OOPS I did it again

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2013 CHICAGO IRON PIGS OPENING DAY
PITCHING STAFF

• Bobby Guijosa beats out Dan Ferguson for the 5th spot. Ferguson, rather than bullpen him, goes back to New Orleans to start and continue getting innings.
• Morris, Powers, Wood, Guijosa, and Hawkins will open the season in the rotation.

BULLPEN

• McKitrick nailed down the closers job. Becker and Gross will set him up.
• Ricks, Tar, Nicol, Camarillo, and Mark Williams will hold down the other 5 spots.
• RH Bae-hee Kim had a great spring and will be first in line for a call up. Danny Floyd now appears to be that “4A” guy and had major issues when told he was being optioned.
• We will look to make deals for some of these guys prior to opening day.
• A day before opening day we made a deal. Sending Graves and OF Tom Martinez to Dallas for 27 year old IF Pete Crawford. We cleared 2 spots on the 40 man and acquired a good IF as depth. He's 27, and the logjam at New Orleans meant he was sent down to Milwaukee and he'll lead off there.
• I don't usually allow 27 year olds to hang around my AA roster but he's good enough to allow it and his defense will help a young and talented pitching staff.

FINANCIALS

• Mr Johns has seen fit to raise our budget to 80 million, third highest in the league. We will max out our spend on Player Development, and scouting. We won't just spend money to spend but we have it if we need to take on a contract or two to get talent.
• Fan loyalty is breaking the meter, while interest could not be higher.
• Season ticket prices rose 25% to 17.50 while sales are down 1%. Per Game attendance is projected to be down a bit (4.2%) however per-game revenue is expected to rise almost 20%.
• Our payroll sits at 24.3 million on opening day, 32nd in the league and our 80 million budget ranks 3rd. We have almost 50 million available with near that, 46, available for extensions.
• If I do nothing else I'd like to get Garcia under a long term deal. In VERY preliminary talks he's looking at near 80 million over 8 years. Doesn't do me much good to “buy out' arbitration years at values significantly higher than estimates. We'll keep the light on.
• We did inquire about Joey Morris, and talks are ongoing with the ace of the staff. Scouts are all noting his improvements and progression and he is now a 4.5 star player.

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PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS

• Staten Island, Dallas, Utah, and Charlotte are predicted to win the AL Divisions with Brooklyng and Cleveland as the Wild Cards.
• Charlotte is predicted to come out of the AL.
• Zach Stewart is predicted to break his own record, and hit 78 HR's this year.
• Charlotte and Dallas are supposed to have pitching for days.
• Charlotte is also supposed to lead the AL in runs at 807 and hit 259 HR's.

• In the NL it's supposed to be New York, El Paso, Fresno, and Las Vegas winning the divisions with San Francisco, and Atlanta as the Wild Cards.
• We're predicted to finish 81-81 and 7 games in back of the Huskies.
• Gus Garcia (.311/.376/.564) is projected to hit 38 HR's and drive in 105.
• Ricky Ramirez (JAX) (.302-44-117) Mike Weems (SF) (.348-25-103) and Alex Aquillon (FRE) (.272/.353/.575) are supposed to battle for the Hank Aaron.
• Joey Morris is predicted for a 14-11 3.71 season with 212 K's in 196.2 IP.
• 2011 Koufax winner Juan Laurel (SD) is predicted to contend for another one this year (16-11 3.30 263 K's).
• Charlotte is predicted to beat Vegas in the World Series.

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3 vs Las Vegas 3 vs El Paso
RUNS SCORED: 34 (t-3rd)
RUNS AGAINST: 26 (t-8th)
OBP: .372 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 2.79 (3rd)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.54 (16th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .711 (t-7th)
ZONE RATING: -0.6 (14th)
Last in errors with 7

RESULTS (5-1 1st)
3-0 vs Las Vegas 2-1 vs El Paso
4/1- CIP 2 LV 1 (10) Morris ND 8 IP 5 H 1 ER 14 K's Dietz walk-off 2B Nieves E
4/2- CIP 10 LV 6 Powers ND 102 pitches 4.1 IP 5 H 5 BB 6 K 2 ER Nicol 4 ER 2.l IP Nieves 2H 3B 2 R RBI Brumfield 3H HR 2 R 2 RBI BB Garcia 2H HR 2 RBI 2 BB E Roberts 2H HR 2 R RBI Dietz HR
Bryan Taylor (LV) 4-4 2B RBI BB
4/3- CIP 7 LV 5 Wood ND 5 IP 4 H 3 K 3 BB 3 ER Gross 2 ER 2 H 0.2 IP McKitrick SV (1) Stachowski 2H 2B 2 R 2 RBVI Calkins 3H 2B 3 RBI
4/4- CIP 3 EP 2 Guijosa hurt in the 1st. Camarillo retires 12 straight (W) McKitrick SV (2)
4/5- EP 7 CIP 5 An exhausted 'Pen got exposed. Hawkins ND 6 IP 5 H ER 113 pitches. Tar 4 ER 0.2 IP Becker (L) 1 IP HR 2 ER
Kaneshiro (EP) GW 2R HR (2)
4/6- CIP 7 EP 5 Morris (W) 5.1 IP 9 K 2 ER Chavez lead off 3H 2B HR 2 R 2 RBI Brumfield 3H 3B HR BB 2R 2 RBI Garcia 2H 2B R RBI


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Joe Davis (CHA) 10-24 4 HR 8 RBI 7 R
NL POTW- 2B Miguel Rodriguez (PHX) 13-27 6 HR 14 RBI

• New England SP Bob Parra (10-5 3.33 last year) went down on day 2 with a severe shoulder injury doctors say will end the 33 year olds season.
• San Diego 1B Mike Geiselman hit 3 HR's, including his 3rd career Grand Slam and drove in 8 in a 13-6 win over Washington.
• On Saturday former Iron Pig Xavier Wynn (WAS) announced he would miss another 4 weeks after already missing a month with an oblique strain suffered in March.
• Phoenix Roadrunner 2B Miguel Rodriguez hammered 3 HR's and drove in 6 in a 10-6 win over Boston.
• New Englands Jorge Madrid got his 2500th career hit on Saturday. He's 5th among active players and 15th all-time. Andy Peterson of LA is the all time leader and active leader with 2983, soon to become the 1st ever to achieve the 3000 hit plateau.
• Free agent Matt Graham is 2nd, at 2971 and Chicago Hitmen's Marco Lopez is 3rd at 2872.

CHICAGO, MORRIS, COME TO TERMS
Chicago announced the signing of 25-year-old Joey Morris to an 8-year, $26.45 million contract extension. Morris, who fanned a career high 14 on opening day, is said to be elated.
The 8th year is a 5.5$ million dollar player option.

BACKROOM CHATTER
If he's the pitcher we think he is the deal is an absolute steal. Salaries of 640K, 1.4, 1.7, 2.0, 4.5, 5.2 and 5.5 with a 5.5 million dollar player option. He'll be worth 2-3 times that much if things play out.
His 14K opening day effort was a 'push' on his end I think, to show us he's capable of that staff ace moniker. (Much the same as I did opening day 1997 in LA)

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3 @ San Francisco, 3 vs New York OFF DAY
RUNS SCORED: 55 (7th)
RUNS AGAINST: 55 (10th)
OBP: .355 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 3.76 (6th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.53 (15th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .690 (10th)
ZONE RATING: -2.9 (16th)
12 errors (t-15th)

RESULTS 8-4 1 GB
1-2 @ San Francisco 2-1 vs New York
4/7- CIP 5 SF 4 Powers (W) 5.2 IP 3 H 5 K 4 BB (2 bases loaded walks) Tar SV (1) Dietz 3-3 2B SB RBI BB
4/8- SF 5 CIP 0 Kevin Gilmore (SF) CG SHO 9 K 2 BB 5 H (1-0 1.26) Luis Corona (SF) 2B HR 3 RBI Daniel Wood (L) 5 ER 9 H 2 HR 5 IP

• SP Danny Floyd was given his unconditional release today after passing through waivers and being unable to swing a trade. He was 16-22 4.53 over 2 years and 69 G, 52 starts. At 29 I think he'll land on his feet somewhere.

4/9- SF 6 CIP 4 4-1 lead blown in the 8th. Nicol 5 ER 0.2 IP (L) Guijosa ND 5.2 IP 5 K 4 BB 5 H 1 R 108 pitches Roberts 2H HR (2) 3 RBI Krieg 2H HR (1) RBI
4/10- NY 8 CIP 0 Hawkins (L) 5 ER 2 BB 10 H 5.2 IP Camarillo 3 ER 4 H 1.2 IP Krieg 4-4 2B (5)
4/11- CIP 7 NYP 2 Morris 7 IP 9 K 2 ER 4 H (2-0 2.21) Brumfield 2H HR (3) 3R BB 2 RBI Roberts 3H 2 HR (4) 4 RBI (10) Gutierrez 3H 3 SB 2 R
4/12- CIP 5 NYP 4 rallied for a 5R bottom of the 9th Justin Krieg walk-off 1B Nieves 2E (3) (struggling at .163-0-3 so far) Powers ND 6.2 IP 5 H 4 K 3 BB 2 ER 115 pitches
Mark Calkins was banged up on the 11th and will be DtD until early next week.
4/13- OFF DAY


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Jorge Cortez (POR) 10-23 4 HR 9 RBI
NL POTW- 2B Luis Corona (SF) 8-17 4 HR 7 RBI

• On Friday, Jets RF and 2009 MVP Chris Cross went 4-4 and hit for the cycle for the first time in his career.

BACKROOM CHATTER
What the heck happened to my defense? The Bullpen is struggling too. It's 2 weeks in, and we're 8-4, so no panic button, but Pedraza hitting .115 and Nieves at .163 with no homers is troubling. I think I need to move Nicol (11.57 ERA) and watch Justin Tar (9.53) close this week.
Nicol is optioned on Sunday, and lefty Andy Bergsten is added to the 40-man and recalled. A minor league FA sign 2 years ago he went 6-2 1 SV 2.88 over 50 innings with 50 K's and 12 walks at AA last season. He's just 25 and rated a 2-star prospect.

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NEW ORLEANS

• Jesus Ramirez (1B), Fred Amling (IF), Javier Mariscal (IF), Anthony Tripp (IF) and Dave Wheeler anchor a veteran lineup stocked with guys providing depth for the parent club. Jimmy Young has made the jump and at 20 years old is one of the leagues youngest players. Matt Chiquete is back after a great season last year (.304/.355/.4800 16 HR 84 RBI).
• On the staff the big news is Allan Henderson closing at AAA a year after being drafted. At 22 he is close. A 6 man rotation of 2.5-3-star arms with Dan Ferguson (21) and Brian Pennington (23) and Tony Mejia (22 10-6 2.77 ERA in 27 starts between AA-AAA last year).

MILWAUKEE

• C Troy Zehnder (2.5 stars) and SS Eddie Garza (2.5 stars) are the recent draftees at AA along with recently acquired 2B Pete Crawford (2.5 stars) are the top talent in AA.
• On the mound Allen Velazquez (2.5 stars) and Omar Benson (2.5 stars) lead the staff with lefty Ramon Rivera (2.5 stars) closing after struggling last year at AAA and in Chicago.
• Vasquez was 15-3 2.85 last year and won POTY for Nashville. Benson was acquired in 2012 from Las Vegas in a May trade and went 6-7 4.39 in 21 starts for Milwaukee last year.

ALBUQUERQUE

• Working on a 3-peat this year. A lot of talent on the roster.
• C Grant Morse (2.5 stars), 1B Mike Johnson (2.5 stars), 3B Rick Arbuckle (2.5 stars), SS Derek Dames (2.5 stars), CF Jaden Brown (2.5 stars), and 19-year-old Yoseikazu Suzuki (3.5 stars) pepper their lineup. Mathew Brittingham hit .322-22-60 at Albuquerque last year and at 21 he's back a third season. He went 14-27 2 HR 6 RBI to win POTW in the seasons first week.
• 2012 first-rounder Luis Ornelas (4.5 stars) fanned 10, allowing 0 earned runs in an opening-day CG win. David Arroyo (2.5 stars), John Timmerman (2 stars) Jesus Montano (2.5 stars) and Todd Barbour (2 stars) round out a solid 5 man rotation.

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3 @ Atlanta 3 vs Indianapolis 1 @ San Diego
RUNS SCORED: 99 (4th)
RUNS AGAINST: 117 (16th)
OBP: .358 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 5.09 (12th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 6.37 (16th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .663 (13th)
ZONE RATING: -6.7 (16th)
ERRORS: 17 (15th)

RESULTS (10-10 3rd 3 GB)
1-2 @ Atlanta 1-2 vs Indianapolis 0-1 @ San Diego
4/14- ATL 11 CIP 7 Nieves 4th error 5 unearned runs Wood (L) 3.2 IP 8 H 8 R 4 BB 3 ER Tar 3 ER 2 HR 1 IP Krieg 3H 2B (6) 2R (.417 leads the NL) Brumfield HR (4) 2 RBI Garcia 2H HR (2) 2 RBI (7) Stachowski 2H HR (1) 2 RBI (10)
4/15- CIP 4 ATL 2 Nieves 2B (1) GW HR (1) Guijosa (ND) 5.1 IP 6 H 3 BB 2 ER McKitrick SV (3)
4/16- ATL 12 CIP 10 Hawkins ND 4.1 IP 7 H 4 BB 3 HR 8 ER Camarillo 3 ER 2.1 IP (L) Brumfield 2H HR (5) 4 RBI (13) Dietz 3H 3 R SB (3) Chavez 2H HR (2) 4 RBI (he's raking in a backup role right now and needs to get some AB's)
4/17- CIP 9 IND 8 Tied 3-3 entering the 9th! Chavez's 9th inning grand slam to tie the game, Krieg's walk-off 1B! 11 runs combined in the 9th. Morris ND 6 IP 4 HJ 5 BB 6K 1 R Bergsten 4 ER 0.1 IP Krieg 2H R RBI Nieves HR (2) 2R 2 RBI Gutierrez 2H 2 SB (6) Chavez 2H Grand Slam (3) 4 RBI (10) Dietz 3-4 SB (4) (.347)
4/18- IND 10 CIP 7 Powers (L) 6 ER 8 H 4 HR 3.2 IP Brumfield 2 HR (7) 3 RBI (17) Garcia 2H HR (3) 2 RBI Nieves 4H 2B (.270) SB
Justin Ward (IND) 4-4 2B 2 HR 3R 5 RBI SB
4/19- IND 5 CIP 2 Wood 2 ER 6.1 IP (L) Brumfield HR (8)
Luis Ornelas tossed 7.1 innings of 1-hit, 9-strikeout baseball with no walks in a 1-0 win over Mesa.
4/20- SD 5 CIP 3 Guijosa (L) 6 IP 7 H 4 R 3 ER BB 2 K Gross allows go-ahead IR to score Brumfield HR (9) 2 RBI (20) Garcia 2 2B (7) 2 BB RBI


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 1B TJ Gunn (SI) 12-26 3 HR 8 RBI
NL POTW- RF Daniel Gonzalez (WAS) 13-25 3 HR 12 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

• 23 year old P prospect Brian Pennington will miss the rest of the year with a torn UCL. This will be the 2nd year in a row he's been hurt in April and missed the year.
• Fred Amling is scorching at New Orleans. Going to option Pedraza and recall Amling. Their carbon copies defensively.
• Going to give it 8 more days, the Month of April, before I dig into it all. But it's concerning to say the least. Hitting the cover off the ball and unable to get anyone out. Add to that the Defense seems allergic to clean plays all the sudden.

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2 @ San Diego 3 vs Los Angeles OFF DAY 1 @ Pittsburgh
RUNS SCORED: 133 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 135 (15th)
OBP: .357 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 5.11 (11th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.38 (15th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .675 (13th)
ZONE RATING: -5.2 (14th)
ERRORS: 17 (t-14th)

RESULTS (13-12 2GB)
1-1 @ San Diego 2-1 vs Los Angeles 0-1 @ Pittsburgh
4/21- SD 9 CIP 3 Hawkins (L) 4.1 IP 9 H 2 HR 7 ER (0-2 9.30) Tar 2 ER 1 IP (9.53) Roberts HR (5) 2 RBI (13)
4/22- CIP 3 SD 1 Morris ND 6.1 IP 3 H 7 K 0 R (leads the NL with 45 K's) Becker SV (1) Garcia 2H HR (4) 2 RBI (13) Johnson 3H RBI GW 1B

• Aaron Camarillo is going to take Matt Hawkins start on Saturday coming out of the off-day. Just to mix it up, Hawkins has a 2.07, that's not ERA, that's WHIP, through 4 starts and 20 innings.
• Jacksonville won their 10th straight, and are 12-3 in the last 15.

4/23- CIP 14 LA 4 Brumfield 3H Grand Slam (10) 5 RBI (25) Chavez 3H 3B HR (4) 3 RBI Krieg 2H leadoff HR 3R RBI Stachowski 2H 2B 2R 2 RBI 18 hits Powers 8 strong, gave up 2 HR late but gave the pen a much needed rest 6 H 4 K 4 BB 4 ER (2-1 5.40)
4/24- CIP 10 LA 1 Nieves first 3HR game in Chicago history. 3 HR (5) 3R 4 RBI Roberts 2H SB 2 R 3 RBI (16) Wood out in the 1st with calf strain, Brumfield comes out with wrist soreness.
4/25- LA 5 CIP 2 Guijosa 6 IP 9 H 2 HR 5 ER (0-2 4.24) Chavez HR (5) 2 RBI (15)
4/26- OFF DAY
4/27- PIT 8 CIP 5 Camarillo 4.1 IP 4 HR 6 ER Brumfield HR (11) RBI Gutierrez HR (1) Dietz HR (2)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Ray Venable (POR) 10-18 HR 6 RBI
NL POTW- 3B Jose Nieves (CIP) 9-21 5 HR 8 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

• Juan Chavez is just tearing it up,.341/.426/.703 vs RHP. Trying to find ways to get him in the lineup as the only bat really struggling is Jesse Roberts and I am not prepared to ask the manager to bench our most beloved player.
• Bill Brumfield has a bum wrist and is playing through it right now, with 1-2 weeks the expectation of trouble.
• Milwaukee (AA) 3B Adam Brigham went 11-19 3 HR 7 RBI to win AA POTW

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PETERSON FORMS HIS OWN CLUB
A 1st inning single in Sunday's 7-2 win over Oklahoma City made Phoenix Roadrunner LF Andy Peterson the 1st, and only, member of the 3000 hit club. The 36-year-old surefire HOF'er is a career .311 hitter with 439 HR's and 1640 RBI's while scoring 1662 runs. He was the 2000 Hank Aaron award winner, is a 12-time all-star, 2-time postseason series MVP, and a 7-time Silver Slugger.
Every day of his 16-year career has been spent in Roadrunner copper, and like his team, he still seeks his 1st world championship.

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2 @ Pittsburgh 3 @ OKC 2 vs Fresno
RUNS SCORED: 187 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 151 (9th)
OBP: .350 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.00 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.74 (14th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .686 (9th)
ZONE RATING: -5.5 (13th)
ERRRORS: 20 (13th)

RESULTS (21-12 1 GB)
2-0 @ Pittsburgh 3-0 @ OKC 2-0 vs Fresno
4/28- CIP 10 PIT 3 Morris 6.2 IP 5 H 8 K 2 ER (3-0 1.83) Nieves 4-4 3B 2 HR (7) 4R 4 RBI BB Krieg 2H HR (3) 2 RBI (10) Garcia HR (5) 2 BB 3R RBI (16)
4/29- CIP 5 PIT 3 Powers 6 IP 7 H 7 K 2 ER (3-1 4.98) McKitrick SV (4) Nieves 3H 2 2B R Dietz 2H SB (5) (.287) 2R
4/30- CIP 16 OKC 4 Wood 6.1 IP 5 H 12 K 1 ER (1-3 4.55) 18 hits Brumfield 2H HR (12) BB 3 R RBI(27) Garcia 3H 2B (11) HR (6) BB 2R 3 RBI (19) Nieves 3H HR (8) BB 2 RBI (16) Stachowski 3H 2R 2 RBI (21) Calkins 3H 2B HR (1) 5 RBI BB

• No idea where this offense is coming from. I thought we were good, but this is way beyond expectations.
• Luis Ornelas is off to a great start, and has been called up to AA Milwaukee.

5/1- CIP 6 OKC 1 Guijosa (1-2 3.16) 8 IP 3 H 6 K 1 R McKitrick SV (5) Nieves 2B (6) 2 HR (10) 3 R 3 RBI (19) E (7) Garcia 2H HR (7) 2 R 2 RBI

• Zach Burt (AAA) fanned 10 in a 3-hit CG SHO of Irvine. Zach was acquired in a December deal of minor league pitchers with Detroit.

5/2- CIP 4 OKC 2 Camarillo (3-2 5.60) 6.2 IP 6 H 8 K 2 ER McKitrick SV (6) Stachowski HR (2) 3 RBI (24) Nieves 2H 2B 2 R RBI (.355) Chavez 2B 3B 2 R RBI
5/3- CIP 2 FRE 1 Morris ND 8 IP 4 H 12 K 1 ER 1-hit into the 9th, Juan Chavez walk-off 2R HR (6) Diaz (W) 1 IP
Johnston (FRE) 8 IP 1 H 6 K 0 R Mendoza BS (1)
5/4- CIP 8 FRE 2 Powers (4-1 4.39) 6.2 IP 4 H 4 K 1 R Nieves 2B 3B HR (11) 2 R 2 RBI (21) Roberts HR (7) 3 RBI (21)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 2B Colin Courtright (BRK) 11-23 5 HR 11 RBI
NL POTW- 3B Jose Nieves (CIP) 15-28 4 HR 8 RBI

• On Friday Atlanta announced they had extended 2-time all-star Jason Fricke to a 5 year 52.2 million dollar extension. The 31 year old infielder is off to a career best .339-7-21 through the first 5 weeks. He is a career .287/.364/.439 hitter with 284 2B 41 3B and 144 HR and is 124-187 in SB.
• Brooklyn ends the week on a 10-game winning streak and leads the AL East by 6 at 24-9.
• We end the week on an 8 game streak, 8-2 in our last 10, and are still 1 GB as El Paso ends the week on a 3 game streak but is 9-1 in their last 10.

NIEVES FINDS HIS WAY
On April 7th of this year Jose Nieves went 0-3 and saw his average sink to .143 after the seasons 1st week. Zero HR's, 1 RBI. Since that day, in 24 games, he's gone 39-93 (.419) to raise his average from .143 to an NL 2nd best .359 at the end of this week. 8 2B's, 3 3B's and 11 HR's with 19 RBI in those 24 games.

• With Dietz having back issues Krieg has moved to CF, putting Nieves in the DH role and allowing Chavez to get AB's. The results speak for themselves.
• Bill Brumfield is a day or two away from being totally healthy, but he's powered through and played the entire two weeks except when forced to take a day off.

IRON PIG NEWS

• At weeks end the team ranks 1st in every significant offensive category.
• Unsure of the water in Albuquerque but they have now placed 5 pitchers on the IL, including 3 of their opening day 5 SP.
• Luis Ornelas got his 1st AA start and lost 3-0. He fanned 10 in 7 allowing 3 ER.

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MONTH IN REVIEW
AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- LF Joe Davis (CHA) .309-11-33
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Bill Brumfield (CIP) .296-12-27
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Alberto Olivarez (AUS) 3-0 7 Saves 1.50
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Kevin Gilmore (SF) 5-0 2.82
AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- SP Terry Kapitan (SI) 4-1 2.34
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- 1B Bill Brumfield (CIP) .296-12-27

IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW
PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Bill Brumfield (CIP) .296-12-27
PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Joey Morris 3-0 1.83 39.1 IP 53 K 13 BB
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- TIE
Mathew Brittingham (AA) .377/.421/.652 1.073 OPS 4 2B 5 HR 17 RBI
Toshihiko Miyamoto (AAA) .440/.548/.1.040 1.588 OPS 25 AB 11H 3 2B 4 HR 10 RBI 10 R
Adam Brigham (AA) .477/.419/.652 1.071 OPS 7 2B 4 HR 10 RBI
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Luis Ornelas (A-AA) 3-1 2.29 35.1 IP 28 H 35 K 4 BB 0.91 WHIP 4 QS 1 CG

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WEEK 6
1 vs Fresno 3 @ New England OFF DAY 2 vs Jacksonville
RUNS SCORED: 216 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 169 (6th)
OBP: .350 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 3.88 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.63 (13th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .693 (5th)
ZONE RATING: -3.5 (10th)
ERRORS: 21 (t-11th)

RESULTS (25-13 1st)
1-0 vs Fresno 3-0 @ New England 1-1 vs Jacksonville
5/5- CIP 3 FRE 0 Wood (2-3 3.53) 8 IP 3 H 5 K McKitrick SV (8) Nieves 3B RBO Chavez 2 RBI (23)
5/6- CIP 5 NE 3 Guijosa (2-2 2.84) 6.2 IP 2 H 4 K 1 ER McKittick SV (9) Johnson 2B 2 BB 2 RBI Roberts 2H 2B (4)
5/7- CIP 8 NE 3 Camarillo (4-2 5.24) 7 IP 5 H 3 K 3 BB 3 ER Nieves 2H 2B (9) R 2 RBI (24) Garcia 2H Stachowski 3H SB (2) R RBI Gutierrez 2H BB 2 R RBI Calkins 2H 3 RBI (12)

• Brooklyn's streak ends at 11, we've now won 10 straight and are tied with El Paso at 23-12. Nieves .354 leads Justin Ward (IND) by .004 pts.

5/8- CIP 6 NE 2 Morris (4-0 1.84) 6.1 IP 6 K 2 ER Roberts 2B 3B 3 RBI (25) Gutierrez 2H 2B R RBI Krieg 2H
Joey Morris leads the NL in ERA (1.84) and K's with 71.
5/9- OFF DAY
5/10- CIP 8 JAX 7 (11) Pen blows 5 run lead in the 7th Panthers score 2 in the 11th, Krieg walks it off with a GW 2B! 12 straight. Gutierrez 2H 2B R RBI Brumfield 3H BB HBP 3 R RBI Garcia 3H 3B E (6) 2 R RBI Nieves 0 H 2 RBI Krieg 2 2B 2 RBI Calkins 2H
5/11- JAX 3 CIP 2 (10) Wood ND 7.1 IP 8 K 7 H 2 ER McKitrick (L) 2 IP 3 H HR Chavez HR (7)
Adam Markus (JAX) hits the GW in the 10th after 2-1 lead is lost in the 8th.


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 1B Mike Mcvaugh (WYO) 9-21 4 HR 9 RBI
NL POTW- LF Lourenco Manhas (SD) 12-24 HR 9 RBI

• HR king Zach Stewart (PHI) Saw his season come to an end on Saturday when it was announced he'd suffered a torn MCL! The 27 year old was hitting .267-12-27 on the year. Huge blow for Philadelphia.

IRON PIG NEWS
Yoseikazu Suzuki (A) took home Class A POTW going 13-26 2 HR 9 RBI. The 20 year old 2012 7th round pick is hitting .320-9-25.

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WEEK 7
1 vs Jacksonville 3 @ Phoenix 3 vs Washington
RUNS SCORED: 263 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 205 (8th)
OBP: .347 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.11 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.37 (11th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .695 (3rd)
ZONE RATING: -3.8 (9th)
ERRORS: 24 (t-9th)

RESULTS (31-14 1st)
1-0 vs Jacksonville 2-1 @ Phoenix 3-0 vs Washington
5/12- CIP 11 JAX 6 Down 6-0 early Guijosa 6 ER 2 HR 4.1 IP 11 runs 6th-8th innings. Brumfield HR (13) 3 RBI (31) Garcia 2B (12) HR (8) 3 R BB RBI (23) Nieves HR (12) 2 RBI (28) Roberts 3H 2B HR (7) 2R 4 RBI (29)
5/13- CIP 6 PHX 2 Camarillo ND 5 IP 7 H 1 R 0 ER Krieg 3H 2B (12) BB 2R RBI Brumfield 2H HR (14) BB R 3 RBI (34) Garcia 2H R RBI (24)
5/14- CIP 7 PHX 5 Morris (5-0 1.95) 6.1 IP 7 K 2 ER McKitrick SV (9) Tar 3 ER 3 HR 0.1 IP Brumfield HR (15) 2 RBI (36) Gutierrez 2H BB 2R SB (14) leads the league Chris Davis 2B 3 RBI
5/15- PHX 9 CIP 2 Powers 5 ER 6 IP (4-2 4.89) Tar 3 ER 0.2 IP (7.71) Nieves HR (13) RBI (30) avg down to .314. Dietz HR (3)
Tar is optioned to AAA after the game and lefty Adrian Nicol will get another shot. Been throwing well in New Orleans.
5/16- CIP 7 WAS 6 (10) Trailed 6-2 bottom 9! Roberts walks off 1B in the 10th! Brumfield HR (16) RBI (37) Krieg 3H 2B (13) SB (3) Chavez HR (9) 3 RBI (28) Wood ND 5 ER 4 BB 5.2 IP Nicol 2.1 IP 2 H 2 K 0 R
5/17- CIP 9 WAS 4 Guijosa (3-2 3.65) 7 IP 7 H 5 K 3 BB 2 ER Krieg 2H 2B (14) 3R Brumfield HR (17) 2 RBI (39) Garcia 2H 2B (13) 2 R RBI Nieves 2H 2B (11) 2R RBI (31) Gutierrez 2B (8) 3 RBI (13) SB (15)
5/18- CIP 5 WAS 4 (14) Chavez 3H 2B walk off HR (9) 2 R RBI (29) Nieves HR (14) 2 RBI (33) Camarillo ND 6 IP 9 H BB 4 ER Bullpen 8 IP 2 H 10 K 4 BB Williams W (2-0 3.65)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF David Redman (CHA) 13-29 5 RBI
NL POTW- 2B Matt Cameron (NYP) 10-26 5 HR 8 RBI

• On Tuesday New York 2B Matt Cameron hit 3HR's and drove in 6 in a 10-5 win over New England.

IRON PIG NEWS

• IF Marcos Hernandez (AA) went 7-15 3 HR 6 RBI to win AA POTW
• We end the week as the top ranked team in the power rankings.
• Washington, Charlotte, New York and Vegas round out the top 5. OKC, Phoenix, and San Diego are snugly fit at the bottom.

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WEEK 8
3 @ Las Vegas OFF DAY 3 @ El Paso
RUNS SCORED: 286 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 231 (8th)
OBP: .347 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.07 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.33 (11th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .695 (4th)
ZONE RATING: -4.1 (9th)
ERRORS: 28 (t-9th)

RESULTS (34-17 1st)
1-2 @ Las Vegas OFF DAY 2-1 @ El Paso
5/19- LV 2 CIP 1 Day off for Garcia and Nieves. Morris (L) 5-1 1.88 7 IP 5 H 6 K 2R 1 ER Roberts 2H HR (9) RBI (34)
Andres Ramos (LV) (W) 2-4 5.85 8 IP 5 H 3 K 1 ER Lopez SV (13)
5/20 – LV 9 CIP 1 Powers (L) 4.2 IP 5 H 3 BB 3 HR 5 ER Nicol 0.2 IP 4 R 1 ER Nieves E (9)
John English (LV) 3H 2 HR 4 RBI
5/21- CIP 4 LV 3 Nieves 4-4 Garcia 3 2B (16) 3R Brumfield HR (18) RBI (40) McKitrick SV (10)
5/22- OFF DAY
Big early-season series vs El Paso coming up. Going into the series, we're 5 games up. A sweep would put us in an outstanding position.
5/23- CIP 3 EP 2 Guijosa 7 IP 2 H 5 BB 6 K 2 ER (4-2 3.51) McKitrick 1.1 IP 2 K SV (11) Krieg 3H HR (4) 2 RBI Chavez 2H SB (4)

• In New Orleans, Allen Henderson saved his 12th (1.80 ERA).

5/24- CIP 11 EP 6 Camarillo hurt in the 1st (pending) Bullpen 8.2 IP 10 H 5 R 9 K 6 BB Becker SV (2) Ricks BS (1) W 3-0 2.76 Brumfield 4H 2 HR (20) 2 R 4 RBI (44) Gutierrez HR (2) BB 2 R 2 RBI (15) Calkins 3H 2B (7) 2 RBI (15)
5/25- EP 4 CIP 3 Morris ND 6.1 IP 9 H 7 K 3 ER Gross 2 IR gives up GW HR (L) BS (4) Brumfield 0-0 3 BB HBP comes out. Dietz was injured as well. Garcia 2H 2B (17) R RBI

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Sergio Santiago (SI) 12-25 2 HR 7 RBI
NL POTW- 1B Alex Aguillon (FRE) 11-23 5 HR 8 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

INJURIES HIT CHICAGO
A 4-3 loss to 2nd-place El Paso wasn't enough bad news for the Iron Pigs. Young slugger Bill Brumfield was HBP and suffered a deep bone bruise that will sideline him for 2-3 weeks.
Then, CF Kevin Dietz gunned down a Husky runner at home plate, and in doing so, hurt his back. The same back that's been a nuisance since he was acquired. He'll miss at least 3 weeks.
1B Jesus Ramirez , hitting .326/.372/.486 at New Orleans, and OF Cory Dillon (.306/.379/476 at AAA) are recalled.

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WEEK 9
3 vs San Francisco 3 @ New York 1 vs Atlanta
RUNS SCORED: 334 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 258 (6th)
OBP: .343 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 3.99 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.15 (9th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .696 (3rd)
ZONE RATING: -6.5 (12th)
ERRORS: 33 (t-10th)

RESULTS (39-20 +6)
1-2 vs San Francisco 2-1 @ New York 1-0 vs Atlanta
5/26- SF 3 CIP 2 Powers battles 7.1 IP 4 H 4 BB 8 K ND Ricks serves up GW HR Garcia HR (9) 2 RBI (29) Roberts 2H 2B (9) SB (3)
5/27- SF 6 CIP 4 Wood 4.2 IP 8 K 4 ER injured (pending) McKitrick L (1-2) injured (pending) Gutierrez 2H 2B (9) SB (19) R RBI

• Both McKitrick and Wood are DtD, Wood for about a week, McKitrick 4-5 days. Not sure how we'll go about this as I'd prefer they don't throw at all as McKitrick has issues with his throwing hand while Woods back is a problem. McKitrick will be unavailable for the next 3 days.

5/28- CIP 5 SF 1 Guijosa 12 K's 1H 1 BB 6.1 IP (5-2 3.30) Nicol SV (1) Chavez 3H 2B R RBI Stachowski HR (3) 2 RBI (30)
5/29- CIP 7 NYP 2 Camarillo (5-2 4.70) 6 IP 5 H 7 K 2 ER Becker 2 IP SV (3) Krieg 3H 2R Nieves 2B 3B R 2 RBI (40) Garcia 2H RBI (30) Calkins 2 HR's (3) BB 2 R 3 RBI Gutierrez SB (20)
5/30- NYP 6 CIP 5 Another injury as Morris has to come out after 1. He's DtD with back spasms. Krieg 2H R RBI Gutierrez 2H SB (21) R
5/31- CIP 5 NYP 3 Powers ND 7 IP 8 H 4 K 4 BB 2 ER Gross SV (1) Nieves 2H HR (15) RBI (41) Calkins 3H HR (4) 2 R 3 RBI GW 2R 2B in the 9th

• With Dan Woods back issues and a thin bullpen he's IL'd, retroactive to the 29th. Dan Ferguson will be recalled to take the series opener tomorrow vs Atlana. He was 1-1 3.04 in 8 starts at New Orleans.

6/1- CIP 10 ATL 6 Ferguson (W) 5 IP 11 H K 3 BB 5 ER Ricks 2.1 IP H K SV (1) Nieves 2H BB E (10) 2R RBI Gutierrez 2B 3B 2R 2 RBI Calkins HR (5) 2 RBI (23) Ferguson threw better than the numbers, it was 10-2 after 5.


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 1B Juan Carbajal (CHI) 14-31 3 HR 13 RBI
NL POTW- SS Alex Ramirez (PIT) 10-25 4 HR 13 RBI

• Jacksonville learned 36 year old Danny Apker (1-4 6.14 this year) will be lost for the year with a serious shoulder injury. Apker was a thorn in our side to those remember the playoffs last year. The 2-time all-star is 142-96 3.92 over his 10 years and 330 starts with 2019 IP and 1598 K's.

IRON PIG NEWS

• On Sunday, AA OF John Tite hit 2 HR's, including a Grand Slam, and drove in 7 in a 12-10 Milwaukee win. Tite, a 20 year old minor league FA signing, hit .257/.400/.514 at Albuquerque last year with 26 HR's and 75 RBI's. He's currently hitting .262/.367/.508 with 9 HR and 19 RBI through 36 games with the Hawks. He's rated a 2-star prospect with ++ power.
• 2012 16th round draft pick Joe Holsinger came with an arm. The 21 year old is a mid to upper 90's flamethrower. His issue? Control. He was in the rotation at Albuquerque last year going 3-5 4.93 in 16 GS with 80.1 IP 79 H 97 K to 42 BB.
• This year he started out in the bullpen. He was throwing very well, but still battling control problems. Injuries necessitated a move to the rotation.
• He's made 5 starts. He is 4-0 in 33.2 IP allowing 18 H while fanning 37 and walking 17. He's won POTG 3 times with 3 of the starts being scoreless outings including a 13K 1-hit 6.1 inning start a few weeks ago.
• On Tuesday, he went 7 on 2H 8 K 3 BB 0 R in a 9-0 win over Ft Worth.
• On Saturday, he was awarded Class A Pitcher of the month.
• Albuquerque SS AJ Lanigan, taken last year in the 10th round, went 13-20 2 HR 8 RBI and is destroying Class A pitching to the tune of .372-5-15. He's ready to jump but at 19 and with Garza and Dames ahead of him there is no rush.

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MONTH IN REVIEW
AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 2B Colin Courtright (BRK) .341-8-26 22 R
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Alex Aguillon (FRE) .330-15-26 25 R
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Alberto Cedillo (DEN) 4-1 3.05 41 K 38.1 IP
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Adam Sharpe (PIT) 5-0 1.02 52 K 44.1 IP
AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- LF Kenny Andrew (CBK) .301-6-18 25 R
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- LF John Parillo (LA) .312-10-22 23 R

IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW
PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Jose Nieves .283/.322/.611 8 2B 4 3B 7 HR 25 RBI .933 OPS
PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Bobby Guijosa 5-0 2.75 39.1 IP 40 K 21 H 16 BB
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- TIE
Jason Schwartz 3B (A) .284/.375/.632 4 2B 9 HR 21 RBI 1.007 OPS
Marcos Hernandez 3B (AA) .299/.413/.609 6 2B 7 HR 17 RBI 1.023 OPS
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- (A) Joe Holsinger 4-0 1.30 38K 34.2 IP (6-0 1.24)

• The best month in our brief history. 21-8 and an offense that just went nuts. The pitching, especially the starters, had a very good month.
• Our defense, .698 is 3rd in efficiency, and climbing from last to 9th with a -5.7 ZR. 2nd in K's, HA, OPP AVG, BABIP but still hammered by walks where we are 15th.
• The offense is just dominating, across the board.
• Not sure if any one number jumps out, but based on my complaints, I was shocked to see our record vs LHP.

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WEEK 10
2 vs Atlanta OFF DAY 3 @ Indianapolis 1 vs San Diego
Draft is Thursday
RUNS SCORED: 380 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 282 (7th)
OBP: .346 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.06 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.20 (8th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .696 (3rd)
ZONE RATING: -6.5 (9th)
ERRORS: 33 (6th)

RESULTS (43-21 +10)
2-0 vs Atlanta OFF DAY 3-0 @ Indianapolis 0-1 vs San Diego
6/2- CIP 10 ATL 0 Guijosa (6-2 2.97) 7 IP 4 H 6 K 3 BB Garcia 2B (18) HR (10) 2 R 2 RBI Chris Davis 2H HR (1) 4 RBI (13) Amling HR (1) 3 RBI
6/3- CIP 4 ATL 3 Camarillo (W) 6-2 4.72 5.1 IP 6 K 7 H 3 ER McKitrick SV (12) Garcia 2H R leading off Chavez HR (10) Nieves 2H R Ramirez 2H RBI
6/4- OFF DAY
6/5- CIP 7 IND 5 Down 5-4 in the 9th Morris ND 7 IP 7 H 8 K 4 ER McKitrick SV (13) Nieves 3H GW 3R HR (16) 4 RBI (46) Krieg 4H 2B (18) SB (6) R RBI Gutierrez 2B (11) BB 2R SB (22)
6/6- CIP 20 IND 2 The best offensive day in club history. Powers CG 5 H 2 ER (5-3 4.43)
Gutierrez 3H 3B (2) SB (23) 2R 2 RBI (21) Nieves 0-4! 2 BB 2R

• Garcia 5-6 hits for the cycle with 2 HR's (12) 5R and a record 7 RBI's (40)
• Sets the club record for a single game with Runs (5) and hits (5).
• Krieg 2 HR (6) BB 2R 3 RBI (23)
• Roberts 2H 2R 2B (13) RBI
• Dillon 3H HR (1) 2R 2 RBI
• Chavez 3H 2R
• Stachowski 2H 2B (11) R RBI
• Calkins 4H 2B (10) 2R 2 RBI (25)
• 3 Lynx relievers go 3.2 IP 17 H 15 ER
• Club record 11 run 7th inning.

6/7- CIP 11 IND 3 Ferguson (W) 6 IP 6 H 8 K 2 ER (2-0) Garcia Grand Slam (13) 4 RBI (44) Chavez 2H 2B R RBI Stachowski 3H HR (4) 4 RBI (38)
Outscored Indy 38-10 in 3 game series.
6/8- SD 11 CIP 4 Guijosa 5 IP 8 H 2 HR 6 ER (6-3 3.50) Krieg 2H 2B (20) 3 RBI
Lourenco Manhas (SD) 3H HR 4 RBI



LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Nate O'Connell (CLE) 11-23 4 HR 8 RBI
NL POTW- 3B Russ Lutter (FRE) 11-22 3 HR 6 RBI

On Wednesday, Jacksonville Closer Demetrius Leonard notched his 300th career save. He's 42-46 with a 2.85 ERA over 599 innings with 742 K's. He's 10th all-time in saves and 5th among active pitchers. Drafted by the Panthers in 200 (79th overall) he's a 6-time all-star, and Rivera award winner in 2010, and won the Hoffman award in 2011. He's led the league 3 times in saves.

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2013 IBL DRAFT
Pittsburgh landed another young potential ace. Everyone expected Frohling to go 1st.
I was intimately involved in the first 7-10 rounds, and then left to allow the scouts to do their thing. We had the 31st pick, so the common sense approach was used, and we took the best player available.
1-31) Robbie Czarnomski IF RHH (18) 5-stars. Has every offensive tool possible and can run, will be a good middle to left side defender.
2-73) Dean Hahn C RHH (18) 5-stars. Already a + IBL level defender with gold glove tools. Chance to hit .300+ with elite bat to ball skills.
3-97) Bill Bundy LHP (18) 3.5-stars. Potential middle of the rotation guy with 2 ++ pitches. Lots of work to do on the third.
3-107) John Alex RHP (21) 4-stars. comfortably in the upper 90's with triple digit stuff. Already rated a 20 fastball, with a curveball that projects as 20+.Future closer or back end guy.
4-119) Jonathan Brady RHP (19) 3-stars. Potential mid-rotation starter with elite off-speed stuff. Sits 90-92 with ability to get more.
4-140) Jake Schmidt RHP (21) 3-stars. Huge debate in the war room on this one. 21-year-old “pitcher”. Pure pitcher. 4+ offerings with elite change, all the makeup you could want. But no none thinks he'll have the stamina to pile innings on. If he did, he's likely a top 20 pick.
7-235) Gil Ermatinger C LHH (21) 4.5-stars. Stunned he was still around in the 7th. No makeup questions, another IBL level defender today, right now. With a legit middle-of-the-order bat potential. Too good to pass up. So what if we have 4 elite catchers
8-267) John Ingalls RHP (19) 3.5 stars. Future back end or closer arm. Does it “passively” with 3 ++ pitches and a 21 grade curve ball.
9-299) Jorge Flores IF RHH (18) 2.5-stars. Elite middle IF defender or 3B. Big time speed and a bat that could become something.
10-331) Cody Mullins C LHH (21) 4-stars. Yes, a third catcher. A college bat who signed the day of the draft and is headed to AAA to start his pro career.

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WEEK 11
2 vs San Diego 3 @ Los Angeles 2 vs Pittsburgh
RUNS SCORED: 418 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 312 (6th)
OBP: .344 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: .398 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.37 (10th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .696 (3rd)
ZONE RATING: -5.2 (8th)
ERRORS: 34 (t-5th)

RESULTS (47-24 +10)
1-1 vs San Diego 2-2 @ Los Angeles 1-1 vs Pittsburgh
6/9- SD 5 CIP 4 McKitrick BS (1) 5H 3 ER 0.2 IP blows 4-2 lead in the 9th. Amling HR (2) Camarillo ND 6 IP 2 H 3 BB 3 K 2 ER
6/10- CIP 6 SD 5 Krieg 2B (21) 3 RBI (.320 now 3rd in the NL) Morris ND 5.1 IP 5 H 5 K 2 ER McKitrick 0.2 IP HR ER SV (14)
Former P prospect Brian Pelletier started for SD, going 6-4-3-1-3-2 and is 2-7 5.59 in 13 starts 66 IP 68 H 33 BB 54 K
6/11- LA 7 CIP 6 Powers ND 6 IP 8 H 4 BB 5 ER Diaz 0 IP 2H ER (L) Garcica 3H HR (14) RBI (45) Gutierrez HR (3) 3 RBI (25) Chris Davis 2H turned 3 DP's.

• Bill Brumfield will be activated for tomorrow's game with Ramirez being sent out.

6/12- CIP 5 LA 3 Ferguson (W) 6.1 IP 7 H 9 K 0 BB ER (3-0 4.15) Gross SV (2) Krieg 3H 2B (22) R RBI Brumfield 0-5 4K
6/13- CIP 3 LA 2 (10) Guijosa ND 6 IP 9 K 3 BB 3 H 1 R McKitrick BS (2) W Nieves 2H HR (17) Garcia GW 2B (21) SB (4) Brumfield 2H BB

• Danny Wood starts a rehab at New Orleans and will pitch the 1st game of their DH today as they were rained out yesterday.

6/14- CIP 8 PIT 1 Camarillo CG 4 H 10 K 2 BB ER (7-2 4.12) Roberts 2B (15) HR (10) 3R RBI Johnson grand slam (1) 4 RBI
6/15- PIT 7 CIP 6 (10) Morris 6.2 IP 8 H 9 K 5 ER ND McKitrick L 2-4 4.50 1 IP 2H HR ER Nieves 3H 2 2B (17) 3 RBI (52) Gutierrez HR (4) 2 RBI


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- SS Vincent Garo (AUS) 12-24 4 HR 10 RBI
NL POTW- 1B Bryan Taylor (LV) 10-23 4 HR 6 RBI


HYSH BECOMES THE FIRST
Atlanta Bomber starter and 1st ballot Hall of Famer Yaaqov Hysh became the 1st 300 game winner in IBL history with his 7 shutout innings in a 7-0 win Saturday. Hysh is 300-219 over his 22 year career with a 3.64 ERA.

• He's a 4-time Koufax winner, 2-time Gold glove winner, 5-time world champion and 15-time all-star.
• He pretty much owns every career pitching record you could have. He's amassed 4860.2 IP, fanned 4619, walked 1190 allowing 4356 hits. A career 1.14 WHIP with a 104.9 WAR.
• He's tied or led the league in the following:
• Wins 3 times, ERA 4 times, Starts 5 times, IP once, HRA once, K's 7 times (consecutive from 1995-2001) WHIP 8 times, BB/9 3 times, K/9, 5 times, WAR, 5 times.
• Was a member of the LA Storm from 1991-2008, then spent a year in San Francisco, 3 in Staten Island before signing his latest 3 year deal with Atlanta.

IRON PIG NEWS
On Tuesday, AAA New Orleans plated 13 runs in the 1st inning of an 18-11 win. Recent draftee Cody Mullins went 3-4 with a walk in his professional debut.
On Saturday, our final draft pick signed, and all are now in camp and preparing for their season start in about 10 days or with a bigger club playing.
He took home POTW honors going 13-22 7 HR 10 RBI

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WEEK 12
1 vs Pittsburgh OFF DAY 3 vs OKC 2 @ Fresno
RUNS AGAINST: 446 (1st)
OBP: .340 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.37 (9th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 3.92 (4th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .692 (7th)
ZONE RATING: -4.2 (8th)
ERRORS: 38 (t-5th)

RESULTS (49-29 +9)
0-1 vs Pittsburgh 2-1 vs OKC 0-2 @ Fresno
6/16- PIT 7 CIP 0 Andy Sharpe CG 3-hit SHO. 6 K 0 BB (9-5 2.36) Powers 6 H 7 R 6 ER 2.1 IP (5-4 5.12)

• Kevin Dietz comes off the IL tomorrow. Unsure of rehab or straight to the roster as of now.

6/17- OFF DAY

• Dietz will come off the IL and Cory Dillon is optioned back. He did very well in his 16 starts

6/18- OKC 8 CIP 4 Benjamin (OKC) SHO into the 9th 8.2 IP 10 K 5 H (2-3 3.42) Ferguson (L) 9 H 3 BB 6R 4 ER 5.1 IP. Krieg 2H Grand Slam (7) 4 RBI (35) Dietz E (2) 0-3 3K Stachowski 3H
6/19- CIP 8 OKC 2 Guijosa (7-3 3.34) 5.2 IP 2 H 6 K 3 BB 2 ER Roberts leading off 2H HR (11) BB 2R 2 RBI SB (6) Garcia 3H SB (6) R (.322) Nieves HR (18) 2 RBI (54) Krieg 3H R (.321)

• Gus Garcia is 3rd in the NL and Justin Krieg 4th, in the batting race.

6/20- CIP 4 OKC 3 Camarillo hurt (pending) 3 IP 3 H 3 ER Nicol SV (3) Brumfield 2H HR (21) RBI (46) Krieg HR (8) 2 RBI (37) Gutierrez HR (5) RBI (28)
6/21- FRE 6 CIP 4 Morris (5-3 3.14) 7 IP 8 H 7 K 6 ER Stachowski 3H R
Josh Johnston (FRE) 7.2 IP 9 H 4 K (8-6 2.63)

• Aaron Camarillo will undergo Tommy John and miss the next 12-13 months. Dave Wood is called up off his rehab. RP Wilfredo Diaz is undergoing exploratory surgery today and is out at least 3 months. Justin Tar will be recalled for Diaz. Almost thought about putting Henderson on the 40-man and recalling him, he's 2-1 16 Saves with a 1.85 but I'll hold off on that.

6/22- FRE 6 CIP 2 Powers 9 H 2 HR 6 ER 3 IP (5-5 5.54)
Joe Bush (FRE) 4-5 3.14 8.1 IP 11 K 4 H ER Mendoza (FRE) SV (10)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Mike Klotzbach (CBK) 11-25 2 HR 7 RBI
NL POTW- CF Daniel Gonzalez (WAS) 12-25 HR 6 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

• At Albuquerque IF Jason Schwartz has caught fire. On the 6th of June he was hitting ..247/.335/.518 and in the past 7 games has gone 17-31 5 2B 8 HR 14 RBI inlcuding a 3 HR 5 RBI day on Sunday. He is now hitting .294/.372/.667 with a 1.039 OPS.

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WEEK 13
1 @ Fresno 3 vs New England 3 @ Jacksonville
RUNS AGAINST: 460 (1st)
OBP: .335 (3rd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.37 (9th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 3.93 (4th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .692 (7th)
ZONE RATING: -0.2 (6th)
ERRORS: 41 (t-5th)

RESULTS (48-35 +4)
0-1 @ Fresno 0-3 vs New England 0-3 @ Jacksonville (0-7 week)
6/23- FRE 7 CIP 6 (10) Ferguson ND 4.2 IP 6 H 2 HR 6 K 5 BB 6 ER Garcia HR (15) RBI (48) Nieves 3 BB Amling 2H 2B (2) 2R 2 RBI

• 1st sweep of the year. Starting pitching is showing itself to be the same old issue.

6/24- NE 5 CIP 4 Guijosa ND 5 BB 7 H 4 ER 5.2 IP Garcia 3B (5) HR (16) 4 RBI (52)

• Nashville and Minneapolis kick off their seasons tomorrow.

6/25- NE 4 CIP 2 Wood (L) 7 K 5 H 4 ER 6.2 IP (2-4 4.05) Roberts 2H HR (12) RBI (43) Johnson HR (2)
Manny Venegas (NE) 8 IP 3 H 4 K 0 BB 1 ER (6-7 5.66)

• 2013 4th round pick Jonathan Brady went 7 on 3 hits 7 K's allowing 0 runs in a 10-0 opening day win for Minneapolis

6/26- NE 6 CIP 3 6 straight losses Morris ND 6.1 IP 7 K 4 H 1 R Becker 4 ER 3 H 0.2 IP (L)
6/27- JAX 2 CIP 0 7 straight. Powers (L) 5-6 5.33 7 IP 6 H 2 K 0 BB 2 solo HR's.
6/28- JAX 5 CIP 2 Ferguson (3-2 6.15) 6.1 IP 8 H 5 ER

CHICAGO, AMIDST A SEASON HIGH 7 GAME LOSING STREAK, DEALS
Chicago Iron Pig GM Curt Schilling was resolute as he stood before the media today. “What's happening is unacceptable. I am more than aware a team goes through ups and downs during a 162 game season but this club is far too good to be this bad.”
This came on the heals of two announced trades.
In the first deal Chicago sent SP Andy Powers (5-6 5.33) to San Diego in exchange for P prospect Blake Reynolds (20) and IF Andy Alvarado (22).
The second involved sending IF Javier Mariscal (27) to Phoenix in exchange for P Prospect Danny Eckenrode and pitcher Mike Vincent (27).

BACKROOM CHATTER
I wanted to make a bigger splash, but this was all I could get done. Powers has been a solid contributor this year, but is struggling mightily, which is part of the reason our pen is getting hammered. Reynolds is a 20-year-old 2.5-star prospect with middle rotation potential who will start in Nashville for now. San Diego took him in 2011 in the 16th round.
Alvarado is ++ defender at 2B and can play 3B with very good offensive tools. ++ speed as well. He heads to Milwaukee (AA).
The 2nd trade was more about someone else valuing a player we have depth at. Mariscal did ok in his brief call up but he's superfluous with our organizational depth. Phoenix tried to get him when we made the deal with Vegas last year.
Eckenrode was a 16th round pick by Phoenix two years ago out of USC. He's another legitimate middle rotation arm who will start at AA Milwaukee. Our scouts rate him 2.5 stars.
Vincent is a 27 year old RH reliever with a ++ fastball that hits triple digits. He'll head to AAA. Another 2.5 star guy.
That 11 game lead we so enjoyed is now down to 5.
After all the moves RP prospect Allen Henderson is placed on the 40-man and recalled, Nate Draper will take over Powers rotation spot.

6/29- JAX 4 CIP 3 Yup, 9 straight. Henderson in his first IBL appearance BS 1.2 IP 0 R Guijosa 5.1 IP 5 H 4 K 2 ER Roberts 2H HR (13) RBI (45)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Jose Villa (BRK) 11-24 3 HR 6 RBI
NL POTW- RF Jeff Zarrella (FRE) 11-20 2 HR 7 RBI

1. Alex Bazaldua (EP) went 4-5 and homered 3 times driving in 4 in a 9-8 win over San Diego. Astute readers might remember his name from the post-season last year. Also he hit 50 HR's on the seasons final day.

IRON PIG NEWS

• Albuquerque (A) 3B Rick Arbuckle went 15-29 2 HR 5 RBI to win POTW. He's hitting .327-10-40
• New Orleans CF Matt Chiquete hit .348-7-20 with 25 runs to win AAA POTM
• Milwaukee's Marcos Acosta took home AA Pitcher of the month going 4-1 1.98