OOPS I did it again

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WEEK 3
3 vs San Francisco 3 @ New England 1 vs Pittsburgh
RUNS SCORED: 122 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 92 (t-10th)
OBP: .364 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.86 (11th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.73 (10th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .691 (12th)
ZONE RATING: +2.5 (10th)
ERRORS: 12 (12th)

RESULTS (12-7 +2)
2-1 vs San Francisco 1-2 @ New England 1-0 vs Pittsburgh
4/20- CIP 9 SF 0 Bush (W) CG 1-hitter 5 K 2 BB 108 pitches Krieg 3H 2B (4) R RBI (13) Brumfield 3H 2B (6) HR (3) R RBI (9) Roberts 2H HR (2) 3R 2 RBI
4/21- CIP 4 SF 1 Avendano (W) 6 IP 6 K 6 H BB 1 ER Wright SV (6) Krieg 2H Brumfield 0-4 4K Garcia, Roberts 2H each McLain 2H 2B (6) 2 RBI (14)
4/22- SF 7 CIP 6 Guijosa comes out in the 2nd with a bad back, DtD. Henderson (L) 3 ER 3 H 0.1 IP Garcia 2H HR (3) 2 RBI (12) Guzman HR (1) 2H 2 RBI (13)
4/23- CIP 2 NE 1 (10) Becker bases loaded 0 out jam in the 9th and gets out (W) Wright SV (7) Merera 6.1 IP 4 H 5 K 4 BB ER Garcia 3H 3B R Brumfield GW HR (4) 2 BB
4/24- NE 7 CIP 3 NE 7R 2nd inning Morris 7 ER 2.2 IP (1-1 8.10) Guzman 2H 2B (4) 2 RBI (15) SB (5)
4/25- NE 11 CIP 9 Wright BS (2) 0.1 IP 4 H HR 5R 4 ER Bush 4.2 IP 12 H 6 ER Garcia 4H 2B 3R RBI Roberts 2B (1) 2 3B (3) 4 RBI (13) McLain 0-5 5K Calkins 3H 2 2B (4) R RBI

• Our bullpen is a nightmare right now. An ERA of almost 5 behind a rotation that's over 5. Neither is sustainable but the bullpen faux pas tend to over emphasize a bad game. Absolutely nothing harder on a team than late collapses and we've surrendered at least 2 I can remember, 4 run or more leads in the 9th. Wright and his 8.64 ERA can be as mad as he needs to be but these are the games you look back on when you lose a division by 1 game....
• Manager Sean Spicer has announced Matt Wright will no longer close for the time being. Nate Gross will take over. (I selected the option to allow the manager to configure the bullpen and this is what we will go with:
• Closer Nate Gross, setting up McKitrick and Chris Becker, Middle guys Wright and Eichele, long guys Henderson and Rivera with Mark Williams the specialist.

4/26- CIP 11 PIT 0 Avendano (W) 7.2 IP 6 H 3 K (2-0 2.55) Daniel Perez leading off 3H 2B BB R 3 RBI (8) Garcia 3H R RBI (14) McLain HR (5) RBI (15) Nieves 2H 2B (5) 3R RBI Guzman 2 2B (6) 2R RBI (16)

• Luis Ornelas (AA) upped his record to 4-0 1.50 with a CG 3-hit SHO of McKinley.

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Kenny Andrew (CBK) 12-29 5 HR 8 RBI
NL POTW- 1B Andy Peterson (PHX) 10-28 5 HR 11 RBI 8R

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WEEK 4
2 vs Pittsburgh 3 @ Las Vegas OFF DAY 1 vs Atlanta
RUNS SCORED: 158 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 123 (t-11th)
OBP: .353 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.59 (11th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.78 (12th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .693 (9th)
ZONE RATING: +4.8 (6th)
ERRORS: 14 (t-8th)

RESULTS (16-10 +3)
2-1 vs Pittsburgh 1-2 @ Las Vegas 0-1 vs Atlanta
4/27- CIP 5 PIT 3 Pedraza walk off PH 3R HR Guijosa ND 7 IP 7 H 3 ER 2 BB 3K McKitrick 1.2 IP 3 K 2 H Becker (W) Rico Guzman 2B (7) 3B (2) R
4/28- CIP 3 PIT 2 Merera CG 7 H 7 K 0 BB 2 ER (3-0 2.42) Andy Sharpe (PIT) CG 8 IP 5 H 3 ER (1-4 2.95) Jesse Roberts walk off 1B RBI (17)
4/29- LV 5 CIP 2 McKitrick 2 outs IBB to put 1st and 2nd, 3R walk off HR (L) Morris ND 7 IP 6 H 2 ER Brumfield 2B (7) HR (5) 2 RBI (13) Calkins hurt (pending)
4/30- CIP 8 LV 1 Bush (W) 7 IP 4 H 5 K 1 ER (2-1 4.85) Guzman leading off 2H 2 RBI (18) Brumfield 0-5 4K Garcia HR (4) RBI (15) Krieg 3 2B (7) 3R 2 RBI (16) McLain 2H SB (2) 2R
5/1- LV 6 CIP 5 Blew 5-4 lead in the 9th. Becker 1.2 IP 0 H 0 BB 2R 0 ER Garcia 2 errors. Avendano 6 IP 9 H 5 K 4 ER Roberts 2H R 3K Guzman 2 2B (4) 2R 2 RBI (20) Stachowski 2H 2B (4) 3 RBI (12)
5/2- OFF DAY

• Mark Calkins will miss at least a month with another back issue. Derek Dames is going to be added to the 40 man and takeover every day duties at SS.

5/3- ATL 5 CIP 2 Guijosa 4.2 IP 5 H 5 BB 6 K 5 ER (1-2 6.46) Brumfield HR (6) RBI (14) Nieves HR (2) RBI (9)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Frank Gamble (DEN) 12-21 3 HR 10 RBI
NL POTW- CF Chris Reed (WAS) 10-19 4 HR 13 RBI

• Cleveland SP Gabe Warren (24) was lost for the year after suffering an elbow injury. Warren was 15-8 3.41 for the Gladiators last year.

Chris Reed slams 4 HR's in a 16-5 win over New York.
Reed is the 6th player to ever homer 4 times in a single game, just the 4th to do it in a 9-inning game. The 2011 2nd rounder (83rd overall) by Brooklyn found his way to Washington in a November trade that same year in a trade for RF George Hood. He hit 3 2R HR's and a 3R shot. All-star Chris Cross hit in front of Reed and he went 4-5 scoring 4 and driving in 4. Combined they were 8-11 4 HR's 2 2B's 8R and 13 RBI's.

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APRIL IN REVIEW
AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- LF Kenny Andrew (CBK) .337-10-21
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 2B Chris Nicholson (IND) .329-12-21
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Steve Taylor (CHI) 5-0 2.45
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Dallas Coggins (LV) 2-0 7 Saves 0.82 11 IP 18 K 6 H
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- CF Jason Merchen (POR) .360-3-11
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- 2B Chris Nicholson (IND) .329-12-21

• Former Iron Pig SP Andy Powers took home AAA Pitcher of the Month for Chula Vista going 4-0 1.50

IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW
The offense, not much to say, they're killing it and that's without Nieves hitting and Krieg's late April slump. Garcia could be an MVP winner and Rico Guzman and Daniel Perez are only going to get better. If Brumfield and McLain can keep their OBP mid to high .300's the offense will be a force.

• Bush (4.85), Guijosa (5.68), and Morris (6.67) are the reason we didn't have a monster month. Joey Morris was PiOTM last April, not so much this April.
• Merera and Avendano have been a much-needed steady veteran presence in their 9 starts.
• Matt Wright was just awful.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Gus Garcia .429/.495/.667 4 2B 2 3B 4 HR 15 RBI 19 R 1.161 OPS
PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Alberto Merera 3-0 2.43 33.1 IP 19 K 8 BB 1.11 WHIP
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- (AA) Gil Ermatinger .355/.452/.613 5 HR 17 RBI 1.065 OPS
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- (AA) Luis Ornelas 4-0 1.50 He won the AA Pitcher of the month in the league as well

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MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
At Class A Joe Holsinger went 4-1 1.69 with 36 K's in 32 IP to win Pitcher of the Month honors. His command issues remain, as he walked 23 in those 32 IP.
Here's a look at the clubs after a month of play, what prospects are where and how they are doing.

AAA-NEW ORLEANS

• Off to a terrible start and 1-9 in their last 10.
• Their rotation has 2 potential 3-star talents in Brian Pennington (0-2 10.45) who missed 2 weeks in early April with a bad back and Yadier Perez (1-3 4.50) who was a waiver claim from LA last November.
• The pen is full of 2.5 star potentials with Wilfredo Diaz (1.50) Aiden Forte (0.96) and lefty Trevor Carlson (.514) as arms I can use in a bind.
• 4 2.5 star prospects are playing every day. Troy Zehnder (C-22) .182/.308/.200 had a miserable month.
• 2-star IF Adam Higgins (22) is making the most of his call up hitting .306/.348/.500 with 3 HR and 7 RBI. Derek Dames (24) our next in line SS, hit .246/.325/.536 with 5 HR and 11 RBI in April.
• John Tite (21) hit 31 HR's in AA last year and was banged up most of April so he's just starting to get AB's and the 4th 2.5 star guy is Kevin Dietz who hit just .192 this month.
• 2-star Matt Chiquete, after a great AA season, has moved into the CF role and hit .366/.416/.549 in April.
• Jimmy Young (22) hit 19 in AAA last year but a .216 Avg and .302 OBP have held him back. He started horribly and just heated up this last 2 weeks hitting 4 HR and driving in 8 but is sitting at .147 on the year.

AA-MILWAUKEE

• Off to a great start at 16-6.
• 2nd in R, 1st in AVG and OBP as well as 3rd in SP ERA.
• Former 1st rounder Luis Ornelas won a bunch of April awards going 4-0 1.50. He's a 3.5 star prospect. He threw 30 IP 21 H 24 K to 6 BB with a 0.90 WHIP.
• Three other 2.5 star arms in their rotation.
• Augusto Campos (22) 1-1 6.23 acquired in a 2011 deal with Washington
• Danny Eckenrode (24) 2-0 6.75 acquired in a 2013 deal with Phoenix
• Jake Schmidt (22) 1-0 4.50 drafted in the 4th round (140th overall) last year
• Bobby Hutcheson (23) still tantalizes with the stuff. 3-0 2.79 with 17 K in 19 IP but 10 BB. His past 3 years at AA he's 17-10 4.21 with 224 K's in 237 IP with 219 H but has walked 135 hitters. He cannot seem to harness the control or make that next step. He's still a 1.5 star prospect but time's ticking.
• The bullpen features 3 prospects we're watching
• 2.5 Star Justin Tar has a 4.92 ERA but control still haunts him.
• 3.5 star 2013 draftee (3rd round 107th overall) John Alex was 0-6 21 Saves 2.81 at Class A last year, he's 1-2 1 Save 5.79 through a month this year.
• Acquired last July from Fresno 4.5 star prospect Juan Arevalo is closing here and had a good April with 9 Saves. His control bit him (10K 9BB 9.2 IP) but he's a future closer.

• 6 2.5 star or better prospects are in their lineup.
• Gil Ermatinger (2.5* 22 Catcher) is off to a torrid start hitting .355/.452/.613 with 5 HR and 17 RBI. Gil was our 7th round pick last year (235th overall)
• Cody Mullins (2.5* 22 Catcher) is another Catcher drafted last year, 10th round 331st overall. Had a god April hitting .294/.385/.412 while splitting time between spelling Ermatinger and DH'ing.
• Andy Alvarado (2.5* 23 2B, 3B) spent a bit of time at AA last year before starting this season here. Struggled a bit .191/.322/.324 with 2 HR 9 RBI. Andy was acquired from San Diego last June.
• A.J. Lanigan (3* 20 IF) is hot. The 10th round pick (312th overall) in 2012 has surprised everyone. He had a great 2013 hitting .295/.366/.504 with 16 2B 12 HR 29 RBI at Albuquerque last year and is off to another great start hitting .293/.384/.467 with 3 2B 2 3B 2 HR and 13 RBI's.
• Garrett Combs (2.5* 23 OF) acquired from Utah 3 weeks ago in a deal of minor leaguers. Elite defender across the OF with ++ speed. Hitting .235/.270/.329 so far.
• Jaden Brown (2.5* 23 LF) drafted in the 13th round in 2011 (401st overall) he's sort of jumped onto the scene last year hitting .307/.416/.473 with 22 2B 11 HR and 55 RBI. This year an improved version saw him hit .395/.489/.500 in April with a HR and 10 RBI.

A-ALBUQUERQUE

• Started 0-6 and are now 14-8
• They are throwing the crap out of the ball, 2nd in SP ERA, 3rd in BP ERA. That's all with just 2 guys rated above 2-stars.
• David Arroyo (2.5* 21) drafted 45th overall back in 2011. Was 10-4 4.09 over 25 starts here last year, started this year 2-1 2.08 through 5 starts this year.
• Mike Felan (2.5* 22) drafted 600th overall in 2012 he's slowly, but steadily gotten better and opened eyes. Went 3-1 1.50 at Nashville last year and is 0-1 7 Saves 1.04 this year with an 0.81 WHIP.
• Joe Holsinger (2* 22) is 4-1 1.69 with 36 K and 22 BB in 32 IP.
• Blake Reynolds (2* 21) is 3-0 2.60 in 4 starts after going 5-5 4.03 last year after we acquired him in June from San Diego.

• Their lineup has some potential talent including the highest rated prospect playing for us right now.
• Dean Hahn (5* 19 C) drafted in the 2nd round last year (73rd overall) had a great April hitting .328/.366/.507 with 3 2B 3 HR and 8 RBI.
• Jim Baxley (2.5* 22 C) 17th round pick last year (555th overall) had a tough start hitting .188/.278/.375 in April.
• Josh Logan (2.5* 21 1B/2B) 15th round pick (465th overall) had a great year here last year hitting .318/.382/.485 with 13 2B 12 HR and 41 RBI. Off to a slow start .197/.329/.423 with 5 HR.
• Jake Pena (2.5* 20 IF) 14th round (440th overall) in 2012. Had a good season at Nashville last year (.295/.373/.419) hitting 12 2B 6 HR and driving in 21. Off to a solid start .253/.364/.440 with 5 2B 3 HR and 10 RBI.
• Enrique Garza (2.5* 21 IF) drafted to be a potential answer at SS he struggled a bit at Milwaukee last year hitting .239/.291/411 with 18 2B and 13 HR driving in 48. His defense has not progressed and he looks to be a 1B or 2B though his bat won't likely play at 1B.
• Edwin Mejia (2.5* 20 OF) Back here after a great run at Nashville got him called up last year, where he struggled hitting just .174. Tough April .217/.270/.361 but he did hit 3 HR's. Acquired last year in a deal with the “other” Chicago club.
• Johnny Blackwell (2.5* 20 OF) Monster power, drafted in the 3rd round in 2012 (94th overall) for his raw power. Hit 28 last year in 126 starts here. Off to a big start, homering 7 times in April and hitting .273.

• On the international FA front we signed three players recently. 2 5-star prospects in SS Marcello Dazzi and OF Teobaldo Pintalho and 3.5* OF Javier Dominguez. Dazzi jumped to 32nd on the IBL prospect list and Pintalho 67th.

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WEEK 5
2 vs Atlanta 3 @ El Paso 2 vs Jacksonville
RUNS SCORED: 182 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 165 (t-12th)
OBP: .345 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 5.08 (13th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.57 (11th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .682 (13th)
ZONE RATING: +3.9 (9th)
ERRORS: 20 (t-11th)

RESULTS (18-14 t-1st)
2-0 vs Atlanta 0-3 @ El Paso 1-1 vs Jacksonville
5/4- CIP 11 ATL 9 Guzman 4H 2B 3B 2R 2 RBI (22) Brumfield 2B (8) HR (7) 2 BB 3R 4 RBI (18) Krieg 2H 2B (8) 3 RBI (19) Merera ND 4.2 IP 7 H 3 ER 111 pitches Bullpen 4.1 IP 8 H 6 ER Becker BS (2) W 3-1 3.48
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5/5- CIP 4 ATL 3 (11) Morris ND 8 IP 6 K 6 H 2 ER McKitrick comes in bases loaded and allows tying run BS (2) Roberts 3H 2 HR (4) 2R 2 RBI (19) Chavez PH GW HR (1)

• First meeting with El Paso this year. They're 14-13 3 GB and their star slugger Alex Bazaldua just suffered a broken hammate bone and is out at least 4 weeks. He was raking too, .349-8-19. They're 16th in Runs scored and 1st in Runs against.

5/6- EP 9 CIP 2 Bush 5 IP 8 H 2 HR 3 BB 6R 3 ER (2-2 4.93) Wright 3H 2 ER 1 IP (8.44) Pedraza 2H HR (2) SB (4) Nieves 0-4 Error (4)
5/7- EP 10 CIP 2 Avendano (L) 3 IP 5 H 6 ER 3 HR Williams 1 IP 3 H HR 4R 2 ER Roberts HR (5) RBI (20) Errors Garcia (4) McLain (3)
5/8- EP 8 CIP 5 Mike Perez 6R 3rd 2.2 IP 6 H 6 ER (L) Wright 1.2 IP 3 H 2 ER (8.76) Garcia 2H HR (5) 3 RBI (19) Brumfield 2B (9) HR (8) R RBI Perez HR (3) BB 2R RBI

• 3 game sweep and outscored 27-9 by the leagues worst offense.
• No idea what to do with Matt Wright right now. Last 4 outings 4.1 IP 11 H 9R 8 ER 2 HR 3 K ERA from 4.50 to 8.76

5/9- CIP 6 JAX 4 Merera (W) 7 IP 11 H 6 K 4 ER 4-0 3.20 (9 game win streak dating back to last year) Gross SV (1) IP 2 K Brumfield 2H HR (9) RBI (21) Garcia 2 2B (6) Nieves 3H 2R 2 RBI (11) Krieg 2H 2B (9) R RBI (20)
Ricky Ramirez 2B (7) 3B (2) HR (6) 2R 3 RBI (14)
5/10- JAX 8 CIP 5 Morris (L) 6 IP 9 H 3 HR 7R 5 ER Nieves Error (5) Dames Error (1) Garcia leading off 2H HR (6) BB R 2 RBI (21) Krieg 2H 2B (10) RBI (21) McLain 3-3 BB SB (3) Roberts HR (6) RBI (21)



LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Sergio Santiago (SI) 14-27 3 HR 10 RBI
NL POTW- 1B Chris Cross (WAS) 13-29 3 HR 10 RBI

• The Austin Roughnecks made a ton of moves this winter in what felt like a push to be a contender including signing former MVP Andrew Jacobi. As of the 12th of May they're 12-21 and 7 games out, the worst record in the IBL.
• Talk about parity. In the AL and NL combined there are a total of 3 teams that are 4 or more games out of the 2nd WC position. Meaning 29 of 32 teams are within 3 games of a post-season spot. It's just past 30 games, about 1/5th of the way through, but I don't remember it ever being like this.
• Additionally, 22 of 32 teams are within 1 game or better of .500.

IRON PIG NEWS

• On Saturday our AAA, AA, and class A starters all tossed CG's including a no-hitter!

1. AAA- Brian Pennington CG 5 H 5 K 1 ER (1-3 7.48)
2. AA- Augusto Campos CG 5 H 5 K 1 ER (2-1 5.06)
3. A- Joe Holsinger CG no-hitter! 10 K 7 BB 142 pitches! (5-2 1.71)

• Mike Johnson, whose started to feel like an albatross after taking him 1st overall in my first draft, went 10-22 2 HR 5 RBI to win Class A POTW! The 21 year old is hitting .321-8-18 with 15R and a .395 OBP in 31 games.

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IRON PIGS-ROADRUNNERS SWAP STARTERS
The details were finally ironed out and the Iron Pigs and Phoenix Roadrunners announced a deal involving both clubs starting pitchers. Chicago sent SP Bobby Guijosa and minor league IF prospect Roberto Becerra and one of their 2014 2nd round draft picks to Phoenix for SP Mike Perez and the Roadrunners 2014 2nd round draft choice. Phoenix did not disclose the amount but they will retain a portion of Perez's contract.

BACKROOM CHATTER
I couldn't watch another 5 walk 115 pitch 4.2 inning outing, I just couldn't. The guy battles, and was 35-28 with an ERA of 4.50 but the inconsistent start to start with the bullpen killing number of walks and pitch counts was too much. The prospect netted me a good bump into the early 2nd round with pick swaps as we mover 31st to 8th giving us 3 picks now in the top 62 (33, 49, and 62), the 49th was formerly the 72nd.

• Perez is a free-agent at years end, and 35 years old but Phoenix took on 2 million of his remaining money. He is making 4.4 this year. He also gives us a 2nd LH starter.
• He's a 4th or 5th starter but one who throws a lot more strikes. He's 106-130 3.99 over his 350 starts allowing 2122 H in 2110 IP with 1432 K's and 683 BB. His best season came 2 years ago when he went 14-12 3.84 over 33 GS and 183 IP.
• There was a lot of angst over maybe calling up one of the arms at AAA who was pitching well but there were 40 man issues and no one there is lights out as of today.

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WEEK 6
1 vs Jacksonville 3 @ Fresno OFF DAY 2 vs New York
RUNS SCORED: 206 (2nd)
RUNS AGAINST: 182 (10th)
OBP: .342 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.65 (10th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.23 (8th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .694 (8th)
ZONE RATING: +5.6 (6th)
ERRORS: 23 (t-7th)

RESULTS (23-15 +2)
1-0 vs Jacksonville 2-1 @ Fresno OFF DAY 2-0 vs New York
5/11- CIP 5 JAX 4 (15) Bush ND 6.2 IP 7 H 7 K 2 ER Wright gives up solo HR in the top of the 15th (W) 1 IP HR BB K ER Dames 2R walk off 1B Brumfield 0-6 5K Nieves 3H 2B (8) 2R Krieg 2H 2BB 2B (11) 2R Milazzo HR (1) 2 RBI

• Vague memories of a SP named Aaron Camarillo spring to mind. After over a year on the IL he's returning and heading to New Orleans for 4-5 starts at least.

5/12- CIP 5 FRE 1 Avendano (W) 7 IP 4 H 2 K 1 ER (3-1 3.98) Guzman 2H 2B (13) R 2 RBI (25)
5/13- CIP 6 FRE 3 Mike Perez (W) 6.2 IP 5 H 4 K 3 ER (1-1 8.68) Gross SV (2) Guzman 2 2B (15) R 2 RBI (27) Garcia 2 HR (8) 2R 3 RBI (24) Stachowski 4-4 2B (6) 2R
5/14- FRE 8 CIP 4 Merera (L) 5 IP 9 H 5 ER (4-1 3.78)
Zach McMillion (5-1 3.02) 8 IP 7 H 7 K 4 ER 3 HR Nieves 2H HR (3) RBI Stachowski 2H 2B R Perez HR (4) BB R RBI Roberts HR (7)
5/15- OFF DAY
5/16- CIP 1 NYP 0 Morris (W) 7 IP 2 H 7 K 4 BB (2-2 5.06) Gross SV (3) Krieg 3H 2B (13) McLain 2H
Brent Risinger (NYP) (L) 6.2 IP 10 H 5 K 0 BB 0 ER (2-4 3.15)
5/17- CIP 3 NYP 1 Bush (W) 7.2 IP 3 H 4 K 3 BB 1 ER (3-2 4.04) Gross SV (4) McLain HR (6) RBI (20) Guzman 2H


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Michael Mcvaugh (WYO) 9-15 2 HR 4 RBI
NL POTW- 2B Trevor Cooper (OKC) 11-23 HR 8 RBI

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WEEK 7
1 vs New York 3 @ San Diego 3 vs Phoenix
RUNS SCORED: 239 (2nd)
RUNS AGAINST: 219 (11th)
OBP: .337 (4th)
STARTERS ERA: 4.52 (11th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 4.55 (11th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .694 (8th)
ZONE RATING: +6.7 (6th)
ERRORS: 25 (7th)

RESULTS 26-19 +1
0-1 vs New York 1-2 @ San Diego 2-1 vs Phoenix
5/18- NYP 13 CIP 6 Avendano (L) 4.1 IP 8 H 7R 4 ER Henderson/Eichele 2 IP 7 H 5 ER Guzman 2H 2B (16) Roberts HR (8) RBI (23) McLain 2H HR (7) 2R 3 RBI (23) BB Perez HR (5) 2 RBI (14) Nieves 2 errors (9)
Kyle Flanagan (NYP) hits for the cycle 2R 4 RBI (24)
5/19- CIP 7 SD 1 Perez (W) 7.1 IP 6 H 6 K BB ER (2-1 5.40) Williams 1.2 scoreless! (7.45) Brumfield HR (10) 3 RBI (25) Guzman H 2 SB (11) R
5/20- SD 1 CIP 0 Merera (L) CG 8 IP 6 H 5 K 1st inning solo HR (Lourenco Manhas (3))
Former Iron Pig Brian Pelletier 7 IP 5 H 5 K 0 BB (2-2 5.31)
5/21- SD 7 CIP 5 Morris (L) 5R 1st 5.2 IP 10 H 5 BB 6 ER (2-3 5.53) Brumfield 2B (10) 2 HR (12) 2R 2 RBI (27) Nieves HR (4) 2 RBI (14)
Joey Syck (SD) 1st inning Grand Slam (5) 5 RBI (19)

• Star slugger Zach Stewart is off to another great start. He's hitting .283-16-36 and on pace for a record tying 71 HR's. Until today that is. He has a shoulder injury that will apparently shut him down for the next 4-5 weeks.

5/22- PHX 6 CIP 1 Bush (L) 7 IP 8 H 3 ER (3-3 4.02) Becker 2 IP 2 HR 3 ER Brumfield HR (13)
Hugo Fulgencio (PHX) 8.2 IP 4 H 10 K 1 ER (3-3 3.21) Justin Watkins 4-4 2 HR (4) 4 RBI (14)

• Luis Ornelas fired a 5-hitter fanning 9 in a 10-0 win over the Ferrol T-Bones. He's 5-3 3.64

5/23- CIP 10 PHX 6 Avendano (W) 6.2 IP 6 H 3 ER (4-2 4/35) Nieves 2 HR (6) 5 RBI (19) Garcia 2H 2 RBI (27) Dames 3H 2R RBI
5/24- CIP 4 PHX 3 (13) Perez ND 7 IP 7 H 2 ER Bullpen 6 IP 6 H 4 K 1 BB 1 ER Rivera (W) Guzman 3H 2 2B (20) SB (13) BB R Dames HR (1)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 1B BK Corbin (DAL) 12-29 4 HR 12 RBI
NL POTW- LF Jeremy Lanouette (PIT) 12-28 4 HR 9 RBI

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WEEK 8
3 @ Washington OFF DAY 3 vs OKC

RESULTS (29-22 +2)
1-2 @ Washington OFF DAY 2-1 vs OKC
5/25- CIP 12 WAS 9 Guzman, Roberts back to back to start game, 3 HR's 1st inning. Guzman 3H 2 HR (3) 3R 3 RBI (34) Roberts HR (9) Garcia 3 2B (9) 2R RBI (28) Brumfield 2H HR (14) 2R 3 RBI (31) Merera ND 4.2 IP 10 H 7 ER
Daniel Gonzalez (WAS) 4H HR (5) 3R RBI (20)

• Rico Guzman (.365) and Gus Garcia (.358) are 1-2 in the NL in Avg and OBP.

5/26- WAS 8 CIP 4 Morris (L) 5 IP 9 H 2 K 3 BB 2 HR 6 ER (2-4 5.98) Garcia 2H HR (9) 2 RBI (30) McLain 0-4 4K
5/27- WAS 4 CIP 2 (10) Cross (WAS) 2R walk off HR 3H 3 RBI (47) Bush ND 6.1 IP 6 H 9 K 2 ER Gross (L) 0.1 IP BB H HR 2 ER
5/28- OFF DAY
5/29- CIP 14 OKC 9 Avendano (W) 5.1 IP 8 H 6 ER given 6-1 lead after 3. Wright (trying to get some IP to get him right 2 IP 3 H HR K 2 ER (7.59) Guzman 2 2B (22) SB (14) BB 3R RBI (35)
Garcia 3H 3B (3) 2R 2 RBI (32) (Garcia .360 Guzman .358) Nieves 2H BB 2R 2 RBI (21) SB (4) Brumfield 2H HR (15) 4 RBI (35) Perez 4H 2B (6) HR (6) R 3 RBI (17)
5/30- OKC 4 CIP 0 Nick Grieshop (W) 8 IP 6 H 6 K (8-1 3.33) Mike Perez (L) 5 IP 11 H 4 K 4 ER
5/31- CIP 11 OKC 4 Merera (W) 7 IP 7 H 6 K 0 BB 3 ER (5-2 4.13) Guzman leading off 3-4 2B (23) 3B (4) leadoff HR (4) 3R 4 RBI (39) Garcia 2 2B (11) 3B (4) R 2 RBI (34) Stachowski HR (3) 3 RBI (19) Dames 2H (up to .237)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Bryan Jones (DAL) 12-21 HR 4 RBI
NL POTW- CF Jeremy Smith (FRE) 12-23 3 HR 5 RBI

• On Thursday Miner SP Chris Andrezejewski tossed his league leading 2nd CG SHO beating Fresno 5-0 on 3 hits while fanning 5. 2011's third overall pick is now rated as the games best starter at just 25. He's 4-3 2.28 over his 11 starts in 79 IP allowing just 52 H while fanning 85 and walking 22 for a 0.94 WHIP. I think the Mike Johnson regret is going to go deep on this guy. I ended up firing the guy who wanted us to take him.....

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MINERS DRUB EL PASO, TONY GONZALEZ HAS THE BEST DAY IN HISTORY!
The Pittsburgh Miners hammered El Paso 17-3 and in that game CF Tony Gonzalez did something never before seen. The 24 year old went 7-7 with a HR, scored 4 times and drove in 6 runs. No player has ever recorded 7 hits in a single game, much less a single 9 inning game.
The Miners tallied 21 hits and 11 walks. 19 of the 21 hits were singles.

• On the last day in May Jay Hammer (SI) went 2-3 and his 6th inning 2B was his 2500 career hit. He's a career .308/.372/.454 hitter with 578 2B 108 3B 128 HR and 1026 RBI's with 1296 R and is 308-428 in SB. The 38 year old has led the league in H (1x) 2B (2x) 3B (4x) SB (1x) won two batting titles, led in OBP (1x) and WAR (1x).
• He's a 4 time gold glove winner 8-time all star and a 5-time silver slugger.

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MAY IN REVIEW
AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Carlo Ambrogi (WYO) .417-9-23 18R
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Bobby Cotter (NE) .381-8-23 17R
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Travis Hilly (CLE) 5-0 3.00 43 K 45 IP
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Eric Davis (LA) 5-0 1.41 31 K 51 IP (started the season 0-5, now 5-5 2.66)
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- RF Andrew King (UT) .367-2-12 18R
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- CF Phil Ward (OKC) .377-5-22 13R


IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW

PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Rico Guzman .358/.404/.632 16 2B 2 3B 3 HR 21 RBI 21R 7-7 SB 1.036 OPS
PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Ramon Rivera 2-0 1.29 14 IP 8 H 10 K 0.86 WHIP 0-5 IRS
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- (AA) AJ Lanigan .344/.417/.635 8 HR 20 RBI
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- (A) David Arroyo 5-0 1.27 5 QS 0.99 WHIP 35.1 IP 34 K 7 BB

• AJ Lanigan hit .344-8-20 with 15R to win AA POTM
• David Arroyo went 5-0 1.27 with 34 K's in 35 IP to win Class A Pitcher of the Month.

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MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA NEW ORLEANS

• They went 13-15 and are 19-31 7 GB
• John Tite (.296-7-12) Matthew Brittingham (.307-3-19) are hitting while the staff is struggling for the most part. Pennington is 1-5 8.74 Jose Ruiz is 2-4 3.86, John Timmerman is 2-4 3.81 and Aaron Camarillo after a bad 1st rehab start is 1-0 2.40
• Trevor Carlson has 6 Saves and a 4.74

AA MILWAUKEE

1. 10-18 May after a 16-6 April. They are 1 up in the division.
2. AJ Lanigan (.322-10-33) and Gil Ermatinger (.287-8-28) pace the offense while a recent minor league deal brought in 3 players and OF Travis Rowell (24) was sent to the Hawks.

A ALBUQUERQUE
Went 15-13 and is 29-21 in first place.

• Some may remember a few drafts ago I took a slugger named Josh Dufault. I now seem to collect big power, great eye, no contact 1B/DH types and so I shopped Josh and got 3 players in return from Charlotte. RP John Smith was sent to Albuquerque and SP Hendrick Rose as well.
• The big surprise, pleasant one too, is Mike Johnson. The 1st overall pick in the draft is hitting .295-13-27 and hopefully is starting to find his way. Johnny Blackwell (.254-12-32) Dean Hahn (.318-7-20) Enrique Garza (.293-11-20) and Jonathan Vittone (.295-8-25) are all hitting.
• David Arroyo (7-1 1.67) is likely to be called up soon, Joe Holsinger keeps doing his thing (.6-2 2.38) while Mike Felan has 14 Saves and a 2.04.

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WEEK 9
3 @ Indianapolis 3 vs LA 3 @ SF
Big opening series with Indianapolis behind by 2.
RUNS SCORED: 311 (2nd)
RUNS AGAINST: 292 (13th)
OBP: .337 (5th)
STARTERS ERA: 4.67 (12th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.06 (14th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .687 (12th)
ZONE RATING: +8.5 (6th)
ERRORS: 32 (t-8th)

RESULTS (33-25 +3)
1-2 @ Indianapolis 3-0 vs Los Angeles 0-1 @ SF
6/1- IND 14 CIP 0 Worst SHO loss in club history. Morris (L) 6 IP 5 H 7 K 4 BB 2 ER McKitrick 0 IP 3 H 4 ER Wright 1.1 IP H 2 BB 2 ER Becker, Williams combined 0.2 IP 6 H 2 HR 6 ER. Pen allows 12 runs in 2 IP to make a 1R deficit a 14-0 blowout.

• TRADE (see below)
• Aaron Camarillo fired 8 scoreless, fanning 11 while walking 1 in a 9-0 win at Irvine. He's 2-0 1.57 and will continue rehabbing until his time is up.

6/2- IND 10 CIP 9 Gross BS (1) 0.2 IP 2 H BB 2 ER Bush ND 8 ER 8 H 3.1 IP Guzman HR (5) 2 RBI (41) Brumfield 2B (11) HR (16) 2R 2 RBI (38) McLain 2H HR (9) RBI (28) Dames 3H 2B (5) 2R RBI (.267)
Down 8-3 then scored 6 unanswered. Rivera, Becker, McKitrick 4.2 IP 3 H 3 K 0 R
6/3- CIP 6 IND 2 Avendano (W) 7.1 IP 6 H 2 ER Gross SV (5) Mendoza IP 2 BB Guzman 3H 2B (24) R SB (15) Garcia HR (10) RBI (36) McLain 3H HR (10) 2R RBI (29) Dames 2H 2R BB
6/4- CIP 6 LA 3 Perez 7 IP 5 H 7 K 3 ER (3-2 4.79) Eichele 2 IP 3 K H SV (1) Nieves 2H grand slam (7) 4 RBI (26) Garcia 2H HR (11) R RBI (37)

• Going to go with a committee approach for now. If a guys throwing well he gets the opportunity.
• Top IF prospect AJ Lanigan jammed his shoulder and it looks like 7-8 weeks of downtime.

6/5- CIP 5 LA 1 Merera (W) 8 IP 4 H 4 K 0 BB 1 ER (6-2 3.82) Gross IP 2 K SV (6) Brumfield 2H HR (17) 2R 2 RBI (41) Stachowski 2H HR (4) 3 RBI (23)

• Albuquerque won 17-7 today and Mike Johnson, yes, that Mike Johnson, went 5-6 with an RBI. He's hitting .312-13-30.
• In that game, teammate Johnny Blackwell was 5-7, 3 RBI's.
• The Matadors had a franchise record 27 hits in the win.
• Their 2-5 hitters went a combined 18-25 3 2B 9R 8 RBI

6/6- CIP 2 LA 1 Morris (W) 8 IP 11 K 7 H 1 ER (3-5 5.20) Gross SV (7) Pedraza PH in the 8th, draws bases loaded GW walk.
6/7- SF 4 CIP 1 tied 1-1 into the 8th. Rivera comes in to get Weems, back to back HR's. (L) Bush 7 IP 7 H 3 K 4 BB 1 ER Brumfield 2H 2B (13) Chavez 3H SB (2) R

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Bryan Jones (DAL) 11-26 3 HR 10 RBI
NL POTW- C Bryan Bernhardt (OKC) 10-18 3 HR 7 RBI

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CHICAGO BRINGS BACK AN OLD FRIEND
After one of the worst and most embarrassing losses in club history Chicago wasted no time. Sending veteran LHP Matt Wright and P prospect Jason Montano to Fresno for former Iron Pig closer Mario Mendoza. Fresno had been looking to move Mendoza for a few weeks for reasons unknown, as their bullpen is ranked atop the NL.
The 14-0 loss and implosion of the bullpen and its season long struggles had forced them to look outside for solutions and that was not a message missed by any IBL team.

• Fresno is 30-22 and 5 games up on San Francisco and LA in the NL West.
• Wright was having a nightmare season (1-2 7.42) and is a FA at years end while 22 year old Montano was 3-1 4.68 at AAA New Orleans. He's on the 60-day IL and out 2-3 more months.
• Mendoza, 1-0 16 Saves 1.68 in 22 appearances is signed through 2015 at a very affordable 2.76 million. Players in Chicago were elated at the news as Mendoza is a popular player in the clubhouse and the city and many were upset when GM Curt Schilling, after just days on the job, dealt the right hander.

BACKROOM CHATTER
The bullpen is beyond a disaster right now. These aren't bad nights, they're total meltdowns. Mendoza will slide into the mix for now with Gross still holding down the job. The move saved us over 3 million this year though that had zero to do with the reasoning.
A very good offense is being sabotaged by a bullpen that cannot seem to put 2 nights of pitching together.

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2014 IBL AMATEUR DRAFT
We are sitting on 5 of the first 103 picks with 6 of the top 150. Not picking until 33rd but I have my eyes on a HS pitcher. It's likely we will lean on pitching early, to what degree I'm not sure but this draft will lean towards pitching if the arms are there early.

Here are the top 10 prospects going in, and where they were taken (ratings are our scouts):

1. Nate McCormick (21) 4* CF big bat LHH 17th overall to Austin
2. Cory Thompson (18) 5* SS Monster power, elite eye RHH 1st Overall to Columbus
3. Carlos Garcia (21) 4* RF Big bat 53rd overall to Atlanta
4. Mitch Newton (20) 3.5* 3B Big bat 31st overall to Cleveland
5. Jeff Luebke (21) 5* SP Ace potential 2nd overall to San Diego
6. Tony Dorrance (21) 4* RF Elite bat/eye combo 18th overall to Indianapolis
7. Ken Rybaki (18) 5* C huge power 28th overall to Chicago Hitmen
8. Brett Housley (21) 5* 2B huge power/eye combo 6th overall to Phoenix
9. Gerardo Martinez (21) 5* CF Elite bat 10th overall to Detroit
10. Jesse Halamicek (21) 4* elite bat 25th overall to Chicago Hitmen

IRON PIGS DRAFT
Round/Pick
1/33 Mike Harper (18) RHP 5* 6'2” 190 The arm we had targeted before the draft started. Elite 4 pitch mix with 3-4 MPH left to go. Works 91-93
2/49 Elijah Washington (21) RHP 5* 6'4” 210 did not expect him to be here. Monster talent with enough maturation he'll likely start in AA if/when he signs
2/62 Jake Ray (19) RHP 4* 6'1” 185 legit shot at being a solid #2. Will end up mid to upper 90s if healthy.
3/102 Jamie Bowden (21) LHP 5* 5'10” 185 Came out of San Diego State, works mid 90s now, could start in AAA without a concern, slider already a 20 on scouting boards.
3/103 Larry Hileman (18) 3B RHH 4* IF 6'4” 210 huge raw power, could be a 6 hitter or a 3 if everything breaks right. First position player taken by us
4/136 Bryan Morrison (18) RHP 4.5* 6'2” 190 he hung around for too long. An anamoly in today's game, the HS “pitcher”. Will not overwhelm with velocity but his 3 pitch mix features a potential 19-20 rated change up.
5/168 Bobby Chapman (18) 2B RHP 4* 6' 180 big time bat, no real power but has great hit tools and elite speed.
6/200 Brian Parke (21) RHP 3.5* 6'1” 190 Elite 3 pitch mix who will be ready for A or AA out of the draft.
7/232 Pablo Carcamo (18) LHP 3.5* 6'2” 195 Very good find if he's the player we think. Potential 3 in a good rotation.
8/264 Juan Ybarra (20) RHP 3.5* 5'11” 180 hard throwing righty who can be a potential late inning arm
9/296 David Green (18) RHP 3.5* 5'10” 175 Another hard throwing HS righty with back end potential in an IBL bullpen

We took 10 starting pitchers, 4 relievers, 5 infielders and 3 outfielders total.

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WEEK 10
2 @ SF OFF DAY 3 vs New England 1 @ Pittsburgh
RUNS SCORED: 358 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 322 (12th)
OBP: .341 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 4.58 (11th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.22 (15th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .688 (12th)
ZONE RATING: +10.9 (4th)
ERRORS: 35 (t-8th)

RESULTS (37-26 +6)
2-0 @ San Francisco OFF DAY 2-1 vs New England 1-0 @ Pittsburgh
6/8- CIP 4 SF 2 Avendano ND 7 IP 7 H 3 K 2 ER Gross SV (8) Guzman 2H 2B (26) BB R RBI (42) Roberts 2H SB (7) BB R RBI (26) Brumfield 2H 2 BB
6/9- CIP 9 SF 6 (12) Brumfield 2H walk GW 3R HR (18) 3 RBI (44) McLain 4H 2 2B (13) Pedraza PH 3R HR Perez 7.1 IP 9 H 4 ER McKitrick and Mendoza BS
6/10- OFF DAY
6/11- CIP 10 NE 7 Merera (W) 7 IP 6 H 5 K ER (7-2 3.61) left up 10-1 Williams 0.1 IP 4 H BB 5 ER (12.46 ERA) Gross SV (9) Brumfield 3H HR (19) 2 RBI (46) McLain 2H HR (11) 3 RBI (34) Guzman, Roberts, Garcia, Stachowski, and Dames all 2H each.

• LHP Aaron Prochaska was claimed off waivers from New York and Allen Henderson was optioned out, I almost just released Williams but asking around I got some interest, not much, so I'll hold on. Henderson was doing ok but needs more innings right now.

6/12- NE 10 CIP 9 (11) Morris ND 6 IP 9 H 5 ER Bullpen 5 IP 7 H 4 K 5 BB 5 ER Gross (L) Guzman 2H 3B (5) R RBI (44) Roberts 3H 2B (7) R Garcia HR (12) 2 RBI (39) Stachowski HR (5) Perez HR (7) SB (3) 2R 2 RBI
6/13- CIP 6 NE 5 Bush ND 5.2 IP 8 H 5 K 0 BB 5R 4 ER Prochaska (W) 2.1 IP BB Garcia 2H 2 SB (9) BB 2R RBI (40) Brumfield 2H R RBI (47) Nieves 2 2B (14) 2 RBI (30)
6/14- CIP 9 PIT 2 Avendano CG 9 H 4 K 0 BB 2 ER (7-2 4.15) Guzman 3B (6) leadoff HR (6) BB R 2 RBI (46) Garcia HR (13) 3 RBI (43) Nieves 2H 2B (15) BB R RBI (31) Krieg 2H HR (2) 3 RBI (28) Dames 2-2 2B (7) 2R HBP

• In San Francisco Luis Corona went 4-5 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 5 in a 15-5 win over Atlanta. Corona is hitting .315-27-67

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 1B Juan Carbajal (CHI) 11-22 2 HR 7 RBI
NL POTW- 2B Luis Corona (SF) 14-28 5 HR 14 RBI

• On Monday Eric Davis (LA) fired a 5 hit 9 K CG SHO to go 7-5 2.19. It was his 2nd straight CG SHO and he has now thrown 28 straight scoreless innings. He ended April 0-5 4.54 and since then has gone 7-0 1.04 in his past 8 starts with 4 CG's and has pitched into the 9th in 7 of those games.

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WEEK 11
2 @ Pittsburgh 3 vs Las Vegas 2 @ Atlanta
RUNS SCORED: 395 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 360 (12th)
OBP: .340 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.62 (12th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.11 (14th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .689 (10th)
ZONE RATING: +13.6 (4th)
ERRORS: 39 (t-8th)

RESULTS (41-30 +4)
2-0 @ Pittsburgh 0-3 vs Las Vegas 1-1 @ Atlanta
6/15- CIP 8 PIT 4 Perez CG 9 H 4 ER K BB 103 pitches (4-2 4.67) Brumfield HR (20) 2R 3 RBI (50) 2 BB Stachowski 2H 2B (10) 2 RBI (28)
TJ Bauerle (PIT) 4-4 HR (17) RBI (49) Former CIP P Prospect Tony Mejia started walking 7 and giving up 6 in 3.2 IP. He's 5-4 4.54 on the year in 13 GS.

• Mark Calkins rehab stint is up tomorrow, unsure of the direction with Dames playing so well.

6/16- CIP 8 PIT 1 3rd straight CG Merera 6 H 8 K 0 BB 1 ER (8-2 3.36) Guzman 4H 2 2B (29) R 2 RBI (48) Garcia 2-2 3 BB HR (14) RBI (45) McLain HR (12) Dames 2B (8) 3B (2) 2R RBI
Andrezejewski (PIT) 4 IP 8 H 5R 2 ER (4-6 2.74)
6/17- LV 7 CIP 3 Morris (L) 7 ER 8 H 3.2 IP (3-6 5.90) Eichele 3.1 IP 4 K 0 R Brumfield HR (21) Pedraza 2H HR (4) SB (7) E (3)
6/18- LV 5 CIP 4 (11) 4-1 lead entering 9th. Gross BS (2) IP 2 H BB HR 3 ER Brumfield HR (22) Perez 2H 2 RBI (22) Dames 2 2B (10) R Milazzo 2H RBI
6/19- LV 9 CIP 4 Avendano 4.1 IP 6 H 8R 7 ER (7-3 4.68) Brumfield HR (23) Pedraza HR (5) Krieg, McLain 2H each
6/20- ATL 6 CIP 5 Up 3-1 early lost game on bases loaded wild pitch Becker (L) 0.1 IP 2 H BB Garcia 3H 2 HR inc. game tying in the 9th (16) 4 RBI (49) Nieves 3H R

• AAA SS Dan Ames tore a back muscle and will miss the remainder of the year
• Newly acquired Nick Terrell threw a 4-hit CG SHO, whiffing 6 and walking 0 for New Orleans.

6/21- CIP 5 ATL 4 Merera (W) 8 IP 8 H 5 K 4 ER (9-2 3.45) Gross IP 2 BB SV (10) Perez, Dames, Milazzo 2H each Garcia 2B (12) 2 RBI (51)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- RF Nate O'Connell (CLE) 10-21 5 HR 13 RBI
NL POTW- C Hector Romo (WAS) 11-20 4 HR 7 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

• I did not want to lose Dave Pedraza as he's out of options, he'd surely be claimed, but Dames is the everyday SS for now. Calkins is going to be upset about it but them's the breaks. Do I send a reliever down and go with 7 or send Juan Chavez down for a few days to see how things shake out. Losing a player here ends up costing you when 3 days later someone goes down and you need the guy you just lost.
• The recent run of CG's has me thinking to shorten the pen for a few days (which means we're about to see starters go 3). Recently acquired Aaron Prochaska is sent down.
• 2nd rounder Elijah Washington signed and will pitch on Tuesday at AA Milwaukee
• Speaking of Milwaukee, SS Enrique Garza was having a good year in Albuquerque and was moved up 2 weeks ago. In 15 games he's hitting .323/.364/.661 with 7 HR and 15 RBI's.

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WEEK 12
1 @ Atlanta OFF DAY 3 vs El Paso 1 @ Jacksonville
RUNS SCORED: 395 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 360 (12th)
OBP: .340 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.62 (12th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.11 (14th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .689 (10th)
ZONE RATING: +13.6 (4th)
ERRORS: 39 (t-8th)

RESULTS (41-30 +6)
2-0 @ Pittsburgh 0-3 vs Las Vegas 1-1 @ Atlanta
6/22- ATL 2 CIP 1 Morris CG (L) 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 3 K 0 BB 80 pitches (3-7 5.58) Stachowski HR (6)
Hysh (ATL) ND 6 IP 2 H 4 K 1 ER coming off a CG SHO.

• Bill Brumfield has a 34 game on base streak stopped
• 6/23- OFF DAY
• Rookie league and Short-season kick off tomorrow. The Minneapolis squad is absolutely stacked this year.

6/24- CIP 10 EP 9 Down 9-5 into the 8th. Bush 7 ER 3 HR 5 IP Gross SV (11) Guzman 3H 2B (30) 2R RBI (49) Brumfield 2 HR (25) 4 RBI (60) Nieves HR (8) 3 RBI (34) Roberts 3H 2R Perez 3H 2 2B (10)
6/25- EP 3 CIP 2 Avendano 4.2 IP 7 H 3 ER 111 pitches (7-4 4.74) Garcia HR (17) 2 RBI (53)
6/26- EP 10 CIP 7 Perez 3.1 IP 7 H 3 BB 6 ER (4-3 5.14) Williams 0 IP 2 H BB 4 ER (15.23 ERA) Gus Garcia 3 HR (20) 5 RBI (58)

• Nashville lost their 1st game yesterday, 22-3........

6/27- CIP 4 JAX 1 Merera (W) 7 IP 12 K 5 H ER (10-2 3.31) Gross IP 3 K SV (12) Garcia HR (21) Brumfield HR (26)
Nashville lost their 2nd game today, 20-2..........WTF
6/28- JAX 9 CIP 8 (11) 6-1 lead after 5 ½. Morris 6 IP 9 H 5 ER 125 pitches Gross (L) 1 IP 2 H HR 2 ER Guzman 2H HR (7) 2 RBI (52) Krieg HR (3) 3 RBI (33) Stachowski 2H HR (7) 2R 2 RBI (33)

• Frisco ends the week having won 10 straight, going from 1 behind Fresno to 5 up.

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Jeremiah Harley (DAL) 13-20 7 RBI
NL POTW- 1B Jonathan Battle (SF) 12-21 HR 6 RBIs

IRON PIG NEWS

• AAA 3B Andy Williams went 9-23 5 HR 13 RBI to win AAA POTW, Williams is hitting .265-15-37
• If you cared about the draft you may remember Larry Hileman as the 1st position player we took this year. He was sent to Short-season Nashville where he's homered in his 1st 3 games going 6-13 3 HR 9 RBI's.

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WEEK 13
1 @ Jacksonville 3 vs Fresno 3 @ New York
RUNS SCORED: 474 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 438 (14th)
OBP: .336 (4th)
STARTERS ERA: 4.89 (14th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.12 (15th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .688 (8th)
ZONE RATING: +14.5 (5th)
ERRORS: 43 (5th)

RESULTS (47-37 +3)
1-0 @ Jacksonville 2-1 vs Fresno 1-2 @ New York
6/29- CIP 10 JAX 8 (10) Bush ND 5.1 IP 9 K 5 H 4 BB 6 ER Eichele BS (1) (3-0) Rivera SV (1) Guzman 2B (32) 2 HR (9) game winner in the 10th 3R 4 RBI (56) SB (19)
6/30- CIP 11 FRE 8 another blown lead. Score 4 in bottom 8, lead 8-6, give up 2, Chavez PH walk off 3R HR. Avendano ND 6 IP 7 H4 ER Gross BS (3) W 1-4 4.76 Garcia 3H 2R RBI (60) Stachowski 2B (11) HR (8) 2R BB 2 RBI (36) Pedraza HR (6) 2 RBI (19)
7/1- FRE 8 CIP 2 Perez (L) 9 H 3 HR 7 ER 5 IP Krieg, Roberts 2H Stachowski HR (9)

• New York signed superstar Kevin Terry to a 5 year 66 million dollar extension. If you were 'watching' the playoffs you may remember NY was up 3-0 and he was on his way to series MVP, he went down they lost 4 straight. Take that “value” to the bargaining table.

7/2- CIP 8 FRE 5 Merera ND 6.2 IP 9 K 4R 3ER Mendoza SV (17) Garcia 2B (14) grand slam (22) 5 RBI (65) Guzman HR (10) 2 BB 2R 2 RBI (58) SB (20)
Darius Harper (FRE) 3-3 grand slam (10) 4 RBI (35)
7/3- NYP 7 CIP 6 two blown leads Morris ND 6.1 IP 8 H 4 BB 5 ER Becker BS (4) 1.1 IP 2 H 2 ER
Guzman 0-3 3K 3 BB Stachowski 3H HR (10) 3 RBI (40) Krieg 3-3 BB 2R RBI
Thought we were missing Kevin Terry, he didn't start, comes in and nabs a PH GW 1B.
7/4- NYP 7 CIP 2 Bush (L) 5 IP 3 HR 5 ER (3-4 5.22) McLain 2H HR (13)
Kevin Terry 2 HR (18) 3R 3 RBI (53)
7/5- CIP 9 NYP 1 Avendano CG 4 H 2 K ER (8-4 4.49) Guzman 2B (33) HR (11) 4 RBI (62) Garcia 2H HR (23) RBI (66)


LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- CF Chris Willis (BOS) 9-23 4 HR 6 RBI
NL POTW- SS Justin Ward (IND) 9-23 3 HR 6 RBI

I hate to mention it because the guy is 33 and playing Short-season, but Alejandro Lopez has a 44-game hitting streak for Shady Grove. He was a career .273/.317/399 hitter over his 12 years in the big leagues, including a 2004 All-Star appearance. Now that I DID mention it, the day after the break it ended.

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IRON PIG NEWS

• 'IF Andy Alvarado went 12-29 4 HR 7 RBI to win AA POTW. He's hitting .283-14-50. Andy was a 12th round pick in 2012.
• Top pick this year Mike Harper dropped to 0-3 4.35 but has thrown well in 2 of the 3 starts. He's tossed 20.2 IP fanned 20 on 21 Hits, however he has walked 14. Our guys had him slotted at A, or AA. He's just 18, why? Let him master rookie league, dominate even. Then we move him.
• Speaking of, Luis Ornelas might be close to a move up to AAA New Orleans. He starts for Milwaukee today and is 9-3 2.81 in 14 starts over 96 innings with 81 K's and 27 BB, allowing 90 hits. He's 21 in a few months, no need to rush, but if all things break right he may be a candidate for some September innings.
• The guy in front of him at Milwaukee, Elijah Washington, is off to a strong start. Always concerned about starting an amateur at AA regardless of their pedigree. It's the first level you see true major league talent. He's 2-0 3.71 through 4 starts, 26.2 IP 28 H 27 K 9 BB.

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MONTH IN REVIEW
AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- LF Jose Villa (BRK) .291-10-28 21 R
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Bill Brumfield (CIP) .330-11-25 29 R
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Felipe Fuentes (WYO) 5-0 1.48 .176 Opp Avg
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Eric Davis (LA) 4-0 1.43 50 IP 45 K 4 CG 3 CG SHO
AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- 1B Pat Arce (PHI) .298-8-26
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- 3B Dan Curtis (SF) .338-9-20

IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW

PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Bill Brumfield .330/.443/.697 11 HR 25 RBI 1.140 OPS
PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Alberto Merera 5-0 1.85 39 IP 29 H 34 K 3 BB 0.82 WHIP
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- TIE
IF Josh Logan (A) .351/.419/.649 6 HR 16 RBI
IF Jake Pena (A) .361/.441/.619 7 HR 17 RBI
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Luis Ornelas (AA) 3-0 1.69 26.2 IP 22 K

Looking at the pitching numbers, I'll talk after the emergency meeting I called with ownership.