Fort Wayne Tincaps 2018 Game Notes
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FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2018 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (20-25) @ West Michigan Whitecaps (26-19) LHP Nick Margevicius vs. RHP Jesus Rodriguez Thursday, May 23 — Fifth Third Ballpark (Comstock Park, Mich.) — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. (Game 46) LISTEN: ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM / TuneIn WATCH: MiLB.TV APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES vs. WM in 2018 (3-3) 12 Home 7 Away (19 Total) Home Record: 14-11 WEDNESDAY: Aaron Leasher allowed only 1 earned run in 6 innings, but Road Record: 6-14 the TinCaps lost to the Whitecaps, 2-1. Robbie Podorsky, Luis Almanzar, Day Record: 8-10 May 14 (Mon) Home W, 5-3 Night Record: 12-15 Justin Lopez, and Jalen Washington each had 2 hits. For Podorsky, that Streak: L3 included an RBI double in the third that tied the game, 1-1. West Michigan, May 15 (Tue) Home L, 4-1 which had taken a first-inning lead broke the tie score with an unearned run in Sunday: 2-5 Monday: 4-1 the sixth. After a rainout on Monday, the Whitecaps swept a doubleheader, May 16 (Wed) Home W, 3-2 Tuesday: 1-6 winning 1-0 and 8-1. Wednesday: 4-3 May 17 (Thu) Home W, 7-3 Thursday: 3-4 HOUSE OF HORRORS: It’s hard to explain since the rosters in Single-A Friday: 3-4 May 22 (Tue) Away L, 1-0 Saturday: 3-2 change so much from year to year, but the TinCaps have struggled mightily at Fifth Third Ballpark. Last year Fort Wayne was 2-11 here, getting swept twice. May 22 (Tue) Away L, 8-1 April: 10-14 Here’s the year-by-year damage… May: 10-11 2017: 2-11… 2016: 3-5… 2015: 3-6 (0-1 Playoffs)… 2014: 5-5 (1-1 Playoffs) May 23 (Wed) Away L, 2-1 2013: 4-8… 2012: 3-6… 2011: 5-9… 2010: 3-3… 2009: 7-4. Leading after Six: 14-5 May 24 (Thu) Away 7:05 p.m. Tied after Six: 2-2 So since 2011, the TinCaps are 26-55 here (.320 winning percentage). Trailing after Six: 4-18 Leading after Seven: 17-3 ROAD WOES: The TinCaps are 14-11 at Parkview Field this year and 6-14 June 21 (Thu) Home 7:05 p.m. Tied after Seven: 3-0 on the road, including 7 consecutive defeats (in between they’re 6-1 at home). Trailing after Seven: 1-22 June 22 (Fri) Home 7:05 p.m. Leading after Eight: 19-2 Fort Wayne has hit .252 at home compared to .216 on the road. The team has Tied after Eight: 0-1 a 4.52 ERA at home and a 4.43 ERA on the road. June 23 (Sat) Home 7:05 p.m. Trailing after Eight: 1-21 MARVELOUS MARGEVICIUS: Nick Margevicius is 5th in the MWL in June 24 (Sun) Home 1:05 p.m. Scoring first: 11-10 Opponent scores first: 9-15 total strikeouts with 52 and 12th in ERA at 2.77. Margevicius also ranks 2nd in Come-from-behind wins: 10 K/9 (12)… 3rd in K% (31%)… 3rd in BB/9 (1.62)… 3rd in BB% (4%)… 1st in Aug. 11 (Sat) Home 7:05 p.m. Shutouts: 0-3 K/BB (7.43)… 2nd in K-BB% (27%)… 8th in Swinging Strike % (14%)… 2nd in Aug. 12 (Sun) Home 1:05 p.m. FIP (2.35)… 1st in xFIP (2.54)… FIP stands for Fielding Independent Pitching vs. LH starter: 0-6 and is similar to ERA but focuses solely on the events a pitcher has the most vs. RH starter: 20-19 Aug. 13 (Mon) Home 7:05 p.m. control over — strikeouts, unintentional walks, hit-by-pitches, and home runs. Scoring fewer than Three: 0-15 It entirely removes results on balls hit into the field of play. xFIP is Expected Aug. 14 (Tue) Home 7:05 p.m. Scoring Three or Four: 5-6 Fielding Independent Pitching. It finds a pitcher’s FIP but uses projected home Sep. 1 (Sat) Away 7:05 p.m. Scoring Five or more: 15-4 -run rate instead of actual home runs allowed. The home run rate is 1-run games: 6-7 determined by that season’s league average HR/Fly Ball rate. Sep. 2 (Sun) Away 6:00 p.m. 2-run games: 4-3 3+-run games: 10-15 LEAGUE LEADERS: Jeisson Rosario is 4th in OBP (.422), tied for 4th in Sep. 3 (Mon) Away 2:00 p.m. Extra Innings: 2-1 walks (34), 8th in runs (30)… Esteury Ruiz is tied for 8th in triples (3). PADRES PROPECTS Out-hitting opponent: 12-6 Being out-hit: 7-17 ADVANCED STATS LEAGUE LEADERS: Jeisson Rosario is 3rd in Line MLB.com has rated the Padres’ farm Same number of hits: 1-2 Drive % (29%), 6th in BB% (21%), and 10th in BB/K (0.89)… Luis Campusano system as the best in baseball in has the 9th lowest K% (13%). 2018. The following TinCaps are Series W-L-T (Home): 5-4-0 ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top 30 Series W-L-T (Road): 1-6-1 Series W-L-T (Total): 6-10-1 PROSPECT RANKINGS: FanGraphs.com belatedly released their ranking of Padres Prospects: Series Sweeps (Home): 2-2 Padres prospects on Wednesday. Current TinCaps on their “Top 43”: LHP Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 MacKenzie Gore (No. 3), INF Gabriel Arias (No. 10), OF Tirso Ornelas 2. MacKenzie Gore (LHP) Series Sweeps (Total): 2-3 (No. 11), INF Esteury Ruiz (No. 18), OF Jeisson Rosario (No. 20), RHP 9. Gabriel Arias (SS) Home crowds of 6,000+: 7 Mason Thompson (No. 22), C Luis Campusano (No. 25), RHP Luis Patiño Home crowds of 7,000+: 5 (No. 30), INF Luis Almanzar (No. 36). 10. Esteury Ruiz (2B) Home crowds of 8,000+: Sellouts at Parkview Field: 5 THE ROAD AHEAD: The TinCaps are on an 8-game road trip with 4 against 13. Tirso Ornelas (OF) the Whitecaps followed by 4 against the Lansing Lugnuts. This is Fort Delays: 2 17. Jeisson Rosario (OF) Suspensions: 1 Wayne’s longest road trip of the first half. The team’s longest trip of the Postponements: 1 season will come Aug. 18-27 when they are scheduled for 10 consecutive 22. Luis Campusano (C) Cancelled: 2 road games at Lansing (3), Great Lakes (3), and South Bend (4). 23. Mason Thompson (RHP) HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Evan Miller turned 23 on Wednesday. 25. Luis Almanzar (INF) Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Friday, May 25 @ Lansing 7:05 p.m. RHP Mason Thompson vs. RHP Donnie Sellers Saturday, May 26 @ Lansing 7:05 p.m. LHP Tom Cosgrove vs. RHP Colton Laws Sunday, May 27 @ Lansing 1:05 p.m. LHP Osvaldo Hernandez vs. RHP Turner Larkins Monday, May 28 @ Lansing 1:05 p.m. RHP Luis Patiño vs. LHP Zach Logue Tuesday, May 29 vs. Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. LHP Aaron Leasher Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] LET’S GIVE ‘EM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT YOUNGEST IN MiLB: The TinCaps have the 6 youngest players in the league: INF Justin Lopez (18), OF Tirso Ornelas (18), INF Gabriel Arias (18), INF Luis Almanzar (18), RHP Luis Patiño (18), and OF Jeisson Rosario (18). Fort Wayne has 11 teenagers on its roster. The average age for a Fort Wayne batter this year, according to baseball-reference.com, has been 19.3. That is the youngest in the league by far. The average age for a Midwest League batter has been 21.3. (Cedar Rapids is second youngest at 20.8. Clinton is oldest at 22.3. South Bend ranks 11th out of 16 at 21.5.) BLACKJACK: The TinCaps are in the midst of a stretch of 21 days in a row with a game. The stretch started Monday, May 14 and continues until a day off on Monday, June 4. The MWL schedules 140 regular season games in 152 days. 260 TO THE SHOW: Former TinCaps outfielder Franmil Reyes hit his first MLB home run on Monday night for the Padres on the road against the Nationals… Reyes, who was with Fort Wayne for all of the 2014 and ‘15 seasons, was leading all of Minor League Baseball in homers this year with 14 at the time of his call-up. Beyond that, the 22-year-old native of the Dominican Republic was slashing .346/.442/.738 this season. A year ago he led San Diego’s minor league system in home runs with 25 at Double-A San Antonio… 2012-13 TinCaps pitcher Justin Hancock made his MLB debut on May 9 as a reliever for the Cubs at Wrigley Field against the Marlins. The 27-year-old righty is from Defiance, Ohio (which is about 45 miles northeast of Parkview Field). Hancock and Reyes have become the 161st and 162nd former Fort Wayne Wizards/TinCaps to reach the bigs. Others to debut so far this season with the Padres: LHP Joey Luchessi (2016) and LHP Eric Lauer (2016). SPORTSCENTER: After a half-dozen appearances on ESPN in 2017, the TinCaps already have appeared on SportsCenter twice so far this season. Jeisson Rosario made a head-first diving catch from center field at home against Beloit on May 3 that made “Top 10” at No. 9 the following morning… On April 21, Esteury Ruiz and Tirso Ornelas were featured on SportsCenter during Kevin Connor’s “K.C.’s Minor League Minute” segment after they both had 3-hit games that included a home run at Parkview Field against Dayton.