ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT As of August 30
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ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT as of August 30 MEMPHIS REDBIRDS - PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (AAA) - AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION (81-54, 1ST PLACE, 11.0 GA) STANDINGS *QUALIFIED FOR POSTSEASON • The Redbirds are back-to-back divison champs under PCL Manager of the Year, Stubby Clapp, who Team (Class - League) Record won the award for the 2nd-straight year. They open the playoffs Sept. 5 at the Amer. North. champ. Memphis Redbirds (AAA - Pacific Coast) ................ *81-54 • OF Tyler O’Neill was named to the All-PCL team. He hit .311 (74-238) and totaled 26 home Springfield Cardinals (AA - Texas) ............................ 59-75 runs and 63 RBI in the 64 games he played with the team. First Half ........................................................... 33-37 Second Half ...................................................... 26-38 • RHP Dakota Hudson was named PCL Pitcher of the Year, marking the first time a Memphis pitcher has received the award. He went 13-3 wth a 2.50 ERA (31 ER/111.2 IP) in his 19 starts. Palm Beach Cardinals (High-A - Florida State) ......... 72-56 First Half ......................................................... *39-25 Second Half ...................................................... 33-31 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS - TEXAS LEAGUE (AA) - NORTH DIVISION (26-38, 4TH PLACE, 10.0 GB) Peoria Chiefs (A - Midwest) ....................................... 76-58 First Half ......................................................... *39-31 • 2B Andy Young leads the team with a .341 average (42-123), recording at least 1 hit in 6 of the last 7 Second Half ...................................................... 37-27 games since Aug. 22. He tied his season-high 4 hits on Aug. 24 against NW Arkansas (AA-Royals). State College Spikes (SS - NY-Penn) ........................ 34-37 • OF Johan Mieses was the TL leader with 11 RBI from Aug. 18 to Aug. 28 while batting .289 (11- Johnson City Cardinals (Rk - Appalachian) ............... 31-37 38) with 7 runs scored in 10 games, including 4 RBI on Aug. 26 and 3 RBI on Aug. 27. GCL Cardinals (Rk - Gulf Coast) .............................. *40-16 • LHP Evan Kruczynski has tallied 5 or more strikeouts in 4 of his 5 outings since being promoted DSL Cardinals Blue (Rk - Dominican Summer) ....... *51-21 from Palm Beach on July 27. He currently leads the team with his 1.82 ERA (7 ER/34.2 IP). DSL Cardinals Red (Rk - Dominican Summer) .......... 40-31 PALM BEACH CARDINALS - FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE (HIGH-A) - SOUTH DIVISION (33-31, 3RD PLACE, 4.5 GB) ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS • Dann Bilardello has been named FSL Manager of the Year. He led Palm Beach to the 1st half Rank Organization Record Win Pct. division title, and Palm Beach will play at the 2nd half winner to begin the playoffs Sept. 3 or 4. 1. Tampa Bay Rays 520-346 .600 • CF Scott Hurst tallied 6 total bases Aug. 28 with 1 run, 2 hits, 4 RBI and 1 HR after coming off of the 2. St. Louis Cardinals 484-385 .557 7-day DL Aug. 26. He has a .341 BA (14-41) in 11 games since being promoted Aug. 1 from Peoria. 3. Houston Astros 405-325 .555 • RHP Jesus Cruz recorded 18 strikeouts, allowing 2 runs and 7 hits combined in starts on Aug. 9 and 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 435-364 .544 Aug. 14. He remains undefeated at 6-0, overall, and has a 1.57 ERA (4 ER/23.0 IP) since Aug. 9. 5. Philadelphia Phillies 463-392 .542 6. Toronto Blue Jays 426-371 .535 7. Minnesota Twins 386-342 .530 PEORIA CHIEFS - MIDWEST LEAGUE (A) - WESTERN DIVISION (37-27, 2ND PLACE, 4.5 GB) 8. Arizona Diamondbacks 462-411 .529 • The Chiefs qualified for the playoffs by way of a first half wild card berth and begin the playoffs 9. Cleveland Indians 407-379 .518 at home Sept. 5 in a best-of-3 series against Quad Cities (A-Astros). 10. Milwaukee Brewers 372-358 .510 • 2B Wood Myers is batting .375 (15-40) since Aug. 15, which raised his batting average from .292 to .313 in that span. He currently holds a 7-game hitting streak (9-23, .391), since Aug.19. • LHP Patrick Dayton has not surrendered an earned run since July 28, (15.2 IP, 4 BB, 24 SO). He HITTING LEADERS holds a 0.86 ERA for the season (3 ER/31.1 IP) and opposing batters are hitting .193 against him. Batting Average *min. 100 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE) ........................................ .415 Joerlin De Los Santos, OF (DSL RED) ............................... .359 Ivan Herrera, C (GCL) ........................................................ .348 STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (SS) - PINCKNEY DIVISION (34-37, 4TH PLACE, 5.0 GB) Home Runs • INF Imeldo Diaz has had at least one hit in his last 9 games (12-31, .387) since Aug. 18, including Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM) ......................................................... 26 a .417 average (5-12) in his last 4 games with 1 run scored and 1 RBI. Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR) .............................................. 25 • RHP Kevin Hamann has a 2.08 ERA (7 ER/30.1 IP) with 20 strikeouts in 23 relief outings, which Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) ........................................................ 22 are tied for the 2nd-most in the NYPL. He is also tied for 2nd in the league with 9 saves. RBI Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR) .............................................. 83 Elehuris Montero, 3B (PB, PEO) ............................................. 80 Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) & Johan Mieses, OF (SPR, PB) ...... 71 JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS - APPALACHIAN LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - WEST DIVISION (31-37, T-3RD PLACE, 9.0 GB) Stolen Bases • OF Leandro Cedeno was 2nd on the team in August with a .337 average (35-104), including 17 Oscar Mercado, OF (MEM) ..................................................... 31 XBH and 7 HR (T-1st in the Appalachian League). He also posted a 1.011 OPS for the season. Tommy Edman, INF (MEM, SPR) .......................................... 29 Randy Arozarena, OF (MEM, SPR) ......................................... 26 • RHP Dionis Zamora posted an ERA of 1.86 (6 ER/29.0 IP) while striking out 26 batters over five appearances in August. He ended the season 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA (26 ER/60.2 IP) and 57 SO. OPS *min. 100 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE) ........................................ 1.272 Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM) .................................................... 1.078 Leandro Cedeno, OF (JC) .................................................. 1.011 GCL CARDINALS - GULF COAST LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - EAST DIVISION (40-16, 1ST PLACE, 12.5 GA) • The GCL Cardinals reached the GCL finals but lost the deciding game of the best-of-3 series, PITCHING LEADERS 9-2, Aug. 29 to the GCL Tigers West. They ended the reg. season with a GCL-best .714 win pct. • RHP Perry DellaValle tied for the league ERA title at 1.97 (10 ER/45.2 IP) and led the GCL in Wins Dakota Hudson, RHP (MEM) ................................................. 13 strikeouts (67) against 7 walks. He had 7+ strikeouts in 5 of his last 6 outings (5 starts). Chris Ellis, RHP (MEM, SPR) & Johan Oviedo, RHP (PEO) ... 10 Brian Pirela, RHP (GCL) & Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB) ... 10 Earned Run Average *min. 70.0 innings pitched DSL CARDINALS BLUE - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SOUTH DIVISION (51-21 1ST PLACE, 1.0 GA) Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE) ............................................ 2.05 Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO) .............................................. 2.22 • The DSL Cardinals Blue won their division and finished T-2nd in the 44-team DSL with 51 wins. Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP (MEM) ........................................ 2.24 They dropped both games of their best-of-3 playoff series vs. the DSL Rangers1 from Aug. 27-28. Strikeouts • 3B Malcom Nunez won the DSL batting triple crown with a .415 BA, 13 HR and 59 RBI. He ended Chris Ellis, RHP (MEM, SPR) ............................................... 124 the year on a 7-game hit streak (11-27, .407) with 5 HR and 10 RBI. Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB) ............................................ 124 Austin Warner, LHP (MEM, SPR, PB) .................................. 122 Saves Will Latcham, RHP (SPR, PB) ................................................ 12 - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SAN PEDRO (40-31, 2ND PLACE, 10.5 GB) DSL CARDINALS RED Edward Mujica, RHP (MEM) .................................................. 12 • The DSL Cardinals Red climbed to 2nd in their division by going 11-5 in their final 16 games Preston Guilmet, RHP (MEM) ............................................... 11 since Aug. 7. They finished with the best team batting average (.273) in the 44-team league. WHIP *min. 70.0 innings pitched Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO) .............................................. 1.00 • OF Joerlin De Los Santos batted a team-high .425 (31-73) in August with 8 2B, 4 3B and 9 SB. He Jake Walsh, RHP (PB, PEO) ................................................ 1.05 led the DSL in runs (66), and finished 2nd in batting (.359) and T-2nd in hits (84) for the season. Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE) ............................................ 1.07 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... MID-SEASON ALL-STAR SELECTIONS * First Half stats with club only PROSPECTS * according to MLB.com Memphis (AAA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Rank Name Pos. Current Team 3B Patrick Wisdom .297 52 85 18 1 12 50 34 9 .326 .413 .739 1. Alex Reyes RHP ST. LOUIS Memphis (AAA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 2. Nolan Gorman 3B Peoria RHP Dakota Hudson 12-2 2.42 17 17 0 104.1 101 31 28 36 79 1.31 3. Dakota Hudson RHP ST. LOUIS RHP Daniel Poncedeleon 8-3 2.39 17 16 0 83.0 64 35 22 46 98 1.34 4. Ryan Helsley RHP Memphis Springfield (AA) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 3B Tommy Edman .279 41 73 12 2 4 24 25 13 .339 .385 .725 5. Andrew Knizner C Springfield OF Victor Roache .260 39 64 6 2 15 45 19 3 .317 .484 .801 6. Randy Arozarena OF Memphis OF Lane Thomas .252 40 61 13 0 13 44 29 12 .336 .467 .803 7.