American Baseball Association.

[ashantewarrier]

Good stuff!

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 @ Ohio
OFF DAY
3 vs Minnesota

RESULTS:

5/9: Florida 10 Ohio 4
W-Willoughby (6-1 3.72) L-Medina (3-2 5.58)
HR: FLA-Chase (9) OH-Paredes 2 (7)
POTG: L Paredes 3-3 2B (5) 2 HR (7) 4 RBI (16)
Flores 3-5 2B (4) SB (6) 2 R Willoughby 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 3 BB 3 K

Chris Palmisano (MIL) went 5-5 driving in 4 in the Hawks 5-1 win over Memphis
Steven Wright (STL) beat Brooklyn 4-0 to win his 1st game of the season (1-3 6.44)

5/10: Ohio 3 Florida 2
W-Miles (3-1) L-Carr (1-4)
HR: OH-Hamilton (7) Bachinsky (1)
POTG: Anguiano 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 3 BB 4 K

Shoshichi Katagiri (PHX) struck out 7 in the Roadrunners 7-0 win over Alaska. He's 3-3 3.45
Pittsburgh's Jarod Bodkin became just the 10th player all-time to record 6 hits in a 9 inning game. He went 6-6 in the Miners 10-6 win over Jacksonville
Clovis 2B Josh Humbard went 5-5 and drove in 5 in their 8-2 win over the Bethlehem Citadelles

5/11: Florida 9 Ohio 8
W-Pollock (4-1 4.02) L-Figueroa (0-1) S-Carr (11)
HR: OH-Anguiano (1) Vertz (12)
POTG: Bursey 4-5 R 3 RBI (17) Cortezo 3-6 2B (11) R Pollock 6 IP 10 H 7 ER 6 K

5/12: OFF DAY

5/13: Florida 14 Minnesota 5
W-Sugihara (4-2 2.83) L-Mikami (3-4 5.59)
HR: MIN-Tronscoso (3) Sgattoni (1) FLA-Hayashi (6) Bursey (4) Chase (10)
POTG: Chase 3-5 HR 5 RBI (33)
Hallamore 3-5 3 R 3 RBI (23) Hayashi 3-4 BB HR 3 R 3 RBI (17) Sugihara CG 7 H 5 ER 3 BB 9 K

Chris Vero (JAX) went 5-5 driving in 3 in the Panthers 17-12 win over San Antonio.
Sean Cockley (WAS) scattered 6 hits in the Jets 5-0 win over San Diego. He's 4-2 2.88

5/14: Florida 7 Minnesota 1
W-Samvdio (5-2 2.84) L-Horn (2-2 6.75)
HR: MIN-Sunami (8) Cortezo 2 (8) Flores (2) Hallamore (3)
POTG: Samvdio CG 5 H 1 ER 6 K Cortezo 3-5 2 HR 3 R 2 RBI (32) Hallamore 4-5 HR 2 R 2 RBI (25) 2 SB (17)

Anthony DeScalfini (ALK) struck out 7 in the Kodiaks 1-0 win over St Louis. He's 5-1 2.49
Chris Tarrant (WAS) went 5-5 driving in 2 in the Jets 11-9 win over San Diego
Denver has fired GM Rob Warnock and Manager Kevin Allison as they seek to right the ship from a disastrous 13-25 start.

5/15: Florida 7 Minnesota 4
W-Willoughby (7-1 3.98) L-Santora (3-2 4.29) S-Carr (12)
HR: MIN-Sgattoni (11) Garza (4) Price (9)
POTG: Cortezo 2-4 R 2 RBI (34)
Flores 3-4 R RBI (11) Willoughby 6 IP 7 H 4 ER 7 K 3 HR

Omezo Yamamura (LV) moved to 4-0 3.32 by striking out 6 in the Aces 6-0 win over Chicago

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Guiomar Cortezo (FLA) 11-26 2 HR 6 RBI (.371-8-34)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Vero (JAX) 12-25 3 HR 10 RBI (.299-7-28)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Catcher Layne Balcome took home Class A POTW hitting .444-4-9 and is hitting .365-7-22 on the year

• RECORD: 5-1 (28-11)
• STANDINGS: 1st +6
• RUNS FOR: 221 1st
• RUNS AGAINST: 140 1st
• DEFENSE: .721 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Austin
4. Las Vegas
5. Washington

Great to see Austin's franchise starting to be a legit playoff contender. At 25-14 they trail Texas by just 2 games

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WEEK 7
SCHEDULE:
3 vs New York
3 @ Detroit
1 vs Las Vegas

RESULTS:

5/16: Florida 4 New York 3
W-Carr (2-4) L-Haselden (1-5 8.58)
HR: NY Cathell (2) Kennealy 2 (7)
POTG: Kenealy 2-3 2 HR 2 RBI (25)
Chase 2-4 2 2B (6) RBI (36) Balderas 6 IP 5 H 3 ER 5 K ND

5/17: New York 1 Florida 0
W-de Soto (2-4 5.71) L-Pollock (4-2 3.59) S-Genus (8)
HR: NY-Klessig (3)
POTG: Pollock CG 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 8 K

Nikki Kimra struck out 8 in beating Alaska 3-0. He's 3-4 3.21

5/18: New York 5 Florida 4
W-Kantor (6-1 3.00) L-Sugihara (4-3 3.17) S-Ito (2)
HR: NY-Meininger (4)
POTG: Tim Brave 3-3 R RBI (17) SB (4)
Bursey 3-4 2B (6) RBI (20) Sugihara 8 IP 9 H 5 ER 2 BB 5 K

Sergio Osorio (OH) beat Las Vegas 2-0 to win his 5th (5-4 3.84)
RJ Stanton (CHI) Struck out a season-high 17 in beating Memphis 6-0. He's 6-2 3.59 with 99 K's in 72.2 IP

5/19: Florida 6 Detroit 5
W-Samvdio (6-2 3.09) L-Fujino (3-5 5.34) S-Carr (13)
HR: NONE
POTG: Luis Barela 3-4 2B (13) 2 RBI (29)
Bursey 3-4 2B (7) 3B (3) 2 RBI (22) Samvdio 7 IP 7 H 4 ER 7 BB 4 K

5/20: Florida 2 Detroit 1
W-Carr (3-4) L-M Kelly (1-3) S-Turner (2)
HR: FLA-Chase (11)
POTG: Willoughby 8 IP 4 H 0 R 1 BB 11 K
Carr BS (3) 6.95 ERA

Seikichi Matsuda (BRK) beat Milwaukee 8-0 today. He's 5-3 2.37

CARR OUT, TURNER IN FOR TARPONS
Jim Carr was told after last nights 2-1 win in which he suffered his 3rd blown save that he would no longer be closing. Brad Turner has been given the role many thought he should have had since spring training. Both players seemed to take the news in stride with Carr remarking “what can I say? I want to close but wanting and doing are two very different things. I'm not doing the job. Chad deserved better after all that last night and no one feels worse than I did.”
“I just throw the ball when they tell me to” the 29-year-old 3 time Gossage Award winner Brad Turner remarked.

5/21: Detroit 10 Florida 3
W-I Taylor (2-4 6.45) L-Balderas (2-1 4.55)
HR: FLA-Cortezo (9) Hayashi (7) DET-Ogarro (9) Pannebaker (9)
POTG: Pannebaker 3-5 HR 2 RBI (27)
Nakamura 3-4 R Balderas 5.1 IP 9 H 4 BB 8 ER

5/22: Detroit 9 Florida 5
W-Sato (6-3 4.60) L-Pollock (4-3 4.05)
HR: LV-Piggue (2) FLA-Funicello (2) Hayashi (8)
POTG: Hayashi HR 4 RBI (26)
Pollock 4 IP 6 H 4 BB 5 ER Hallamore 3-5 2B (10) SB (21)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nate Aucoin (DET) 16-30 2 HR 10 RBI (.325-11-30)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) 13-31 5 HR 11 RBI (.339-13-43)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
AAA 2B Dan McMullen went 11-19 HR 8 RBI to win POTW honors. He's ready right now for ABA level competition but his defense is limited to 2B only, and we have one of those.
Alamogordo and Farmington are both the top-ranked teams in their weekly Power Rankings

• RECORD: 3-4 (31-15)
• STANDINGS: 1st +7
• RUNS FOR: 245 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 174 2nd
• DEFENSE: .719 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Texas
2. Las Vegas
3. Florida
4. Pittsburgh
5. Ohio

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 vs Las Vegas
OFF DAY
3 @ Memphis
1 vs Phoenix

RESULTS:

5/23: Florida 4 Las Vegas 2
W-Sugihara (5-2 3.11) L-Noh (3-6 3.01) S-Turner (3)
HR: LV-Hall (5) FLA-Hayashi (9) Chase (12)
POTG: Sugihara 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 7 K
Flores 3-4 R

5/24: Florida 6 Las Vegas 5
W-Samvdio (7-2 3.47) L-Izaguirre (6-4 4.26) S-Turner (4)
HR: LV-Loetzsch (9) FLA-Elizondo (3) Adams (6)
POTG: Elizondo 2-4 2 R 2 RBI (6)

Tasuku Sakai (BRK) whiffed 12 in a 3-hit shutout of Denver. He's 6-1 3.07
Bobby Rone (OH) struck out a season high 14 in the Generals 17-0 decimation of Phoenix. He's 5-3 4.08
Kelyn Rathwell (NE) beat Portland 1-0 on a 6-hitter. The 26 year old is 3-5 4.85

TARPONS, GENERALS MAKE DEAL
Florida has sent minor league OF Nate Bosse to Ohio for 28 year old 3B Juan Castillo.

GM'S OFFICE
I am beginning to pare down the minor league rosters. I need to shorten the rosters a bit to get the prospects more playing time.
I also have a pressing issue. I acquired OF Chad Linn from Texas in a trade 2 years ago. He's 24 and blossoming into the stud our scouts said he would. He had a great 2010 .295/.358/.513 with 24 HR and 86 RBI's He's on pace for 26 2B 10 3B 36 HR and 111 RBI's at Alamogordo.
The problem? He's an asshole. I cannot find even one guy in AAA, player, coach or clubhouse guy, that likes this young man. He appears to be aware f that, but doesn't care.
He has no place in this organization so I need to find a way to maximize the return. He's the ABA's 69th rated prospect and could be called up right now with no problems performance wise.

5/25: OFF DAY

5/26: Florida 13 Memphis 11
W-Ballard (3-0) L-Camp (1-1) S-Turner (5)
HR: FLA-Chase (13) Makowski (1) MEM-Goodman (14) Ansell (7)
POTG: Dan Goodman 3-4 HR 2 RBI
Adams 3-5 2 2B (11) 2 RBI (23) Willoughby 3.2 IP 11 H 3 BB 9 ER

Eric Parsons (OK) shut out Austin 6-0 to win his 4th (4-3 3.95)

5/27: Memphis 10 Florida 8
W-Camp (2-1) L-Balderas (2-2 5.67) S-Birch (12)
HR: FLA-Chase (14) MEM-Malveaux (12*) Goodman (15)
POTG: Dan Goodman 3-4 HR 4 RBI (39)
Saldana 3-5 2 RBI (27) Chase 2-4 HR 4 RBI (46) Funicello 3-5 RBI (18)

Luis Anguiano (OH) Struck out 10 in beating St Louis 9-0. He's 4-1 3.82
Jim Haselden (NY) scattered 6 hits to beat Milwaukee 2-0
Eric Kowalske (PIT) Struck out 9 in an 8-0 win over San Diego to go 7-1 2.78

5/28: Memphis 9 Florida 2
W-Espinoza (4-5 3.40) L-Pollock (4-4 4.66)
HR: NONE
POTG: Espinoza CG 10 H 2 ER 5 K
Hallamore 3-4 RBI (30)

5/29: Florida 12 Phoenix 6
W-Sugihara (6-3 3.22) L-Ellis (3-4 5.88)
HR: PHX-Ahumada (4) Friederich (12) Neumann (10) FLA-Hayashi (10) Saldana (5) Chase (15) Nakamura (1)
POTG: Saldana 2-2 HR 2 R 2 RBI (29)
Sugihara 6 IP 5 H 3 ER 1 BB 7 K

Andy Woodard (POR) gave up just 3 hits in shutting out Kansas City 3-0. He's 3-6 3.84
Dwain Milazzo (LA) struck out 8 in the Storms 10-0 drubbing of Austin. He's 2-6 4.22 and hitting .268/.329/.394

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jahiem Kouassi (DEN) 9-19 6 HR 13 RBI (.279-11-28)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Humberto Camacho (TEX) 11-26 2 HR 8 RBI (.324-12-48)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Catching prospect Tim Grimes went 10-21 3 HR 13 RBI to win the AA POTW Award. He's hitting .320-11-33
Alamogordo and Farmington remain the #1 teams in AAA and Class A

• RECORD: 4-2 (35-17)
• STANDINGS: 1st +9
• RUNS FOR: 290 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 218 2nd
• DEFENSE: .707 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Ohio
2. Texas
3. Pittsburgh
4. Florida
5. Chicago

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 vs Phoenix
3 @ St Louis
2 vs Brooklyn

RESULTS:

5/30: Florida 11 Phoenix 1
W-Samvdio (8-2 3.20) L-Janzen (3-8 8.96)
HR: PHX-Neumann (11) FLA-Funicello (3)
POTG: Samvdio 8.2 IP 3 H 1 ER 10 K
Flores 3-4 2B (6) SB (12) 2 R RBI (12)

Juan Alatorre (PIT) struck out 5 in Pittsburgh's 3-0 win over Washington. He's 4-4 5.06

5/31: Florida 9 Phoenix 8
W-Willoughby (8-1 5.24) L-Poliskin (7-1 6.27) S-Turner (6)
HR: PHX-Blowers (8) D Murray (5) Reinosa (5) FLA-Saldana (6) Bursey (5)
POTG: Sergio Reinosa 2-3 2B (9) HR 3 RBI (18)
Hayashi 2-4 2B (16) HR 3 RBI (34) Willoughby 5 IP 8 H 8 ER

6/1: St Louis 3 Florida 0
W-Wright (2-6 6.52) L-Balderas (2-3 5.48) S-Lawrence (14)
HR: NONE
POTG: Wright 6.2 IP 3 H 2 BB 2 K Came out in the 7th with an apparent injury

Chris Linn (the troubled child I mentioned earlier) went 5-5 and is now hitting .328-13-38. I keep talking to various GM's and there is a ton of desire but I can't get comfortable with any deals yet. I think I'm also going to ensure he ends up in the NL.
Tyshawn Ogarro leads all AL Vote getters. Chase, Hallamore, Turner lead at 3B, SS and RP respectively.
Funicello, Cortezo, and Bursey are all in the mix.
Former Tarpon Mike Haupt leads all NL Vote getters.

GM'S OFFICE
Toying with the idea of trying to pare down payroll without losing talent. I was speaking with some folks in Oklahoma about some minor league matches we may have when the discussion switched to Ismael Saldana. That grew to 2nd place finisher in the NL MVP voting last year left fielder Dave Grohs. In case you don't remember Grohs hit .370/.447/.645 with 46 HRs and 138 RBI's. The deal then reigned in Juan Flores and their 2nd round pick (46th overall). In the end, I could not pull the trigger. Grohs is an FA at years end and both Saldana and Flores are locked in. However, I know that's a potential route now should I choose to go that way. I have McMullen in AAA who is going to be a stud. I have Elizondo in left as the RHH hitter in that platoon. The biggest issue is our scout's rate Grohs and Saldana as very similar players. The one big difference is Grohs hits lefties far better than Saldana (both are LHH).

6/2: St Louis 2 Florida 1
W-Morales (3-5 3.58) L-Pollock (4-5 4.43) S-Lawrence (15)
HR: NONE
POTG: Morales 6.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 3 BB 7 K
Pollock CG 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 3 K

Mike Clary (NE) (5-6 4.64) struck out the and scattered 5 hits in New England's 9-0 rout of San Francisco.

6/3: St Louis 7 Florida 4
W-Nakai (1-0 5.16) L-Sugihara (6-4 3.56)
HR: FLA-Chase (16) STL-Love (1) Granado (12)
POTG: Chase 3-5 HR 3 RBI (53)
Nakamura grounds out with the bases loaded to end it. Sugihara 5 IP 6 H 4 BB 5 ER

Emmanuele Gianini (JAX) struck out 6 in the Panthers 13-0 mauling of the Storm
Juan Castillo (TEX) punched out 10 giving up just 4 hits as Texas beat Oklahoma 5-0. He's 7-5 4.86

6/4: Florida 4 Brooklyn 0
W-Samvdio (9-2 2.90) L-Sakai (6-3 3.36) S-Turner (7)
HR: FLA-Funicello (4) Chase 2 (18)
POTG: Chase 2-3 BB 2 HR 2 R 3 RBI (56) SB (5)
Samvdio 8.1 IP 9 H 3 BB 8 K
Sakai CG 8 IP 5 H 4 BB 7 K 4 ER

BLOCKBUSTER SEES STARS CHANGE CLUBS
The Washington Jets have sent star 2B Juan Valle to Denver and received Closer Tim Reese and LHP prospect Johnny Jinkins.
Reese set the ABA record for saves in a single season back in 2008 with 53, and has saved 140 games the past 4 seasons. He's 3-3 14 Saves this year. He was also the 2008 Mariano Rivera award winner given each year to the Closeaccumulatesumlates the most Rivera Save points. He is a free agent at years end.
Valle is hitting .328-12-29 in 54 games this year and is coming off a career-high 29 home runs and 107 RBI's last year. He is a career .278/.360/.464 hitter with 133 2B 23 3B and 118 HRs with 415 RBI's in 758 games. He has won the NL Silver Slugger at 2B the past 2 seasons. Valle will be a free agent following the 2012 season.
Jinkins was the LA Storms 3rd round pick (73rd overall) out of Spain Park HS.

6/5: Brooklyn 8 Florida 7 (12)
W-Kiser (2-2) L-Carr (3-5)
HR: BRK-Russell (7) FLA-Hayashi (11) Bursey (6) Chase (19)
POTG: C Russell 4-5 2B (9) HR 3 R 2 RBI (26) SB (2)
Chase 4-6 3B (1) HR (19) R 2 RBI (58) Willoughby 6 IP 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 7 K

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jeremy Pannebaker (DET) 16-26 4 HR 13 RBI (.348-13-41)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gene Keller (SAN) 10-26 4 HR 11 RBI (.254-17-48)

• RECORD: 3-4 (38-21)
• STANDINGS: 1st +8
• RUNS FOR: 326 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 247 2nd
• DEFENSE: .712 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Ohio
3. Chicago
4. Texas
5. Las Vegas
6. Florida

[gehrig38]

MAY RECAP

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Zach Sheppard (OH) .374-8-24 (.364-9-33)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Jorge Zavalets (TEX) .361-8-28 (.344-14-50)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Sergio Osario (OH) 5-0 2.74 (6-4 3.99)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Jonathan Bates (AUS) 2-1 8 Saves (6-1 11 Saves 1.63)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Sincere Manigo (ALK) .333-4-19 (.298-7-28)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Chris Tarrant (WAS) .381-5-17 (.297-9-29)

TARPONS MONTH
Keizo Sato (A) took home Pitcher of the Month for Farmington. He was 3-0 2.04 (.4-2 3.20)



Things are starting to clear up a bit.
As usual Chicago and Ohio are back up top.
Cannot remember the last time I saw Phoenix in the top half of the AL West. Denver's panicking as witnessed by them clearing house just a month in.
Pittsburgh and Washington, again, in the NL East but is that Buffalo I see creeping towards .500?
Austin went on a 1-9 run to move them out 7 games now but it's cool to see the organization starting to produce.
LA and San Diego in the West, with the Bears getting red hot to join the race.
Ben Chase is who I thought he was. Our starting pitching is anything but great but it's nice to see those two atop the leaderboard in wins. Turner's move to closer has stabilized the back end of the bullpen.

[gehrig38]

Here is the ABA listing of the top 10 prospects for this year's draft. St Louis has the 1st overall pick.



We are picking 24th in the 1st round, then 14th (38th overall) in the Supplemental round which has 17 picks.
2nd in the 2nd round (43rd overall) 18th in the 2nd round (59th) 3rd in the 3rd round (67th).

The Surge selected USC shortstop Chad Donley as the top overall selection. He projects to be an SS or 3B with line to line power.

Rd Pick Player
1) #24 Savion Galbreath 6' 195 A switch-hitting catcher out of Northwestern. Consensus pick and one we didn't expect to be able to have this late in the round. Projects as a legit 3 hole bat with power and is a bit better from the right side than left but not enough to warrant a platoon.
Sup) #38 Mike Neal 5'10” 175 Right-handed power arm out of Illinois. Works 97+ with easy mechanics and has a Clydesdales stamina. While certainly not a leader he's a great teammate according to all reports. A bit on the small side for starters as far as we are concerned but the mechanics+stuff made it an easy pick.
2) #43 Curt Gardner 6'1” 180 Left-handed power arm out of Nebraska. Another kid who works consistently in the upper 90's with 225+ inning potential. Fastballs a little too straight right now but has all the makings of a top of the rotation arm.
2) #59 Joel King 6'1” 175 High school left-hander whose already sitting in the 90's. Huge upside projections and just 19 years old.
3) #67 Ted Sanders 6'7” 205 RH high school kid with huge physical presence. I wanted Chris Post, whom I believe is a huge power bat that shouldn't still be here. But our folks think Sanders will be gone by our next pick and there's some consensus this kid could be a legit #1.
4) Chris Post is still on the board and we take him. Many think it's an impossible sign but we will see. We don't pick again until the end of the 6th
6) Jim Landry 21 6'1” 195 LHH OF
7) Jerrod Wallach 21 6'2” 200 SWITCH OF
8) Pat Thomas 21 6'1” 190 RHH 2B
10) Pat Yaboah 21 6'2” 190 LHP

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
1 vs Brooklyn
OFF DAY
3 vs Alaska
2 @ Milwaukee

RESULTS:

• 6/6: Florida 7 Brooklyn 6
• W-Ballard (4-0) L-Mabry (BS 4 2-6)
• HR: BRK-Aguirre (10)
• POTG: Saldana 3-4 2B (7) 3 RBI (38)
• Balderas 5 IP 5 H 7 BB 6 ER Robb 3 IP 1 H 3 K

• 6/7: OFF DAY
  
• At Farmington, the club beat up on the Butte 9-3. 3B Juan Cervantes went 3-3 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 3

• 6/8: Florida 4 Alaska 1
• W-Pollock (5-5 4.18) L-Meah (1-4 4.31) S-Turner (8)
• HR: ALK-Hecht (11) FLA-Funicello (5) Hayashi (12) Nakamura (2)
• POTG: Pollock 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 3 BB 7 K

• Juan Saucedo (NY) went 5-5 hitting 2 HR's and driving in 4 in the Punishers 11-0 win over Chicago
• Folco Ortega (DET) tossed a 2-hitter in beating Brooklyn 7-0. He's 7-6 5.50
• Tousei Sato (LV) won his 8th (8-3 3.84) striking out 12 to no walks in beating St Louis 9-0

• 6/9: Florida 11 Alaska 2
• W-Sugihara (7-4 3.49) L-DeScalfini (6-5 3.47)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (10) Hayashi (13) Adams (7) Saldana (7)
• POTG: Cortezo 3-3 BB 2B (20) HR SB (4) 4 R RBI (40)
• Hallamore 2-4 BB 2B (14) 3 RBI (35) SB (32)
• Sugihara 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 8 K Chase 20 game hitting streak (.342-19-61)
  
  
• Masahiro Yama****a (NE) won his 9th (9-3 3.39) striking out 5 in a 6-hit shutout of Oklahoma

• 6/10: Florida 10 Alaska 1
• W-Samvdio (10-2 2.72) L-Yamabe (3-6 5.58)
• HR: ALK-Newbury (6) FLA-Bursey (7)
• POTG: Samvdio CG 6 H 1 ER 8 K
• Bursey 3-5 HR 3 RBI (32) Adams 3-4 R

• 6/11: Milwaukee 5 Florida 3
• W-Romo (5-2 3.74) L-Willoughby (8-2 5.24) S-Provost (12)
• HR: FLA-Adams (8)
• POTG: Romo 6.2 IP 5 H 3 ER 4 BB 6 K

• Chris Tharpe (PIT) beat New England 5-0. He's 7-6 3.88
• Zach Sheppard (OH) went 5-5 as the Generals outlasted Chicago 13-7
• Dave Young (ALK) threw a 2-hitter striking out 9 to beat Detroit 11-0. He's 7-4 3.85
• Remember Juan Portio? He was the 1st player signed in Tarpon history. Today he threw his 1st career shutout in beating Buffalo 12-0. He's 4-6 4.57
• Joe McGinn (SD) stopped San Francisco on 4 hits and struck out 9 to move to 7-2 2.98
• Top pick Savion Galberth signed today and reported to short-season Hobbs.
• 2nd rounder (59th overall) Joel King signed as well and is reporting to Rio Rancho
• Newly acquired reliever Tim Reese has agreed to a 3 year 10.8 million dollar deal with his new team the Washington Jets.

• 6/12: Milwaukee 6 Florida 1
• W-J Mendoza (3-2 4.09) L-Balderas (2-4 5.97
• HR: MIL-Takayama (2) Palmisano (11) Barrios (9)
• POTG: Mendoza 6 IP 4 H 0 ER 4 K

• Curt Haning (LA) beat Oklahoma 1-0 to win his 8th (8-2 3.81)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Andy Tibbets (DET) 10-15 4 HR 1 RBI (.243-8-22)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eikichi Take****a (BUF) 11-25 3 HR 10 RBI (.323-8-44)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Mike Michael (A) went 7-10 3 HR 7 RBI to win class A POTW. He's hitting .278-10-38

• RECORD: 4-2 (42-23)
• STANDINGS: 1st +10.5
• RUNS FOR: 362 1st
• RUNS AGAINST: 268 2nd
• DEFENSE: .713 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Las Vegas
2. Pittsburgh
3. Ohio
4. Texas
5. Florida

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SCHEDULE:
1 @ Milwaukee
3 vs Denver
3 @ Chicago

RESULTS:

• 6/13: Florida 5 Milwaukee 2
• W-Pollock (6-5 4.06) L-Moya (2-9 5.59) S-Turner (9)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (11) Hayashi (14) Chase (20)
• POTG: Pollock 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 K

• Dwain Milazzo (LA) struck out 12 in the Storm's 7-0 win over Oklahoma.

• 6/14: Florida 6 Denver 5
• W-Carr (4-5) L-Garza (1-2) S-Turner (10)
• HR: Funicello (6) Hayashi (15*)
• POTG: Hayashi 1-3 Grand Slam 4 RBI (49)
• Chase streak ends at 23

• 6/15: Florida 5 Denver 4
• W-Samvdio (11-2 2.82) L-Aris (4-8 5.63) S-Turner (11)
• HR: DEN-Tutson (7) FLA-Hallamore (4) Nakamura (3)
• POTG: Tutson 2-3 2B (18) HR 2 RBI (29)
• Samvdio 6 IP 4 H 6 BB 6 K 3 ER

• Bobby Rone (OH) tossed a 5-hit shutout in beating New York 7-0. He's 8-4 3.76.

• 6/16: Florida 10 Denver 4
• W-Willoughby (9-2 4.88) L-Acevedo (5-7 5.22)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo 2 (13) Makowski (2) Nakamura (4)
• POTG: Cortezo 3-4 2 HR 4 RBI (47)
• Namakmura has taken over some DH duties as Adams has been struggling. He was 2-5 2B (3) HR (4) 3 RBI (9) and is hitting .357.

• Leith Southorn (DET) struck out 7 in the Phantoms 7-0 win over Milwaukee. He's 5-5 4.33
• Jake Pearson (JAX) struck out 8 in 3-hitting the Nickels today. He's 1-3 3.16
• Washington's Alfredo Almaguer struck out 9 in the Jets 9-0 win over San Francisco. He's 5-3 3.86
• In that game, Jets 1B Kevon Cephus went 3-5 slamming 3 home runs and driving in 3.

• 6/17: Chicago 14 Florida 3
• W-Strickler (6-4 4.44) L-Balderas (2-5 6.75)
• HR: CHI-Hatch (12) Crudge (7*) Cummings (10) Shimasaki (13)
• POTG: Crudge 3-5 grand slam 4 RBI's (28)
• Balderas went 4.1 13 H 10 ER and will be removed from the rotation.
• Sergio Coronado will step into Balderas' spot

TARPON MINOR LEAGUE ALL STARS

• AAA = SP Josh Thompson 10-1 3.58 RP Akira Take****a 2-0 1.88 2B Dan McCullen .319/.386/.576 3B Moromao Yamaoka .312/.404/.578 CF Jonathan Ogden .357/.406/.586 RF Chris Linn .323/.399/.634
• AA = SP TJ Gaskill 7-2 3.90 C Tim Grimes .329/.430/.647
• A = SP Xiao-me Chen 8-3 3.30 SP Luis Garza 8-2 2.16 SP Randy Metcalf 7-3 3.94 C Layne Balcome .300/.422/.571

• 6/18: Florida 2 Chicago 1
• W-Pollock (7-5 3.86) L-Ortega (3-4 4.35) S-Turner (12)
• HR: FLA-Flores (3) Bursey (8) CHI-Gibson (2)
• POTG: Pollock 7.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 6 K

• Nikki Kimura (BRK) scattered 4 hits and struck out 5 in shutting out Phoenix 5-0

• 6/19: Florida 4 Chicago 3
• W-Coronado (2-0 2.12) L-Stanton (10-4 3.84) S-Turner (13)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (14) Hallamore (5) Elizondo (4)
• POTG: Shimasaki 3-4 2B (23) HR (14) 2 RBI (43)
• Coronado 6.1 IP 5 H 2 ER 6 K

• Jared Essick made his ABA debut for Jacksonville today and did it in style. Fashioning a 1-hitter and striking out 11 in their 1-0 win over KC. Essick was the Panthers 1st pick (10th overall) in the 2008 draft out of Penn State.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Goodman (MEM) 9-26 4 HR 14 RBI (.284-24-63)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bobby Ruppe (SD) 16-30 3 HR 8 RBI (.323-23-53)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• AAA OF Chris Linn took home All-Star game MVP honors going 2-3 with an HR and 3 RBI
• 2B Dan McMullen (AAA) took home POTW honors going 12-24 3 HR 10 RBI. He's hitting .321-12-53
• 4th rounder Chris Post took our 1st offer, refused to counter and informed us he will return to school with no more negotiating......

• RECORD: 6-1 (48-24)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13.5
• RUNS FOR: 397 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 301 t-1st
• DEFENSE: .712 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Texas
3. Ohio
4. Washington
5. Florida

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WEEK 12
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 vs Ohio
ALL-STAR BREAK

RESULTS:

• 6/20: OFF DAY

• 2011 1st rounder Simeon Galberth started his 1st game today. Hobbs beat Great Falls 15-11 and Galbreath went 3-5 2 3 R HR and drove in 6 and teammate Juan Medina went 3-3 4 R and hit a grand slam and drove in 6

• 6/21: Ohio 5 Florida 4
• W-Rone (9-4 3.66) L-Samvdio (11-3 2.66) S-Miles (23)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (6')
• POTG: Rone 8 IP 7 H 2 ER 4 K
• Samvdio 6.1 IP 6 H 5 R 0 ER 5 K Hallamore 1-5 leadoff HR (6) 2 R Error (11)

• Ernesto Banderas (SF) whiffed 12 in beating Buffalo 5-0 to move to 7-5 4.27
• Kenzaburo Otsuka (JAX) tossed a 3-hitter to beat Pittsburgh 4-0. He's 3-2 3.20
• Tomaz Pgo struck out 8 in a 3-0 CG shutout of Milwaukee. He's 6-5 4/26
• Ezequiel Cordero (CHI) struck out 2, scattered 10 hits over 8 to help Chicago down Detroit 4-3. The win marked a career milestone as he won his 200th game. Lifetime he is 200-123 3.72 with 2518 strikeouts.

• 6/22: Florida 8 Ohio 4
• W-Willoughby (10-2 4.80) L-Medina (9-3 5.19)
• HR: FLA-Adams (9) Nakamura (5)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 8 H 5 K 4 ER
• Guiomar Cortez and Sergio Medina were each suspended 4 games for inciting a bench-clearing brawl.

• Tomohide Shimasaki (CHI) went 5-5 with a 2B HR and 2 RBI in their 7-5 loss to Detroit

• 6/23: Ohio 7 Florida 3
• W-Anguiano (8-2 3.91) L-Sugihara (7-5 4.06)
• HR: OH-Echave (2) FLA-Chase (21)
• POTG: Cosman 4-5 2 2B (11) 3B (2) 5 RBI (56)

• Juan Reyna (KC) went 5-6 in the Spartans 16-4 pasting of Texas.

ALL-STAR BREAK



2011 ALL STARS
Tyshawn Ogarro (DET) and Mike Haupt (WAS) were the leading vote-getters for the 2011 All-Star Game
A club record 6 all-stars with 2 starters. 9 “Tarpons, past and present'.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alfredo Ulloa (ALK) 6-10 HR 6 RBI (.275-15-42)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kennan McGaughey (TEX) 8-15 2 HR 5 RBI (.320-11-43)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Mike Michael (A) went 11-19 2 HR 9 RBI to win Class A POTW. He's hitting .310-13-49

• RECORD: 1-2 (49-26)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13
• RUNS FOR: 412 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 317 1st
• DEFENSE: .712 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Ohio
3. Washington
4. Florida
5. Texas

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What will the Austin Colts do? Great story to see them in the thick of things. Been awhile since Texas has been in charge at the break.
Nothing freakish in the statistical races but some interesting numbers heading into the 2nd half.
The left side of our infield will start for the AL in the all-star game. I think we could see both of them in the top 3 in the MVP voting.

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SCHEDULE:
3 @ Minnesota
3 @ New York
1 vs Detroit

RESULTS:

• 6/27: Florida 3 Minnesota 1
• W-Pollock (8-5 3.63) L-Tejeda (6-6 4.36)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (7)
• POTG: Pollock CG 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 4 K 121 pitches

• 6/28: Minnesota 3 Florida 0
• W-Mikami (6-7 4.97) L-Samvdio (11-4 2.73) S-Mycroft (13)
• HR: MIN-Price (14)
• POTG: Mikami 7.2 IP 5 H 14 K

• Juan Ramos (POR) beat Los Angeles 1-0 today scattering 7 hits.

• 6/29: Minnesota 5 Florida 3
• W-Horn (4-9 6.35) L-Coronado (2-1 2.97) S-Mycroft (14)
• HR: MIN-Rosales (7) Rick (11)
• POTG: Horn 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 4 K
• Rick 3-4 2B (19) HR (11) RBI (44)

• 6/30: Florida 6 New York 2
• W-Willoughby (11-2 4.65) L-Villalba (2-2 3.68)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi (16) Bursey (9)
• POTG: Willoughby 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 8 K

• 7/1: New York 12 Florida 5
• W-Kantor (8-3 3.31) L-Sugihara (7-6 4.26)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (15) Chase (22) NY-Saucedo (11) Mohr (24) Carpenter (11)
• POTG: Saucedo 2-4 2B (13) HR 4 RBI (38)
• Kantor CG 12 H 5 ER 6 K

• 7/2: New York 2 Florida 1
• W-Haynes (6-9 5.78) L-Pollock (8-6 3.56) S-Genus (18)
• HR: NY-Mohr (25)
• POTG: Haynes 6.1 IP 6 H 1 ER 4 BB 7 K
• Pollock 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 8 K

• Toshiyoshi Fuji (LV) went 5-5 in the Aces 10-3 win over Ohio. He drove in 4 wit 3 singles and 2 solo homers

• 7/3: Detroit 9 Florida 7
• W-Berg (3-1) L-Cooke (1-1) S-Kelly (18)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Ben Chase 2-4 2B (9) 3 R 2 RBI (73) 2 SB (9)
• Took 6-1 lead into the 7th. Samvdio leaves bases loaded and pen implodes giving all 3 then Cook/Turner 2.1 IP 5 H 3 R 0 K
• Funicello 3-4 2 RBI (29)

• Bobby Rone pitched Ohio to a 7-0 win over Memphis striking out 9 to just 3 hits and 2 walks. He's 10-5 3.91
• South Valley Fox Pat Yeboah (10th rounder this year) struck out 6 giving up just 5 hits to the Winooski Dragons in their 5-0 win. He's 1-0 1.54 in 2 starts.
• 39-year-old Ted Barlow, who opted to head overseas this year suffered a torn UCL and is done for the season. Word is this might be it, he may hang them up.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Vertz (OH)13-27 3 HR 7 RBI (.325-25-78)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ching-ming Xie (KC) 16-28 HR 7 RBI (.350-11-58)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Chris Linn continued his torrid 2011. The 2008 first rounder went 9-22 5 HR 13 RBI and is now hitting .332-25-74 for AAA Alamogordo. Unfortunately we are not seeing ANYTHING resembling maturation off the field. Teams lined up when I mentioned him as available but nothing close to enough value being offered back.

• RECORD: 2-5 (51-31)
• STANDINGS: 1st +11.5
• RUNS FOR: 437 4th
• RUNS AGAINST: 351 1st
• DEFENSE: .711 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Ohio
3. Texas
4. Washington
5. Chicago

8. Florida

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Alfredo Ulloa (ALK) .365-10-21 (.279-17-45)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Bobby Ruppe (SD) .341-8-18 (.314-25-58)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Juan Mendoza (MIL) 4-0 2.11 (5-2 3.62)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Sean Cockley (WAS) 5-0 1.27 (10-5 2.67)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Mazakazu Yanagida (BRK) .326-3-17 (.293-6-30)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Wibren Glimmerveen (SF) .352-3-15 (.320-5-51)

• Chris Linn (AAA) took home POTM honors hitting .356-11-33 and is hitting .326-23-69 on the year.
• Xiao-mei Chen (A) took home PIOTM honors going 4-0 0.82 and is 9-3 3.14 this year.

A look at the current state of the farm system. How each was acquired and our top prospects across the diamond

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SCHEDULE:
2 vs Detroit
3 @ Las Vegas
OFF DAY
1 vs Memphis

RESULTS:

• 7/4: Florida 5 Detroit 4 (14)
• W-Carr (5-5) L-Male (1-1)
• HR: DET-Foster (7)
• POTG: Cortezo 4-5 R 2 BB 4 RBI (54) CS 2 (8)
• Coronado ND 8 IP 6 H 3 ER 7 K

• Mike Carlson dominated New England in tossing a 3 hit shutout in Jacksonville's 2-0 win. He's 4-7 4.77

GM'S OFFICE
I managed to sign 2 16-year-old international free agents today. 16-year-old 3B Alfredo Luquin out of the Dominican and Kennan Saslove, a 6'5”16-year-old right-handed pitcher. Saslove was a 700K commitment and Luquin signed for 485. I have one outstanding offer out to Venezuelan 2B Jorge Mazzucato for 115K. I wasn't able to reach deep into this crop given our budget and our need to get to the postseason, deep into the postseason, to at least break even. There are some incredibly talent teenagers in this market including 3 asking north of 2 million. 16-year-old Ismael Tamayo out of Puerto Rico looks like the gem in this crop.

• 7/5: Florida 10 Detroit 2
• W-Willoughby (12-2 4.43) L-Taylor (5-9 7.30)
• HR: DET-Moorman (3) Auffret (6) FLA-Cortezo (16) Adams (10) Chase 2 (24)
• POTG: Chase 2-3 4 R 2 HR 2 BB 2 RBI (76)
• Willoughby 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 7 K

• Seikichi Matsuda (BRK) struck out 9 to win his 9th (9-4 2.46) in a 3-0 win over Milwaukee

• 7/6: Las Vegas 9 Florida 5
• W-Noh (5-8 2.76) L-Sugihara (7-7 4.53) S-Myres (2)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (8) LV-Fujii 2 (9)
• POTG: Fujii 3-4 2 HR 3 RBI (35)
• Sugihara 5.2 IP 8 H 6 ER 7 K Carr 1.2 IP 6 H 2 ER

• Chris Kantor struck out 10 in beating Detroit 3-0. The Punishers lefty moves to 9-3 3.04 on the year
• Man-keung Yuen (PIT) scattered 6 hits to win his 12th game in 13 decisions beating LA 7-0. He's 12-1 2.24

• 7/7: Florida 11 Las Vegas 3
• W-Pollock (9-6 3.52) L-Myres (1-2 BS 3)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (17) Saldana (8)
• POTG: Pollock CG 5 H 3 ER 6 K
• Down 3-2 entering the 8th offense plates 6 in the 8th 3 in the 9th.

• 7/8: Florida 3 Las Vegas 0
• W-Samvdio (12-4 2.75) L-bin Musa (11-5 4.01)
• HR: FLA-Adams (11)
• POTG: Samvdio CG 1-hitter 2 BB 4 K

• 7/9: OFF DAY

• 7/10: Florida 8 Memphis 4
• W-Coronado (3-1 3.12) L-Mutschler (3-8 5.16)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (18) Chase (25)
• POTG: Cortezo 3-5 2B (24) HR (18) 4 RBI (63)
• Coronado enters 8th up 7-1 leaves with 2 on and Balderas lets them in. 7.2 IP 5 H 3 ER 10 K

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Guiomar Cortezo (FLA) 12-27 3 HR 13 RBI +(.343-18-63)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sean Haley (OK) 13-23 HR 6 RBI (.337-7-47)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Doug Caputo ® went 10-24 2 HR 11 RBI to take home Rookie League A POTW (.358-3-24)

• RECORD: 5-1 (56-32)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13
• RUNS FOR: 479 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 373 1st
• DEFENSE: .714 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Florida
3. Ohio
4. Pittsburgh
5. Chicago

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SCHEDULE:
2 vs Memphis
3 @ Phoenix
2 vs St Louis

RESULTS:

• 7/11: Memphis 6 Florida 0
• W-Abeyta (7-3 3.48) L-Willoughby (12-3 4.40)
• HR: MEM-Campbell (3) Ansell (13)
• POTG: Campbell 2-3 HR (3) 3 RBI (17)

• 7/12: Florida 8 Memphis 6
• W-Ballard (5-0) L-Espinoza (6-7 3.47) S-Turner (14)
• HR: MEM-Herr (3) Koo (17) Goodman (27) FLA-Chase (26)
• POTG: Cortezo 2-4 2 2B (26) 2 RBI (65)
• Sugihara came out in the 5th with an apparent elbow issue. He's dtd right now.

• Shoji Ishibashi (BUF) struck out 7 in the Nickels 7-0 win over Portland to win his 6th. He's 6-1 2 SV 4.82

• 7/13: Florida 4 Phoenix 3
• W-Pollock (10-6 3.48) L-Kawahara (7-5 3.52) S-Turner (15)
• HR: FLA-Elizondo (5) PHX-Coyle (20) Romero (2) Ahumada (10)
• POTG: Pollock 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 7 K
• Bursey 3-4 RBI (42)

• 7/14: Phoenix 5 Florida 1
• W-Ellis (5-6 4.54) L-Samvdio (12-5 2.85) S-Clark (1)
• HR: PHX-Neumann (18)
• POTG: Ellis 6.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 5 K

• Two former Tarpon players were traded for each other today. Former closer Ernesto Galindo along with a prospect was sent from Denver to Texas for former Tarpon 3B Luis Salinas. Both are having outstanding seasons with Galindo at 0-3 12 Saves 1.90 and Salinas is hitting .358 with 2 HR and 38. Texas is 7 games up on San Antonio in the NL Central while Denver is 9 games in back of Vegas and 2.5 behind Memphis for the 2nd WC spot in the AL.

• 7/15: Florida 12 Phoenix 1
• W-Coronado (4-1 2.85) L-Poliskin (9-7 6.70)
• HR: Elizondo (6*) Funicello (7) Chase (27)
• POTG: Elizondo 3-5 grand slam (6) 4 RBI (19) 3 R
• Coronado 8 IP 5 H 1 ER 9 K 0 BB

• San Diego's Bobby Ruppe continues his push for the 2011 Hank Aaron award. The Missions lost to San Antonio today but it wasn't his fault. He went 5-5 with 2 solo HR's.
• 26 year old Toshiichi Ono (NE) struck out a career high 15 Buffalo Nickels in a 5-2 win.
• Jonathan Claypool (STL) beat Minnesota 5-0 and he struck out 10 while walking 1. He's 5-5 4.91.
• Former Tarpon Seb Broomhall (SF) shut out Texas on 6 hits 4-0. He's 6-6 5.09
• Top pitching prospect Arturo Flores went down in mid-May with a back issue. He returned today firing 7.2 innings scattering 11 hits to win 4-2. Hopefully, he'll get 15 or so more starts before the year ends. He's likely going to be one of the starting 5 next year given our financial situation and our starting rotation.
• BTW in the box scoring a * is a Grand Slam and a ' is a leadoff HR

• 7/16: Florida 9 St Louis 3
• W-Willoughby (13-3 4.37) L-Dennis (5-8 6.56)
• HR: FLA-Adams (12) STL-Braine (13)
• POTG: Cortezo 4-5 2B (27) 2 R 2 RBI (69)
• Willoughby 7 IP 4 H 3 ER 3 BB 5 K

• Chris Tharpe (PIT) struck out 8 giving up just 4 hits in the Miners 2-0 win over Portland. He's 9-7 3.78
• Sergio Marrero (DET) went 5-5 2 2B HR and 4 RBI in the Phantom's 13-2 win over Phoenix. He's hitting .291-11-50
• Seikichi Matsuda (BRK) tossed his 2nd shutout in 3 starts beating Minnesota 5-0. He's 10-4 2.49

• 7/17: Florida 7 St Louis 0
• W-Sugihara (8-7 4.13) L-Nakai (1-3 6.92)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Sugihara 8.1 IP 5 H 1 BB 11 K 126 pitches
• Funicello 3-4 2 2B (16) 3 RBI (36)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alfredo Ulloa (ALK) 15-30 4 HR 9 RBI (.300-24-62)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rob Anderson (WAS) 12-30 4 HR 15 RBI (.299-24-97)

• RECORD: 5-2 (61-34)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13.5
• RUNS FOR: 520 t-4th
• RUNS AGAINST: 397 1st
• DEFENSE: .715 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs St Louis
3 @ Brooklyn
OFF DAY
2 @ Alaska

RESULTS:

• 7/18: Florida 5 St Louis 4
• W-Pollock (11-6 3.49) L-Wright (2-12 7.71) S-Turner (16)
• HR: FLA-Adams (13)
• POTG: Pollock 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 7 K

• Nikki Kimura (BRK) tossed his 6th complete game and 4th shutout of the year in beating Minnesota 2-0. He's 6-7 3.89

• 7/19: Florida 23 Brooklyn 3
• W-Samvdio (13-5 2.86) L-Sakai (8-6 4.47)
• HR: FLA-Funicello (8) Hayashi (17) Adams 2 (15) Bursey (10) Hallamore (9) Chase (28)
• POTG: Chase 4-6 2B (13) HR (28) 4 R 6 RBI (92)
• Sakai 4 IP 17 H 14 ER
• Samvdio CG 11 H 8 K 3 ER Adams 4-6 2 HR (15) 4 RBI (47) Club record 23 runs and 25 hits

• Zach Sheppard (OH) ewnt 4-4 with 5 RBI's in hitting for the cycle in their 14-3 win over Milwaukee.

• 7/20: Florida 6 Brooklyn 4
• W-Turner (2-0 BS 2) L-Mabry (4-11)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Hayashi 2-3 3 RBI (65)
• Coronado 7.1 IP 7 H 3 ER 4 BB 5 K Hallamore 3-5 R SB (47)

• Mike Carlson (JAX) struck out 5 in beating San Diego 2-0. He's 6-8 4.37

• 7/21: Florida 5 Brooklyn 3
• W-Willoughby (14-3 4.31) L-Matsuda (10-5 2.64) S-Turner (17)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo 2 (20) Saldana (9) Hallamore (10) BRK-Laramie (6)
• POTG: Cortezo 2-4 2 HR 2 R 2 RBI (73)
• Willoughby 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 4 BB 7 K

• 7/22: OFF DAY

• MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE

• A look at our top prospects and our minor league system featuring 4 1st, and 2 2nd place clubs.
• Also, notice that 8 of our 12 top-ranked prospects are pitchers.

• 7/23: Florida 9 Alaska 0
• W-Sugihara (9-7 3.88) L-DeSclafani (11-7 3.68)
• HR: Hayashi (18)
• POTG: Sugihara 8 IP 7 H 3 K
• Hayashi 3-5 HR 2 RBI (67) Elizondo 2-4 2 R 2 RBI (24)

• Sean Cockley (WAS) struck out 11 to win his 13th in a 8-0 win over Jacksonville. He's 13-5 3.00
• Masahiro Yama****a (NE) also won his 13th in a 4-0 win over Oklahoma. He's 13-4 3.11
• Chicago pummeled New York today, 13-1, and in that game, RJ Stanton threw 148 pitches giving up 4 hits 1 ER and striking out an ABA Season-high 18. That is the 2nd highest ABA single-game total in history. Stanton and Masahiro Tanaka struck out 19 each one time before in the AL while Jose Ramirez was the first to ever do it in 1995 with Oklahoma

• 7/24: Florida 7 Alaska 2
• W-Pollock (12-6 3.42) L-D Young (10-7 3.61)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi 2 (20) ALK-Ray (7)
• POTG: Hayashi 3-4 BB 2B (24) 2 HR 3 RBI (70)
• Hallamore 3-5 R Pollock 8.1 IP 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 7 K

• Tetsu Kawahara (PHX) scattered 7 hits in a 6-0 shutout of Memphis. He's 9-5 3.21
• Sergio Moya (MIL) struck out 7 in shutting out Minnesota 2-0. He's 5-12 4.63

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ernesto Montiel (CHI) 9-19 5 HR 11 RBI (.282-27-77)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brad Rivera (LA) 17-27 HR 8 RBI (.365-21-74)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Alamogordo and Farmington are the top-ranked teams in AAA and Class A respectively.

• RECORD: 6-0 (67-34)
• STANDINGS: 1st +18.5
• RUNS FOR: 575 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 413 1st
• DEFENSE: .716 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Washington
3. Pittsburgh
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles

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SCHEDULE:
1 @ Alaska
3 vs Milwaukee
3 @ Denver

RESULTS:

• 7/25: Alaska 5 Florida 2
• W-Teramoto (1-1) L-Samvdio (13-6 2.91) S-Carruth (17)
• HR: FLA-Flores (4) Bursey (11)
• POTG: H Meah 5 IP 5 H 1 ER 4 BB 7 K
• Hallamore 48th SB 14th Error

• ROOKIE LEAGUE ALL STARS
• We now have 2 rookie leagues and I was mistaken earlier, our newest team is SPRING Valley, not South Valley.
• Rookie League A (RR)- 1B Daquan Cleophat .274/.504/.464 SS Doug Caputo .330/.504/.592 OF Jim Davis .297/.474/.477
• Rookie League B (SV)- SP Joe Craig 2-1 1.21 SP Arturo Grier 3-2 2.96 RP Juan Sauceda 1-0 1.93 OF Jim Landry .322/.376/.488

• 7/26: Florida 4 Milwaukee 3 (10)
• W-Turner (3-0) L-Torrez (2-3)
• HR: MIL-Castillo (7) FLA-Chase (29)
• POTG: S Coronado ND 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 11 K
• 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie it Chase walk-off HR in the 10th
• Hallamore 49th SB

• Omezo Yamamura (LV) moved to 9-7 4.73 with a 1-hit shutout of Brooklyn as the Aces won 6-0

• 7/27: Florida 11 Milwaukee 2
• W-Willoughby (15-3 4.25) L-Stanfield (5-6) S-Yamada (1)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (21) Funicello (9) Bursey 2 (13)
• POTG: Bursey 5-5 2 HR 5 RBI (53) Ties franchise record with 5 hits

• Chris Tharpe (PIT) won his 10th shutting out New England 10-0. He's 10-9 3.79

• SHORT-SEASON ALL-STARS
• Hobbs- SP Juan Salazar 4-2 3.23 SP Jonathon Saxon 4-1 2.90 RP Joel Blocher 2-1 2.86 C Savion Galbreath .351/.432/.553

• TARPONS SWAMP CARR FOR KANESHIRO
• The Florida Tarpons and Buffalo Nickels have agreed on a trade the will send 28-year-old RP Jim Carr and the games hottest OF prospect Chris Linn to Buffalo while the Nickels will send 23 year RP Shinji Kaneshiro and switch-hitting 3B prospect 21-year-old Luis Figueroa as well as slugging 1B prospect 20-year-old Luis Cardenas.

• GM'S OFFICE
• Carr was unhappy not being the closer AND was not pitching well at all. His 5 blown saves and 5.87 ERA as well as his 2m per year deal with 3 years left made moving him painless especially given we got a reliever with 3 years of club control and 5 years younger in Kaneshiro. The kid can pitch and he's not done getting better. He'll head to the ABA roster and take a spot in the middle of the pen. Chris Linn will win the AAA MVP going away. He's on pace to hit 50 and drive in close to 140 and there's no reason to think he won't end up a star. He also likely will still be a huge issue off the field. With Hayashi having a great season (.283/.361/.505 20 HR 70 RBI) and entering his prime (27) as well as being in year one of the 5 year deal signed last winter Linn was moveable. I hate trading young high ceiling talent and even more so when they're on the cusp of being big league players but this had to happen.
• Both position players we received are young and extremely talented prospects. Figueroa was signed as an 18 year old Int' free agent back in 2008. He's done nothing but hit, he's already an above average defender and he is a legitimate switch hitter. No real power but he projects as a .400 OBP bat with elite speed and 50+ SB ability. He's was hitting well in AA for them but we'll send him to Farmington just to let him get his feet wet over here.
• Cardenas is a legitimate 45+ HR power bat. Right-handed and a very good 1B already, his power potential is off the charts. He was signed out of the Dominican as a 16-year-old and came into the season ranked #92 on the ABA prospect list. He'll play 1st at Rio Rancho for the rest of this year.

• 7/28: Florida 12 Milwaukee 8
• W-Sugihara (10-7 4.00) L-Aoki (1-2)
• HR: MIL-Reilly (3) Flores (4) Barrios (17) FLA-Elizondo (7)
• POTG: Elizondo 3-4 2B (6) HR (7) 4 RBI (29)
• Sugihara 7 IP 6 H 5 ER 9 K

• Man-keung Yuen (PIT) won his 15th game on a 1-hitter to top New England 7-0. He's 15-1 2.35

• 7/29: Florida 3 Denver 2
• W-Pollock (13-6 3.37) L-Daugherty (7-8 3.10) S-Turner (18)
• HR: DEN-Tutson (13)
• POTG: Pollock 7.2 IP 8 H 2 ER 3 K
• Hallamore 3-5 SB (50) R RBI (50)

• Jorge Santander (WAS) struck out 6 giving up just 1 hit in the Jets 5-0 win over the Bears. He's 11-6 4.83

• 7/30: Florida 5 Denver 4
• W-Samvdio (14-6 3.01) L-Aris (8-11 5.27) S-Turner (19)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (22) Hallamore (11) DEN-Dolce (5) Futrell (28)
• POTG: J Dolce 4-4 HR (5) 2 RBI (38)
• Elizondo 3-4 R Hallamore 2-4 HR R RBI (51) CS (8) Error (16)

• 7/31: Florida 11 Denver 3
• W-Coronado (5-1 2.88) L-Acevedo (10-10 5.66)
• HR: FLA-Chase (30) DEN-Zasko (11)
• POTG: Chase 4-5 HR (30) 3 R 3 RBI (98)
• Hayashi 4-5 2B (26) 2 RBI (75) Coronado 6 IP 6 H 1 ER 9 K

• Mike Carlson (JAX) shut out Buffalo 1-0 on a 4-hitter. He's 7-9 4.25
• Mike Loree (MEM) struck out 8 in firing a 4-hitter to beat Brooklyn 3-0. He's 2-2 4.50
• Maddox Polizkin (PHX) Punched out 9 and scattered 10 hits to beat St Louis 3-0. He's 12-8 5.97
• Juan Castillo (TEX) threw a 3-hit shutout to beat Portland 6-0 and win his 9th. He's 9-10 4.90

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sergio Robles (OH) 12-28 5 HR 12 RBI (.309-24-92)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Wendt (PIT) 15-29 3 HR 16 RBI (.295-14-64)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Dan McMullen went 12-26 HR 9 RBI to take home AAA POTW. He's hitting .311-16-79

• RECORD: 6-1 (73-35)
• STANDINGS: 1st +22
• RUNS FOR: 623 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 440 1st
• DEFENSE: .714 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Florida
3. Ohio
4. Washington
5. Texas

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Guiomar Cortezo (FLA) .364-8-32 (.346-22-81)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Gene Keller (SAN) .397-14-35 (.298-34-90)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Bobby Rone (OH) 5-0 2.47 (14-5 3.69)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Man-Keung Yuen (PIT) 5-0 2.05 (15-1 2.35)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Sincere Manigo (ALK) .390-2-18 (.327-14-62)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Chris Tarrant (WAS) .302-6-15 (.304-18-62)

Familiar faces in familiar places. Jets, Miners? Check. LA? Check. Vegas? Ohio? Chicago? Check, check, check. Both eastern division races are over. Pittsburgh and Washington will both make the postseason, it's all about who has to play the extra game now.
The other two AL races could prove interesting as could the AL and NL Wild Cards but right now there look to be only 1.5 actual races.

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SCHEDULE:
3 vs Chicago
OFF DAY
3 @ Ohio

RESULTS:

• 8/1: Florida 3 Chicago 2
• W-Willoughby (16-3 4.16) L-Ortega (4-5 4.25) S-Turner (20)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Willoughby 7.1 IP 9 H 2 ER 5 K

• 8/2: Chicago 14 Florida 6
• W-Stanton (15-5 3.88) L-Sugihara (10-8 4.16)
• HR: CHI-Cummings (14) Andrus (9*) Crudge (15) FLA-Hayashi (21)
• POTG: J Campbell 2-3 3 R RBI (41)
• Stanton CG 8 H 6 ER 10 K
• Sugihara 5.2 IP 9 H 8 R 5 ER 8 K 3 errors (Sugihara (1) Funicello (4) Flores (6)
• Nakamura grand slam (6) 4 RBI (24)

• Folco Ortga (DET) whiffed 10 Saints to even his record at 11-11 5.73 in the Phantoms 6-0 win.

• 8/3: Florida 6 Chicago 5
• W-Turner (4-0) L-D'Addio (2-9)
• HR: CHI-DeLong (3) Shimasaki (18) FLA-Flores (5)
• POTG: Juan Flores 2-5 HR 2 R 3 RBI (29) SB (27)
• Nakamura 3-5 2 2B (10)
• 3 in the 8th 2 in the 9th, GW Bursey Sac Fly

• Sean Riggs (PIT) moved to 12-6 4.30 by blanking Austin while striking out 9.in a 4-0 win.

• 8/4 OFF DAY

• 8/5: Ohio 7 Florida 3
• W-Rone (15-5 3.66) L-Samvdio (14-7 3.24)
• HR: FLA-Chase (31) OH-Robles 2 (26)
• POTG: Rone CG 7 H 3 ER 1 BB 3 K
• Samvdio CG 12 H 7 ER 3 BB 3 K

• Bob Freel (PIT) struck out 6 in a 3-hit 8-0 win over Jacksonville. He's 4-1 1 Save 1.95

• 8/6: Ohio 3 Florida 2
• W-Miles (6-3) L-Turner (4-1 BS3)
• HR: FLA-Nakamura (7) Saldana (10)
• POTG: Anguiano 8 IP 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 8 K
• Saldana PH HR breaks 1-1 tie in the top of the 9th, Turner 2 H 3 BB 2 ER in 0.2 IP for the loss

• Pat Strickler (CHI) struck out 4 in a 2-hitter to beat Detroit 12-0. He's 11-6 4.42

• 8/7: Florida 12 Ohio 9
• W-Kaneshiro (1-0) L-Osorio (13-9 4.40) S-Turner (21)
• HR: FLA-Elizondo (8) Chase 2 (33) OH-Cosman (28) Robles 2 (28) Sheppard (19) Hamilton (30) Paredes (27)
• POTG: Chase 2-4 2 HR 2 R 4 RBI (103)
• Willoughby 5.2 IP 9 ER 6 HR (a league record)
• Hallamore 3-6 2 R SB (52) Adams 3-5 2B (18) RBI (48)
• Robles 4 HR 6 RBI in the series

• Chris Tharpe (PIT) threw the Miners 3rd shutout this week blanking Jacksonville 2-0. He's 11-9 3.79
• Tyshawn Ogarro (DET) hit for the cycle in the Phantoms 21-7 win over Chicago. He scored 3 and drove in 5
• Chris Grove (POR) went 5-5 in Portland's 21-5 dismantling Oklahoma.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tyshawn Ogarro (DET) 12-25 3 HR 12 RBI (.329-28-99)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Grove (POR) 11-23 3 HR 8 RBI (.298-8-20)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Recently acquired 1B Luis Cardenas (A) took home class A POTW honors going 10-25 and driving in a Class A league record 14 runs in one week. He's hitting .351-2-16 in 10 games
• Spring Valley 1B Darryl Benavides won POTW honors going 13-25 3 HR 7 RBI

• RECORD: 3-3 (76-38)
• STANDINGS: 1st +22
• RUNS FOR: 655 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 480 1st
• DEFENSE: .711 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Chicago

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SCHEDULE:
3 vs Minnesota
3 vs New York
1 @ Detroit

RESULTS:

• 8/8: Florida 9 Minnesota 6
• W-Nichols (6-4 4.46) L-Sugihara (11-8 4.23) S-Turner (22)
• HR: MIN-Sgattoni (25) FLA-Chase (34)
• POTG: Bursey 2-4 5 RBI (64)
• Elizondo 3-5 2 RBI (35) Sugihara 6 IP 9 K 4 ER 7 K
• Hallamore 2-4 2 3B (6) 2 BB RBI (54)
• Cortezo was drilled in the 1st inning and had to come out of the game. No word yet on the severity.

• 8/9: Minnesota 9 Florida 6
• W-Tejeda (9-11 4.47) L-Pollock (13-7 3.87) S-Mycroft (25)
• HR: MIN-Anand (12) FLA-Saldana (11)
• POTG: Anand 4-6 HR 3 R RBI (34)

• TARPONS CORTEZO BREAKS HAND, HEADED TO THE DL
• The Florida Tarpons today announced that 1B Guiomar Cortezo has a broken hand. He was hit by a pitch yesterday in his 1st ab and x-rays came back showing two broken bones. He was put on the 10 day DL. The club expects him to miss at least a month. Youngster Yuusei Nakamura will take over as the everyday 1B and AAA Outfielder Jonathan Ogden was recalled to serve as the Tarpons extra OF.

• 8/10: Minnesota 2 Florida 1
• W-Mikami (10-8 4.50) L-Samvdio (14-8 3.19) S-Mycroft (26)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Mikami 8 IP 7 H 1 ER 2 BB 7 K
• Samvdio 8 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 7 K

• 8/11: New York 5 Florida 4
• W-de Soto (7-11 4.75) L-Coronado (5-2 3.00) S-Genus (25)
• HR: NY-Cathell (7) FLA-Chase (35)
• POTG: de Soto 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 1 BB 8 K
• Coronado 7.1 IP 6 H 5 ER 5 BB 7 K

• Curt Haning (LA) won his 14th (14-6 4.07) giving up just 5 hits in a 2-0 win over Buffalo

• 8/12: Florida 6 New York 3
• W-Willoughby (17-3 4.54) L-Haseldan (5-11 5.61) S-Turner (23)
• HR: NY-Kennealy (22) Mohr (33) FLA-Nakamura (8) Chase (36)
• POTG: Willoughby 6 IP 4 H 3 ER 3 BB 9 K

• 8/13: New York 3 Florida 1
• W-Kantor (13-6 3.39) L-Sugihara (11-9 4.18) S-Genus (26)
• HR: NY-Ward (11)
• POTG:Kantor 8 IP 3 H 1 ER 3 BB 6 K

• RJ Stanton (CHI) struck out 14 in a 3-0 4-hit shutout of Memphis. He's 17-5 3.68
• Sincere Preece (DEN) went 505 in Denver's 13-7 win over Phoenix.
• Top P prospect Arturo Flores will head to the DL for the 2nd time this season and it will end his year. He will have elbow surgery today that will force the 24-year-old to miss the remainder of the season. He was 7-6 3.67 this year.

• 8/14: Detroit 4 Florida 3
• W-Southorn (12-6 4.54) L-Pollock (13-8 3.89) S-Kelly (25)
• HR: DET-Escobedo (3)
• POTG: Southorn 8 IP 9 H 3 ER 1 BB 7 K
• Pollock 6 IP 10 H 3 ER 2 BB 6 H

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jorge Cortez (OH) 11-24 4 HR 6 RBI (.352-4-12)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Aydan Yuke (TEX) 15-28 3 HR 7 RBI (.318-14-60)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Alamogordo and Farmington remain in their league's top spots in the power rankings.
• Jonathon Saxon (A) our 2010 6th rounder out of Iowa was promoted to Farmington after going 5-2 2.89 for Hobbs this year. He made his first start Sunday and tossed a complete game 4-hitter striking out 8 and walking 0 in a 3-0 win over the Dayton Argonauts.

• RECORD: 2-5 (78-43)
• STANDINGS: 1st +19
• RUNS FOR: 685 4th
• RUNS AGAINST: 512 1st
• DEFENSE: .706 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Ohio
4. Florida
5. Texas