Stock Watch: Week 4

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I know I’m late on this edition of Stock Watch, but here is the Week 4 edition.

It was a busy week with a lot of bodies moving around. The Jays sent down a promising CF and a pair of high ceiling arms, and called up a bunch of veteran arms and bats.

Buffalo Bisons (15-13 2.5GB, 3RD)

The Buffalo Bisons had their roster turned up-side-down and this week’s 1-6 mark shows it. An inconsistent offence, one that was shut out twice in two games, really hurt the Bisons.  On Friday, they started a weekend series with a 3-4 loss to Norfolk.

Despite their lossing record the Bisons have gotten a lot more interesting to watch with Top Prospects Daniel Norris, Dalton Pompey, and Miguel Castro all sent down this week.

Top Bisons

Batters

Matt Hague– Riding a 9-game hit streak. Hit .300/.391/.300 with 2 RBI, 3BB, and 4K this week.

Kevin Nolan was swinging a hot bat before getting bumped back to New Hampshire

Pitchers

Bo Shultz- made three appearances, with one save, two strike outs.

Randy Wolf– went 6 strong innings allowing one run on seven hits. He also walked 3 and struck out 4.

Player Movement 

RP Ryan Tepera, RP Steve Delabar, OF Ezequiel Carrera, and 1B/RF/DH Chris Colabello were called up to Toronto

SP/RP Chad Jenkins, SP/RP Miguel Castro, 2B Steve Tolleson, and SS Jonathan Diaz were sent to Buffalo. SS Kevin Nolan and RP Luis Perez were returned to New Hampshire. RP John Stilson was assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays

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New Hampshire Fisher Cats (16-13 5.5GB, 4th)

The Fisher Cats went 3-3 this week and continue to struggle away from home (3-10). The Fisher Cats lost their series against Binghamton and Reading. The was held to one run twice in the first two games against Binghamton and one against Reading.

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The Fisher Cats will be at home for two series this week, before hitting the road against Binghamton. NH got swept by New Britain, on the road, the last time they faced off in April and will be looking to extract some revenge at home.

Top Fisher Cats

Batters

Jon Berti struggled to start the season, Berti seems to be turning things around in May. In 5 games, Jon has hit .500 with a walk, 2 strike outs, 2 SB and 1 CS. He collected 12 hits and 5 of those were doubles.

Jorge Flores is a guy that I’ve liked for a while. I always cheer for the little guys (5’5″). In 5 games he went 9-for-20 (.450 BA) with 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 2 BB and no strike outs.

K.C. Hobson– 8-for-22 (.364 BA), BB, 4 K, and 4 R

Dwight Smith Jr.- 7-for-23 (.304 BA), HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB, CS, 3BB, and 3K

Pitchers

Blake McFarland collected one win and converted two saves in three games. Blake didn’t walk a batter and struck out 5 while posting a 0.00 ERA.

Player Movement 

SP Casey Lawrence and Ryan Schimpf back from Buffalo

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Dunedin Blue Jays (13-17 5.5GB, 6th)

The D-Jays finished the week 3-3. They won a series over Clearwater and lost their other series against Tampa. In the Tampa series, the pitching staff allowed 20 runs in 3 games.

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After finishing up a weekend series against Lakeland at home the D-Jays head on the road for 6 games against Fort Myers and Lakeland. This will be the first time facing Fort Myers.

Top D-Jays

Batters

L.B. Dantzler is hitting .231 with no home runs and only 4 RBI this year, but over his last 5 games he has hit .350/.435/.500 with 3 BB and 3 K. During this time he went 7-for-20 with 3 doubles and 2 RBI.

Mike Reeves have hit .364 in 3 games this week. The Peterborough native didn’t strike out or walk, but did manage to drive one in and collect a double for his strong play.

Pitchers

Luis Santos didn’t pitch well in April and seemed to loss his starting job. He made 2 appearances this week as a reliever, going 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA. He 4 innings of scoreless relief in the D-Jays extra inning win over the Tampa Yankees. In this outing he walked one and struck out 7 between the 9 and 12th innings. That earned him a start against Lakeland, where he struck out 6, didn’t issue any walks while allowing one run on 3 hits over 5 innings.

Jimmy Cordero made 2 appearances allowing one home run, a solo shot, walking one and striking out two. He lowed his ERA by registering a 2.08 ERA in his 4.1 innings of work and owns a 1.35 ERA in 4 May appearances.

Player Movement 

No player movement to report. Some players where transferred to the 7-day DL.

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Lansing Lugnuts (17-13 2.0GB, 2nd)

The Lugnuts finished the week with a 3-5 (double-header) causing them to loss their grip on 1st place. they were swept by Bowling Green, but bounced back with a series win over West Michigan. Ver the weekend Fort Wayne handed Lansing another series defeat by taking the last two games.

The stay on the road this week, opening a 4-game set against South Bend on Monday. Then it’s off to West Michigan.

Top Lugnuts

Batters

Tim Locastro is riding an 11-game hit streak after collecting 2 hits in Saturday’s game. He has hit .350/.480/.550 over his last 6-games. He’s shown great plate discipline with 4 walks and 1 strike out. He went 7-for-20 with two doubles, a triple and three RBI during this time. Tim also went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts.

J.D. Davis (Jonathan Davis) was added to the Lugnuts roster at the end of April and has been on fire since being added to the line up on the 1st of the month. Davis played 6 games this week going 9-for-23 with a double, a triple, and a home run. He also drove in 5 RBI, stole 2 bases, walked 3 times and struck out twice.

Anthony Alford remains hot, hitting .333 with an RBI, was a perfect 4-for-4 in the stolen base department, and collected 3 doubles. He’s still striking out too much but had a good week drawing walks with 8 over 5 games.

Pitchers

Jesus Tinoco, a 20 year old from Venezuela, made his season debut on May 6th. He pitched 4 innings, allowed 4 hits, walked 2 and struck out 3. He induced 5 ground ball, 8 fly ball and 2 line drives, while holding opposing batters to a .235 BA.

Starlyn Suriel allowed one run, solo home run, a walk and registered 2 strike outs in 4 innings (2 RP) this week. He got the win on the 6th in relief of Tinoco, pitching a perfect 5th inning. In his next appearance he went 3 inning, allowing one run. He needs to do a better job of keeping the ball on the ground. In his 4 innings he allowed 10 fly balls, compared to 2 ground balls.

Player Movement 

Welcome to Jesus Tinoco

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