TAMPA TARPONS OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: Tarpons [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS (10-10) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (11-9) RHP Mikey York (2-1, 2.93) vs. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (2-0, 1.20) Thursday, April 26, 2018 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #21 • Home Game # 9 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Tarpons completed a three-game sweep in Bradenton with a 7-3 victory over the Marauders on Wednesday night at LECOM Park…Tampa is now on a season-best four-game win streak…Brandon Wagner (1-for-2, HR, 2BB, 4RBI, R) cracked a grand slam in the 3rd ACTIVE ROSTER for his sixth home run of the season…RHP Freicer Perez made the start and took a no-decision (4.0IP, 4H, 3ER, 3BB, 3K)…Thairo Estrada (2-for-5, 11 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP RBI) logged his second multi-hit game…Adam Lind (1-for-3, R) played his second game with Tampa…LHP Justin Kamplain (W, 1-0)(3.0IP, 1H, 1BB, 3K) and LHP Phillip Diehl (SV, 1)(2.0IP, 1BB, 3K) combined to toss 5.0 scoreless relief innings. 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP FRAZIER BEGINS REHAB WITH TAMPA: The New York Yankees assigned OF Clint Frazier to the Tampa on Thursday to begin a Minor League 12 Green, Nick....................RHP Rehab Assignment. New York placed Frazier on the disabled list on 3/29 (retroactve to 3/26) with a concussion. The 23-year-old made his Major League debut in 2017, batting .231 (31-for-134) with 9 doubles, 4 triples, 4HR, 17RBI and 16R in 39 games with the Yankees. 9 Hodson, Chase ...............RHP LIND JOINS TARPONS: Prior to Tuesday's game, INF Adam Lind joined the Tarpons from Extended Spring Training. The former big leaguer 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees on 4/18. Lind, 34, elected free agency after playing with the Washington Nationals in 2017. The slugger owns 200 MLB homers while playing nine seasons with Toronto (2006-14) and one each with Milwaukee (2015, Seattle (2016 14 King, Michael ................RHP and Washington (2017). 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP TOP PITCHING STAFF: The Tarpons have three starting pitchers among the league-leaders in ERA: RHP Nick Green (2nd-0.53), RHP Trevor Stephan (5th-1.66) and RHP Michael King (9th-2.12). The Tampa pitching staff leads the FSL with a 2.95 ERA and 192 strikeouts. 22 Loaisiga, Jonathan .....RHP VS. CHARLOTTE: This will be the first of 13 scheduled meetings between the Tampa Tarpons and Charlotte Stone Crabs. Tampa finished 8-5 vs. 21 Morris, Christian ..........RHP Charlotte in 2017, including 4-3 at George M. Steinbrenner Field and 4-2 at Charlotte Sports Park. 37 Perez, Freicer ................RHP SPLASH FROM THE PAST: The Tampa Tarpons are back for the first time since 1987. Over the offseason, the Tampa Yankees rebranded by becoming the Tarpons. The original Tampa Tarpons played baseball at Al Lopez Park (current site of Raymond James Stadium) from 1957-1987, 22 Rosa, Adonis .................RHP winning Florida State League championships in 1957 and 1961. 28 Sosebee, David ............RHP TOP PROSPECTS: Tampa's opening day roster includes five names on the Baseball America Top-30 Yankees Prospects List: OF Estevan Florial (2), RHP Freicer Perez (13), RHP Trevor Stephan (18), RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (25) and INF Diego Castillo (28). 32 Stephan, Trevor ...........RHP OSBORN RETURNS: Patrick Osborn returns to George M. Steinbrenner Field this season as the first manager of the newly rebranded Tampa 17 Diaz, Francisco .................. C Tarpons. Osborn managed the T-Yanks in 2016, winning the Florida State League Manager of the Year award after leading Tampa to its first postseason birth since 2010. Last season, Ozzy led the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs to the playoffs, extending his personal postseason streak 10 Skinner, Keith .................... C to seven-straight seasons: 2015 short-season, Single-A Staten Island, 2014 Gulf Coast League Yankees 2 and 2011-13 Atlantic League Southern 7 Aguilar, Angel .................. INF Maryland Blue Crabs. 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF TARPONS TO HOST 2018 FSL ALL-STAR GAME: For the first time in franchise history, Tampa will play host to the Florida State League All-Star Game. Neither the original Tarpons nor the Tampa Yankees had ever hosted the event. The 2018 FSL All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, 27 Estrada, Thairo .............. INF June 16th at George M. Steinbrenner Field. For more information, visit TarponsBaseball.com. 23 Lind, Adam ..................... INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (2-0, 1.20) will make his fourth start of the season. Last time out, tied a career-high with nine strikeouts in a no-decision vs. Clearwater on 4/20 (5.0IP, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 1HB, 87P/58S)…named FSL Pitcher of the Week on 4/16 after going 2-0 with 10.0 1 Park, Hoy Jun ................... INF scoreless and walkless innings in his first two starts. 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF 2017: Combined with the GCL Yankees East, GCL Yankees West and short-season, Single-A Staten Island to go 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA (32.2IP, 17H, 7R/5ER, 3BB, 33K, 1HR) in 11 starts…made his season debut in June with the GCL Yankees East, going 0-1 with a 2.63 ERA (13.2IP, 4ER) in six 34 Florial, Estevan ............... OF starts…also made one start with the GCL Yankees West, tossing 2.0 perfect innings…was promoted to Staten Island on 8/16, where he went 1-0 with a 0.53 ERA (17.0IP, 1ER) in four starts…was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster on 11/20/17. 19 Frazier, Clint - MLB ....... OF Personal: 23-years-old, 5-11, 165 - Managua, Nicaragua…Signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 2/9/16…Originally signed by 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF San Francisco as a non-drafted free agent on 9/13/12…was released on 5/28/15 after missing all of 2014-15 due to injuries…made one start with Single-A Charleston in 2016 before having "Tommy John" surgery…Currently ranked as New York's No. 25 prospect by Baseball America and No. 18 Palma, Alexander .......... OF 14 by MLB Pipeline…full name is Jonathan Stanley Loaisiga (pronounced "loh-AYE-see-gah")…his father, Stanley, played in the minor leagues with the Expos organization…has a brother, Mike, who plays in the Dodgers' organization. 30 Robinson, Timmy .......... OF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. CHARLOTTE (0-0) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Fri., April 27 vs. Charlotte RHP Willy Ortiz (2-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Michael King (0-1, 2.12) 6:30 p.m. 4/26 6:30 p.m @ Tampa Sat., April 28 vs. Charlotte LHP Brock Burke (1-2, 7.31) vs. RHP Nick Green (3-0, 0.53) 6:30 p.m. Sun., April 29 vs. Charlotte RHP Brandon Lawson (0-2, 5.68) vs. RHP Adonis Rosa (2-1, 4.82) 1:00 p.m. 4/27 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 4/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 4/29 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa NORTH 1st Half GB Batting Daytona 15-5 0.0 5/21 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa AVG: Daniel Sweet (DBT) .385 Tampa 11-9 4.0 5/22 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Lakeland 9-11 6.0 Runs: Joe Dunand (JUP) 19 HR: Darick Hall (CLW) 7 Dunedin 7-12 7.5 5/23 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa RBI: Joe Dunand (JUP) 24 Clearwater 7-13 8.0 Stolen Bases: Brian Miller (JUP)/Derek Hill (LAK) 7 Florida 6-14 9.0 6/29 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte 6/30 6:05 p.m. @ Charlotte SOUTH 1st Half GB Pitching 7/1 12:35 p.m. @Charlotte Jupiter 16-4 0.0 Wins: 3 tied at 4 4 Bradenton 11-9 5.0 7/16 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte Charlotte 10-10 6.0 Saves: David Sosebee (TBA)/Lukas Schiraldi (JUP) 4 Strikeouts: Trevor Stephan (TBA) 28 Palm Beach 10-10 6.0 7/17 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte ERA: Tony Santillan (DBT) 0.40 St. Lucie 9-10 6.5 WHIP: Alex Faedo (LAK) 0.70 7/18 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte Fort Myers 8-12 8.0 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (10-9), 3rd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................4 (4/22-25) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 4/25 vs Columbus: W, 8-5. Longest Losing Streak ................................................3 (4/10-12) Next: 4/27 at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: .............................11-9 ............ 4-4 ...........7-5 Note: Mike Ford (1-for-4, 2B, 3RBI) hit a go-ahead, two- Longest Game, Time ...................................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) run double in the 5th. Brandon Drury (2-for-4, RBI, 2R) Longest Game, Innings .....................................10 (4/10 at STL) 1st Half: ............................11-9 ............ 4-4 ...........7-5 began a rehab assignment. Shane Robinson (2-for-4, 2B, Shortest Game, Time, 9 inn. .....................2:04 (4/22 vs. CLW) 2nd Half: ............................ 0-0 ............ 0-0 ...........0-0 3RBI, 2R, SB), Ryan McBroom (2-for-4, R) and Billy Flem- Shortest Game, Time .......................2:00 (4/15 at FTM, 7 inn.) ing (2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R) also had multi-hit games.