9/03/12 Minor League Gameday Thread

[TuckerBlair89]

Today's starters:
Norfolk: Jake Arrieta
Bowie: Matt Bywater
Frederick: Trent Howard
Delmarva: Zach Davies
Aberdeen: Branden Kline

Roster Moves Today:

Matt Bywater promoted to Bowie.
SS Alexander Mercedes promoted to Aberdeen from the GCL
HP Domingo Salas promoted to Aberdeen from the GCL
RHP Alexander Santana promoted to Aberdeen from the GCL
LHP Lex Rutledge transferred to the GCL from Aberdeen.
RHP Sebastian Vader transferred to the GCL from Aberdeen.
RHP Brady Wager transferred to the GCL from Aberdeen.

Wager, Rutledge, Vader's seasons are officially in the books with them all making their last start.
Today is the last game of the year for Delmarva, Frederick, and Norfolk.

[TuckerBlair89]

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Position Player of the Week – Michael Ohlman
Ohlman continued his strong second half with a .333/.391/.430 batting line. He has reached base in 47 of the 50 games he has started, including five this week.

Starting Pitcher of the Week – Tyler Wilson
Wilson was absolutely dominant in his two starts this week. He pitched 14.0 innings with 8 H, 1 R, 20 K, 0 BB allowed.

Relief Pitcher of the Week – Josh Hader
The Old Mill alumni made two appearances, pitching 3.1 innings with 2 H, 0 R, 5 K, 1 BB allowed. He has yet to give up a run in the NYPL.

[TuckerBlair89]

RHP Ryan Berry promoted to Bowie.

[Matt P]

Maybe Arrieta has figured it out. Another very good outing and they pulled him early so he can come up and pitch out of the bullpen sooner.

[TuckerBlair89]

Maybe Arrieta has figured it out. Another very good outing and they pulled him early so he can come up and pitch out of the bullpen sooner.

I'm excited to see what he has in the pen.

[Matt P]

I'm excited to see what he has in the pen.

He should be good. Matusz has looked very good out of the bullpen so he should be able to help Arrieta prepare both mentally and physically.

[ofahn]

Nice outing by Bywater.

[TuckerBlair89]

Alexander Mercedes was 4-6 in his debut with Aberdeen. He is a middle infielder but they had him playing CF tonight. I've obviously never seen him as he is fresh out of the DSL/GCL. Not a bad start though.

Josh Hader 2.0 innings with 5 K's. Continues to dominate. Really looking forward to seeing him a full season next year (hopefully starting)

[TuckerBlair89]

Nice outing by Bywater.

I like Matt. Just needs to get consistent and stay healthy. Nice arm.

[Matt P]

Brandon Waring got hot in the one August-September that wouldn't get him a call to the majors. He hit a HR yesterday and finished up with an OPS of 1.048 in August and 1.080 in 3 September games. He likely isn't going to ever be an everyday player in the majors but if he had this kind of August/September to finish a season anytime in the last 10 years he likely would have finished the season in Baltimore and got some chances to show what he's got at the major league level.