BROOKLYN CYCLONES (35-58) at ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS (48-45) RHP Jaison Vilera (2-6, 7.11 ERA) vs. LHP Jake Prizina (2-2, 3.67 ERA) Maimonides Park I Tuesday, August 24, 2021 I 7:00 PM Coney Island, NY I Game # 94 I Home Game # 42 ABOUT SATURDAY NIGHT: Despite jumping out vs. ABERDEEN: The Baltimore Orioles affiliate to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first, Hudson Valley faces the Cyclones for the third series of the sea- responded with five runs in the bottom of the first son. The IronBirds have won nine of the 10 games, en route to a 6-4 victory. RHP Luc Rennie lasted a career-shortest 1/3 inning to start the game. Offen- winning all four in Brooklyn May 25-30 and five sively, OF Antoine Duplantis had three hits, while out of six in Maryland June 29-July 4. The current INF Jose Peroza hit his third home run of the week. roster hosts four of Baltimore’s Top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, including No. 4 pros- HENRI WAS HERE: Brooklyn and Hudson Val- pect INF Gunnar Henderson. ley postponed Sunday’s game at Dutchess Sta- game two on Wednesday through Saturday, OF dium early, allowing the Cyclones to beat Hurri- Ja- and INF combined to go cane Henri that hit the New York City area early len Palmer Jose Peroza 11-34 (.324) with a double, two triples, three home Sunday morning into Monday morning. Sunday’s runs, and 10 RBIs in the past four games. game is to be made up as part of a single-admis- sion doubleheader on Wednesday, September 8 INF/OF at Dutchess Stadium during Brooklyn’s final road JEREMY JOLTS ONE: Jeremy Vasquez homered Wednesday and has been on base in 36 trip of the season. of his past 38 games, dating back to July 9th. In the span, he has a .408 on-base percentage thanks to THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Brooklyn returns 37 hits and 25 walks with 24 strikeouts. His walk to Maimonides Park for the first time since August rate in the stretch is 16% which is six points higher 8 against the Hudson Valley Regenades, having than his 12% walk rate. played Wilmington and Hudson Valley in back-to- back road trips. On the slate, the Cyclones won Brooklyn manager and two games in 11 chances, defeating Wilmington in EJECTED!: Ed Blankmeyer SS were both ejected Friday night, the opening game 16-5 before five straight losses Ronny Mauricio at separate times, by base umpire Raineiro Valero. being outscored by 25 runs from Wednesday-Sun- All four of Brooklyn’s ejections have happened at day. In Wappingers Falls, Brooklyn took the sec- Hudson Valley. Earlier in the year both Blankmeyer ond game of the series but dropped the next three, and 1B were tossed from a game by heading back to Coney Island on a three-game Joe Genord umpire Joe Belangia. skid. NEW RANKINGS: MLB Pipeline updated its rank- HOME RUN HITTERS: No. 1 prospect C Francis- ings on Wednesday, August 18. C Francisco Alvarez co Alvarez and No. 3 prospect SS Ronny Mauricio is now ranked as the No. 10 prospect among base- rank second and third, respectively, in the Mets mi- ball’s Top 100 Minor League Prospects. SS nor league home run chase. Double-A Bingham- Ronny Mauricio ranks No. 58. In the Mets Top 30 prospect ton’s INF/OF Mark Vientos has cracked 21 long list, Alvarez ranks No. 1, Mauricio has dropped from balls to lead the circuit, while Alvarez has hit 18 and No. 2 to No. 3, INF/OF has dropped Mauricio has hit 16. Jaylen Palmer from No. 11 to No. 15, RHP Michel Otanez has dropped from No. 26 to No. 30, and INF Luke Ritter PALMER & PEROZA: Both newcomers who joined received his first ranking, entering at No. 29. Brooklyn from St. Lucie on August 3 did damage in the previous series against the Renegades. From Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Wednesday, August 24 vs. Aberdeen RHP J.T. Ginn (1-2, 5.84 ERA) RHP Zach Peek (1-0, 4.43 ERA) 5:30 PM vs. Aberdeen RHP David Griffin (0-0, 6.75 ERA) RHP Connor Gillispie (4-7, 5.15 ERA) Thursday, August 25 vs. Aberdeen RHP Alec Kisena (1-8, 4.78 ERA) RHP Griffin McLarty (0-0, 1.80 ERA) 7:00 PM Friday, August 26 vs. Aberdeen RHP Luc Rennie (0-2, 5.95 ERA) RHP Brandon Young (0-1, 5.17 ERA) 7:00 PM AUGUST 24 VS ABERDEEN STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 39 JAISON VILERA RHP Height: 6-0 Weight: 188 Bats: Right Throws: Right Date of Birth: June 19, 1997 Age: 24 Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela How Obtained: Signed as an international free agent, 11/10/15 LAST TIME OUT: Vilera struck out five over five, allowing 2021 GAME-BY-GAME Brooklyn Cyclones two runs on five hits with one walk. He allowed one home DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG 8/17 @ HV 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 .292 run to Mickey Gasper and departed with a 2-1 deficit. 8/10 @ WIL 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .295 8/3 HV L 5.2 6 2 1 1 6 0 .305 7/27 @JS 4.2 7 5 5 0 3 1 .311 LAST THREE ARE PRETTY: Vilera has held opponents to 7/20 WIL W 5.0 6 4 4 2 3 0 .307 7/13 JS 5.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 .305 three earned runs over his past three starts, covering 13.2 7/6 @ HV 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 3 .317 innings (1.98 ERA). There have been two starts against Hud- 6/30 @ ABD W 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 0 .303 6/22 JS L 2.2 7 7 7 3 2 2 .310 son Valley and one against Wilmington during the streak. 6/16 @ WIL 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 .288 6/11 HV L 3.2 7 7 6 3 3 2 .304 6/4 @ JS 4.2 5 4 4 0 7 4 .290 5/27 ABD L 4.1 6 5 3 3 5 1 .301 STARTS WITH HOME RUN: Vilera has a 9.44 ERA (43 earned 5/20 HV L 5.0 3 3 2 2 3 1 .296 runs in 41 innings) in games where he gives up a home run. 5/15 @GVL 4.0 4 4 4 0 7 2 .371 5/7 @ASH L 3.0 9 9 7 3 3 2 .500 STARTS WITHOUT HOME RUN: Vilera has a 3.14 ERA (10 earned runs in 28.2 innings) in games where he does not K% BB% HR/9 give up a home run. 17.8% 7.2% 2.45 BABIP GB% FIP HOME RUN HAPPY: Vilera has surrendered 19 home runs this season which a career-high 19 home runs in just 69.2 .306 45.1% 5.42 innings. In fact, prior to this season, Vilera had allowed 12 VILERA’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS home runs over the first four years of his career (2016-2019). 2021 Season Career 7 (2x, 6/4 at Jersey Shore) Strikeouts 9 (3x, 5/4/21 at Asheville) None Double Digit K Games None 9 (5/7 at Asheville) High Hits, Game 9 (5/4/21 at Asheville) WELCOME BACK: Vilera puts on a Cyclones uniform for the 4 (6/4 at Jersey Shore) High HR, Game 4 (6/4/21 at Jersey Shore) 9 (5/7 at Asheville) High Runs, Game 9 (5/4/21 at Asheville) third season as a pro. The right hander spent 2018 and parts 3 (5/7 at Asheville) High Walks, Game 4 (7x, 7/19/19 vs. Mahon.Val.) of 2019 with the Cyclones. With Brooklyn in 2018, he was 5 (5/20 vs. Aberdeen) Innings Pitched, Game 7 (8x, 8/20/18 at Tri-City) None Complete Games 7/17/17 v. GCL Nats (7 IP) named a Baseball America Short-Season All-Star and a New None Shutouts 7/17/17 v. GCL Nats (7 IP) York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star. CATCHER ERA FREQUENT FLYER: Pitched for four different Mets affiliates in 2019...Started the year with Columbia (A) and made four NAME G ER INN ERA outings...Threw a long relief outing for St. Lucie (A+) piggy- Alvarez 36 171 274.2 5.60 backing behind Ervin Santana before joining Brooklyn in Campos 1 6 8 6.00 Gaddis 5 12 43 2.51 June...Made a spot start for Binghamton (AA) on June 26, Mena 21 75 156 4.33 2019. Senger 9 44 81 4.89 Uriarte 21 82 159.1 4.63 NYPL STUD: Turned in an immaculate 2018 campaign with CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record the Cyclones, earning an NYPL All-Star and Baseball Amer- Butto, Jose 10 1 41 4.1 4-6 ica Short-Season All-Star nods with a league-leading 1.83 Ginn, J.T. 5 1 24 4.8 2-3 Grey, Connor 4 1 21 5.2 3-1 earned run average...Fanned 78 in 73.2 innings, allowing Griffin, David 2 0 13 6.5 0-2 Kisena, Alec 15 0 71 4.7 5-10 three earned runs or fewer in 12 of 13 starts.