CALIFORNIA LEAGUE HEAT

MLB.COM TOP PROSPECTS: NORTH DIVISION

Posted on May 3, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Following up on last week’s look at the South division’s top prospects as listed by MLB.com’s pre-season list, here’s a look at the North division. Just a few numbers as I get my bearings on who’s who and how they’re doing out of the gate.

FRESNO GRIZZLIES	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
OF Benny Montgomery (3)	14/53	2/9	.340/.404/.383
SS Adael Amador (10)	28/78	6/11	.359/.463/.654
SS Warming Bernabel (14)	23/71	3/12	.324/.417/.507
OF Yanquiel Fernandez (16)	16/70	2/9	.229/.316/.371
C Hunter Goodman (20)	24/77	5/18	.312/.354/.584
SS Juan Guerrero	17/65	1/13	.262/.333/.385

MODESTO NUTS	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
C Harry Ford (5)	14/65	1/12	.215/.414/.308
SS Edwin Arroyo (9)	21/76	3/18	.276/.389/.461
3B Milkar Perez (13)	7/60	0/6	.117/329/.133
	IP	H/BB/K	WHIP/BAA
RHP Michael Morales (19)	25 1/3	27/7/28	1.34/.270
RHP Bryce Miller (23)	16 2/3	22/8/35	1.15/.224
RHP William Fleming (29)	19 1/3	14/7/23	1.09/.200

STOCKTON PORTS	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
SS Max Muncy (5)	17/73	5/17	.233/.380/.507
OF Pedro Pineda (11)	12/61	2/3	.197/.310/.295
OF Denzel Clarke (15)	26/80	4/12	.325/.419/.575
SS Robert Puason (21)	15/66	0/6	.227/282/.227

SAN JOSE GIANTS	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
SS Aeverson Arteaga (10)	18/71	3/9	.290/.362/.495
C Adrian Sugastey (18)	13/64	1/6	.203/.301/.313
OF Grant McCray (25)	9/47	2/4	.191/.328/.404
	IP	H/BB/K	WHIP/BAA
RHP Will Bednar (4)	23 2/3	11/6/25	0.72/.136
RHP Matt Mikulski (9)	19 2/3	16/9/18	1.27/.235
RHP Manuel Mercedes (15)	10 2/3	9/15/8	2.25/.257
RHP Eric Silva (28)	11	10/4/16	1.27/.244

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AMADOR, BEDNAR NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on May 2, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Fresno SS Adael Amador and San Jose RHP Will Bednar have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 25 – May 1.

Adael Amador, Photo: MiLB.com

ADAEL AMADOR – Fresno’s 19-year old SS hit in all six games and went 11-for-26 with two doubles and four home runs against Stockton. Amador is leading the league in homeruns (6), and is fourth in the league in batting average (.359), fourth in OBP at (.463), second in SLG (.654) and second in OPS (1.117).

Amador was signed by the Rockies out of the Dominican Republic in 2019.

Will Bednar, Photo: MiLB.com

WILL BEDNAR – The #14 overall pick in last year’s draft threw five hitless innings with no runs, two walks and five strikeouts against Modesto on Wednesday night. Bednar is leading the California League in WHIP (0.60) and opponents batting average at 094 and is second in ERA at 1.62.

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STORM WALK OFF WITH 3-2 WIN OVER 66ERS

Posted on May 2, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Lake Elsinore Storm edged the Inland Empire 66ers with a walk-off single by Cole Cummings for a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon. Jesus Gonzalez went five innings for the Storm and allowed one run on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts. Alan Mundo (W, 2-0) blanked the 66ers for the final two innings to earn the win.

Carlos Luis hit his first home run of the season for Lake Elsinore. James Wood was 1-for-2 with three walks. Cummings and Lucas Dunn had two hits apiece.

D’Shawn Knowles was 2-for-4 for Inland Empire and Carson Matthews hit his first homer of the year.

Jose Salvador went the first four innings for the 66ers and allowed one earned run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

The Storm won five of the six games in the series and have the best record in the California League at 15-6, good for a two-game lead on Rancho Cucamonga (13-8) in the South division.

MODESTO – 3
SAN JOSE – 5
Gameday
Story
Modesto wins the series 4-2

VISALIA – 6
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
Gameday
Story
Rancho Cucamonga wins series 5-1

FRESNO – 7
STOCKTON – 5
Gameday
Story
Fresno wins series 6-0

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Tagged Alan Mundo, Carlos Luis, Cole Cummings, James Wood, Jesus Gonzalez, Lucas Dunn

QUAKES PUT 21 RUNS UP IN ROUTE

Posted on May 1, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes put up 21 runs with the help of 18 walks issued by Visalia pitchers on Saturday night in a 21-6 win over the Rawhide. Diego Cartaya went 4-for-4 with two home runs (3, 4) and six RBIs to lead Rancho Cucamonga’s 10-hit attack.

The Quakes chased Rawhide starter Yaifer Perdomo after just 2/3 of an inning, putting up three runs in the first behind Cartaya’s first homer. Visalia came right back with three runs in the top of the second, powered by a 2-RBI double by Channy Ortiz. Rancho starter Jerming Rosario was pulled after 1 1/3 IP.

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Tagged Alex De Jesus, Channy Ortiz, Christian Suarez, Damon Keith, Diego Cartaya, J.J. D'Orazio, Jerming Rosario, Yaifer Perdomo

RAWHIDE HANG ON FOR 7-5 WIN AT RANCHO

Posted on April 30, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Visalia Rawhide got back in the win column with a 7-5 victory over the Quakes at Rancho Cucamonga Friday night. Jordan Lawler belted his fifth homer of the season and Deyvison De Los Santos hit his fourth to lead an 11-hit attack.

Visalia starter Peniel Otano went the first four innings and allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Listher Sosa (W, 1-1) came on in the fifth inning with a 4-1 lead and threw two scoreless innings, picking up his first win of the season. The 20-year old from the Dominican Republic walked two and struck out one with out allowing a hit.

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Tagged Alex De Jesus, David Sanchez, Deyvison De Los Santos, Jordan Lawler, Jose Ramos, Listher Sosa, Peniel Otano

MODESTO BLANKS SAN JOSE 5-0

Posted on April 29, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Four Modesto pitchers combined to shut out the San Jose Giants on Thursday night as the Nuts won 5-0. Harry Ford went 2-for-4 with two walks and a double to lead the 7-hit Modesto attack.

Nuts starter Jimmy Kingsbury threw four innings and allowed one hit and two walks with three strikeouts. Tyler Driver (W, 1-0) followed with two clean innings, no hits or walks with four strikeouts. Kelvin Nunez did nearly the same, going two shutout innings with one hit allowed, no walks and four Ks. Finally, Andrew Moore handled the ninth inning with one hit, no walks and three strikeouts.

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Tagged Andrew Moore, Harry Ford, Jimmy Kingsbury, Kelvin Nunez, Modesto Nuts, San Jose Giants, Tyler Driver, Vaun Brown

STORM TOSS 2-HITTER AT 66ERS

Posted on April 27, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Three Lake Elsinore pitchers combined to allow one run on two hits as the Storm beat Inland Empire 5-1 on Tuesday night at The Diamond. Ruben Galindo (W, 1-2) went the first five innings and gave up a run on one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts to pick up the win.

The 66ers got on the board in the top of the first with a leadoff triple by Arol Vera followed by a sac fly/error to make it 1-0. Lake Elsinore took the lead in the second inning with a two-run rally and did the same in the third to make it 4-1. They pushed across another run in the eighth on a double-steal to make it 5-1.

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Tagged Arol Vera, Jose Castillo, Justin Farmer, Levi Thomas, Lucas Dunn, Ruben Galindo

A CHECK ON THE MLB.COM TOP 30

Posted on April 26, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

So, it all starts each year with the top prospects lists for me. We’re a couple of weeks in now and I am taking a look at those on MLB.com’s top-30 lists and here are a few numbers from the South division teams. Nothing fancy and far from comprehensive, just a quick look at what kind of starts these players are off to. I’ll be taking a look at the North division teams, league leaders and breakout players who didn’t make the pre-season lists in future posts.

INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
SS Arol Vera (3)	11/61	0/6	.180/.231/.230
C Edgar Quero (9)	8/40	1/5	.200/.313/.325
SS Adrian Placencia (10)	2/20	0/1	.100/.29/.100
OF Alexander Ramirez (12)	19/64	2/11	.297/.348/.453
SS Werner Blakely (24)	15/47	2/10	.319/.450/.532
OF D’Shawn Knowles (30)	15/48	0/5	.313/.441/.333
	IP	H/BB/K	WHIP/BAA
LHP Mason Albright (14)	11 2/3	11/7/13	1.54/.244
RHP Alejandro Hidalgo (19)	13	11/5/18	1/23/.216

LAKE ELSINORE STORM	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
OF James Wood (5)	10/23	3/12	.435/.536/.913
SS Jackson Merrill (6)	22/56	1/8	.393/.452/.518
2B Max Ferguson (16)	12/46	0/8	.261/.446/.326
	IP	H/BB/K	WHIP/BAA
RHP Victor Lizarraga (13)	13 1/3	12/4/13	1.20/.250

RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
C Diego Cartaya (1)	7/42	2/7	.167/.314/.333
OF Jose Ramos (14)	17/50	3/8	.340/.441/.700
IF Alex De Jesus (20)	9/45	2/3	.200/.333/.422

VISALIA RAWHIDE	H/AB	HR/RBI	AVG/OBP/SLG
SS Jordan Lawler (3)	17/48	3/6	.354/.484/.563
3B Deyvison De Los Santos (14)	14/57	2/12	.246/.267/.386
OF Wilderd Patino (26)	15/50	2/7	.300/.364/.460

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MERRILL, FLEMING NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on April 25, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Lake Elsinore SS Jackson Merrill and Modesto RHP William Fleming have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 18 – 24.

JACKSON MERRILL – The Lake Elsinore SS went 9-for-19 with two doubles, a homerun and two walks last week against Fresno. The 2021 first-round selection (27th overall) is currently second in the league with .393 batting average, fifth in OBP (.452) and ninth in OPS (.970).

WILLIAM FLEMING – Modesto’s 6’6″ right-hander threw six innings of one-hit ball against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Thursday night with eight strikeouts against one walk. Fleming threw 80 pitches, 54 for strikes, while putting zeroes up on the scoreboard.

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Tagged Jackson Merrill, Lake Elsinore Storm, Modesto Nuts, Pitcher of the Week, Player of the Week, William Fleming