Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes · 2020. 2. 4. · SO, 9 BB, 18.1 IP), mostly in the GCL o Racked...
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Last RiverDogs Game: April 5 Right-hander Shawn Semple was electric out of the bullpen, striking out 10 Columbia batters, and right fielder Josh Stowers clubbed a pair of doubles as part of a three-hit night to help the RiverDogs cruise past the Fireflies, 6-1, and improve to 2-0 to start the season on Friday. Semple’s strong showing followed a solid start from former second-round pick Matt Sauer, who yielded just an unearned run in four innings out of the gate in his RiverDogs debut. The RiverDogs jumped out to a lead right from the onset with their top three hitters all reaching to start the ballgame. Catcher Josh Breaux walloped a double over the head of right fielder Jose Miguel Medina for his first hit of the season, plating the game’s first runs. After Columbia got one back in their half of the first, a Fireflies error in the second opened the floodgates for the RiverDogs. Doggie Bites: • Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting: RiverDogs pitching has gotten off to a dominant start to the 2019 season, holding their opponents to one or fewer runs through the first two games for the first time in club history during the Yankees era (circa 2005). Four RiverDogs arms have combined for 24 strikeouts while issuing only two walks with over 35 percent of the Fireflies’ plate appearances resulting in a punchout (24-of-68) so far. Reliever Shawn Semple was particularly dominant on Friday night, fanning 10 of the 17 hitters he faced and inducing a swinging strike on 20 of the 65 pitches he threw (31% swinging strike rate). • Speed Kills: Charleston’s collective speed figures to be a strength of the club to begin 2019 and Isaiah Pasteur began to show glimpses of the wheels in the Charleston lineup. The left fielder became the first RiverDog to steal multiple bases this year, going 2-for-3 on the night. In 2018, it took the RiverDogs over 3 months for their first multi-stolen base effort when Carlos Vidal swiped a pair of bags on July 9 at Columbia. Charleston finished 8 th in the league with 86 stolen bases. • Stowers Making His Mark in Pinstripes: Yankees’ No. 25 prospect Josh Stowers made his mark in his second game with his new organization on Friday night, going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a RBI, and a run scored while reaching in four of five trips with a walk. The Mariners’ second-round pick last summer acquired by New York in the Sonny Gray notched the fourth multi-hit game of his young professional career. • Pinstriped Prospects: The RiverDogs will again tap into a deep farm system in the New York Yankees. Losing some of their organizational talent due to promotions and trades in the last year, the Yankees’ farm system fell from the second-best system in the game to 20 th on the Baseball America rankings. Despite this, the Bronx Bombers are stocked with intriguing talent at the lower levels of the farm system, including seven of the Yanks’ pre-season Top-30 prospects set to open the season with the RiverDogs (MLB.com/BA): RHP Roansy Contreras (10/7), RHP Luis Medina (14/11), RHP Luis Gil (13/25), C Josh Breaux (15/30), RHP Matt Sauer (17/10), OF Josh Stowers (25/--), and RHP Tanner Myatt (29/--). • Fresh Meat: Eight members of last year’s 64-72 squad return to open the season, but only three that spent more than 10 games in a RiverDogs uniform last year: OF Frederick Cuevas (55), C Eduardo Navas (54), and RHP Dalton Higgins (24). The Yankees’ 2018 Draft Class is well represented on Charleston’s initial roster with nine members of the class set to begin the season with the Dogs, including second-round selection Josh Breaux. 14 RiverDogs have collegiate baseball experience, ranging as far as Spokane, WA (Daniel Bies, Gonzaga) to as nearby as Florence, S.C. (Tanner Myatt, Florence-Darlington Tech). The RiverDogs roster represents 13 different U.S. states and is also highlighted by 9 international players from either the D.R. or Venezuela. • It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: The RiverDogs’ 64-72 campaign in 2018 was highlighted by another season of excellent pitching that was bogged down by a young lineup that struggled to score runs at times. Charleston finished second in the league in ERA (3.29) and despite failing to set the club’s strikeout record for a third consecutive campaign, issued the fewest walks for a RiverDogs team in club history. At the plate, the RiverDogs scored just 501 runs (3.7/gm), the most anemic offense in R’Dogs history and the lowest output for a Charleston club since the 1992 Rainbows. After a promising 12-4 start to the second-half, the Dogs skidded to a 19-33 mark the rest of the way, the second-worst mark in the league over that span. • Winning Isn’t Everything, It’s the Only Thing: The RiverDogs’ sub-.500 season was a recent rarity for the club, marking just the second losing season in the last seven years. Since 2012, the RiverDogs have gone 501-467 (.518), the fourth-best winning percentage in the SAL over that span, trailing only Hagerstown (.546), Hickory (.533), and Asheville (.528). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CHS 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 10 2 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes Game 3 Charleston RiverDogs (2-0) vs. Columbia Fireflies (0-2) Segra Park, Columbia, SC 6:05 p.m. – Saturday, April 6, 2019 RHP Tanner Myatt (0-0, -.--) Today’s Starters RHP Jaison Vilera (0-0, -.--) South Atlantic League 2019 First-Half Standings Northern Division W L GB Delmarva (Orioles) 2 0 - Greensboro (Pirates) 2 0 - Hickory (Rangers) 2 0 - Kannapolis (White Sox) 1 1 1.0 West Virginia (Mariners) 1 1 1.0 Hagerstown (Nationals) 0 2 2.0 Lakewood (Phillies) 0 2 2.0 Southern Division W L GB Charleston (Yankees) 2 0 - Asheville (Rockies) 1 1 1.0 Augusta (Giants) 1 1 1.0 Greenville (Red Sox) 1 1 1.0 Rome (Braves) 1 1 1.0 Columbia (Mets) 0 2 2.0 Lexington (Royals) 0 2 2.0 RiverDogs Quick Stats 1 st Half Record: 2-0 2 nd Half Record: 0-0 Road Record: 2-0 Home Record: 0-0 Current Streak: W2 Current Road Streak: W2 Current Home Streak: - This Road Trip: 2-0 Last Homestand: - Last Five: 2-0 Last Ten: 2-0 Team AVG (rank): .231 (5th) Team HR (rank): 0 (T10th) Runs Scored: 8 (T7th) Team ERA (rank): 0.50 (2nd) Team K (rank): 24 (4th) Team SV (rank): 1 (T2nd) 2019 vs. COL: 2-0 Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Sunday, April 7, 2:05PM: Charleston @ Columbia: RHP Luis Gil (0-0, -.--) vs RHP Christian James (0-0, -.--) Monday, April 8, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Alexander Vizcaino (0-0, -.--) vs TBD Tuesday, April 9, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Luis Medina (0-0, -.--) vs TBD Wednesday, April 10, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Roansy Contreras (1-0, 1.80) vs TBD Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected]
Transcript of Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes · 2020. 2. 4. · SO, 9 BB, 18.1 IP), mostly in the GCL o Racked...
Last RiverDogs Game: April 5
Right-hander Shawn Semple was electric out of the bullpen, striking out 10 Columbia batters, and right fielder Josh Stowers clubbed a pair of doubles as part of a three-hit night to help the RiverDogs cruise past the Fireflies, 6-1, and improve to 2-0 to start the season on Friday. Semple’s strong showing followed a solid start from former second-round pick Matt Sauer, who yielded just an unearned run in four innings out of the gate in his RiverDogs debut. The RiverDogs jumped out to a lead right from the onset with their top three hitters all reaching to start the ballgame. Catcher Josh Breaux walloped a double over the head of right fielder Jose Miguel Medina for his first hit of the season, plating the game’s first runs. After Columbia got one back in their half of the first, a Fireflies error in the second opened the floodgates for the RiverDogs.
Doggie Bites: • Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting: RiverDogs pitching has gotten off to a dominant start to the
2019 season, holding their opponents to one or fewer runs through the first two games for the first time in club history during the Yankees era (circa 2005). Four RiverDogs arms have combined for 24 strikeouts while issuing only two walks with over 35 percent of the Fireflies’ plate appearances resulting in a punchout (24-of-68) so far. Reliever Shawn Semple was particularly dominant on Friday night, fanning 10 of the 17 hitters he faced and inducing a swinging strike on 20 of the 65 pitches he threw (31% swinging strike rate).
• Speed Kills: Charleston’s collective speed figures to be a strength of the club to begin 2019 and Isaiah Pasteur began to show glimpses of the wheels in the Charleston lineup. The left fielder became the first RiverDog to steal multiple bases this year, going 2-for-3 on the night. In 2018, it took the RiverDogs over 3 months for their first multi-stolen base effort when Carlos Vidal swiped a pair of bags on July 9 at Columbia. Charleston finished 8th in the league with 86 stolen bases.
• Stowers Making His Mark in Pinstripes: Yankees’ No. 25 prospect Josh Stowers made his mark in his second game with his new organization on Friday night, going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a RBI, and a run scored while reaching in four of five trips with a walk. The Mariners’ second-round pick last summer acquired by New York in the Sonny Gray notched the fourth multi-hit game of his young professional career.
• Pinstriped Prospects: The RiverDogs will again tap into a deep farm system in the New York Yankees. Losing some of their organizational talent due to promotions and trades in the last year, the Yankees’ farm system fell from the second-best system in the game to 20th on the Baseball America rankings. Despite this, the Bronx Bombers are stocked with intriguing talent at the lower levels of the farm system, including seven of the Yanks’ pre-season Top-30 prospects set to open the season with the RiverDogs (MLB.com/BA): RHP Roansy Contreras (10/7), RHP Luis Medina (14/11), RHP Luis Gil (13/25), C Josh Breaux (15/30), RHP Matt Sauer (17/10), OF Josh Stowers (25/--), and RHP Tanner Myatt (29/--).
• Fresh Meat: Eight members of last year’s 64-72 squad return to open the season, but only three that spent more than 10 games in a RiverDogs uniform last year: OF Frederick Cuevas (55), C Eduardo Navas (54), and RHP Dalton Higgins (24). The Yankees’ 2018 Draft Class is well represented on Charleston’s initial roster with nine members of the class set to begin the season with the Dogs, including second-round selection Josh Breaux. 14 RiverDogs have collegiate baseball experience, ranging as far as Spokane, WA (Daniel Bies, Gonzaga) to as nearby as Florence, S.C. (Tanner Myatt, Florence-Darlington Tech). The RiverDogs roster represents 13 different U.S. states and is also highlighted by 9 international players from either the D.R. or Venezuela.
• It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: The RiverDogs’ 64-72 campaign in 2018 was highlighted by another season of excellent pitching that was bogged down by a young lineup that struggled to score runs at times. Charleston finished second in the league in ERA (3.29) and despite failing to set the club’s strikeout record for a third consecutive campaign, issued the fewest walks for a RiverDogs team in club history. At the plate, the RiverDogs scored just 501 runs (3.7/gm), the most anemic offense in R’Dogs history and the lowest output for a Charleston club since the 1992 Rainbows. After a promising 12-4 start to the second-half, the Dogs skidded to a 19-33 mark the rest of the way, the second-worst mark in the league over that span.
• Winning Isn’t Everything, It’s the Only Thing: The RiverDogs’ sub-.500 season was a recent rarity for the club, marking just the second losing season in the last seven years. Since 2012, the RiverDogs have gone 501-467 (.518), the fourth-best winning percentage in the SAL over that span, trailing only Hagerstown (.546), Hickory (.533), and Asheville (.528).
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Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes
Game 3
Charleston RiverDogs (2-0)
vs.
Columbia Fireflies (0-2)
Segra Park, Columbia, SC 6:05 p.m. – Saturday, April 6, 2019
RHP Tanner Myatt (0-0, -.--) Today’s Starters RHP Jaison Vilera (0-0, -.--)
South Atlantic League
2019 First-Half Standings
Northern Division W L GB Delmarva (Orioles) 2 0 - Greensboro (Pirates) 2 0 - Hickory (Rangers) 2 0 - Kannapolis (White Sox) 1 1 1.0 West Virginia (Mariners) 1 1 1.0 Hagerstown (Nationals) 0 2 2.0
Lakewood (Phillies) 0 2 2.0
Southern Division W L GB Charleston (Yankees) 2 0 - Asheville (Rockies) 1 1 1.0 Augusta (Giants) 1 1 1.0 Greenville (Red Sox) 1 1 1.0 Rome (Braves) 1 1 1.0 Columbia (Mets) 0 2 2.0
Lexington (Royals) 0 2 2.0
# Second-Half Division Winner
RiverDogs Quick Stats
1st Half Record: 2-0 2nd Half Record: 0-0 Road Record: 2-0 Home Record: 0-0 Current Streak: W2 Current Road Streak: W2 Current Home Streak: - This Road Trip: 2-0 Last Homestand: - Last Five: 2-0 Last Ten: 2-0 Team AVG (rank): .231 (5th) Team HR (rank): 0 (T10th) Runs Scored: 8 (T7th) Team ERA (rank): 0.50 (2nd) Team K (rank): 24 (4th) Team SV (rank): 1 (T2nd) 2019 vs. COL: 2-0
Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Sunday, April 7, 2:05PM: Charleston @ Columbia: RHP Luis Gil (0-0, -.--) vs RHP Christian James (0-0, -.--)
Monday, April 8, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Alexander Vizcaino (0-0, -.--) vs TBD Tuesday, April 9, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Luis Medina (0-0, -.--) vs TBD
Wednesday, April 10, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Asheville: RHP Roansy Contreras (1-0, 1.80) vs TBD
Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected]
Today’s Starter
#37 TANNER MYATT (RHP)
W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA
2018 (w/ SI/GCL) 0-1 5.40 10/6 0 0 18.1 13 11 11 9 22 .206
MiLB Career (1 Season)
0-1 5.40 10/6 0 0 18.1 13 11 11 9 22 .206
RiverDogs Starters in 2019
Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Gm
Contreras 1 1-0 1-0 2 2.0
Gil
Medina
Myatt
Sauer 1 0-0 1-0 6 6.0
Vizcaino
2019 Highs:
IP- H- ER- BB- K-
Career Highs:
IP- 3.0, 2x (7/13/18) H- 2, 4x (7/26/18) ER- 3, (6/23/18) BB- 2, 3x (8/30/18) K- 4, 2x (7/26/18)
Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
HT: 6’7” WT: 220 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Spring Lake, NC (Overhills HS) AGE: 20 BORN: 5/21/98 ACQUIRED: 11th Round, 2018, Florence-Darlington Tech
Repertoire: 4SM, CB, CH
Career Notes…
• Rated the No. 29 prospect in the Yankees system per MLB.com in pre-season
o Rated as the “Most Intriguing Late-Round Pick” and “Best Fastball” in the Yankees’ 2018 draft class by Baseball America
• Made pro debut in 2018, going 0-1, 5.40 ERA in 10 games, 6 starts (22 SO, 9 BB, 18.1 IP), mostly in the GCL
o Racked up 10.8 K/9 with 4.4 BB/9 and 3 HR allowed o Spent most of the year in the GCL before appearing in 2.0
innings with Staten Island to finish the year
• Spent two seasons at Florence-Darlington Tech (JUCO), going 3-1, 1.80 ERA in 14 games as a sophomore
o Passed up a commitment to transfer to the College of Charleston (CAA) to sign with the Yankees
o Became highest drafted Stinger in school history o FDTC, a community college with 5,600 students, has only two
athletic programs: baseball & softball
2019 Notes…Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
SCORING BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X ALL
CSC 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
OPP 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
STARTS BY LINEUP
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Breaux - - 2 - - - - - -
Burt - - - - - - - - -
Cuevas - - - - - - - - -
Gasper - - - - - - 2 - -
Gomez - - - - 2 - - - -
Gray - - - - - - - 2 -
Lockridge 2 - - - - - - - -
Navas - - - - - - - - -
Pasteur - - - - - 2 - - -
Stowers - 2 - - - - - - -
Torrealba - - - - - - - - 2
Wagaman - - - 2 - - - - -
STARTS BY POSITION
Player C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH
Breaux 2 - - - - - - - -
Burt - - - - - - - - -
Cuevas - - - - - - - - -
Gasper - - - - - - - - 2
Gomez - - - - 2 - - - -
Gray - - 2 - - - - - -
Lockridge - - - - - - 2 - -
Navas - - - - - - - - -
Pasteur - - - - - 2 - - -
Stowers - - - - - - - 2 -
Torrealba - - - 2 - - - - -
Wagaman - 2 - - - - - - -
MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Player BEST 2019 HIT
STREAK
CURRENT HIT STREAK
(Date started)
CONSECUTIVE STARTS
Breaux 1 1, 4/5 2
Burt - - -
Cuevas - - -
Gasper 1 1, 4/5 2
Gomez 2 2, 4/4 2
Gray 2 2, 4/4 2
Lockridge - - 2
Navas - - -
Pasteur - - 2
Stowers 1 1, 4/5 2
Torrealba 1 1, 4/5 2
Wagaman 2 2, 4/4 2
SITUATIONAL RECORDS
TOTAL HOME AWAY DAY NIGHT
vs. Delmarva 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Hagerstown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Hickory 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Kannapolis 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. West Virginia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. North 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Asheville 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Augusta 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Columbia 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
vs. Greenville 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Lexington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Rome 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. South 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
April 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
May 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
June 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
July 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
August/September 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Monday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Tuesday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Wednesday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Thursday 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
Friday 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
Saturday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Sunday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Lead After 5th 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
R’Dogs Tied After 5th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Trail After 5th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Lead After 6th 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
R’Dogs Tied After 6th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Trail After 6th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Lead After 7th 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
R’Dogs Tied After 7th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Trail After 7th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Lead After 8th 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
R’Dogs Tied After 8th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Trail After 8th 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
R’Dogs Score First 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
Opp Scores First 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Lefty Starters 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. Righty Starters 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0
1-Run Games 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
Blowouts (5+ Runs) 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
Extra Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Shutouts 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
STAFF ERA
Starters: 9.0 IP 2 R 1 ER 1.00 ERA
Bullpen: 9.0 IP 0 R 0 ER 0.00 ERA
Total: 18.0 IP 2 R 1 ER 0.50 ERA
2019 Highs and Lows
Team Batting
Charleston RiverDogs’ Highs/Lows Most Runs/Game: 6, (@COL, 4/5) Most Runs/Inning: 2, 3x (@COL, 4/5, 2nd inning) Most Hits/Game: 10, (@COL, 4/5) Fewest Hits/Game: 5, (@COL, 4/4) Most XBH/Game: 5, (@COL, 4/5) Most 2B/Game: 4, (@COL, 4/5) Most 3B/Game: 1, (@COL, 4/5) Most HR/Game: Most SB/Game: 2, (@COL, 4/5) Most LOB/Game: 6, (@COL, 4/5)
Opponents’ Highs/Lows Most Runs/Game: 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5) Most Runs/Inning: 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5, 1st inning) Most Hits/Game: 7, (@COL, 4/4) Fewest Hits/Game: 4, (@COL, 4/5) Most XBH/Game: 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5) Most 2B/Game: 1, (@COL, 4/4) Most 3B/Game: 1, (@COL, 4/5) Most HR/Game: Most SB/Game: Most LOB/Game: 7, 2x (@COL, 4/5)
Combined Highs/Lows Most Runs/Game: 7, (@COL, 4/5) Most Hits/Game: 14, (@COL, 4/5) Fewest Hits/Game: 12, (@COL, 4/4) Most HR/Game: Most SB/Game: 2, (@COL, 4/5) Most LOB/Game: 13, (@COL, 4/5)
Individual Batting
Charleston RiverDogs’ Highs Most Hits/Game: 3, (Stowers, @COL, 4/5) Most Runs/Game: 2, (Lockridge, @COL, 4/5) Most RBI/Game: 2, (Breaux, @COL, 4/5) Most 2B/Game: 2, (Stowers, @COL, 4/5) Most 3B/Game: 1, (Gray, @COL, 4/5) Most HR/Game: Most BB/Game: 1, 6x (4 Players, @COL, 4/5) Most SB/Game: 2, (Pasteur, @COL, 4/5) Most Ks/Game: 3, (Lockridge, @COL, 4/4) Longest Hit Streak: 2, (3 Players, 4/4-pres)
Opponents’ Highs Most Hits/Game: 2, 2x (Mauricio, @COL, 4/5) Most Runs/Game: 1, 2x (Uriarte, @COL, 4/5) Most RBI/Game: 1, (Senger, @COL, 4/4) Most 2B/Game: 1, (Senger, @COL, 4/4) Most 3B/Game: 1, (Chambers, @COL, 4/5) Most HR/Game: Most BB/Game: 1, 2x (Mauricio & Vientos, @COL, 4/5) Most SB/Game: Most Ks/Game: 3, 2x (Adon, @COL, 4/5)
Team Pitching
Charleston RiverDogs’ Highs Most Ks/Game: 14, (@COL, 4/5) Most BB Allowed/Game: 2, (@COL, 4/5)
Opponents’ Highs Most Ks/Game: 13, (@COL, 4/4) Most BB Allowed/Game: 4, (@COL, 4/5)
Individual Pitching
Charleston RiverDogs’ Highs/Lows Most Ks/Game: 10, (Semple, @COL, 4/5) Most BB/Game: 1, 2x (Sauer & Semple, @COL, 4/5) Longest Start: 5.0, (Contreras, @COL, 4/4) Shortest Start: 4.0, (Sauer, @COL, 4/5) Longest Win Streak: 1, 2x (Sauer, 4/5-pres) Longest Loss Streak:
Opponents’ Highs/Lows Most Ks/Game: 5, (Taveras, @COL, 4/4) Most BB/Game: 2, 2x (Butto, @COL, 4/5) Longest Start: 2.2, (Butto, @COL, 4/5) Shortest Start: 1.2, (Woods-Richardson, @COL, 4/4)
Team Defense
Charleston RiverDogs’ Highs Most Errors/Game: 2, 2x (@COL, 4/5) Most Double Plays/Game:
Opponents’ Highs Most Errors/Game: 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5) Most Double Plays/Game: 1, (@COL, 4/4)
General
Largest Margin of Victory: 5, (@COL, 4/5) Largest Margin of Defeat: Longest Win Streak: 2, (4/4-pres) Longest Home Win Streak: Longest Road Win Streak: 2, (4/4-pres) Longest Loss Streak: Longest Home Loss Streak: Longest Road Loss Streak: Biggest Comeback Win: Biggest Lead Blown in Loss: Walk-Off Wins: Longest Game (Time, 9 Inn.): 2:58, (@COL, 4/5) Longest Game (Time, 7 Inn.): Longest Game (Time, Any): 2:58, (@COL, 4/5) Longest Game (Total Innings): Shortest Game (Time, 9 Inn.): 2:43, (@COL, 4/4) Shortest Game (Time, 7 Inn.): Shortest Game (Time, Any): 2:43, (@COL, 4/4) Largest Home Crowd: Largest Road Crowd: 6,325, (@COL, 4/4) Smallest Home Crowd: Smallest Road Crowd: 3,753, (@COL, 4/5)
*Most Recent Occurrence in Parentheses
RiverDogs Hitters
Last Season w/ Charleston/Staten Island: As a fourth year pro, hit .234/.310/.335, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 7 SB in 73 games split between two levels…Broke camp with the RiverDogs before being reassigned to extended spring training on April 23…batted .286 (16-for-56) with the SI Yanks before rejoining Charleston on July 9…Career: Spent 2017 in its entirety with Pulaski, hitting .312/.373/.455, 3 HR, 17 RBI in 43 games (a career-high .827 OPS)…hit .406 (13-for-32) with runners in scoring position…Split the 2016 season between GCL Yankees West and East in 2016, hitting .256-1-9 with 5 SB in 30 games, including a 5-for-5 performance on 8/1 at the GCL Braves…Made pro debut with the DSL Yankees 1 in 2015 and batted .256-3-36 with 15 SB in 57 games…
Last Season w/ Staten Island/GCL: Made pro debut, batting .272/.378/.444, HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB in 26 games…Joined Staten Island after a July 11 call up and finished the season bating at a .216/.328/.373 (110 wRC+) clip…Career: Spent three seasons at Troy University (AL), batting .306/.387/.444, 12 HR, 101 RBI, 37 SB as a two-time All-Sun Belt conference selection at two different positions…After playing second base his sophomore year, was named a Rawlings Gold Glove winner after a move to center field in 2018…Whacked a school record 14 triples over his career…As a junior in 2018, set career-highs in OBP (.429), home runs (6), stolen bases (25) and OPS (.909)…clubbed two homers and 3 total XBH against Georgia in the NCAA Athens Regional, an eventual loss for the Trojans…Ranked as the 194th best prospect in the 2018 Draft according to Baseball America…Member of the Pensacola Catholic High School (FL) 2013 National Championship Team that went 30-0 and were named the best prep team in the country by USA Today, CBS MaxPreps, Collegiate Baseball, and Student Sports FAB 50…
Last Season w/ Pulaski/GCL: Made pro debut, batting .295/.347/.568, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 6 SB in 28 games…Debuted in the GCL and homered three times in a 6-game span from 8/10-8/17 before an 8/18 call up to Pulaski…Hit .241 with a HR in 9 games in the APPY League to finish the year…Career: Spent three seasons as a college player, two with Indiana University (2015-16) and another with George Washington (2018)…hit just .203 (54-266) in two seasons with the Hoosiers before transferring and sitting out in 2017 due to NCAA transfer rules…Played for the Loudon Riverdogs (Ashburn, VA) of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, where he put together an All-Star season on summer assignment in ‘17…As a junior transfer at GWU, was named an ABCA/Rawlings Third-Team All American and the A-10 Player of the Year, leading the conference in slugging percentage (.589) while posting career-bests across the board in batting average (.331), OBP (.398), homers (11), RBI (49), stolen bases (31), and a career-low 21% strikeout rate…was only caught stealing three times in 34 attempts (91%)…Also went 2-1, 3.45 ERA in 12 appearances on the mound with the Colonials…Was a Top-500 High School prospect by Perfect Game while attending Winters Mill HS (Westminster, MD)…
Last Season w/ Staten Island: In his second year as a pro, hit .194 (43-222)/.244/.333 (70 wRC+), 5 HR, 18 RBI in 64 games in the New York-Penn League…struck out at a 30.2% rate, the 10th-highest among qualifying hitters in the league…Hit 49% of his batted balls in the air, the fourth-highest among qualified hitters in the NYPL circuit…Career: After being drafted, hit .264/.331/.392 (97 wRC+), 5 HR, 29 RBI in 59 games with rookie-level Pulaski…posted the 12th-highest strikeout rate in the APPY League (28%)…homered twice and drove in 6 runs in his pro debut on 6/22, Opening Night at Calfee Park, helping spark the P-Yanks to win 7 of their first 8 games to start the year…Spent two seasons at Orange Coast Community College (Costa Mesa, CA), where he hit .332, 14 HR, 49 RBI as a sophomore, helping the Pirates go 36-10 and win the Orange Empire Conference…Tied a school-record with a 3 HR game on 2/28/17 at Canyons…Passed up an offer to transfer to the University of Houston to sign with the Yankees…Is a 2015 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School (CA), where he grew up playing street hockey and baseball before focusing on the latter during his sophomore year…
#1 FREDERICK CUEVAS (OF) --- .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SIGNED AS A NON-DRAFTED FREE AGENT IN 2014 Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@MB (4/2)* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Highs: H- R- HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 5, (8/1/16) R- 3, 4x (6/20/18) HR- 1, 10x (6/20/18) RBI- 4, (8/16/18) BB- 3, (8/4/17)
#2 BRANDON LOCKRIDGE (OF) --- .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 5TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Rated as the “Fastest Baserunner” in the Yankees’ 2018 draft class according to Baseball America, tabbed an 80 runner…
@COL (4/5) 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
@COL (4/4) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 5 1 1 1 1 0 0
2019 Highs: H- R- 2, (@COL, 4/5) HR- RBI- BB- 1, (@COL, 4/5)
Career Highs: H- 2, 6x (7/22/18) R- 2, 2x (“”) HR- 1, (7/17/18) RBI- 2, (7/18/18) BB- 3, (7/26/18)
#4 ISAIAH PASTEUR (OF) --- .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 13TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Tabbed by Baseball America as the “Best Athlete” in the Yankees’ 2018 class, rated as an 80-grade runner…
@COL (4/5) 3 0 0 0 0 2 1
@COL (4/4) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Highs: H- R- HR- RBI- BB- 1, (@COL, 4/5)
Career Highs: H- 3, (8/17/18) R- 2, 4x (8/17/18) HR- 1, 6x (8/26/18) RBI- 3, (8/15/18) BB- 2, 2x (8/28/18)
#5 ERIC WAGAMAN (INF) --- .375, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 13TH ROUND OF THE 2017 DRAFT
Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
@COL (4/4) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 Highs: H- 2, (@COL, 4/4) R- 1, (@COL, 4/4) HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 3, 2x (8/1/17) R- 2, 6x (7/18/18) HR- 2, (6/22/17) RBI- 6, (6/22/17) BB- 2, 5x (8/9/18)
Last Season w/ Tampa/Staten Island: As a third year pro, hit ..236/.295/.298, 0 HR, 20 RBI, 2 SB in 62 games, mostly with Staten Island…laid down 10 sacrifice bunts, including 9 with Staten Island to lead the New York-Penn League…Posted a .240/.298/.305 (83 wRC+) in 59 games with the SI Yanks…Career: In 2017, hit .236-1-15 (55 wRC+) in 52 games with Pulaski…Was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Red Sox in 2016…Was one of five prospects granted free agency as part of Boston’s penalty for illegally inflating signing bonuses in the international market…Began the 2016 season with the DSL Red Sox and finished with the Yankees, hitting .253 with a .359 OBP with his first professional homer between the two organizations…
Last Season w/ Pulaski/Charleston: Made pro debut, batting .257/.393/.493 (135 wRC+), 9 HR, 30 RBI in 43 games, including a one game appearance with the RiverDogs on August 23 (went 0-for-1 as defensive replacement at C, to date his only appearance as a pro at the position)…Ranked 6th in the APPY League in walk rate (17.4%) and 4th in BB:K ratio (1.43) while with Pulaski…Career: As a junior at Bryant University, started all 56 games for the Bulldogs, including 40 starts behind the plate, 10 at DH, three at first and three in left field…Named All-New England First Team, All-ECAC Second Team, and ALL-NEC First Team for raking at a .340 clip with a team-high eight home runs, 43 RBI and led the Bulldogs with 59 runs…Also drew a team-best 42 walks, leading Bryant with a .468 OBP…Became the first catcher in program history to score 50+ runs in a season…Spent three seasons at Bryant as a career .344 hitter…his career OBP of .469 is the best in program history since joining Division 1…
Last Season w/ Staten Island: Made pro debut, batting .170 (26-for-153), 7 HR, 21 RBI in 48 games…hit for the third-lowest average among NYPL batters with at least 150 PA while also ranking among the top-20 in walk rate (12%) and home runs (7)…Career: Spent three seasons at West Virginia University, hitting .302/.407/.479, 17 HR, 91 RBI, 29 SB in 165 games with the Mountaineers…Named a First Team All-Big 12 selection and a Rawlings/ABCA Third Team All-American as a junior after finishing in the top-3 in the Big 12 in batting (.374, 2nd), OBP (.462, 2nd) and Slugging (.677, 3rd) while leading the conference with a .391 average during league play….Enjoyed a 23-game hitting streak from April to mid-May…Product of Blanco High School (TX), a prep program that produced Major Leaguer Willie Upshaw, a 5th round pick by the Yankees in 1975, later selected by the Blue Jays in the expansion draft…Upshaw is most famous for being the first base coach of the Giants from 2006-07 when Barry Bonds hit his record-setting home run No. 756…
Last Season w/ Pulaski: As a fourth year pro, batted .213/.289/.425 (84 wRC+), 11 HR, 30 RBI in 58 games, all with Pulaski…Led the APPY League with 93 strikeouts and finished T-4th in homers…Led the league in strikeout rate (37.5%) and was T-3rd in swinging strike rate (22.2%)…Career: Spent 2017 with Staten Island, hitting .128 (11-for- 86), HR, 5 RBI, 37 SO in 27 games…Led the Dominican Summer League in home runs (11) and finished second in RBI (55) in his pro debut in 2015…Blasted two home runs with a career-high 8 RBI on 7/3 vs the DSL Reds…Was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 6 prospect for the 2014 international signing period…
#6 EDUARDO TORREALBA (INF) --- .333, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SIGNED AS A NON-DRAFTED FREE AGENT IN 2016 Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
@COL (4/4) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
@MB (4/2)* 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2019 Highs: H- 2, (@COL, 4/5) R- 1, (@COL, 4/5) HR- RBI- BB- 1, (@COL, 4/4)
Career Highs: H- 4, (8/22/18) R- 3, (7/19/16) HR- 1, 2x (8/22/17) RBI- 3, 4x (6/27/16) BB- 3, 2x (8/17/18)
#8 MICKEY GASPER (INF) --- .143, 0 HR, 1 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 27TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
@COL (4/4) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
2019 Highs: H- 1, (@COL, 4/5) R- 1, (@COL, 4/5) HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 3, (7/23/18) R- 2, 2x (8/26/18) HR- 2, (7/23/18) RBI- 4, (7/23/18) BB- 3, (7/6/18)
#9 KYLE GRAY (INF) --- .500, 0 HR, 2 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 14TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
@COL (4/4) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Highs: H- 2, (@COL, 4/4) R- 1, (@COL, 4/5) HR- RBI- 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5) BB- 1, (@COL, 4/5)
Career Highs: H- 2, 3x (8/11/18) R- 2, 2x (8/16/18) HR- 1, 7x (8/30/18) RBI- 3, 2x (8/30/18) BB- 2, 5x (8/19/18)
#16 NELSON GOMEZ (INF) --- .250, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SIGNED AS A NON-DRAFTED FREE AGENT IN 2014 Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
@COL (4/4) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
2019 Highs: H- 1, 2x (@COL, 4/5) R- 1, (@COL, 4/4) HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 4, (8/26/18) R- 3, (8/26/18) HR- 2, 2x (7/1/18) RBI- 5, (7/29/16) BB- 2, 3x (8/10/18)
Last Season w/ Charleston: In his third season with the RiverDogs, hit .180 (31-for-172), 2 HR, 14 RBI, the first season with multiple home runs in his career…Behind the plate for the first RiverDogs no-hitter since 1999, a combined, three pitcher effort on 8/16 @DEL…Career: Over his first five minor league seasons, has thrown out 48% of would-be base stealers (149-of-310)…Spent the 2017 campaign with the RiverDogs, hitting .211 (34-for-161), HR, 12 RBI in 49 games as the reserve catcher…threw out 27-of-56 base stealers (48.2%), the best rate in the league (min. 50 attempts)…walked just 3 times in 167 PA (1.7%)…Hit walk off single in 13th on 5/25 vs GVL…In 2016, hit .203 with 7 doubles, 12 RBI in 72 games split between Charleston and Staten Island…stole home to tie the game as part of a walk-off win on Opening Night in 2016, just his second career SB at the time…Made his stateside debut in 2015, splitting time between the GCL and Dominican Summer League…debuted as a pro with the DSL Yankees 2 in 2014…Hometown of Valencia, Venezuela has produced a host of Major Leaguers, including Felix Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Francisco Cervelli, Salvador Perez, David Peralta, Wilson Ramos, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Yangervis Solarte…
Last Season w/ Everett (SEA): Made his pro debut after being drafted in the 2nd round by the Mariners…Hit .260/.380/.410 (126 wRC+), 5 HR, 28 RBI in 58 games while ranking T-3rd in the Northwest League with 20 SB…Posted the second-highest walk rate (15%) and a top-10 OBP in the NWL to go along with a 23% K-rate…Was traded along with a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick by Seattle for 2B Shed Long as part of a three-team deal that sent RHP Sonny Gray and LHP Reiver Sanmartín to Cincinnati on 1/21/19…Prior to the trade, was rated the No. 10 prospect in the Mariners system per MLB.com…Career: Prior to his pro career, spent three seasons at University of Louisville, hitting .323/.449/.525, 15 HR, 96 RBI, 60 SB in 147 games with the Cardinals…His 60 career stolen bags ranks 8th all-time in school history…Named to the First Team All-ACC Team as a junior in 2018 after hitting .336, 9 HR, 60 RBI, and ranking third in the nation with 36 stolen bases…reached base safely in his final 47 games of the season…Rated the No. 247 prep prospect in the country by Perfect Game in 2015 while attending Mt. Carmel HS (Chicago, IL)…Recruited by Miami, Michigan, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, and Illinois during prep career…
Last Season w/ Pulaski: Made pro debut, batting .274/.347/.366 (93 wRC+), 0 HR, 21 RBI, 5 SB in 56 games…Career: Played four seasons at Northeastern University (Boston, MA), where he hit .260, 12 HR, 109 RBI, 33 SB in 224 games as a shortstop with the Huskies…Named the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2017…Northeastern program has produced Major Leaguers Carlos Pena and Adam Ottavino, among others…Attended St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA…
Last Season w/ Staten Island/GCL: Made pro debut, batting .280/.295/.370 (94 wRC+), 0 HR, 13 RBI in 27 games…Had a three-game introduction in the GCL before being called up to the New York-Penn League…Collected his first hit with the SI Yanks facing Noah Syndergaard on rehab assignment with Brooklyn…Career: Played two seasons at McLennan Community College (Waco, TX)…Reached the JUCO World Series in 2018 with the Highlanders while playing alongside his brother, Joe, now a transfer player at Alabama…As a sophomore in 2018, batted .404/.532/.831, 18 HR, 69 RBI while finishing in the top-20 of the JUCO ranks in SLG, OBP, and HR…walked more than he struck out (48:32) after posting just a 28:45 BB:SO ratio during his first year…Rated as the top JUCO prospect heading into the 2018 draft, and the 71st best prospect overall by MLB.com…On the mound, threw 17 innings in college as a two-way player…One of six catchers drafted by the Yankees in 2018 (four that signed)…Alum of Tomball High School, where he was drafted by the Astros in the 36th round of 2017, but did not sign…
#20 EDUARDO NAVAS (C) --- .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SIGNED AS A NON-DRAFTED FREE AGENT IN 2013 Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@COL (4/5) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Highs: H- R- HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 4, 2x (8/14/16) R- 2, 9x (8/16/18) HR- 1, 4x (8/16/18) RBI- 3, 3x (5/24/16) BB- 2, 7x (7/12/18)
#21 JOSH STOWERS (OF) --- .429, 0 HR, 1 RBI --- ACQUIRED VIA TRADE WITH SEATTLE IN 2019 Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Rated the Yankees’ No. 25 prospect according to MLB.com heading into 2019…went 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, BB on 4/5 @COL…
@COL (4/5) 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
@COL (4/4) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
@MB (4/2)* 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Highs: H- 3, (@COL, 4/5) R- 1, (@COL, 4/5) HR- RBI- 1, (@COL, 4/5) BB- 1, (@COL, 4/5)
Career Highs: H- 3, 4x (“”) R- 2, 6x (8/31/18) HR- 1, 5x (9/1/18) RBI- 3, (7/16/18) BB- 2, 9x (9/1/18)
#24 MAX BURT (INF) --- .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 28TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
@MB (4/2)* 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 Highs: H- R- HR- RBI- BB-
Career Highs: H- 3, 2x (8/4/18) R- 2, 4x (8/11/18) HR- RBI- 2, 6x (8/28/18) BB- 2, (7/16/18)
#34 JOSH BREAUX (C) --- .143, 0 HR, 2 RBI --- SELECTED IN THE 2ND ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 4 Games: AB H R HR RBI SB BB
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Graded the Yankees’ No. 15 prospect (MLB.com), No. 30 (Baseball America)…Rated “Best Power Hitter” in Yankees’ 2018 class by BA…
@COL (4/5) 3 1 0 0 2 0 0
@COL (4/4) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
@MB (4/2)* 3 2 1 1 1 0 0
2019 Highs: H- 1, (@COL, 4/5) R- HR- RBI- 2, (@COL, 4/5) BB-
Career Highs: H- 3, 3x (9/2/18) R- 2, (8/28/18) HR- RBI- 3, (8/7/18) BB- 1, 4x (8/25/18)
RiverDogs Bullpen
Last Season w/ Tampa/Charleston/Staten Island: Went 5-5, 2.95 ERA (62 SO, 14 BB, 61.0 IP) in 13 games (10 starts) split between three levels…Earned SAL Pitcher of the Week honors in two starts with the RiverDogs to finish the season, striking out 17 batters and allowing two runs over 12 innings after a call up from Staten Island…Struck out a career-best 10 in his Dogs debut on 8/27 @COL over six shutout frames…Career: Made his pro debut in 2017, going 4-0, 1.00 ERA and two saves (22 SO, 1 BB, 18.0 IP) with the GCL Yankees West while allowing just one extra-base hit (2B)…Prior to being drafted, spent three seasons at the University of New Orleans (2015-17), where he accrued a 15-12 record and 3.51 ERA in 39 appearances, mostly as a starter…Was a First-Team All-Southland Conference pick as a junior in 2018…Racked up 109 strikeouts with the Privateers as a junior, the 8th-most in a single season in school history…Alum of Paul VI High School (NJ)…
Last Season w/ Staten Island: In his second pro year, went 2-0, 0.35 ERA, allowing 5 runs (1 ER) in 25.2 IP (32 SO, 3 BB)…Logged 20 straight innings without an ER until 8/28 @HV…Fanned 8 of the 14 batters he faced in 3.2 innings in his final outing of 2018, picking up the save on 9/1 @BRK...Career: Made his pro debut with the GCL Yankees East in 2017, going 2-2, 2.18 ERA in 20.2 innings…Prior to going pro, spent four seasons at Virginia Tech, going 9-15, 4.37 ERA in 69 games, mostly in relief, with 9 saves for the Hokies…Struck out over 30% of the batters he faced across his collegiate career…After appearing in only 10 games due to injury as a junior in 2016, was selected in the 34th round by the Boston Red Sox, but elected to return for his senior season…As a senior in 2017, logged a 4.26 ERA while averaging 10.9 SO per nine innings and finishing 17 games with 5 saves…Alum of Mills Godwin HS (VA), the same alma mater as former RiverDogs and Clemson hurler Graham Stoneburger (pitched in Charleston in 2010)…
Last Season w/ Charleston: Opened the season in Extended Spring Training before joining the Dogs on 5/18…Went 1-3, 4.50 ERA (36 SO, 13 BB, 46.0 IP) in 10 appearances, 9 starts…Placed on the IL after wearing a comebacker off his left foot on 7/20 @ROM, prematurely ending his season…Career: Cracked the 2017 Opening Day roster with Charleston in his first season as a Yankee, going 3-5 with a 4.95 ERA in 12 starts with the RiverDogs (48 SO, 34 BB, 56.1 IP)…finished the year between rookie-level Pulaski and Short Season Staten Island…Spent the 2016 season with the AZL Mariners, posting a 12.12 SO per nine, ranking fourth-highest among relivers in the Arizona League…Acquired by the Yankees along with RHP Juan De Paula from Seattle in exchange for OF Ben Gamel on 8/31/16…At the time of the trade, ranked as the No. 24 prospect in the Mariners system by Baseball America…Originally selected by Seattle in the 14th round of the 2015 draft out of Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson, AZ)…teamed up as a battery duo with his former high school teammate, C Donny Sands, while with the RiverDogs in 2017…
Last Season w/ Clinton (SEA): In his fifth pro season, went 3-4, 4.71 ERA with 1 SV in 34 relief appearances (75 SO, 19 BB, 57.1 IP)…Racked up an 11.8 K/9 mark that ranked as the 8th-best in the Midwest League among pitchers with at least 50 IP…struck out 30.2% of batters faced…Posted a FIP of 2.80, the third-largest differential between ERA and FIP in the league (1.91) due to a .349 BABIP…Career: Originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle in 2013…spent his first season as an outfielder, hitting .229 (33-for-144) in 43 games with the DSL Mariners in 2014…Made his stateside debut with the Everett Aquasox in 2017, going 2-2, 3.28 ERA in 18 relief appearances…Over his first four seasons on the mound, 80 of his 84 appearances have come in relief, including 9 saves…
#11 SHAWN SEMPLE (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- SELECTED IN 11TH ROUND OF THE 2017 DRAFT Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…matched career-high 10 K’s, going 5.0 scoreless in relief on 4/5 @COL, fanning 10 of 17 hitters faced…
@COL (4/5) 5.0 0 0 0 1 10
2018 Highs: IP- 5.0, (@COL, 4/5) H- ER- BB- 1, (@COL, 4/5) K- 10, (@COL, 4/5)
Career Highs: IP- 6.0, 2x (9/2/18) H- 7, (6/23/18) ER- 3, 3x (8/15/18) BB- 3, 2x (8/15/18) K- 10, 2x (“”)
#13 AARON MCGARITY (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 K, 0 BB, 4.0 IP --- SELECTED IN THE 15TH ROUND OF THE 2017 DRAFT Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Picked up a four-out save (0 runs allowed) on Opening Night, 4/4 @COL…
@COL (4/4) 4.0 2 0 0 0 4
2019 Highs: IP- 4.0, (@COL, 4/4) H- 2, (@COL, 4/4) ER- BB- K- 4, (@COL, 4/4)
Career Highs: IP- 5.0, (8/9/17) H- 7, (8/3/17) ER- 2, 2x (8/3/17) BB- 1, 5x (8/23/18) K- 8, (9/1/18)
#19 JIO OROZCO (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- ACQUIRED VIA TRADE WITH SEATTLE IN 2016 Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster
2019 Highs: IP- H- ER- BB- K-
Career Highs: IP- 6.0, 5x (7/5/18) H- 8, 4x (7/12/18) ER- 8, 2x (5/3/17) BB- 5, (5/24/17) K- 9, 2x (8/28/16)
#23 ADONIS DE LA CRUZ (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- SELECTED IN THE TRIPLE-A PHASE OF RULE 5 DRAFT IN 2018 Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster… @MB (4/2)* 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
2019 Highs: IP- H- ER- BB- K-
Career Highs: IP- 6.0, 2x (8/19/15) H- 6, (5/15/18) ER- 9, (5/15/18) BB- 4, (5/5/18) K- 8, (8/19/15)
Last Season w/ Staten Island: Debuted as a professional, going 2-1, 1.97 ERA in 9 games, 6 starts (31 SO, 6 BB, 32.0 IP)…Posted an impressive 5.17 SO:BB ratio and ran a 64.4% ground ball rate, the 2nd-highest in the NYPL among pitchers with at least 30 IP…Career: Prior to his pro career, spent three seasons at North Carolina, going 11-9, 4.53 ERA in 62 games, 14 starts with the Tarheels…Raised his draft stock with a phenomenal summer in the Cape Cod League in 2017, when he went 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA in 9 relief appearances with the Chatham Anglers…Graduate of Mason High School, where he lettered four times in basketball as well as baseball, twice in football, and played one season of hockey…
Last Season w/ Charleston: In his second pro season, went 5-5, 2.65 ERA in 24 games in relief (44 SO, 16 BB, 57.2 IP) out of the Dogs pen…Called up from extended spring training on 5/14… got out of two bases loaded jams, allowing just an inherited runner to score while striking out four in 2.0 innings of relief to pick up first win in a 3-2 victory on 5/23 @AUG (G2)…did not allow an earned run for 19 straight innings from 6/5-7/4…allowed a HR in 3 straight appearances from 8/13-8/19, had gone 40-plus innings prior without a HR allowed prior to that…Career: Made his pro debut in 2017 with the GCL Yankees East, going 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA and one save in 10 games…Prior to going pro, spent three seasons at Dallas Baptist University (2015-17, Missouri Valley Conference), where he was 16-6 with a 3.15 ERA…named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in 2015…Dallas Baptist program has produced 23 draft picks over the last four years, including 10 that have gone in the top-ten rounds…fellow Yankee farmhand Chance Adams is a product out of Dallas Baptist (5th round pick in 2015)…Father, Kight, played college baseball at TCU, Texas Wesleyan, and Seminole JC, including throwing a no-hitter with TCU on March 17, 1985 before being drafted in the 19th round by Toronto…
Last Season w/ Staten Island/Pulaski/GCL: Made pro debut, going 2-2, 3.30 ERA in 12 games, 3 starts (43 SO, 7 BB, 30.0 IP)…averaged 12.9 K’s per nine and a 6.14 SO:BB ratio…Deployed mostly as a multi-inning reliever, recording at least four outs in every outing and 2.0 or more innings in 10 of his 12 appearances…Spent most of the season with Pulaski, striking out 37 in 24 innings with a 4.13 ERA…Career: Before going pro, spent three seasons at Gonzaga University, where he went 12-7, 3.34 ERA in 35 games, 25 starts while racking up 165 SO in 164 innings…Was cut from the team his freshman year and gray-shirted (a non-roster redshirt year) before finishing his Zags career with a First Team All-WCC selection in his first full year in the rotation…As a Redshirt Junior in 2018, posted a 2.49 ERA that ranked second in the league and notched career-bests in K/9 (10.0), BB/9 (2.0) and WHIP (1.05)…Tossed three complete games, including a shutout of San Francisco…
Bullpen Scouting Report
#11- Shawn Semple: 4SM, CB, SL, CH #13- Aaron McGarity: 4SM, SL, CH
#19- Jio Orozco: FB, CB, CH #23- Adonis De La Cruz: 2SM, 4SM, CB, SL, CH
#25- Rodney Hutchison: 2SM, 4SM, SL, CH #26- Dalton Higgins: 2SM, SL, CH #40- Daniel Bies: 4SM, CB, SL, CH
#25 RODNEY HUTCHISON (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- SELECTED IN THE 6TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to the RiverDogs Opening Day roster…Rated as having the “Best Slider” in the Yankees’ 2018 class according to Baseball America…
@MB (4/2)* 4.2 5 4 3 1 2
2019 Highs: IP- H- ER- BB- K-
Career Highs: IP- 5.0, (8/9/18) H- 5, 2x (8/17/18) ER- 2, (8/2/18) BB- 2, 2x (8/17/18) K- 6, (8/23/18)
#26 DALTON HIGGINS (RHP) --- 0-0, -.-- ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- SELECTED IN 7TH ROUND OF THE 2017 DRAFT Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
2019 Highs: IP- 3.1, (@GVL, 6/9) H- 5, (vs COL, 5/29) ER- 3, 2x (vs HAG, 8/13) BB- 2, 2x (vs ASH, 6/13) K- 5, (@GVL, 6/9)
Career Highs: IP- 3.1, (“”) H- 5, 3x (“”) ER- 3, 3x (“”) BB- 2, 3x (“”) K- 5, (“”)
#40 DANIEL BIES (RHP) --- 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 BB, 0.0 IP --- SELECTED IN THE 7TH ROUND OF THE 2018 DRAFT Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K
Notes: Added to RiverDogs Opening Day roster…
2019 Highs: IP- H- ER- BB- K-
Career Highs: IP- 4.0, (8/30/18) H- 6, (8/7/18) ER- 3, (8/13/18) BB- 2, (7/12/18) K- 6, (8/25/18)
South Atlantic League Report – April 5
Hickory- 7 Hagerstown- 0 Rome- 1 Delmarva- 3 West Virginia- 2 Augusta- 0 Lakewood- 1 Greensboro- 6 Kannapolis- 2 Lexington- 0 Greenville- 3 Asheville- 5 W: Latz (1-0, 0.00) W: Bido (1-0, 0.00) W: Varnell (1-0, 0.00) W: Rodriguez, G (1-0, 0.00) W: Browning (1-0, 0.00) W: Rolison (1-0, 0.00) L: Marcelino, O (0-1, 54.00) L: Cate (0-1, 0.00) L: De La Cruz (0-1, 6.75) L: Haake (0-1, 2.25) L: Hoffman (0-1, 0.00) L: Santos, G (0-1, 9.00) SV: Uvila (1) SV: Ramsey (1) SV: Peralta (1)
Yankees Farm System Report – April 5
MLB Triple-A Double-A High-A
New York Yankees Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Trenton Thunder Tampa Tarpons OFF DAY Scranton/WB- 6 Trenton- 1 Tampa- 3 Buffalo- 1 Erie- 11 Lakeland- 5 W: W: Cortes (1-0, 0.00) W: Manning (1-0, 1.80) W: VerHagen (1-0, 0.00) L: L: Morimando (0-1, 6.00) L: Green (0-1, 23.63) L: Garcia, Dei (0-1, 10.80)
SV: Harvey (1) SV: Pinto (1) AL East W L GB IL North W L GB EL Eastern W L GB FSL North W L GB Tampa Bay 6 2 - Pawtucket 1 0 - Reading 2 0 - Dunedin 2 0 - Orioles 4 3 1.5 Rochester 1 0 - Binghamton 1 1 1.0 Florida 2 0 - Yankees 3 4 2.5 Buffalo 1 1 0.5 New Hampshire 1 1 1.0 Lakeland 2 0 - Toronto 3 6 3.5 Scranton/WB 1 1 0.5 Hartford 0 1 1.5 Clearwater 0 2 2.0 Boston 2 7 4.5 Lehigh Valley 0 1 1.0 Trenton 0 1 1.5 Daytona 0 2 2.0
Syracuse 0 1 1.0 Portland 0 2 2.0 Tampa 0 2 2.0
# Clinched Division # Clinched Division # Clinched Division * First-Half Division Winner
@ Clinched Playoff Spot @ Clinched Playoff Spot @ Clinched Playoff Spot @ Clinched Playoff Spot
2019 RiverDogs Day-By-Day
DATE OPP RESULT REC. PLACE GB CSC R-H-E OPP R-H-E WIN LOSS SAVE TIME ATT. CSC TOTAL
4/2 **@MB L, 4-9 - - - 4-10-4 9-10-0 Lugo Medina - - - -
4/4 @COL W, 2-1 1-0 T1st - 2-5-2 1-7-1 Contreras (1-0) Woods-Richardson (0-1) McGarity (1) 2:43 6,325 -
4/5 @COL W, 6-1 2-0 1st - 6-10-2 1-4-1 Semple (1-0) Butto (0-1) - 2:58 3,753 -
4/6 @COL
4/7 @COL
4/8 @ASH
4/9 @ASH
4/10 @ASH
2019 RiverDogs Transactions
DATE TYPE PLAYER STATUS 4/4 Charleston RiverDogs Opening Day roster announced
