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TAMPA TARPONS OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 TAMPA TARPONS (5-10) @ CLEARWATER THRESHERS (5-10) RHP Miguel Yajure (0-2, 4.00) vs. LHP Kyle Young (0-2, 2.70) Friday, April 19, 2019 • Spectrum Field • Clearwater, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #16 • Away Game #7 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: Jason Lopez and Pablo Olivares both homered, and the Tampa Tarpons led, 3-2, in the fifth, but the Clearwater Threshers rallied for eight unanswered runs to run away with a 10-3 win in the series-opener on Thursday night at Spectrum Field… ACTIVE ROSTER Lopez (2-for-4, HR, 2B, RBI, R) and Olivares (1-for-3, HR, BB, RBI, R) hit leadoff homers in the 2nd and 3rd innings, respectively…RHP Glenn 5 Bristo, Braden ......................RHP Otto (L, 1-1) retired seven-straight batters before Clearwater used four-straight hits to tie the score at 2-2 in the 3rd…Oswaldo Cabrera 11 Garcia, Deivi ........................RHP (1-for-3, Sac-F, RBI) used a sacrifice fly to give Tampa back the lead, 3-2, in the 5th…Otto (5.2IP, 8H, 5R/4ER, 0BB, 8K, 92P/61S) sat down nine more consecutive batters before the Threshers rallied to take the lead in the 6th…RHP Jefry Valdez allowed 5ER in 1.1IP (4H, 2BB) 16 Garcia, Rony.........................RHP in relief…RHP Kyle Zurak (1.0IP, 1H) logged a scoreless frame in the 8th. 30 German, Frank ....................RHP 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP STREAKING: Pablo Olivares homered in the 3rd-inning on Thursday, extending his team-leading hit streak to seven games, as well as 23 Kriske, Brooks ......................RHP his on-base streak to nine games. Steven Sensley (1-for-4) and Diego Castillo (1-for-3, BB, SB) also delivered hits in the game, extending 17 Lehnen, Dalton ................... LHP both of their hitting streaks to five games. 21 Otto, Glenn ..........................RHP 32 Schmidt, Clarke ..................RHP DOS FOR DERMIS: On Tuesday, Dermis Garcia logged his fourth multi-HR game of his career, crushing a leadoff homer in the 2nd be- 28 Valdes, Jefry .........................RHP fore blasting a 3-run shot in th 3rd in Tampa's 11-6 loss to Bradenton. The 21-year-old also had multi-HR games with Single-A Charleston 34 Weissert, Greg .....................RHP on 9/3/18 (vs. WV) and 8/13/17 (@ LEX), as well as with Rookie-level Pulaski on 7/3/16 (vs. BRS). 31 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP PITCHING PROSPECTS: The Tarpons open the season with three Top-30 New York Yankees prospects in the starting rotation: RHP Deivi 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP Garcia (No. 4 MLB/No. 6 BA), RHP Clarke Schmidt (No. 5 MLB/No. 12 BA) and RHP Glenn Otto (No. 26 MLB/--BA). 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C 33 Sands, Donny ............................C NEW SKIPPER IN TOWN: Aaron Holbert begins his fourth season in the Yankees organization and his first as a coach after spending 3 Cabrera, Oswaldo ................INF the last three seasons as a professional scout. Prior to joining the Yankees, Holbert was Manager of Double-A Mississippi (Braves) from 2 Castillo, Diego .......................INF 2012-15. In that span, the Southern California native led the club to two postseason appearances, including a record of 83-56 that paced 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF the Southern League in 2014. 14 Hess, Chris ..............................INF 4 Mateo, Welfrin .......................INF Prior to Mississippi, Holbert managed Single-A Advanced Kinston (Indians) in 2010 and 2011. Kinston made the playoffs in both seasons 27 Sensley, Steven.....................INF and Holbert was named Carolina League Manager of the Year in 2011. Holbert began coaching in the Reds organization in 2006 before 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF landing his first managerial position with Single-A Lake County (Indians) in 2008. The club went 146-131 over two seasons, including a postseason appearance in 2009. 9 Hill, Tyler ..................................OF 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF Originally drafted 18th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school in 1990, Holbert reached the major leagues with St. Louis 6 Pita, Matt ..................................OF (1996) and Cincinnati (2005) over a 16-year playing career, including stints with St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Boston, Florida, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. LAST 10 GAMES (3-7) MIGLIACCIO/MAHONEY JOIN COACHING STAFF: Hitting Coach Joe Migliaccio (Mig-lee-AH-chee-oh) begins his first season in the 4/9 vs. St. Lucie: ......................L, 9-8 Yankees organization. The 28-year-old served in the same role at the University of Iowa in 2018 following coaching stints at Murray 4/10 vs. St. Lucie: ...................L, 4-3 State (2017-18), Missouri (2016-17), Southeast Missouri State (2015-16) and Siena College (2014-15). As a graduate assistant at Missouri, 4/11 vs. St. Lucie: ...................L, 8-6 Migliaccio helped guide the Tigers to their best record (36-23) since 2008. 4/12 @ Daytona: ...................W, 3-0 Prior to coaching, Migliaccio was an infielder at Florida International (2009-10), Parkland College (2010-12) and Oral Roberts (2012-14). 4/13 @ Daytona: .....................L, 7-6 The West Melbourne, Florida native graduated cum laude from Oral Roberts in 2014 with a degree in recreation administration with a 4/14 @ Daytona: ...................W, 4-3 minor in humanities. He earned his master's degree in education from Missouri in 2018. 4/15 vs. Bradenton ................L, 4-1 Defensive Coach Kevin Mahoney enters his fifth season in the Yankees organization and his first with Tampa after serving in the same 4/16 vs. Bradenton .............L, 11-6 role in 2018 with the GCL Yankees East. Mahoney was the hitting coach for short-season Single-A Staten Island in 2017 and Rookie-level 4/17 vs. Bradenton ..............W, 6-1 Pulaski in 2016 after making his coaching debut in the GCL in 2015. Originally selected by the Yankees in the 23rd round of the 2009 4/18 @ Clearwater ..............L, 10-3 First-Year Player Draft, Mahoney batted .252 with 183R, 34HR and 160RBI in 381 games across five minor league seasons. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 1SEASON SERIES vs. CLEARWATER (0-1) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Sat., April 20 @ Clearwater RHP Rony Garcia (0-0, 2.03) vs. RHP Andrew Brown (0-2, 12.86) 6:30 p.m. 4/18 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater L,10-3 Sun., April 21 OFF DAY (Easter Sunday) 4/19 6:30 p.m. @ Clearwater Mon., April 22 @ Charlotte TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 4/20 6:30 p.m. @ Clearwater FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 4/25 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 2018 Recap 4/26 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa NORTH 1st Half GB Overall Record: ..............................................................................70-67 Dunedin (TOR) 10-5 - Place: ..................................................................................................... 4th 4/27 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Lakeland (DET) 7-7 2.5 Games Back: ........................................................................................7.0 Daytona (CIN) 6-9 4.0 Home: ..............................................................................................36-33 4/28 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Away: ...............................................................................................34-34 Florida (ATL) 6-9 4.0 Last 5: .....................................................................................................4-1 7/4 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Clearwater (PHI) 5-10 5.0 Last 10: ..................................................................................................8-2 Tampa (NYY) 5-10 5.0 7/5 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 2018 Hitting Leaders Batting Average: ..............................................Diego Castillo (.260) 7/6 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa SOUTH 1st Half GB Home Runs: .....................................................Brandon Wagner (20) Palm Beach (STL) 11-4 - Runs Batted In: .........................................................Isiah Gilliam (71) 7/7 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Stolen Bases: .................................................................. Ben Ruta (25) Bradenton (PIT) 10-5 1.0 8/2 6:30 p.m. @ Clearwater Fort Myers (MIN) 9-6 2.0 2018 Pitching Leaders St. Lucie (NYM) 8-7 3.0 Wins: ..............................................................................Adonis Rosa (12) 8/3 6:30 p.m. @ Clearwater Jupiter (MIA) 7-7 3.5 ERA: .............................................................................Nick Green (3.28) Strikeouts: .................................................................. Nick Nelson (99) 8/4 1:00 p.m. @ Clearwater Charlotte (TB) 5-10 6.0 Saves ..............................................................................Matt Wivinis (8) TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER #31 MIGUEL YAJURE RHP HT: 6'1 WT: 175 AGE: 20 BORN: May 1, 1998 in Cabimas, Venezuela. ACQUIRED: Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 3/5/15. ARSENAL: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup. LAST TIME OUT: Garcia made a quality start, logging 6.0IP for just the second time in his careeer, but got the loss at Daytona on April 13 (6.0IP, 9H, 5R/2ER, 1BB, 3K, 85P/55S) VS. CLEARWATER: This will be Garcia's first appearance against the Threshers. 2018: Spent the entire season with Single-A Charleston, 2019 GAME-BY-GAME going 4-3 with a 3.90 ERA (64.2IP, 64H, 38R/28ER, 15BB, Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR ERA NP-S 56K, 3HR) in 14 starts with the RiverDogs. 4/8 vs. STL L 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 6.00 61-39 4/13 @ DAY L 6.0 9 5 2 1 3 0 4.00 85-55 2017: Missed the entire season due to having "Tommy John" surgery following the 2016 season. 2016: Pitched in nine games (six starts) for the GCL Yan- kees East, going 1-2 with a 2.87 ERA (31.1IP, 24H, 10ER, 5BB, 21K, 1HR) before injuring his elbow and shutting down. 2015: Made 14 starts for Yankees 2 in the Dominican Summer League, going 0-2 with a 1.42 ERA (57.0IP, 54H, 20R/9ER, 20BB, 36K, 1HR)…Had the sixth-lowest ERA among DSL pitchers who threw at least 50.0IP.