Link Report for Wednesday 9/6 - Sky Sox Begin 1st Postseason Run in 20 Years

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Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

Times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Taylor Jungmann at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:35 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime, it's Game One of a Best-of-Five Series

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson)

 

MiLB.TV is available for the playoffs and offseason archives for $19.99 if you're not already a subscriber.

 

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Helena: RHP Harold Chirino at Billings (Reds), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017

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Follow Wednesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Helena

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Look for this just prior to game time --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

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STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division

 

AA - Southern League South Division

 

High-A - Carolina League Southern Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

Pioneer League North Division

 

Arizona League Central Division

 

Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division

 

Dominican Summer League North Division

 

NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link.

 

NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link.

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

DSL Brewers/Indians

 

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Weather.com:

 

Memphis, TN

 

Billings, MT

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First posted last Sunday 8/27 --

 

AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: Part One of a conversation with Athletic Trainer Aaron Hoback

 

Part Two has now been released

 

And the conversation wraps up in Part Three

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Memphis Redbirds: 5 things to watch in the PCL playoffs

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The Inner Monologue of @DimTillard Playoffs & PONAR

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Mudcats Press Release --

 

Yamamoto named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week

Jordan Yamamoto pitched through 14.0 scoreless innings between August 28 and September 4

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Catch up on the Sky Sox and Timber Rattler season-ending games, new posts up today.

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From the Transaction Thread --

 

Via the Sky Sox -- finalizing the playoff-opening roster:

 

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers have announced that RHP Rob Scahill and RHP Michael Blazek have been reinstated from the temporary inactive list. In addition, OF Johnny Davis, OF Troy Stokes Jr. and RHP Aaron Wilkerson have been transferred from Double-A Biloxi to Colorado Springs.

 

In a trio of corresponding moves, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis and LHP Andrew Barbosa have been transferred to Double-A Biloxi and RHP Wuilder Rodriguez has been transferred to Class-A Carolina. Roster at 25.

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Final: Memphis 4, Colorado Springs 1

 

Sky Sox Drop Game One

Nate Orf drove in the lone Sky Sox run in the third inning on a two-out single; Aaron Wilkerson makes Sky Sox season debut in game two Thursday night

By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Other than these three Taylor Jungmann pitches, he pitched well enough, but here you go --

 

 

 

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

CF Johnny Davis 1-for-4 but caught stealing in his AAA debut...

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

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Final: Billings 10, Helena 2

 

Brewers Held To Four Hits at Dehler Park

Helena scores a run in the first, manages just three hits in the remaining eight innings in a 10-2 defeat against the Mustangs

By Garrett Greene / Helena Brewers

 

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Helena Box Score

 

RHP's Nelson Hernandez (innings now limited) and Parker Bean with scoreless relief stints.

 

Love, love, love 19-year-old 6'3" corner infielder Gabriel Garcia, on base all four times here and now at .304/.421/.509.

 

Helena Game Log

[Noche]

Best part about Gabby Garcia is his batting line actually slightly improved with the jump to R+.

[CheezWizHed]

Best part about Gabby Garcia is his batting line actually slightly improved with the jump to R+.

 

Second best is that he already shows a good hit tool and great eye (304/421), but his slugging could really improve over the next couple years. Not that his slugging is shabby (509), but at 19 and 6'3", he is probably about to grow into his power potential.

 

The knock would be his 29% K rate. I'd feel more comfortable about his projection if that was a bit lower. I couldn't find it on milb.com or baseballreference, but his BABIP must be very high given his high K rate and high batting average.

 

Still, if he projects out to 275/375/550... that is a nice player.

[Outlander]

That is where his ability to walk help as his strikeout rate is really 24% vs. 29%. Not great, but cold live with it.

[And That]

I couldn't find it on milb.com or baseballreference, but his BABIP must be very high given his high K rate and high batting average.

2016: .394

2017: .393

 

Another bizarrely similar year-to-year stat for Garcia.