Dunedin Blue Jays 2017 Florida State League Co-Champions
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2018 GAME NOTES Dunedin Blue Jays 2017 Florida State League Co-Champions Game #58 Away #30 (11-18), Dunedin Blue Jays (24-33) at Fort Myers Miracle (23-34), Friday, June 8 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) LHP Angel Perdomo (0-3, 2.68 ERA) vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (1-4, 4.00 ERA) Friday, June 8, Dunedin Blue Jays at Fort Myers Miracle, 7:00 PM Saturday, June 9, Dunedin Blue Jays at Fort Myers Miracle, 6:00 PM, LHP Zach Logue vs. RHP Andro Cutura Sunday, June 10, Dunedin Blue Jays at Fort Myers Miracle, 4:00 PM, LHP Zach Logue, vs. RHP Tyler Wells Monday, June 11, Dunedin Blue Jays vs. Charlotte Stone Crabs, 6:30 PM, TBD vs. TBD 2018 At A Glance BLUE JAYS vs. MIRACLE Record 24-33, 6th, 9.0 GB 2018: 5-1 Home: 0--0 Road: 5-1 2017: 6-8 Home Attendance (Total & Average) 12,738/490 The Blue Jays and Miracle will square off 11 times during the 2018 season. The Blue Jays pitching staff holds a 2.83 ERA against Fort Myers over 54.0 IP Come From Behind Wins 11 entering this series. Last Shutout by Blue Jays 3, 6/2 vs. TAM Eduard Pinto (.500, 5 G) and Rodrigo Orozco (.444, 4 G) paced the Blue Jays Last Shutout by Opponent 4, 5/16 @ TAM offense in their first two series against Fort Myers in 2018. Vs. RHS/LHS 16-22/8-11 2018 Matchups: Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first 15-11/11-20 April 17-19 in Dunedin (2-1) GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off 3-5/3-2 May 10-12 in Dunedin (3-0) 1-Run Games 9-14 June 8-10 in Fort Myers (3) Home/Road 13-15/11-18 July 4-5 in Fort Myers (2) Series Openers/Finales 9-9/5-11 After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing 21-0/0-4/1-24 Bergen and Perdomo To Represent Jays in All-Star Game Left-handed pitchers Travis Bergen and Angel Perdomo will represent Dunedin in the 2018 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing 20-0/2-1/0-24 Florida State League All-Star Game. Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road 2-2/2-2/0-0 Leading the Florida State League with a 13.3 K/9 ratio, Bergen has struck out 31 in 21.0 innings this season. He did not allow a run in 12.2 innings in the month of May and holds a 1.71 ERA on the season. Bergen was promoted to AA-New Hampshire on 6/1. Yesterday’s Game Perdomo held a strong 1.74 ERA in seven starts (31.0 IP) at the time of his All-Star The Blue Jays offense knocked 15 hits and scored nine times in the finale of a four-game set Announcement. He’d held opponents to a .191 average while striking out 32 hitters. against the Charlotte Stone Crabs, giving the Blue Jays a 3-1 series lead. SS Kevin Smith drove in three runs in a 4-5 game, hitting his first Florida State League HR in the eighth inning Coaching Staff Headed To All-Star Game to seal the victory. As the defending North Division Champs, the Blue Jays coaching staff will coach the North Dunedin took an early 3-0 lead with a three-run third inning. Smith and Bradley Jones each All-Stars in the upcoming FSL All-Star Game. Manager Casey Candaele and Hitting Coach singled to open the inning. After a fielding error allowed Kacy Clemens to reach and pushed Donnie Murphy will be joined by Coach Deiferson Barreto (in place of Coach Michel Abreu) across a run, Nash Knight delivered a two-run double. A trio of singles by John la Prise, Josh and honorary Pitching Coach Darold Knowles (in place of Mark Riggins). Palacios, and Smith in the sixth increased the lead to 4-0. In the eighth, a pair of walks, Smith’s An All-Star closer during a 16-year MLB career, Knowles saved 143 and became the first three run HR, and hits by Clemens, Riley Adams, and Knight led to five Dunedin runs and a 9- player in MLB history to pitch in all seven games of a World Series. Dunedin’s Pitching Coach 0 lead. from 2006-2014, Knowles was inducted into the FSL Hall of Fame in 2011. The early lead was all RHP Patrick Murphy would need, as he tossed 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just three hits to earn his fourth win of the season. Beyond Smith’s big night, Knight 25 Straight For Adams was 3-4 with a double and four RBI and Adams had a pair of hits including a double. C Riley Adams has been on base in 25 straight games. The last time he did not get on base was on May 1st. Jones has hit .264 and reached base at a .387 clip over the stretch. 2018 Offensive Season Leaders Games: Nash Knight 54 Palacios Coming Through In Clutch OF Josh Palacios has been Dunedin’s most consistent hitter in clutch situations this season. Runs: 4 tied 22 With runners on base, Palacios holds a .316 average in 76 at bats. He’s hit .396 in 48 ABs Hits: Josh Palacios 54 with runners in scoring position and .435 in 23 ABs with RISP/2 outs. Doubles: Eduard Pinto 12 Triples: 3 tied 2 Trending Up After hitting .248 as a team in April and .243 in May, the Blue Jays hold a .291 batting average Home Runs: Bradley Jones 5 so far in the month of June. Dunedin has average 5.1 runs per game so far this month, up Runs Batted In: Josh Palacios 29 from 3.8 per game in May. Total Bases: Bradley Jones 82 Jones Getting On Average: Eduard Pinto .286 Bradley Jones has reached base in ten consecutive games. Over that stretch he’s hit .310, On Base +Slugging Alberto Mineo .731 knocking 13 hits and working 4 walks. Over the past five games, he’s gone 9-22 (.409). 2018 Pitching Season Leaders Mineo Factor Games: Jake Fishman 17 The Blue Jays acquired C Alberto Mineo in last December’s MiLB Rule 5 Draft, expecting Wins: Murphy, Saucedo 4 him to be a strong defender behind the dish and the results have been spectacular. Blue Jays Starts: Murphy, Saucedo 11 pitchers have a 2.93 ERA when pitching to Mineo (compared to a 3.83 ERA when throwing to other catchers). Mineo hasn’t allowed a passed ball or committed an error this season and Complete Games: T.J. Zeuch 1 has caught 33% of attempted base stealers. Saves: Jackson McClelland 3 Innings Pitched: Patrick Murphy 59.1 Strong Starts In May Strikeouts: Patrick Murphy 48 After posting a 4.43 ERA in the month of April, the Blue Jays pitching staff held a 2.99 ERA in the month of May. Twelve different Blue Jays made at least one start on the mound in the ERA: Angel Perdomo 2.68 month, working to a 3.22 ERA over 128.2 innings. The bullpen was even better, working to a WHIP: Angel Perdomo 1.05 2.69 ERA over 100.1 innings. Holds: Travis Bergen 4 The Blue Jays hold a 3.34 ERA so far in June, and the bullpen has pitched to a 3.04 ERA. Pinto League’s Toughest To K Around the Farm Eduard Pinto has been the Florida State League’s most difficult to strike out this season. The A five-run third helped lead Buffalo to a 9-5 win over Toledo. Danny Jansen homered, Blue Jays OF has struck out just once per every 14.7 plate appearances. In 161 at-bats this doubled, and knocked in a career-high five runs. Roemon Fields, Lourdes Gurriel, Tim Lopes, season, Pinto has been K’d just 12 times. and Chris Parmley each had two hits and Jason Leblebijian reached four times. Deck Only Syracuse’s Irving Falu (15.5) has been tougher to strike out than Pinto in all of the McGuire delivered a quality start (6.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 K) for his fourth win. minors in 2018. Jordan Romano finally took an L (after starting the season 8-0) in New Hampshire’s 7-4 loss to Akron. The Fisher Cats committed three errors behind him and only had four hits in the Gap Power game. Harold Ramirez hit his second HR of the year, a solo shot, for the Fisher Cats’ only Dunedin ranks last in the Florida State League in home runs as a team (19), but that doesn’t extra base hit. mean they haven’t been driving the ball as they rank third in the league in doubles (96). Lansing fell 4-2 to Bowling Green despite a pair of homers from Ryan Noda. Noda, last year’s Appalachian League batting champ, was 3-4 with his first two bombs of the year. The Lugnuts Getting The Hitters To Go Fishing outhit the Hot Rods 9-4, but were unable to do additional damage. Chavez Young was 1-2 After posting a 5.40 ERA in April, LHP Jake Fishman holds a stellar 0.69 ERA since May 1st. with 2 BBs and his 17th steal, raising his average to .333. In 10 appearances over that stretch, Fishman has thrown 13.0 IP, struck out 16 batters, and allowed just 1 run. BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Angel Perdomo, LHP, #51 Born: San Cristobal, DR Age: 24 Year Team W-L ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO AVG SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 2016 Lansing 5-7 3.19 27 25 127.0 101 45 54 156 .219 2017 2018 6.0, 4 times IP 6.0, 6/3 vs.