2018 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES PORTLAND SEA DOGS (0-0), Eastern Division (0-0), Eastern Division (New York Mets) (Boston Red Sox) Thursday, April 5, 2018 • 6:35 PM NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY RHP Drew Gagnon (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (0-0, ---) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV 2017 SEASON RECAP: The Binghamton Rumble COACHING CAROUSEL: Pitching Coach Frank Ponies at a Glance Ponies kicked off their inaugural season by accu- Viola joins the Rumble Ponies staff after four years mulating an 85-54 mark, good for second place in Overall Record: 0-0 in the same position in Las Vegas (AAA). The for- the Eastern Division. Binghamton locked down a Home Record: 0-0 mer Major Leaguer was the 1987 World Series playoff spot for the fourth time in five seasons, Road Record: 0-0 MVP and the 1988 Cy Young Award Winner with eventually falling, three games to one, to the Tren- the Twins. Luis Rivera returns as the Rumble Ponies Current Streak: ton Thunder. bench coach. After serving as the hitting coach for Day Games: 0-0 the title-winning 2014 B-Mets, Rivera managed BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Drew Gagnon Night Games: 0-0 Kingsport (R). Josh Kozuch will serve as Bing- makes his Rumble Ponies debut after spending hamton’s Mental Skills Coach Vs. Eastern Division: 0-0 one season in the Angels organization. Originally Vs. Western Division: 0-0 a Brewers’ draft selection, Gagnon spent six sea- TOP THOROUGHBREDS: Binghamton was tied for son with Milwaukee before being traded in 2016. Vs. NL Affiliates 0-0 the Eastern League lead with five Mid-Season All The Californian has 55 Double-A appearances Vs. AL Affiliates: 0-0 Stars in 2017 (PJ Conlon, Luis Guillorme, Corey under his belt, but none in the Eastern League. Oswalt, Tomas Nido & Kevin Taylor). The Ponies April Record: 0-0 also earned three Postseason All Stars (Conlon, May Record: 0-0 AT THE STARTING GATE: The Rumble Ponies Guillorme & Oswalt). June Record: 0-0 opening day roster features 12 players who played July Record: 0-0 for Binghamton last season (6 pitchers, 6 position SERIES WITH THE SEA DOGS: In 2017, Bing- August Record: 0-0 Players). Eight Ponies on the day one roster are hamton edged Portland 12-8 in the regular-season September Record: 0-0 expected to make their Double-A debuts, includ- series. On August 26, the Rumble Ponies clinched Sunday Record: 0-0 ing former Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Tebow. a playoff spot despite losing at Portland earlier that Monday Record: 0-0 day. Binghamton meets Portland more than any RECORD-SETTING RUMBLE PONIES: The successful Tuesday Record: 0-0 other Eastern League team in 2018 (23 times). 2017 season brought about many changes in the Wednesday Record: 0-0 Binghamton baseball history books. The pitching Thursday Record: 0-0 UP NEXT: The Rumble Ponies and Sea Dogs meet staff set new franchise records in WHIP (1.23), hits Friday Record: 0-0 again on Friday night at NYSEG Stadium. In the allowed (1,074), runs allowed (462), shutouts (20), Saturday Record: 0-0 second game of the season, RHP Andrew Church and losses (54). In addition, the Rumble Ponies is slated to toss for Binghamton against Portland Ponies Score First: 0-0 committed just 68 errors with a .986 fielding per- LHP Dedgar Jimenez. First pitch is scheduled for OPP Score First: 0-0 centage, both Binghamton baseball bests. 7:05 PM. Out-hit OPP 0-0 Equal in Hits 0-0 Eastern league standings Out-hit by OPP 0-0 th Lead after 7 : 0-0 Eastern Division Tied after 7th: 0-0 Western Division th Trail after 7 : 0-0 W L GB Stk L10 W L GB Stk L10 Lead after 8th: 0-0 Tied after 8th: 0-0 Binghamton 0 0 --- Akron 0 0 --- th Trail after 8 : 0-0 Hartford 0 0 --- Altoona 0 0 --- Walk-Offs (W-L): 0-0 New Hampshire 0 0 --- Bowie 0 0 --- Rubber Games: 0-0 Portland 0 0 --- Erie 0 0 --- Extra Inning Games: 0-0 Shutout Record: 0-0 Reading 0 0 --- Harrisburg 0 0 --- 1-Run Games: 0-0 Trenton 0 0 --- Richmond 0 0 --- 2-Run Games: 0-0 3-Run Games: 0-0 4+ Run Games: 0-0 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Fri, April 6 Portland 7:05 PM RHP Andrew Church vs. LHP Dedgar Jimenez Series Openers: 0-0 Sat, April 7 Portland 3:05 PM RHP Nabil Crismatt vs. RHP Mike Shawaryn Series Finales: 0-0 Sun, April 8 Portland 2:05 PM RHP Marcos Molina vs. LHP Kyle Hart Series Record (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Mon, April 9 Akron 6:35 PM TBA vs. TBA 2018 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton rumble ponies Starting Pitcher DREW GAGNON 14 Age: 27 Birthdate: June 26, 1990 HT 6-4 Birthplace: Columbia, CA Resides: Brentwood, CA th st WT 215 Pro Experience: 8 season BIN (AA) Experience: 1 season Acquired: Minor League Free Agent, 12/22/17 College: Long Beach State B/T R/R ALL ABOUT DREW: Embarks on first season in YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg Mets organization after being signed as a Minor League free agent on 12/22/17...spent last sea- 11 Helena (R) 0-3 8.05 8 7 1 19.0 25 19 17 1 10 27 .321 son in Angels organization after six years with 12 Wisconsin (Low-A) 6-1 2.83 14 14 0 82.2 67 26 26 6 19 65 .219 th the Brewers...Gagnon begins his 8 professional Brevard County (High-A) 1-2 2.82 11 11 0 67.0 56 25 21 3 18 49 .229 season, his first in Double-A since 2016 13 Brevard County (High-A) 3-4 5.16 10 10 0 45.1 46 27 26 2 15 50 .263 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Gagnon made his Huntsville (AA) 4-9 5.57 16 16 0 84.0 94 54 52 12 42 58 .288 Double-A debut for Huntsville (MIL: AA) back in 14 Huntsville (AA) 11-6 3.96 28 28 0 154.2 135 77 68 18 62 118 .288 2013...27-year-old has pitched in 55 Double-A games over last five seasons, but never in the 15 Colorado (AAA) 1-11 6.93 20 18 0 89.2 110 73 69 12 52 51 .239 Eastern League Biloxi (AA) 1-1 5.57 6 1 0 21.0 19 15 13 2 10 18 .316 16 Biloxi (AA) 1-0 0.00 5 1 1 13.1 4 0 0 0 4 15 .095 GAGNON STYLE: In first four-and-a-half years of his career, Gagnon started 104 of his 107 ap- Colorado (AAA) 2-1 5.56 31 4 0 55.0 60 38 34 4 21 48 .280 pearances in the Brewers organization...since 17 Salt Lake (AAA) 1-1 6.25 31 10 0 86.1 95 60 60 6 39 63 .284 then, only 16 of his 73 appearances have been MiLB Career 31-39 4.84 180 120 2 718.0 711 414 386 66 292 83 .262 starts...10 of 31 appearances were starts last year with Salt Lake (LAA: AAA) 2017 Game-by-Game Results ONE CITY WONDER: 2017 marked first time DATE OPP D IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA RESULT since his rookie season, he spent entire year with one team...all 31 appearances last season with Salt Lake Bees...in 2011 he made all 8 of his appearances (7 starts) with Helena (R:MIL) STARRING ROLE: Twice in his career, Gagnon has been a Mid-Season All-Star and a Pitcher of the Week...his All-Star selections came in 2012 with Wisconsin (Low-A:MIL) in the Midwest League & in 2014 with Huntsville (AA:MIL) in the Southern League...As a member of Brevard County (High-A:MIL) he was Florida State League Pitcher of the Week on 5/6/13 & on 5/19/14 with Huntsville DREW THE DIRTBAG: The righty spent three seasons pitching for Long Beach State (2009 - 2011)...during his three-year stint, Gagnon played alongside Major Leaguers Joey Ter- doslavich, Matt Duffy, and Branden Pinder... 2017 TRANSACTIONS: Invited to Angels Spring Training as a non-roster invitee, 2/2...assigned to Salt Lake (LAA: AAA), 6/6 BACKGROUND: Originally selected by Brewers in 3rd round of the 2011 draft...traded from Brewers with Martin Maldonado to Angels for Jett Bandy, 12/13/16...selected by the Pirates in 10th round of 2008 draft, but did not sign...Mom, Stacey, ran track at Long Beach State Ponies Record in Starts: 0-0 Run Support in Starts: - Runs/gm Underline: Season High RUMBLE PONIES Starting Rotation & Bullpen W L CG SV SVO IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Starters 0 0 0 --- --- 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Bullpen 0 0 --- 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2018 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton rumble ponies Position Player Notes ALONSO, PETER B/T: R/R Ht: 6-3 Wt: 245 Age: 23 16 Acquired: Non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training Career Notes: 2017: Started season with St. Lucie (High-A)...FSL 2nd round, 2016 draft Transactions: Ponies Opening Day roster Postseason All Star...MiLB.com FSL Player of the Month, July...2x FSL College: Player of the Week...MiLB.com Organizational All Star...Baseball America High-A All Star...launched 16 HR in 82 games (2nd in University of Florida FSL)...hit both Double-A HR in same game......2016: NYPL Mid- Pro Experience (AA): Season All-Star with Brooklyn (SS-A) 3rd season (2nd) Notes: Third player selected by Mets in 2016 draft (#64 over- Born: all)...played three seasons at Florida...Dick Howser Trophy semifinal- ist, NCBWA First-Team All-America, 2016 Tampa, FL ELY, ANDREW B/T: L/R Ht: 5-11 Wt: 180 Age: 25 6 Acquired: Selected by Mets from Cubs in Rule 5 Draft, Dec 2017 Career Notes: 2017: Spent entire season with Tennessee (CHC: Rule 5 (CHC), 2017 Transactions: Ponies Opening Day roster AA)...played 97 games at four positions (2B, 3B, SS, LF)…...2016: College: Midwest League Mid-Season All Star with South Bend (CHC: Low- A)...…2014: Made pro debut with AZL Cubs (CHC: R) University of Washington Notes: Originally selected by Cubs in 32nd round of 2014 Pro Experience (AA): Draft...played three seasons at University of Washington...led nation 5th season (2nd) in sacrifice bunts (26), 2014...led Pac-12, turning 45 double plays Born: with a .993 fielding percentage, 2014 San Jose, CA MAZEIKA, PATRICK B/T: L/R Ht: 6-3 Wt: 215 Age: 24 11 Acquired: Non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training Career Notes: 2017: Mid-Season & Postseason All Star with St.