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2031 SEASON WEEK 17
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 49-54 29 GB (Las Vegas 79-26)
RUNS SCORED: 484 (34) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 499 (31) 9th
OWNER/FANS: Very Happy 54/100 (+2)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ West Michigan/3 vs Michigan/Off Day/2 vs New Orleans

7/21
SAN 5 WMI 4
W-Sanchez (1-1) L-Flores (11-7) S-Hidalgo (18)
HR SAN-Mathews (5) Craig (18) WMI-Henderson (4)
Williams 4 IP 6 H 4 BB 4 ER left with the bases loaded, Sanchez gets huge DP. Pen throws 5 hitless innings.
Craig 3-4 2B (17) HR 2 RBI's (52) Mathews 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (12)

MILESTONE-Mario Gomez drills a double in the 3rd to join the 2000 hit club.



2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Felix Torres 9/8/25 (32 years 288 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days) 1st member
Tony Greene (PHI) 5/17/31 (34 years 15 days) 3 run HR off Adrian Gomez (HOU) in the bottom of the 5th
Mario Gomez (CHI) 7/21/31 (34 years 95 days) 2B off Wilber Chase (CC) in the bottom of the 3rd
George Quinn 7/20/29 (34 years 293 days)
Cliff Edwards 7/9/28 (35 years 22 days)
Andre Blakeway 4/23/30 (35 years 74 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Jimmy Rollins 6/19/30 (35 years 204 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/14/27 (36 years 33 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)
Fred Gill 8/21/30 (38 years 13 days)
Tim Davis 7/20/27 (42 years 169 days)

7/22
SAN 9 MICH 2
W-Scott (1-0) L-Pearson (8-8)
HR MICH-Carson (2)
Scott 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 6 K's 0 BB (1-0 1.69 in first 2 starts)
Pearson (MICH) 5 IP 5 H 8 BB's 7 ER
Drew a season high 13 walks. Weijers 1-3 2 BB 2 SB (24) 3 Runs Cruz 1-2 2 Runs 3 BB's Buck 2-4 2 RBI's (6)

7/23
MICH 3 SAN 2
W-Parsons (8-11) L-Green (9-9) S-Reed (23)
HR MICH-Jackson (13) Dunn (8)
Parsons (MICH) 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 8 K's Green 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 6 K's 4 BB's 2 HR's (9-9 4.72 and still no takers for him with a week to go to the deadline.)

INJURY NEWS-Huge news out of Alaska. 23 year old phenom Jose Valencia will miss the next 12-14 months after undergoing UCL surgery. He skyrocketed up the system after being acquired in the mega deal with the Knights (Drake, Hernandez). Was 19-4 last year in AA, 1-0 in AAA and started this season in the Avalanche pen. He went into the rotation, was 6-2 in 16 games, 9 starts, 68.1 IP 54 H 72 K's and 20 walks. David Rodgers will re-enter the rotation, he's 8-0 3.34.

Speaking of Alaska, they won 2-0 yesterday to move to 86-14. They did so on a combined 2-hitter. RJ went 8-1-0-0-1-14 on 114 pitches. Casas got his 31st save. Randy has now made 21 starts, thrown 164 innings and yielded just 77 hits to 66 walks, with 216 K's. He's yielding a staggering 4.23 H/9 and has surpassed his VORP of 63.1 last year, with 2+ months to go. Over the past 2 seasons he's made 54 starts, thrown 395.1 IP, given up 242 H, walked 164 and struck out a mind blowing 530 batters for an ERA of 2.73. This year LHH have just 13 hits in 160 official at bats (.081), with 76 K's and 6 BB's. They've hit 2 home runs off him. Roberto Berino of Providence and Mauro Ibarbia of New York and only 1 batter has hit 2 home runs in a game off him in the past 54 starts, Noel Bertrand of New Hampshire, he drove in all 6 runs in a 6-3 loss with 2 3 run home runs.

7/24
SAN 5 MICH 4
W-Valdez (3-1) L-Woods (6-4) S-Hidalgo (19)
HR SAN-Cruz (9)
Miller 6.1 IP 8 H 4 ER 3 K's, gives up 4-1 lead in the 7th.
Buck bases loaded 3B (2) 3 RBI's (9) Heeren playing hurt 2-3
Macias (MICH) 4-5 2B (14)

7/25
Off Day

7/26
NO 7 SAN 6
W-Matsuda (12-8) L-Valdez (3-2) S-Turner (27)
HR NO-Edwards (27) Hester (6) SAN-Bullock (34)
Chambers 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 7 K's 4 BB all 7 relievers threw, and blew the game.
Hester (NO) PH 3 run HR off Hidalgo. Bullock 3-5 2B (22) HR RBI (68)

7/27
NO 11 SAN 7
W-Crosby (2-1) L-Hidalgo (4-2)
HR NO-Edwards (28) Jordan (7) SAN-Weijers 2 (19) Cook 2 (20)
Williams 6.2 IP 7 H 6 ER on 2 3-run homers Hidalgo 0.2 IP 2 H 5 R 3 ER 2 BB BS (3) L
Santos (NO) 1-3 3 Runs Edwards (NO) 1-2 2 BB's 3 Runs 3 RBI's (88) Jordan HR 3 RBI's (37)
Weijers 2-4 2 HR's 5 RBI's (67) Ramirez 3-4 Cook 2-4 2 HR's 2 RBI's (46)

MILESTONE-Pedro Dejesus has a 2 HR game, the 2nd a game winner and his 300th career.



300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) 3-4 3 HR's 4 RBI's off Columbus
Jeffrey Hudson (CHI) 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days) Solo HR off New Hampshire
George Quinn 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days)
Valentin Maitani 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days) 1st member
Horst Grueter 5/9/28 (31 years 2 days)
Tony Greene 5/19/28 (31 years 19 days)
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days)
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
David Walker 9/5/28 (32 years 14 days)
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Pedro De Jesus (MICH) 7/27/31 (32 years 158 days) 2 run HR off Bill Mcwhirr (NH) in the bottom of the 7th . 2nd of 2 HR's in the game. 3-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 8/28/30 (32 years 187 days)
George Tanner (COL) 5/1/31 (32 years 296 days) Solo HR off Jesus Martinez (HAW) in the bottom of the 7th.
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Michael Moran 9/24/24 (33 years 232 days)
Caden Haynes 8/23/22 (33 years 259 days)
Ross Tunstall 7/21/20 (33 years 273 days)
Cliff Edwards 4/17/27 (33 years 303 days)
Troy Glaus 6/13/25 (33 years 310 days)
Travis Bryant 7/15/19 (34 years 133 days)
Rafael Cuesta 9/7/24 (34 years 181 days)
Paul Reeves 7/7/25 (34 years 237 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Ricardo Flores 6/4/31 (35 years 231 days)
Pedro Debesa 7/11/31 (35 years 268 days)
Fred Gill 9/2/28 (36 years 27 days)
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Abel Bernarda 6/8/28 (37 years 39 days)
Scott Rolen 6/8/27 (37 years 66 days)
Alejandro Villanueva 8/11/23 (37 years 262 days)
Bill Hill 9/3/20 (38 years 9 days)
Tim Davis 4/4/2024 (39 years 63 days)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Nherbert Yogorre (HAW) 15-32 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.453-4-12)
CL POTW-Ronnie Ritchie (BOS) 11-27 3 HR's 13 RBI's (.280-12-37)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Las Vegas (2)
3) Green Bay (3) Same 1,2,3 for like 3 months now.
4) New Orleans (-)
5) Columbus (4)
OUT Frenso (10)

14) San Antonio (11)

NEWS/NOTES
A ton of trades this week as the deadline is fast approaching.

Takes one to get one. Ward is a player many feel is headed to stardom, but Fresno pays in RP Ron McKinzie and one of the premier arms in the minors in Bill White, the 3rd overall pick out of Kalani HS in Hawaii in 2028. A 6'5” beast. Houston took Ward with the 12th overall pick out of Georgetown in 2027, he was the IBL's 14th ranked prospect heading into 2029 when he tore up AAA. Supreme defender in LF and CF, decent runner with a bat that's still growing. Scouts peg him as a .290-25+ HR guy with extremely good On base skills.

Dallas throws a pair of deals out there, this year and likely the next 2 or so, lost. Rios is a very good prospect, El Paso is looking for pen help.
Two teams swapping veterans in the 2nd deal. Green Bay looking for some OF depth.

Moore is a very good receiver who can hit. Spent 7+ years in Chicago as a backup before grabbing the full time job, for the 1st time, last year in Dayton. He's a career .300/.367/.425 hitter in 450 games with 33 HR's. Brooklyn's 27 year old catcher Gabriel Benitez is struggling defensively and is down to .202 on the year in 92 games. Delgado moves right into the Providence lineup at SS. Long is a flamethrower, taken 63rd overall in the 2028 draft by the Patriots, out of Yonkers HS, NY. He heads to Class A Huntington.



You'd think a team with an .853 winning percentage would be standing pat. Not Alaska, they deal a very good backup in Castillanos, who will take over the every day job in Staten Island, to fill the hole left when Rodgers went into the rotation to replace Valencia. Staten Island thought enough of Francisco that Alaska managed to snag a 20 year old bomber in 1B Nate Cook, the Yanks 2nd rounder last year (67th overall)

El Paso sends another top prospect out the door, this time to San Jose in to acquire OF Santiago Gonzalez. An OF (all 3 spots) and a 3B, good bat, switch hitter, as good a RF as there is. Rutledge is a top shelf LH SP prospect with 3+ pitches and outstanding control.

The Bulldogs grab an outstanding catcher in Daniel Johnson while Houston plugs a hole with Tamura and a decent prospect in Owens. The Roughriders are apparently giving the everyday job behind the dish to 25 year old Yu Lok. Anyone that's seen him play say the only legitimate comparison is Johnny Bench or Yadier Molina defensively. All his tools rate 20+ defensively.