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Raccoons (32-42) @ Aces (39-36) – June 24-26, 2058

The Raccoons entered the new week eight paws short with both Bobby Herrera and Paul Labonte being unavailable or day-to-day and not expected to get better for the entirety of the Vegas series. The Aces had swept the Raccoons in the first meeting of these teams in ’58 and were having their best run in a while, sitting just one game behind first place in a tightly packed CL South. They were scoring the absolute most runs in the CL, but were also giving up the absolute most runs, for a +3 run differential, so there was still a lot of room for improvement. Ray Benner and Alex Alfaro were notables on the DL for Vegas.

Projected matchups:
Chance Fox (0-1, 7.11 ERA) vs. Kris Robbins (7-3, 4.23 ERA)
Ramon Carreno (3-8, 4.45 ERA) vs. Marcus Wilkins (3-5, 5.26 ERA)
Cameron Argenziano (2-0, 2.73 ERA) vs. Adam Johnson (1-1, 9.20 ERA)

We were expecting nothing but right-handers. Johnson was a 35-year-old AAA veteran with ten career starts and barely over 130 innings in the majors across the decade of the 2050s that was probably actively contemplating retirement right now.

Meanwhile, how did we get Chance Fox on the roster? That was an interesting question. The axe almost fell on routinely lackluster Cuban import Jesus Martinez, and if Labonte hadn’t come down with the craned neck then Bribiesca might have taken the fall now, but in the end Ricky Herrera (1-2, 3.67 ERA) stumbled over being one of four lefty relievers on the roster and the only one with options, no right to refuse a minors assignment, and not being named Matt Walters. I assured him that it was only temporary until we could sort everything else out, but he looked at me like I had just taken away a box of donuts from him.

Game 1
POR: 1B Imai – SS Lavorano – CF Caswell – 3B Brobeck – C Chavez – RF Puckeridge – LF Brassfield – 2B Sheilds – P Fox
LVA: CF Ambriz – 3B Villarreal – RF Austin – LF Hummel – SS Veguilla – 2B J. White – 1B Jacinto – C Mathews – P Robbins

The Raccoons had two walks and two hits in the first inning and scored zero runs, thanks to Lonzo doubling up Toushi, and after the 3-4-5 hitters all reached and filled the bases, Pucks grounded out to Jim White for absolutely nothing. The Aces also had the bases loaded in the first, but with nobody out. Jose Ambriz and Tony Villarreal singled, Fox threw a wild pitch, and Aubrey Austin drew a walk. There was a mound conference 13 pitches into the game, but in the end the Aces went up 2-0 on Ken Hummel’s sac fly and Miguel Veguilla’s groundout. White also grounded out to end the inning. Villarreal’s 2-out, 2-run double chased home Gustavo Jacinto and Ambriz in the bottom 2nd, and while the Coons made up those two runs in the top 3rd when Toushi hit a leadoff double and scored on Noah Caswell’s RBI single, the bases filled up *again* for Pucks, and this time he’d draw a bases-loaded walk to push a run across before Brass and Tyrese Sheilds popped out foul and flatly whiffed, respectively, none of that made Fox’ tossing any better. The Aces would keep whacking balls around, but after the second inning they found the defense a lot and never put more than a runner on base in any inning that Fox pitched from there, which turned out to be another five frames, and didn’t score another run at all. Neither did the Raccoons, all the way up into the ninth inning, where they faced Geoff Sather, ex-Coon, and the lefty gave up a 2-out, pinch-hit homer to Jesus Martinez. It *could* have tied the game, had Bribiesca not hit into a double play to erase Brass’ leadoff walk just ahead of him. Steve Royer scratched out a pinch-hit single to keep the game going, but Lonzo, who had a bleak day with two double plays and a caught stealing, grounded out to Veguilla to end the inning. 4-3 Aces. Imai 1-2, 2 BB, 2B; Royer (PH) 1-1; Caswell 2-4, RBI; Brobeck 3-4; Martinez (PH) 1-1, HR, RBI;

No Aces player struck out in this game. Not in seven innings against Fox, and not in the eighth against Mike Siwik either.

Game 2
POR: 1B Imai – SS Lavorano – CF Caswell – 3B Brobeck – C Chavez – RF Puckeridge – LF Brassfield – 2B Sheilds – P Carreno
LVA: CF Ambriz – 3B Villarreal – RF Austin – LF Hummel – SS Veguilla – 1B Jacinto – 2B J. White – C M. Castillo – P Wilkins

It should be noted that the Aces’ lineup on Monday was heavily right-handed, and they rocked up much the same lineup on Tuesday against Carreno, so he should have it easier than the southpaw Fox, right? Well, both sides had only one base hit in three innings and didn’t get anywhere near scoring, but the Raccoons then dinked out three singles by Caswell, Chavez, and Pucks in the top 4th to take a 1-0 lead before Brass and Sheilds choked again. The lead was short-lived since Villarreal drew a leadoff walk in the home half of the inning, advanced on Austin’s grounder, then scored on a pretty impressive throwing error by Lonzo for two bases. Jacinto singled home the go-ahead run with two outs, and it was 2-1 Vegas.

Top 5th, the Coons loaded the bags as Toushi walked and Lonzo and Caswell singled, all with one out. Brobeck popped out to Villarreal for no gains, but Chavez got a ball up the line in left for a score-flipping 2-run double before Pucks slashed a grounder through the right side of the infield for two more runs on a single, 5-2! And yet, Carreno would not get a win, not even qualify for a potential win. In the bottom 5th he walked Manny Castillo, walked Ambriz, gave up an RBI single to Austin with two outs, walked Hummel, and walked in a run against Veguilla, then was dismissed. Neal Hamann got a grounder to second from Jacinto to bugger out the bloody inning with barely a 5-4 lead on the board.

Royer and Lonzo reached base in the sixth with singles, but Caswell’s long drive to right fell short and ended up in Austin’s glove to end that inning. An error by first baseman Phil Huddleston put Brobeck on base to begin the seventh against right-hander Andy Younge, though, and Pucks would drill a double into the left-center gap to allow Brobeck to score from first for an insurance run. The throw to home plate was late and allowed Pucks to third base. Brass walked, and Sheilds hit into a fielder’s choice at second base, but at least got a runner home. Royer then flew out, bringing on the stretch.

The Coons asked Tanizaki for two innings then, but got three walks to load the bags in the bottom 7th before Nick Thayer barely was called out on a borderline 3-2 pitch to end the inning. That took 35 pitches and we weren’t eager for more. Top 8th, the Coons had the bags full on a potpourri of failure, as Bribiesca reached on an error, Lonzo was nicked, and Caswell only got on with an infield single. Three on, nobody out! Jim Woods hit Brobeck, his second nailed batter of the inning, to force in a run, and then the Raccoons popped out, popped out, and flew out to Ambriz in what was at least a token effort by Brassfield…

The Coons then asked Ornelas for two innings with an 8-4 lead, but he retired nobody and was dismissed after Jim White’s leadoff jack and two walks to Castillo and Huddleston. Siwik got two outs, then walked Austin to fill the bases with two outs. Ken Hummel whacked the first pitch he got through the right side and up the line for extra bases – but perhaps the Aces still had Pucks out there mentally. Pucks was a *good* rightfielder, but Jesus Martinez had a *great* arm, and Martinez had entered with Ornelas in a double switch. Two runs scored, but Martinez thundered down Austin at the plate to end the inning and keep the Raccoons on top by a skinny run. Matt Walters held firm in the ninth inning to ache the W across. 8-7 Raccoons. Lavorano 2-3, BB; Caswell 3-5; Chavez 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI; Puckeridge 3-5, 2B, 4 RBI; Royer (PH) 2-3;

Game 3
POR: 1B Imai – SS Lavorano – CF Caswell – 3B Brobeck – LF Puckeridge – RF Martinez – 2B Bribiesca – C Lathers – P Argenziano
LVA: CF Ambriz – 3B Villarreal – RF Austin – LF Hummel – SS Veguilla – 2B J. White – 1B Jacinto – C Mathews – P A. Johnson

Jesus Martinez went deep for the rubber game’s first run in the second inning, but the Raccoons weren’t done. Bribiesca and Lathers drew 2-out walks, and Argenziano snuck a single through between White and Veguilla that allowed Bribiesca to score from second base. Toushi grounded out, and the Aces tied the game in the same inning, starting with a Brobeck error. White singled the unearned runner Veguilla to third base, Jacinto hit a sac fly, and Johnson whacked a 2-out RBI double before Ambriz grounded out to get even with Argenziano in every regard – except that the runs on Argenziano were unearned. But Tony Villarreal took care of that with his leadoff jack in the bottom 3rd, and now Argenziano also had an earned run on his ledger. Also a 3-2 deficit, yay!

Top 4th, bags full once more; Johnson walked the 6-7 batters, Lathers hit a soft single, and that brought up Argenziano with one out. He struck out, but Toushi sliced a fast grounder past a reaching Johnson and through between the middle infielders for a score-flipping 2-run single. Lonzo added an RBI single to left, and Caswell was only barely retired on a very fine play by Veguilla, ending the inning with the Coons back on top, 5-3. Johnson was pinch-hit for in the bottom 4th, but Andy Younge didn’t do much better, giving up a double to Martinez and a 2-run homer to Bribiesca in the fifth, then a 2-out, bases-clearing double to Pucks in the sixth that brought in Toushi (walk), Lonzo (single), and Brobeck (walk) and put the Coons in double digits. Martinez lashed an RBI double to left against new reliever Andres Flores, who threw a wild pitch, but got Bribiesca to ground out.

The Coons pushed Argenziano as far as possible with the enlarged lead, which turned out to be six and two thirds before Hummel’s RBI double narrowed the score to 11-4 and him and Villarreal were in scoring position for Veguilla. The Coons went to Bravo, who gave up a sharp grounder to Brobeck, but he made the play and the inning ended. The Coons got the run back in their next half-inning as Brobeck and Pucks reached to begin the inning against righty Marco Macias, and Bribiesca now hit an RBI double to left. Lathers fanned and Bravo went to the plate and grounded out, because we wanted another three outs from him, which we also got. Macias loaded the bags with nobody out in the top of the ninth; Toushi doubled, Lonzo was brushed, and Caswell singled to left. The only run in the inning scored on Brobeck’s double-play grounder to Jim White, for which he got no RBI. 13-4 Furballs! Imai 2-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI; Lavorano 3-5, RBI; Martinez 3-4, BB, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI; Bribiesca 2-3, 2 BB, HR, 2B, 3 RBI;

Offense? Offense!

Raccoons (34-43) @ Indians (35-44) – June 27-30, 2058

The teams were virtually tied for fourth place and the season series was tied at four wins apiece, so perhaps this was an even matchup. Indy was battling a .232 team batting average, worst in the league, and scored the third-fewest runs, while their pitching was average at best and they had a -43 run differential (Coons: -10). The Indians had lost a bunch of infielders, with Brent Andrews and Bernie Bahena potentially out for the season, and most notably 16-year veteran Bill Quinteros being out with a strained hamstring.

Projected matchups:
Neal Hamann (2-2, 5.00 ERA) vs. Josh Barbieri (2-8, 4.82 ERA)
Zach Stewart (6-6, 2.98 ERA) vs. Shane Fitzgibbon (8-6, 3.69 ERA)
Chance Fox (0-2, 6.07 ERA) vs. Jeremy Fetta (3-5, 3.59 ERA)
Ramon Carreno (3-8, 4.42 ERA) vs. Chris Kaye (4-5, 4.68 ERA)

Fitzgibbon was the only southpaw we’d see this week. Meanwhile, Bobby Herrera was obviously not ready to take his scheduled start, so the Raccoons improvised with Neal Hamann making a spot start. Hamann had gotten a single out on Tuesday, throwing three pitches, and that had been his only action in the last seven days, so I’d qualify him as rested. Whether he’d qualify as qualified remained to be seen. He sure had starting experience, though – this would be his 80th ABL start against 306 relief appearances. More than half his starts came with the Crusaders (though even then irregularly) in the first half of the decade.

Also, it was just not possible to fit another chum on the roster without culling the Rule 5ers or indeed sending Martinez away, and he had just popped two homers.

Still no Paul Labonte – who had not made an appearance in the Aces series – either, and Lonzo had the day off on Thursday in this long string of games. Caswell, Pucks, and Toushi were all planned to be off on Friday, if we could make that work even.

Game 1
POR: 1B Imai – LF Puckeridge – CF Caswell – C Chavez – 3B Brobeck – RF Royer – SS Bribiesca – 2B Sheilds – P Hamann
IND: SS Kilday – 3B An. Rios – RF O. Ramos – CF Oldfield – 1B Lovins – 2B Ewers – LF S. Thompson – C Villafan – P Barbieri

In the week of the Coons having the bases loaded, the Coons had the bases loaded in the first inning as Pucks walked, Caswell was nicked, and Chavez hit a scratch single. Brobeck doubled home a pair, but Royer and Bribiesca made poor outs. All three of these croaked in the third inning after Cas and Chavez reached base again to start off, and that choke job in turn saw the Indians get a leadoff single from Barbieri in the bottom 3rd and then never let go of Hamann’s throat. Matt Kilday singled, Antonio Rios doubled, Orlando Ramos hit a sac fly, and with two outs Chris Lovins slapped an RBI single to give Indy a 3-2 lead. Kevin Ewers grounded out to end the inning after all.

No W for Barbieri though – he left after four innings with an apparent injury. Same for Hamann, except that he managed to get another three runs beaten over his head before being dismissed. The Coons ended up getting two innings from Ornelas, but only one rally run the entire time when Caswell singled home Pucks after the latter hit a double. The Raccoons, trying to make ends meet somehow, forfeited the game by sending Brobeck to the hill, which also ended up spelling the end of Lonzo’s day off with an XXXL bucket of chicken wings in his clutch on the bench. His fat-soaked paws almost had a Kilday grounder slurch through between his greasy claws, but the defense held up and Brobeck pitched two scoreless innings (!!), but no offense was mounted in the late innings and the Raccoons went down in defeat. 6-3 Indians. Caswell 2-2, BB, RBI; Chavez 2-4; Ornelas 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K; Brobeck 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K;

Turned out it wasn’t feasible to go without all three of Cas, Pucks, and Toushi on Friday, so Pucks was in the lineup again, manning first base. He’d be off on Saturday instead.

Game 2
POR: 2B Labonte – SS Lavorano – C Chavez – RF Martinez – 1B Puckeridge – LF Brassfield – CF Royer – 3B Bribiesca – P Stewart
IND: SS Kilday – 3B An. Rios – RF O. Ramos – LF Abel – CF Oldfield – 1B Lovins – 2B Ewers – C Lefebvre – P Fitzgibbon

Stewart walked three Arrowheads and gave up two runs right out of the gate, so that was excellent, especially for a team with a completely plundered bullpen at this stage. Antonio Rios and Kevin Abel singles and an error by the returning Labonte added an unearned run in the bottom 3rd, and that was the score through to the seventh-inning stretch: 3-0 Indians, on just four hits off an erratic Stewart, who needed 87 pitches for six innings. The Raccoons offense was abjectly horrendous; up to the stretch they found six singles and three double plays, two of them on Trent Brassfield. We ended up squeezing out Stewart for 105 pitches to get through the seventh, which began with a Kilday double. The runner was barely stranded at third base on a string of groundouts. Fitzgibbon allowed a 1-out double to Bribiesca in the eighth inning, but Caswell and Labonte grounded out pathetically. Very much giving up, the Raccoons sent out Matt Walters for the bottom 8th. Cory Oldfield’s leadoff triple and Chris Lovins’ sac fly to left dropped an extra run on him, while Fitzgibbon continued in the ninth inning until he walked Chavez and Martinez singled softly with one out. Bill Lawrence replaced him, giving up a long fly to Pucks, but that ended up with Oldfield. Toushi batted for Brassfield and walked, which brought the tying run to the plate in Royer after all – and Royer’s first pitch was grounded to Kevin Ewers for the game to end miserably. 4-0 Indians. Puckeridge 3-4; Stewart 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, L (6-7);

Stewart only made it to the honorable mentions for resilience, not for actually pitching well.

The good news was that Bobby Herrera was healing up and we expected him to pitch on Sunday now in place of Carreno, but Fox took the start on Saturday as scheduled.

Game 3
POR: 2B Labonte – SS Lavorano – CF Caswell – 3B Brobeck – 1B Imai – RF Martinez – LF Royer – C Lathers – P Fox
IND: SS Kilday – 3B An. Rios – RF O. Ramos – LF Abel – CF Oldfield – 1B Lovins – 2B Ewers – C Villafan – P Fetta

A single, a walk, an error, bases loaded, and Jesus Martinez grounding out to short to keep everybody stranded – Saturday’s game began as if we had to chew the same old boot all over again. Indeed, Fox walked Rios and then fell behind 1-0 on 2-out singles by Abel and Oldfield before Lovins struck out. Top 2nd, Royer drew a leadoff walk, stole second, and was stranded on third base by a whole loada nothing. Lonzo’s leadoff single in the third ended with him being caught stealing, but Caswell walked and was driven home by Brobeck to at least get even. For like five minutes. Kilday and Rios went to the corners with leadoff singles in the bottom 3rd, and while Ramos whiffed, Kevin Abel’s grounder to third glitched through Brobeck’s silly paws for an error, and Kilday scored, 2-1 Indy. Oldfield sloshed an RBI single to left before Lovins fanned and Ewers flew out to Martinez to leave two aboard. Indy doubled their output in the fourth inning in just nine pitches: Willie Villafan singled to left and gained 90 feet when Royer overran the ball, then was bunted to third base. Kilday popped out, but Rios bashed an RBI double and Ramos crushed a huge homer to right-center. 6-1.

Aside from a pinch-hit RBI single by Pucks later in the game, there was absolutely no rally in the useless pelts, either, and the Indians comfortably went on to win yet another game in the series, but at least we got Brobeck in to pitch in the eighth (and give up a run) again… This somehow still lowered his ghastly ERA…… 7-2 Indians. Brobeck 2-4, RBI; Puckeridge (PH) 1-1, RBI;

Morgan Lathers (.189, 1 HR, 4 RBI) was optioned to St. Petersburg after the game and replaced with rookie Cortez Chavez, a 24-year-old seventh-rounder from two years ago, hitting .296 with one homer in 33 games with the Alley Cats.

Game 4
POR: 2B Labonte – SS Lavorano – CF Caswell – C M. Chavez – LF Puckeridge – RF Martinez – 1B Brassfield – 3B Sheilds – P B. Herrera
IND: SS Kilday – 3B An. Rios – LF O. Ramos – CF Oldfield – 1B Ewers – RF Abel – 2B M. Weber – C Lefebvre – P Kaye

Labonte singled, Lonzo singled, Caswell walked, and the bags were full with nobody out in the first on Sunday. Kaye threw nothing but balls to Chavez to force in a run, but then the Raccoons tried to get cute and poked pointlessly. Pucks still hit a sac fly, 2-0, but Martinez and Brass popped out and two runners were stranded. Straight hits by the 2-3-4 folk gave Indy a run back off the returning Bobby Herrera in the bottom 1st, however. The Raccoons took the run back – in unearned fashion. Tyrese Sheilds reached on an error by Kaye, who maybe hurt himself on that play already, but soldiered on through the inning, giving up the unearned run on a Lonzo single, but then was already hit for in the bottom 2nd.

Also, when was the best time to point out that Herrera was atrocious? He walked Mike Weber in the second, got around that, but then nailed Rios to begin the third, allowed a sharp single to Ramos, and then an RBI single to Ewers, narrowing the score to 3-2. He wasn’t fooling anybody, and the Indians were following the trail of a topsy-turvy Raccoon to complete the sweep.

IF they could sort out their own pitching; for the second time in the game Tyrese Sheilds reached base to begin the fourth inning, this time with a single, and again scored on a 2-out single by Lonzo, who both times stole second base, and was stranded by Caswell twice. Herrera meanwhile stumbled around a leadoff double by Michael Lefebvre in the bottom 4th when Martinez rushed to catch a Rios looper on the run to end the inning with Lefebvre left on third base. Oldfield and Ewers took the corners in the fifth until stranded on Weber’s grounder to Labonte, and Herrera was not brought back out after three long at-bats in the sixth, but maintained a 4-2 lead.

Lonzo remained unretired with a 1-out double off Bill Lawrence in the seventh inning, but was then caught stealing third base after Cas walked. Cas moved up to second, from where Marcos Chavez doubled him in. Tanizaki threw a scoreless seventh before Lawrence got drubbed to begin the top 8th. Martinez doubled loudly, Brass was walked intentionally, but Sheilds socked another double and drove in a run. Toushi was walked intentionally when he batted for Tanizaki against righty Tim Jacoby, who then rung up Labonte. Lonzo grounded out, but added another run to the tally doing so, unlike Caswell, who also grounded out to Weber at second. Siwik handled the eighth, and Cortez Chavez officially made his debut as pinch-hitter for Martinez in the ninth inning, grounding out to short. Eloy Sencion handled the ninth, not giving up a run despite giving up two hits. 7-2 Coons. Lavorano 4-5, 2B, 3 RBI; Puckeridge 2-4, 2B, RBI; Sheilds 3-5, 2B, RBI;

In other news

June 25 – Miners middle infielder Ryan Spehar (.295, 6 HR, 31 RBI) is ruled out for six weeks with a broken rib.
June 26 – Indians and Thunder play 14 innings until the Indians prevail for an 8-5 win, with more than half of the game’s runs scoring in that 14th inning, which begins in a 3-3 tie.

FL Player of the Week: SFW LF/RF Jose Marroquin (.230, 10 HR, 45 RBI), thundering .323 (10-31) with 6 HR, 15 RBI
CL Player of the Week: BOS 3B/2B Diego Mendoza (.351, 5 HR, 36 RBI), hitting .650 (13-20) with 1 HR, 6 RBI

FL Hitter of the Month: SFW 1B Miguel Medina (.326, 11 HR, 58 RBI), bashing .383 with 6 HR, 30 RBI
CL Hitter of the Month: BOS 3B/2B Diego Mendoza (.351, 5 HR, 36 RBI), dishing .430 with 2 HR, 17 RBI
FL Pitcher of the Month: LAP SP Andy Overy (6-4, 4.50 ERA), going 4-0 in 6 starts, with a 1.04 ERA, 38 K
CL Pitcher of the Month: NYC SP Kennedy Adkins (6-2, 1.94 ERA, 10 SV), going 3-0 in 6 starts, with a 1.49 ERA, 24 K
FL Rookie of the Month: DAL OF Tyler Wharton (.251, 1 HR, 21 RBI), hitting .292 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
CL Rookie of the Month: BOS 3B/2B Diego Mendoza (.351, 5 HR, 36 RBI), filling his trophy cabinet quite nicely

Complaints and stuff

(groans) …and it’s another eight games in seven days until the sweet release of … well, the All Star Game. It’s *another* 73 games after that… The horror.

The horror!

Noah Caswell is the only batter with an OPS+ over 100 on the roster, and Sencion and Bravo are the only relievers with a FIP better than 3, and the only starters with a FIP better than 4 are Stewart and … Fox??

Cristiano tries to assure me that it’s growing pains with Fox and that he can hold his own in the majors. He didn’t strike out anybody on Monday, but whiffed six on Saturday. Yeah, and he also got whacked like doomsday was upon him. Great.

Daniel Amburn was stricken off the 40-man roster to make room for Cortez Chavez. Amburn had been acquired from the Thunder two winters ago but had never made it to the Raccoons and wasn’t close to doing so in the future either. He was 26, and far from the only 26-ish-year-old nothing-second baseman lingering in AAA. Ryan Allred, anyone?

The new month starts on Monday and with that the International Free Agent window opens. The excitement for us is limited this year, since we blew $1.6M compared to a $700k-ish soft cap last year, and won’t be allowed to sign anybody for more than precisely $62,500 this year.

Titans, Elks next week. Might be tight schedule to find last place by the break, but if a team can do it and sag five games to the Elks in seven days, it’s this one.

Fun Fact: Bill Quinteros missed 20 games or fewer in 12 of his 16 major league seasons.

Won’t be this year, though. However, he played 127+ games in all but one year, the exception being his annus horribilis in 2049, when he tumbled from injury to injury: quad, concussion, hand laceration, shoulder bursitis – he played in only 75 games, mostly miserably, that year, hitting .235 with 15 homers. Still good for a 127 OPS+, mind, but he’s a regular in the 150s to this day at age 37, a slip two years ago when he hit just .238/.388/.347 aside.

Everybody’s waiting for Quinteros to come back in Indy, because they’re waiting for his 300th homer. He currently has 299 with 1,135 RBI. He stole 213 bases earlier in his career and took home six Platinum Sticks while batting .272/.401/.447 with 2,157 hits for his career.