FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (2-4, 35-39) vs. South Bend Cubs (3-3, 40-34) LHP Ryan Weathers (No. 7 Padres prospect) vs. RHP Derek Casey Thursday, June 27 • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) • First Pitch 7:05 PM (Game 75 / 138) WATCH: John Nolan & Brett Rump (Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV) LISTEN: Mike Maahs & Evan Stockton (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES vs. SB in 2019 (6-4, 5-1 Home) 11 Home, 7 Away (18 Total) Home Record: 19-16 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: The TinCaps crushed the Cubs, 9-1. Road Record: 16-23 Day Record: 9-11 April 25 (Thurs) Away W, 12-6 Night Record: 26-28 PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Lefty Joey Cantillo, the reigning Midwest League Streak: W1 Pitcher of the Week, tossed a career-long 8 scoreless innings with 9 strikeouts April 26 (Fri) Away L, 7-4 against South Bend on Wednesday. Cantillo carried a no-hitter through 6.1 innings Sunday: 2-8 before he eventually conceded 2 singles. (He also hit 2 batters.) The 19-year-old April 27 (Sat) Away PPD Monday: 3-4 became the first TinCaps pitcher to go 8 scoreless since Mark Hardy on Sept. 9, Tuesday: 7-4 2011 in a playoff game. The last Fort Wayne pitcher to go 8 scoreless in the regular Wednesday: 7-4 April 28 (Sun) Away L, 6-1 Thursday: 9-2 season was Cory Kluber on Aug. 19, 2008 versus Lansing. Cantillo has thrown Friday: 4-9 22.2 consecutive scoreless frames, including 6 scoreless with a career-best 10 Ks April 28 (Sun) Away L, 11-2 Saturday: 2-8 at Great Lakes on June 20. April: 11-13 May 20 (Mon) Home W, 9-1 May: 15-14 WEATHERS REPORT: For MWL pitchers who’ve thrown at 40 least innings this June: 9-12 year, Ryan Weathers has the 3rd best K/BB (5.75), the 4th best K-BB% (22%, as May 21 (Tues) Home W, 1-0 July: 0-0 he’s K-ed 27% and walked 4%), and the 4th lowest BB/9 (1.71)... xFIP is an August: 0-0 advanced stat that is similar to ERA but focuses solely on the events a pitcher has May 22 (Wed) Home W, 3-1 September: 0-0 the most control over (strikeouts, unintentional walks, hit-by-pitches, and home Leading after Six: 26-2 runs) and uses a projected home-run rate instead of actual home runs allowed. May 23 (Thurs) Home W, 3-2 Tied after Six: 5-5 Weathers’ 2.55 xFIP is 2nd lowest in the MWL. Meanwhile, his 1.88 Ground Ball/Fly Trailing after Six: 3-30 Ball ratio is 8th. 55% of the balls put in play against him have been grounders, the June 25 (Tues) Home L, 10-4 Leading after Seven: 27-2 5th highest rate in the league. Only 29% of batted balls have been fly balls, the Tied after Seven: 3-3 league’s 10th lowest rate. Trailing after Seven: 3-32 June 26 (Wed) Home W, 9-1 Leading after Eight: 28-1 Tied after Eight: 3-3 X IS A FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards was the MWL Eastern Division’s leadoff June 27 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Trailing after Eight: 0-31 batter and starting second baseman in the All-Star Game and this explains why… He leads the league in batting average (.325), ranks 3rd in stolen bases (18), and June 28 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Scoring first: 25-13 7th in OBP (.384). Edwards also has the 2nd lowest swinging strike % (4%), the 5th Opponent scores first: 9-27 lowest K% (11%), and the 8th best BB/K (0.79)… 48% of the balls he’s put into play Come-from-behind wins: 12 Aug. 10 (Sat) Away 7:05 PM Shutouts: 8-4 have been hit the opposite way, the highest rate in the league… 29 of his league- high 86 hits have come on the first pitch of an AB as he’s hit .500 in 0-0 counts. Aug. 11 (Sun) Away 2:05 PM vs. LH starter: 7-11 vs. RH starter: 28-28 MAKING HIS MARK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano has struck out in only 10% of his Aug. 12 (Mon) Away 7:05 PM plate appearances this year, the 3rd lowest K% in the MWL. He’s swung & missed Scoring fewer than Three: 4-17 Scoring Three or Four: 11-19 at just 5% of the pitches he’s seen—4th lowest rate in the MWL. Aug. 28 (Wed) Home 7:05 PM Scoring Five or more: 20-3 POWER SURGE: Outfielder Agustin Ruiz has launched 4 homers over his last 14 Aug. 29 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM 1-run games: 14-13 games after not homering in his first 51 games of the season. Over his last 11 2-run games: 2-2 games, Ruiz has slashed .378/.383/.622 (1.005 OPS). In this span, his OPS ranks 3+-run games: 19-24 Aug. 30 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Extra Innings: 0-3 6th in the MWL... His 42 RBIs on the year rank 8th in the MWL... 22% of the balls he’s put in play have been line drives, giving him the 5th highest LD% in the league. Out-hitting opponent: 25-9 PADRES PROPECTS Being out-hit: 5-26 HUNTING HITS: In 22 games since May 26, catcher Blake Hunt has Same number of hits: 5-4 slashed .316/.356/.443 (.799 OPS) with 8 doubles, 1 triple, and 11 RBIs. MLB.com and Baseball America Series W-L-T (Home): 5-4-1 have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Road): 3-6-2 HOT CURRY: In 24 games since May 26, Michael Curry has slashed Series W-L-T (Total): 7-9-2 .308/.415/.500 (.915 OPS). That’s the highest OPS on the team in that time. system as the best in baseball in Series Sweeps (Home): 2-2 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Road): 1-2 FIRST AT FIRST: This is Luis Almanzar’s 2nd pro appearance at first base, in his ranked by MLB.com’s MLB Series Sweeps (Total): 2-4 189th career game. He debuted there Wednesday. He has 132 starts at third, 32 at Pipeline as Top 30 San Diego Home crowds of 6,000+: 4-7 short, and 1 at second. Prospects: Home crowds of 7,000+: 3-4 Home crowds of 8,000+: 1-0 IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have the best ratio of strikeouts to walks in the 7. Ryan Weathers (LHP) Sellouts: 5 MWL this season (3.14). ‘Caps pitchers have also walked the fewest batters in the 8. Xavier Edwards (INF) MWL, averaging only 2.9 per 9 innings. Delayed Starts: 2 17. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Suspensions: 1 27. Blake Hunt (C) DOWN BUT NOT OUT: The TinCaps have the league’s best batting average and Postponements: 3 30. Joey Cantillo (LHP) Cancelled: 2 OBP when behind in the count, hitting .207 with a .216 OBP. Ended Early: 2 Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Thursday, June 27 vs. South Bend 7:05 PM LHP Ryan Weathers vs. RHP Derek Casey Friday, June 28 vs. South Bend 7:05 PM RHP Sam Keating vs. RHP Peyton Remy Saturday, June 29 vs. Great Lakes 7:05 PM RHP Efraín Contreras Sunday, June 30 vs. Great Lakes 3:05 PM Monday, July 31 vs. Great Lakes 7:05 PM Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES RECORD-SETTER: Anthony Contreras won his 228th game as manager of the TinCaps on June 20 as he surpassed Doug Dascenzo (who won 227 games from 2007-09) for the most wins by a manager in franchise history. More important to AC than wins, since he began managing in 2014 in the Arizona League, he has had 19 players who’ve reached the big leagues. (Contreras managed Short-Season Tri-City in 2015.) ALL-STARS: The TinCaps were represented in June 18’s Midwest League All-Star game by Xavier Edwards, who started at second base, plus starting pitcher Ryan Weathers and reliever Henry Henry. Edwards off with a single and stole second base. He finished 1-for-3, while Henry tossed 0.1 scoreless innings. FIRST HALF REVIEW: The TinCaps went 33-35 in the first half, finishing in 5th place in the 8-team Eastern Division. Their best record was at 6-2, while they were as many as 7 games below .500 at 15-22 after May 15. Offensively, the ‘Caps slashed .245/.331/.343 as they averaged 4.19 runs per game. In the 16-team MWL, Fort Wayne ranked tied for 9th in runs/game, 6th in AVG, 5th in OBP, 11th in SLG, and 9th in OPS. Their 61 stolen bases ranked 8th… On the mound, the TinCaps’ 4.02 ERA ranked 10th. They had the fewest BB/9 (2.9), tied for the 6th most K/9 (9.2), and had the best BB/K (3.12). PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano was the league’s Offensive Player of the Week for the week of April 29-May 5. The 19-year-old from Venezuela was 14-for-26 (.538 average) that week as he posted an on-base percentage of .586 and a .654 slugging percentage with two walks, a hit by pitch, a double, a triple, 3 RBIs, and a stolen base.