Daily Archives: June 25, 2014

EIGHT CAL LEAGUERS NAMED FOR FUTURES GAME

Futures-Game-logo-300x225The California League will have eight representatives in this year’s Futures Game on July 13th in Minnesota. The US vs. the World contest is part of the MLB All-Star weekend and features standout players from across the minor leagues.

California League players that will be suiting up the USA team:

RHP Braden Shipley – Visalia
SS Corey Seager – Rancho Cucamonga

And also representing the Cal League on the World roster:

RHP Tayron Guerrero – Lake Elsinore
LHP Julio Urias – Rancho Cucamonga
SS Carlos Correa – Lancaster
SS Rosell Herrera – Modesto
3B Renato Nunuz – Stockton
OF Gaby Guerrero – High Desert

Correa won’t participate following a leg injury last Saturday night and is still being evaluated.

See the full rosters with commentary here: MiLB.com article by Sam Dykstra

 

UNSWORTH, PETERSON EARN WEEKLY HONORS

Photo: MiLB. com

Photo: MiLB. com

PITCHER OF THE WEEK – RHP DYLAN UNSWORTH, HIGH DESERT
Unsworth was dominant in his start at Modesto on Friday, going 7 shutout innings and allowing 3 hits while striking out 12. The right-hander out of South Africa bounced back from a tough outing at home against Lake Elsinore nine days earlier to have easily his strongest start of the season.

 

 

Photo: MiLB.com

Photo: MiLB.com

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – 1B D.J. PETERSON, HIGH DESERT
In his last week before being called up to AA Jackson, Peterson earned his second player-of-the-week honor with a line of .533/.632/1.200 over four games. Ranked as the Mariners’ #2 prospect by both MLB.com and Baseball America, Peterson had little trouble with Cal League pitching and at the time of his callup he led the league in RBI (73) and was second in homers (18) and fifth in batting average (.326).