HUDSON VALLEY RENEGADES (16-14) at BROOKLYN CYCLONES (10-19) LHP Cam Opp (0-2, 15.58 ERA) Vs
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HUDSON VALLEY RENEGADES (16-14) at BROOKLYN CYCLONES (10-19) LHP Cam Opp (0-2, 15.58 ERA) vs. RHP Mitch Spence (0-1, 5.93 ERA) Maimonides Park I Thursday, June 10, 2021 I 6:30 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 30 I Home Game # 13 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Hudson Valley beat Brook- vs. HUDSON VALLEY: The Cyclones and Ren- lyn 3-2 in the first of a twinbill, while the Cyclones egades have split the first eight games at Mai- stormed back in the second with a 5-3 triumph. In monides Park. Brooklyn C Hayden Senger hit a game one, INF Josh Smith and INF Ezequiel Duran walk-off home run to win the series finale on May homered for the Renegades, while INF Brett Baty and OF Gerson Molina homered to turn around 23. However, the Cyclones hit just .219 as a team. a 3-0 deficit against No. 7 Yankees prospect RHP Meanwhile, INF Ezequiel Duran touched base 21 Luis Medina in the nightcap. RHP Bryce Montes times in eight games, hitting .300 with two dou- de Oca earned his first professional save in the 5-3 bles, two triples, and two home runs. BKLYN win. HOW MANY ON THE ROAD?: The Cyclones have played 12 games at home and 17 on the road this BRETT THE BAT: No. 4 Mets prospect 3B Brett season. At home Brooklyn has hit seven home runs Baty ranks fourth among all minor league players and allowed eight (15 total). However, on the road, who have more than 100 plate appearances with a the Cyclones have hit 26 home runs and allowed 198 wRC+. Among Mets minor league players, Baty 29 (55 total). That’s 1.25 home runs at home and 3.2 ranks first in RBIs (28) and hits (33), and he leads home runs on the road combined per game. High-A East in batting average (.368) and on-base percentage (.468). YANKS RETURN: Hudson Valley, formerly of the Tampa Bay Rays and now affiliated with the New York BRETT THE BAT (PART II): Since last Tuesday Yankees, returns to Maimonides Park for the second when 3B Brett Baty hit his first home run of the sea- time this season. INF , the No. 15 son, the 21 year old has hit five home runs in eight Ezequiel Duran prospect in the Yankees system according to MLB games, hitting .481 (13-27) with a .563 on-base per- Pipeline, is slugging .700 against Cyclones pitching centage and a 1.711 OPS. Along with the home runs, this season, collecting two doubles, two triples, and Baty has walked five times and doubled another two home runs in eight games (9-30, .300). three times during the stretch. JUNE BUGS: 3B Brett Baty, SS Ronny Mauricio, and GOT TO THE BIG GUY: Last night in game two of C have driven in 26 of Brooklyn’s the doubleheader, the Cyclones attacked the Yan- Francisco Alvarez 39 runs (67%) in the month of June. Baty has 11 RBIs, kees No. 7 prospect Luis Medina with a fury, hand- Mauricio has eight, and Alvarez has seven. ing him his worst outing of the season. Medina al- lowed a season-high five runs on a season-high two FROM ST. JOHN’S TO CONEY ISLAND: Cyclones home runs (OF Gerson Molina and 3B Brett Baty). manager Ed Blankmeyer begins his first season as the skipper for the club. Blankmeyer was hired in GIVEAWAY BONANZA: This week at Maimonides early 2020 to be the Short Season Class A manag- Park, the Cyclones are featuring a week-long cele- er after coaching St. John’s University for 24 years. bration of giveaways, highlighting several different Blankmeyer went 829-499-4 with the Red Storm. big moments at the stadium. Tonight is Thirsty Thurs- day, while on Friday the first 1,000 fans receive the World Series champion 2019 Championship Ring on Friday. Saturday, the SUPPORT STAFF: Mariano will serve as bench coach, first 1,000 fans will receive the 2019 Champs Cap, Duncan Ed Blankmeyer while returns to Coney Island as pitch- and Sunday is autographs for kids! Royce Ring ing coach. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Friday, June 11 vs. Hudson Valley RHP Jaison Vilera (0-3, 8.57 ERA) LHP Ken Waldichuk (1-0, 0.00 ERA) 7:00 PM Saturday, June 12 vs. Hudson Valley RHP Alec Kisena (1-2, 3.24 ERA) LHP Josh Maciejewski (2-2, 8.31ERA) 4:00 PM Sunday, June 13 vs. Hudson Valley RHP Jose Butto (1-2, 5.20 ERA) RHP Hayden Wesneski (0-1, 1.84ERA) 1:00 PM Monday, June 14 OFF DAY JUNE 10 VS HUDSON VALLEY STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 33 CAM OPP LHP Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Left Date of Birth: November 4, 1995 Age: 25 Hometown: London, UK How Obtained: Signed as a minor league free agent, 12/16/2020 College: West Point THIRD TIMES A CHARM?: Opp allowed three runs (two 2021 GAME-BY-GAME earned) on six hits in a no-decision against Jersey Shore High-A Brooklyn DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG last week. 6/3 @ JS 3.0 6 3 2 0 2 0 .409 5/27 @ABD L 2.0 7 8 8 2 5 0 .444 5/22 HV L 3.2 5 5 5 2 4 0 .357 METRICS: While Opp posts a 2.79 FIP, he has a 15.58 ERA, having allowed 18 hits over 8 2/3 innings, including six dou- Low-A St. Lucie bles. Opponents are hitting .545 against him on balls in play. DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG 5/16 @DBT W 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 .238 5/11 @DBT W 3.1 3 1 0 3 5 0 .250 A NICE INTRODUCTION: Opp began his career with Low-A 5/4 v. JUP 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 .250 St. Lucie this season, making two starts and one relief ap- pearance. Over 11.1 innings, the southpaw has allowed one K/9 BB/9 HR/9 earned run with nine strikeouts and six walks. 22.4% 8.2% 0.00 ARMY MAN: Opp pitched at West Point in New York for BABIP GB% FIP Army for four seasons, posting a 4.11 ERA over 181.2 innings with the Black Knights. At the end of his junior season, he .545 37.5% 2.79 recorded the final two outs of the Patriot League champion- ship game against Navy in 2018. That year in the Super Re- OPP’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS gionals, Opp pitched 1.2 innings to close out Army’s massive 2021 Season Career 5-1 upset of NC State in the College World Series. 5 (2x, 5/27 vs. Aberdeen) Strikeouts 5 (2x, 5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) None Double Digit K Games None 7 (5/27 vs. Aberdeen) High Hits, Game 7 (5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) None High HR, Game None WORLD TRAVELER: Opp’s father worked for Deloitte and 8 (5/27 vs. Aberdeen) High Runs, Game (5/27/21 vs. Aberdeen) 3 (5/11 @ Daytona) High Walks, Game 3 (5/11/21 @ Daytona) traveled around the world with the company. Opp was born 5 IP (5/16 @ Daytona) Innings Pitched, Game 5 IP (5/16/21 @ Daytona) None Complete Games None in Colorado, moved to Chicago, and spent most of his child- None Shutouts None hood and teenage years in London, England. Opp had also CATCHER ERA lived in Indiana, Texas, and North Carolina before signing NAME G ER INN ERA Alvarez 6 33 49.1 6.02 with the Mets. Mena 5 21 41 4.61 Senger 9 44 81 4.89 INDEPENDENT BALL: Opp pitched with the Evansville Ot- Uriarte 9 45 72 5.63 ters in the Frontier League in 2019, striking out 35 in 26.2 CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN innings with a 2.70 ERA. STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record Butto, Jose 6 0 31 5.2 3-3 Kisena, Alec 4 0 22 5.5 1-3 Lasko, Justin 2 0 3 1.5 0-2 Opp, Cam 3 0 10 3.3 1-2 Parsons, Hunter 1 0 5 5.0 1-0 Rojas, Oscar 4 0 21 5.3 1-3 Vilera, Jaison 5 0 18 3.6 0-5 Walker, Josh 4 1 27 6.8 3-1 BROOKLYN CYCLONES PITCHING BREAKDOWN W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG STARTERS 5-14 6.58 121.2 122 97 89 46 132 28 .257 HOME 4-8 4.28 103.0 89 55 49 44 106 8 .235 RELIEVERS 5-5 4.07 121.2 108 70 55 65 144 9 .233 ROAD 6-11 6.09 140.1 141 112 95 67 170 29 .247 TOTAL 10-19 5.14 243.1 230 167 139 111 276 37 .245 TOTAL 10-19 5.14 243.1 230 167 139 111 276 37 .245 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Bryce Montes de Oca leads the relievers with a 30.9% strikeout rate, a .200 BABIP, and an 89% LOB%. -RHP Brian Metoyer’s 3.04 FIP is the lowest in the Cyclones bullpen. -RHP Eric Orze has the bullpen’s finest K-BB% (20.4%), posting a 25.9% K rate and a 5.6% BB rate.