TAMPA TARPONS OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 TAMPA TARPONS (0-0) at LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS (0-0) RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Casey Mize (0-0, -.--) Thursday, April 4, 2018 • Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #1 • Away Game #1 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch OPENING DAY HISTORY: This will be (at least) the 15th consecutive time Tampa will play Lakeland to begin the Florida State League season. The online database only goes back to 2005, so it's possible the teams have met on Opening Day prior to that year. The earliest available box score ACTIVE ROSTER shows the Tampa Yankees defeating the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 8-5, on April 7, 2005, with Tyler Clippard earning the win and Justin Verlander taking the loss. Fast forward to 2019 and Tampa holds an 8-6 record against Lakeland on Opening Day matchups since 2005. Tampa has won each 5 Bristo, Braden ......................RHP of the last four Opening Day games that are played at Joker Marchant Stadium (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018). The Tarpons defeated the Flying Tigers, 11 Garcia, Deivi ........................RHP 4-2, to begin the 2018 season. 16 Garcia, Rony.........................RHP 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP MARQUEE MATCHUP: Tonight's pitching matchup features a pair of hightly touted right-handers. RHP Clarke Schmidt will make his Tarpons 23 Kriske, Brooks ......................RHP debut to begin his first full-season in the Yankees organization. New York's first round pick (16th overall) in 2017 recovered from "Tommy John" 17 Lehnen, Dalton ................... LHP surgery and made his organizational debut in 2018, pitching in eight games between the Gulf Coast League and short-season Single-A Staten 21 Otto, Glenn ..........................RHP Island. The 23-year-old out of the University of South Carolina is rated No. 5 among Yankees prospects by MLB Pipeline and No. 12 by Baseball America. Schmidt will face RHP Casey Mize, who was selected 1st overall by Detroit in the 2018 draft. The 21-year-old out of Auburn University 32 Schmidt, Clarke ..................RHP is rated as the No. 1 Tigers prospect by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America. Tonight, both pitchers will look to pick up their first career win. 20 Severino, Anderson .......... LHP 28 Valdes, Jefry .........................RHP PITCHING PROSPECTS: The Tarpons open the season with three Top-30 New York Yankees prospects in the starting rotation: RHP Deivi Garcia 34 Weissert, Greg .....................RHP (No. 4 MLB/No. 6 BA), RHP Clarke Schmidt (No. 5 MLB/No. 12 BA) and RHP Glenn Otto (No. 26 MLB/--BA). 31 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP NEW SKIPPER IN TOWN: Aaron Holbert begins his fourth season in the Yankees organization and his first as a coach after spending the last three 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C seasons as a professional scout. Prior to joining the Yankees, Holbert was Manager of Double-A Mississippi (Braves) from 2012-15. In that span, the Southern California native led the club to two postseason appearances, including a record of 83-56 that paced the Southern League in 2014. 33 Sands, Donny ............................C 3 Cabrera, Oswaldo ................INF Prior to Mississippi, Holbert managed Single-A Advanced Kinston (Indians) in 2010 and 2011. Kinston made the playoffs in both seasons and 2 Castillo, Diego .......................INF Holbert was named Carolina League Manager of the Year in 2011. Holbert began coaching in the Reds organization in 2006 before landing his 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF first managerial position with Single-A Lake County (Indians) in 2008. The club went 146-131 over two seasons, including a postseason appear- 14 Hess, Chris ..............................INF ance in 2009. 4 Mateo, Welfrin .......................INF 27 Sensley, Steven.....................INF Originally drafted 18th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school in 1990, Holbert reached the major leagues with St. Louis (1996) and Cincinnati (2005) over a 16-year playing career, including stints with St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Boston, Florida, Toronto, Pittsburgh and 22 Crawford, Rashad .................OF Cincinnati. 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF 9 Hill, Tyler ...................................OF MIGLIACCIO/MAHONEY JOIN COACHING STAFF: Hitting Coach Joe Migliaccio (Mig-lee-AH-chee-oh) begins his first season in the Yankees 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF organization. The 28-year-old served in the same role at the University of Iowa in 2018 following coaching stints at Murray State (2017-18), Mis- souri (2016-17), Southeast Missouri State (2015-16) and Siena College (2014-15). As a graduate assistant at Missouri, Migliaccio helped guide the LAST 10 GAMES (0-0) Tigers to their best record (36-23) since 2008. Prior to coaching, Migliaccio was an infielder at Florida International (2009-10), Parkland College (2010-12) and Oral Roberts (2012-14). The West 4/4 @ Lakeland: Melbourne, Florida native graduated cum laude from Oral Roberts in 2014 with a degree in recreation administration with a minor in humanities. 4/5 @ Lakeland: He earned his master's degree in education from Missouri in 2018. 4/6 vs. Lakeland: 4/7 vs. Lakeland: Defensive Coach Kevin Mahoney enters his fifth season in the Yankees organization and his first with Tampa after serving in the same role in 2018 with the GCL Yankees East. Mahoney was the hitting coach for short-season Single-A Staten Island in 2017 and Rookie-level Pulaski in 2016 after 4/8 vs. St. Lucie: making his coaching debut in the GCL in 2015. Originally selected by the Yankees in the 23rd round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, Mahoney 4/9 vs. St. Lucie: batted .252 with 183R, 34HR and 160RBI in 381 games across five minor league seasons. 4/10 vs. St. Lucie: STRIKEOUT RECORD BROKEN...AGAIN: Pitching coach José Rosado returns for his second season with the Tarpons after Tampa's pitching staff 4/11 vs. St. Lucie: broke the single-season Florida State League record for most strikeouts. It was the second-straight season the record was broke, after the then 4/12 @ Daytona: Tampa Yankees set the mark at 1,215 strikeouts under the helm of pitching coach Tim Norton (now with Double-A Trenton). Rosado's pitchers 4/13 @ Daytona: totaled 1,257 strikeouts a season ago. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. LAKELAND (0-0) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME 4/4 6:30 p.m @ Lakeland Fri., April. 5 @ Lakeland RHP Deivi Garcia (0-0, -.--) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 4/5 6:30 p.m. @ Lakeland Sat., April 6 vs. Lakeland RHP Elvis Rodriguez (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Glenn Otto (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. Sun., April 7 vs. Lakeland RHP Jesus Rodriguez (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 1:00 p.m. 4/6 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 4/7 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 7/30 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 2018 Recap 7/31 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa NORTH 1st Half GB Overall Record: ..............................................................................70-67 Clearwater (PHI) 0-0 0.0 Place: ..................................................................................................... 4th 8/1 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Daytona (CIN) 0-0 0.0 Games Back: ........................................................................................7.0 Dunedin (TOR) 0-0 0.0 Home: ..............................................................................................36-33 8/5 6:30 p.m. @ Lakeland Away: ...............................................................................................34-34 Florida (ATL) 0-0 0.0 Last 5: .....................................................................................................4-1 8/6 6:30 p.m. @ Lakeland Lakeland (DET) 0-0 0.0 Last 10: ..................................................................................................8-2 Tampa (NYY) 0-0 0.0 8/7 6:30 p.m. @ Lakeland 2018 Hitting Leaders Batting Average: ..............................................Diego Castillo (.260) 8/23 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa SOUTH 1st Half GB Home Runs: .....................................................Brandon Wagner (20) 8/24 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Bradenton (PIT) 0-0 0.0 Runs Batted In: .........................................................Isiah Gilliam (71) Stolen Bases: .................................................................. Ben Ruta (25) 8/25 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Charlotte (TB) 0-0 0.0 Fort Myers (MIN) 0-0 0.0 2018 Pitching Leaders 8/30 6:30 p.m. @ Lakeland Jupiter (MIA) 0-0 0.0 Wins: ..............................................................................Adonis Rosa (12) 8/31 6:00 p.m. @ Lakeland Palm Beach (STL) 0-0 0.0 ERA: .............................................................................Nick Green (3.28) Strikeouts: .................................................................. Nick Nelson (99) St. Lucie (NYM) 0-0 0.0 Saves ..............................................................................Matt Wivinis (8) 9/1 11:00 a.m. @ Lakeland TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER #32 CLARKE SCHMIDT RHP HT: 6'1 WT: 200 AGE: 23 BORN: February 20, 1996 in El Toro, California. ACQUIRED: Selected by the Yankees in the first round (16th