2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes
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2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes June 17th, 2018 - Games 2 & 3 - 1:05 PM MT Helena Brewers (MIL) (0-1) vs Great Falls Voyagers (CHW) (1-0) Kindrick Legion Field - Helena, MT Broadcast - Helena Brewers on TuneIn Game 1: RHP #25 Justin Bullock: 1-0, 3.09 ERA, 11.2 IP, 13 H, 4 Game 1: RHP #19 Codi Heuer: 6-5, 4.31 ERA, 79.1 IP, 71 H, 38 ER, 3 BB, 11 SO (2017 AZL Brewers) VS ER, 37 BB, 82 SO (2018 Wichita State) Game 2: LHP #33 Wilfred Salaman: 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 8.0 IP, 10 H, 6 Game 2: RHP #17 Spencer Moran: 1-2, 3.70 ERA, 58.1 IP, 62 ER, 5 BB, 9 SO (2018 Timber Rattlers) H, 24 ER, 31 BB, 43 SO (2017 Bowling Green) Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Brewers Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Monday, June 18 @Great Falls 7:00 PM RHP Victor Castaneda RHP Jason Bilious Tuesday, June 19 @Missoula 7:05 PM LHP Blake Lillis TBD Sunday, June 17 Great Falls 1:05 PM TBD TBD Brewers vs Brewers By The Numbers Previous Matchup (6/15/18) R H E Voyagers Streaks (2017 Season) Longest Win Streak - 5 11 1 Overall Record: 8-8 - - Longest Losing Streak 1 Batting: Current Streak L1 .278 Average, 104 Runs, 163 Hits, 16 HR Lead/Trail 6 8 2 Pitching: 5.56 ERA, .287 Opp Avg, 15 HR Allowed Leading After 5 Innings 0-1 About Friday Night Leading After 6 Innings 0-1 : Despite Max Lazar’s six shutout innings, the Brewers 2017 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 0-0 couldn’t hold onto a five run lead, falling to Great Falls 6-5. Helena scored two Leading After 8 Innings 0-0 in the fourth on a Pablo Abreu homer, two in the fifth on a Nick Egnatuk single, Batting Average ERA Tied After 5 Innings 0-0 and one in the sixth thanks to an Antonio Pinero single. However, Helena gave Tied After 6 Innings 0-0 all five back in the bottom of the seventh, and Great Falls went for the kill in Tied After 7 Innings 0-1 the bottom of the ninth, scoring the deciding run on an Ian Dawkins single. Tied After 8 Innings 0-1 Double Dipping: Trailing After 5 Innings 0-0 Justin Bullock takes the ball in game one, making his season Trailing After 6 Innings 0-0 debut. Bullock, a 16th round selection in the 2017 draft, spent last season with Trailing After 7 Innings 0-0 the AZL Brewers, posting a 3.09 ERA in 11.2 innings last season. 2018 6th Dallas Carroll Brandon Presley round selection Codi Heuer takes the ball for Great Falls in his professional de- Trailing After 8 Innings 0-0 (.336) (3.43) but. The game is a homecoming of sorts for Heuer, who was born in Missoula, Extra Innings 0-0 Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends but played at Wichita State. In game two, lefty Wilfred Salaman takes the ball for the Brewers. The Puerto Rican native made four appearances with Wiscon- Scoring First 0-1 sin earlier this season. Former Tampa Bay Rays farmhand Spencer Moran goes Opponent Scores First 0-0 for the Voyagers in Game 2. He reached as high as Class A Bowling Green. Scoring At Least 4 Runs 0-1 Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 0-0 Corredor’s Crew: For the third straight season, Helena’s Brew Crew will be led Scoring In The 1st Inning 0-0 by Nestor Corredor. A former Brewers farmhand, Corredor played for Helena Jay Feliciano Nelson Hernandez Allowing At Least 4 Runs 0-1 as a catcher in 2004, and then returned as a pitcher in 2008. Rolando Valles Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 0-0 returns as the team’s pitching coach, a role he served last year and in the 2014- (13) (5) Scoring The Final Run 0-0 2015 seasons. Liu Rodriguez returns for his third consecutive season as the RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 0-1 club’s hitting coach. Former Milwaukee Brewer reliever Jim Henderson makes Record In 1 Run Games 0-1 his professional coaching debut as Helena’s bullpen coach. Times Scoring 10+ Runs - Record Splits Who’s Back: Four players that spent their entire 2017 seasons in Helena return Versus LH Starter 0-0 to start 2018. Infielders Chad McClanahan & Antonio Pinero are the lone Versus RH Starter 0-1 position players returning, while two bullpen arms, Brandon Presley & Roberto Home 0-0 Delgado, return to captain Helena’s bullpen. McClanahan is a 2016 11th round Jay Feliciano Nelson Hernandez Away 0-1 draft selection who is expected to be Helena’s primary first (51) (60.1) Night Games 0-1 baseman. Pinero will man the shortstop position, but will abandon switch Hits Strikeouts Day Games 0-0 hitting and hit exclusively right handed. Versus Northern Division Opponents 0-1 Versus Southern Division Opponents 0-0 Brewer Prospecting: Two players on Helena’s current roster are currently Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 0-1 ranked in MLB Pipeline’s top 30 Brewers prospects. Infielder Jean Carmona is Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 0-0 ranked 15th, while outfielder Je’Von Ward is ranked 26th. Ward, a former USC Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 0-1 commit, is the nephew of former NFL safety Mark Carrier, who also played at Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 0-0 USC. Gabriel Garcia Michael Petersen Against Opponents With 3.50> Team ERA 0-0 (70) (48) The Draft Dealings: Against Opponents With 3.50< Team ERA 0-1 At the time of the publication of these notes, four players Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 0-1 from the 2018 draft are on Helena’s roster. They include pitchers Aaron Ashby, When Outhit By Opponent 0-0 J.T. Hintzen, Scott Sunitsch, Clayton Andrews, & Brady Schanuel, along with When Starter Completes 6 Innings 0-1 catcher David Fry. Ashby a 4th round selection out of Crowder College, is the When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 0-0 earliest drafted player of the group. When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 0-1 Venting The Voyagers: When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 0-0 Great Falls opens the 2018 season with 14 players who When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 0-1 were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft. The earliest pick of the group is pitcher Jay Feliciano Parker Bean When Going Homerless 0-0 Jonathan Stiever, a 5th round selection out of Indiana University. 6th round (43) (5) When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 0-0 selection Codi Heuer, who will start Saturday, was born in Missoula. Tim Esmay 1st Half 0-0 returns to manage the Voyagers for a second season, along with pitching coach John Ely and hitting coach Eric Richardson. @helenabrewers Helena Brewers Game 1 Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #25 Justin Bullock Born: June 3rd, 1999 - Height/Weight: 6’3”, 175 LBS - Resides: Creedmoor, NC - Acquired: 16th Round of 2017 Draft Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2017 AZL Brewers 1-0 3.09 6/1 11.2 13 4 4 3 11 0 0 .289 1.37 2018 Helena 0-0 0.00 - - - - - - - - - - - 2017 Day By Day (AZL Brewers) Meet Mr Bullock: Justin Bullock makes his Helena debut Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF 7/27 ROY* ND 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 after spending his debut season in the Arizona League. A 16th round selection in the 2017 draft, Bullock had an 8/3 WSX ND 3.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 incredible high school career, going 37-9 with a 1.49 ERA in 8/9 @IND ND 5.79 1.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 9 four varsity seasons. In his senior season, Bullock went 11-1 8/15 @GIA ND 4.70 3.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 14 with a 0.55 ERA, firing four complete games. 8/21 MAR ND 3.72 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 History With White Sox Affiliates: Bullock’s lone appearance 8/28 @RED W 3.09 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 against a White Sox affiliate came against the AZL White Sox, where he fired two scoreless innings with no walks and two strikeouts. Five current Voyagers were members of that 2017 * = start, ^=complete game AZL White Sox Club. Perfecting The Punchout: Bullock struck out at least two in four of his six professional appearances, and in his career long three inning performance against the AZL Giants, he struck out five. Game 2 Starting Pitcher 3 LHP - #33 Wilfred Salaman Born: October 5, 1997 - Height/Weight: 5’11”, 210 LBS - Resides: Carolina, PR - Acquired: Free Agent - 6/23/2016 Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2016 DSL Brewers 0-0 2.60 9/0 17.1 18 12 5 13 15 2 0 .277 1.79 2017 DSL Brewers 2-0 0.00 3/3 14.0 3 0 0 4 16 0 1 .071 0.50 2018 Wisconsin 0-1 6.75 4/1 8.0 10 6 6 5 9 0 0 .313 1.88 2018 Helena 0-0 0.00 - - - - - - - - - - - 2018 Day By Day (Wisconsin) Meet Wifred: Wilfred Salaman makes his Helena Brewers Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF 5/27 @KC ND 21.60 1.2 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 10 debut today, but not his season debut.