin Bohn, SS: 2-5, 2B, 3B, 4 R, K Brian Anderson, 3B: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K Arturo Rodriguez, C: 3-4, K John Norwood, RF: 2-4, RBI, K Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-4, RBI, K Michael Mader, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K James Buckelew, RP: 4 IP, H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K 5/28/16 @ Palm Beach W 8-7 John Norwood, RF: 3-5, 2B, RBI, R Taylor Ard, DH: 4-4, RBI, 2 R Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K Justin Bohn, SS: 2-5, RBI, R Brian Anderson, 3B: 1-4, RBI, R, K Jorgan Cavanerio, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, BB, 2 K 5/30/16 vs Charlotte W 5-0 Dexter Kjerstad, LF: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K Chris Hoo, C: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Brian Schales, 2B: 2-4, RBI, SB (2) John Norwood, RF: 1-3, 2B, R, BB, K, SB (7) Taylor Ard, 1B: 1-3, R, BB Jeff Brigham, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K Esmerling De La Rosa, RP: 2 IP, H Jose Adames, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K 5/31/16 vs Charlotte L/14 3-8 Ronnie Mitchell, LF: 2-5, R, BB Chris Hoo, C: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 K Taylor Ard, DH: 2-6, 2 K Dillon Peters, SP: 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K James Buckelew, RP: 2 IP, H, K Kyle Fischer, RP: 3 IP, K Scott Lyman, RP: 2 IP, H, K 5/1/16 @ Augusta L 4-8 Stone Garrett, CF: 2-4, 2B, R, K, SB (1) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, R, BB Angel Reyes, DH: 1-3, 3B, RBI, R, BB, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 0-3, R, BB, SB (1) Kevin Guzman, SP: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K 5/2/16 @ Augusta L/5 0-2 Team: 1-16, 5 K Steven Farnworth, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 2 K 5/4/16 vs Columbia L 3-8 Stone Garrett, LF: 2-5, HR (2), RBI, R, 2 K Isael Soto, RF: 3-5, 2B, RBI, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 3-5, R, K, 2 SB (11, 12) Aaron Blanton, 3B/Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4 Jordan Holloway, SP: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, BB, K Chuck Weaver, RP: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 4 K 5/5/16 vs Columbia PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/6 5/6/16 vs Columbia Game 1 W/7 5-2 Isael Soto, RF: 2-, 2 RBI, K Angel Reyes, DH: 2-3, 2 R Stone Garrett, LF: 1-3, 2B Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-2, 2B Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-3, R Brett Lilek, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, K Ben Holmes, RP: 4 IP, 2 BB, 4 K Game 2 L/7 1-2 Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-2, RBI, BB, K Korey Dunbar, C: 1-3, K Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-2, R Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Ben Meyer, RP: 2 IP, H, BB, K 5/7/16 vs Lexington W 9-3 Aaron Blanton, 3B: 3-4, HR (1), 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R Stone Garrett, DH: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, K Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-3, RBI, R, BB Kyle Barrett, LF: 1-4, RBI, R Gabriel Castellanos, SP: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), K Kevin Guzman, RP: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 K 5/8/16 vs Lexington L 2-3 Angel Reyes, DH: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K Zach Sullivan, CF/Rony Cabrera, 2B: 1-4, K Stone Garrett, LF: 1-2, R, 2 BB, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, R, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K Scott Squier, RP: 2 IP, 2 K 5/9/16 vs Lexington L 5-8 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-3, HR (1), 2 RBI, R, BB Stone Garrett, LF: 1-5, HR (3), RBI, R, 2 K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 4-5, R Josh Naylor, 1B: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R Chuck Weaver, SP: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, BB, 4 K Ben Meyer, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/10/16 vs Lexington W 7-5 Zach Sullivan, LF: 3-5, 2 2B, RBI, R Aaron Blanton, 3B: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, R, 2 K Angel Reyes, DH: 1-3, 2 RBI, R, BB Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-3, R Jordan Holloway, SP: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (3 ER), BB, 4 K Ben Holmes, RP: 3.1 IP, H, 3 BB, 2 K C.J. Robinson, RP: 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), BB, 2 K 5/12/16 @ Delmarva L 3-11 Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R, BB Roy Morales, C: 2-4, RBI, K Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4 Cody Poteet, SP: 4.2 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, 3 K 5/13/16 @ Delmarva L/6 4-5 Isael Soto, RF: 2-3, HR (1), RBI, R Stone Garrett, LF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R Angel Reyes, DH: 1-3, RBI, K Brett Lilek, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, K 5/14/16 @ Delmarva W 1-0 Stone Garrett, LF: 1-4, 3B, R Roy Morales, C: 1-4, 2B Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, RBI, K, SB (3) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-3 Justin Twine, 2B: 0-2, 2 BB, K, SB (1) Gabriel Castellanos, SP: 4 IP, H, 5 BB, 2 K Scott Squier, RP: 3 IP, 2 H, BB, K C.J. Robinson, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, K 5/15/16 @ Delmarva L/11 2-3 Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-4, RBI, BB Angel Reyes, DH: 2-5, K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-5, 2B, K Korey Dunbar, C: 1-3, R, BB, 2 K Steven Farnworth, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K 5/16/16 @ Kannapolis W 3-2 Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI Korey Dunbar, DH: 1-1, BB Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, R, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, R, SB (13) Jordan Holloway, SP: 4 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, K Chuck Weaver, RP: 4 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 K C.J. Robinson, RP: IP, SV (6), 3 K 5/17/16 @ Kannapolis W 10-3 Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-5, HR (4), 2B, 4 RBI, R Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, 2B, 2 R, BB, 2 K Cody Poteet, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 8 K Ben Meyer, RP: 2 IP, 6 K 5/18/16 @ Kannapolis W 2-1 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB Giovany Alfonzo, 3B: 3-4, RBI Roy Morales, C: 2-4, K Brett Lilek, SP: 4 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 4 K Jose Quijada, RP: 2 IP, BB, 4 K Scott Squier, RP: 3 IP, SV (2), 2 H 5/19/16 vs Hagerstown W 4-2 Giovany Alfonzo, 2B: 2-4 Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, 2 K Stone Garrett, CF: 1-3, 2B, RBI Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, 2 R, K, SB (14) Zach Sullivan, LF: 3-3, RBI, SB (2) Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, R Gabriel Castellanos, SP: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 6 K Ben Holmes, RP: 3 IP, H, 2 K 5/20/16 vs Hagerstown PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/21 5/21/16 vs Hagerstown Game 1 PPD (rain) Rescheduled to 5/22 Game 2 W 4-2 Stone Garrett, LF: 2-4, 2B, R, K Justin Twine, 2B: 2-4, SB (2) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, R, K Isael Soto, RF: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, K Korey Dunbar, C: 1-3, BB, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4, RBI, K, SB (3) Steven Farnworth, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 4 K LJ Brewster, RP: 2 IP, H, 2 K 5/21/16 vs Hagerstown Game 1 W/7 5-2 Stone Garrett, DH: 3-3, 2 R Justin Twine, 2B: 2-2, R, BB Korey Dunbar, C: 1-3, RBI, 2 K Jordan Holloway, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K Scott Squier, RP: 2 IP, SV (3), H, 2 K Game 2 W/7 2-1 Isael Soto, RF: 2-3, HR (2), 2 RBI, R Josh Naylor, DH: 1-3, R, K, SB (4) Anfernee Seymour, SS/Angel Reyes, 1B: 1-3, K Maxx Tissenbaum, C: 2-2 Chuck Weaver, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 3 K Jeff Kinley, RP: 2 IP, 3 K 5/23/16 vs Delmarva W 9-2 Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-4, 2 HR (5, 6), 3 RBI, 2 R Maxx Tissenbaum, C: 1-3, HR (1), 4 RBI, 2 R, BB Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, RBI, 2 K Justin Twine, 2B: 1-3, 2 R, BB, K Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, RBI, K Cody Poteet, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K 5/24/16 vs Delmarva L 1-5 Angel Reyes, DH: 2-4, 2B, K Stone Garrett, CF: 1-4, 3B, RBI, 2 K Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, K Team: 4-31, 2 BB, 15 K Brett Lilek, SP: 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, K Ben Meyer, RP: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 K 5/25/16 vs Delmarva W 11-4 Anfernee Seymour, SS: 3-5, 2 3B, 2 RBI, R, K Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R Justin Twine, 2B: 1-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB, K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 3-4, 2B, R, 2 K Kyle Barrett, CF: 2-3, 2 R, BB, 2 SB (2, 3) Stone Garrett, LF: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R, K Chris Paddack, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 9 K 5/26/16 @ Hickory W 3-1 Roy Morales, C: 3-4, RBI Justin Twine, 2B: 1-4, RBI, K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-4, 2B, R Anfernee Seymour, SS: 1-4, RBI, K Steven Farnworth, SP: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 K Jeff Kinley, RP: 2 IP, 3 BB, K 5/27/16 @ Hickory W 11-1 Stone Garrett, DH: 3-5, 2 HR (4, 5), 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 K Isael Soto, RF: 2-4, 2 HR (3, 4), 3 RBI, 3 R, BB Josh Naylor, 1B: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 K Zach Sullivan, CF: 3-5, RBI, R, K Chuck Weaver, SP: 5 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 2 K Bullpen: 4 IP, 4 K 5/28/16 @ Hickory L 4-8 Isael Soto, RF: 2-5, 2 2B, R, K Justin Twine, 2B: 2-3, R, BB, K, 2 SB (3, 4) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-5, 2B, R, 3 K Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-3, 3B, R, 2 K Aaron Blanton, 3B: 1-3, RBI, BB, SB (3) Jordan Holloway, SP: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K 4/29/16 @ Hickory W 6-2 Zach Sullivan, CF: 2-4, 2 RBI, R, K Kyle Barrett, RF: 3-3, 2 R, BB, SB (4) Anfernee Seymour, SS: 2-4, 2 K, SB (15) Stone Garrett, LF: 1-4, RBI, K Roy Morales, C: 1-3, RBI 4/30/16 @ Lexington W/10 4-3 Isael Soto, RF: 1-5, 2 RBI, SB (2) Maxx Tissenbaum, C: 1-3, R, BB Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, BB, SB (6) Zach Sullivan, CF: 1-5, 2 R, K Gabriel Castellanos, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 7 K Jose Quijada, RP: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 K 5/31/16 @ Lexington W 3-0 Josh Naylor, 1B: 1-4, HR (7), RBI, R, 2 K Korey Dunbar, DH: 1-4, HR (1), RBI, R Kyle Barrett, LF: 3-4, RBI Angel Reyes, 3B: 1-2, R, BB Roy Morales, C/Justin Twine, 2B: 1-4, K Chris Paddack, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 7 K Kyle Keller, RP: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 K

Jose Velez DOB: 9/5/1989 B/T: L/L Height/Weight: 6'1"/205 ETA: 2017 Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff ERA IP H ER BB SO WHIP H9 SO/W2013 23 Evansville FRON Ind 1.00 9.0 6 1 6 8 1.333 6.0 1.332014 24 Evansville FRON Ind 2.53 57.0 44 16 33 82 1.351 6.9 2.482015 25 3 Teams 3 Lgs A-A+ MIA-MIN 4.29 50.1 40 24 18 69 1.152 7.2 3.832015 25 Greensboro SALL A MIA 4.80 30.0 24 16 11 42 1.167 7.2 3.822015 25 CedarRapids MIDW A MIN 4.11 15.1 15 7 7 22 1.435 8.8 3.142015 25 FortMyers FLOR A+ MIN 1.80 5.0 1 1 0 5 0.200 1.82016 26 Jupiter FLOR A+ MIA 3.79 19.0 16 8 13 22 1.526 7.6 1.69Minors (2 seasons) Minors 4.15 69.1 56 32 31 91 1.255 7.3 2.94Other (2 seasons) Other 2.32 66.0 50 17 39 90 1.348 6.8 2.31All Levels (4 Seasons) 3.26 135.1 106 49 70 181 1.300 7.0 2.59 From injury to Mike Dunn and the combined struggles of Craig Breslow, Cody Ege and others, the Marlins have had a rough time enlisting quality left handed relief help this year. But while things may be dim right now, the future is bright when it comes to southpaw relievers. One of the biggest reasons why is the guy I will take a closer look at in this prospect profile, the Hammerheads' Jose Velez. Jose Angel de Jesus Velez is a 26-year-old lefty who had quite the upbringing, spending time all over the country which readied him for the life of travel he has already seen and will continue to see in his baseball career. Born in 1989 in New York City, Velez made the move to South Florida for his high school days where he attended South Ft. Myers High School and where he was already reaching velos of 90 MPH and was described as a "no-brainer" athletically with the work ethic to match. Following high school, Velez made the move back north to Michigan where he attended the independent Alma College in the city of Alma, just north of Grand Rapids and just northwest of Detroit. In one season there, he appeared in 10 games (6 starts), tossed 44 innings, held down a 2.62 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP and struck out a ridiculous 78 batters (15.72 K/9) but he also totaled 34 walks. Though the K total and the velo were plenty impressive, commitment to the game off the field as well as his obvious control issues nearly walking as many batters as innings he had pitched left him undrafted in 2013 and instead selected by another independent league team, the Evansville Otters. Velez's history of not being able to apply himself off the field came to fruition that year when he suffered a multitude of injuries, only totaling 9 IP and finishing the year on the DL. After that wake-up call though, Velez returned with a vengeance. In better shape with a better daily regiment, a 24-year-old fireballer had one of the best comeback relief seasons in Evansville Otters history, tossing 57 IP in 30 games, holding down a 2.53 ERA, an 82/33 K/BB (13 K/9, 2.48 K/BB), and in one game, striking out a Frontier League record-tying 16 batters. His merits didn't go unnoticed that year as in October of 2014, he was signed by his first major league team, the Minnesota Twins, a dream come true for Velez, undoubtedly but a short-lived one as after just 20.1 IP at a 4.29 ERA as a 25-year-old albeit at a still impressive 42/11 K/BB, the Twins released him. That is where his career with the Marlins began as on July 2nd, 2015, Velez was signed by the Marlins to a minor league contract. He was sent to Greensboro where, for the rest of the year, he didn't have a great year from initial looks, running up a 4.8 ERA in 30 IP. However, delving a bit further into his stats shows he held down a 2.80 FIP. Also, away from NewBridge Bank Park which has proven to favorite hitters since 2008 producing a park factor well over 1 in homers (1.649) and slightly over 1 in hits (1.101) making it the most hitter friendly in the Sally League, Velez was much more effective. In the rest of the Sally League's more neutral parks, Velez's ERA was 4 points lower (2.63 as opposed to 6.61 at home) in nearly as many innings pitched (13.2 to 16.1). Fast forwarding to this season, in the much more pitcher friendly Florida State League including the extremely offensive suppressing Roger Dean Stadium, Velez has held down a 3.79 ERA with literally all of his damage allowed coming in 6.1 IP on the road. At the Dean, Velez has been perfect, allowing just 8 hits in 12.2 IP. While Velez is hard to gauge at the moment due to him never throwing in a truly neutral environment, the FIP differentials from last year in Greensboro (4.80 ERA, 2.75 FIP (+2.15)) compared to this year (3.79 ERA, 3.6 FIP (+0.19)) suggest that this year's version of a still-improving Velez who has just 69.1 IP to his credit in his professional career is more on par with the type of prospect the Marlins should expect him to be: a slightly above average late inning reliever with the ability to become more. Pre-pitch, Velez owns a mechanically sound repeatable and deceptive delivery. After going in to the wind up, Velez rocks back with a high leg kick placing all of his weight on his back leg and stretches his arm all the way back, reaching out for every bit of velo to be had before coming home from a low sidearm delivery from the left side. Throwing downhill with a long front leg stride, Velez holds the ball until his front foot is nearly on the ground, shortening the distance to the plate advantageously and also rewarding him with a great pick-off move to first. His velo usually sits in the 94-96 MPH range but when he ramps up, he has the ability to get the fastball up in the 98-99 MPH range. The rest of his arsenal consists of a mid-80s running changeup with good fade to the outside part of the plate and a pitch he has the confidence in to use interchangeably with the fastball early in ABs. The pitch compliments the fact that he has such control over his fastball that he is not afraid to use it to back hitters off the plate buzzing them with high 90s cheddar before using the change on the outside black. Velez's out pitch is a still developing curveball that he piggybacks on the fastball and dips down in to the 75 MPH range, making it a downright unfair offering when it is hitting its spot. The pitch still needs a bit of refinement though as he has a tendency to hang it deep in long ABs making it a tasty morsel for opposing hitters. Velez has made strides this year since developing feel for the pitch last year. Should that continue, the max-effort reliever who is effective versus hitters from both sides and who has tossed shutout ball all year so far this season with the exception of two rough outings could become valuable late inning relief, setup and closing help in the upper levels of the minors before making an impact with the Marlins as early as 2017.