Mormon Baseball

Former BYU Cougar Jaycob Brugman, who was drafted in the 17th round this past summer, is starting to make his mark in the New York-Penn League. After a slow start, Brugman’s stats are improving, and this past week he was stellar, hitting 9 for 27, scoring 3 times and earning 4 rbis.
This week he also reached the top of the league stats, when his 22 rbis reached the top ten.

Brugman isn’t the only draftee from BYU who is doing well. Adam Law continues to tear up the Arizona League, with a .380 average and league-leading stats in runs scored and stolen bases. His performance has been strong long enough that it doesn’t seem like a fluke. I have to wonder how long the Dodgers will wait to move Law up a level.

Among pitchers another recent draftee, Adam Miller, had a strong week, despite taking a loss. Miller didn’t give up a single earned run in his 7 innings of work, but errors led to 3 unearned runs, leading to the loss. Miller’s season era stands at 3.58 over more than 27 innings. He also has 23 strike outs and just 6 walks so far. We also saw strong performances from Nik Turley, whose era is down to about 4, and Matt Neil, who was recently moved back down to the AA Eastern League from the PCL and promptly demonstrated his ability to easily handle the AA level.

Mitch Maier remains on the DL, while the Oakland A’s Adam Rosales was promoted back to the majors from AAA Sacramento. And Mitch Talbot pitched 3 innings of rehab in the rookie Gulf Coast League on the way back to the PCL New Orleans Zephyrs.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jaycob Brugman (New York-Penn-A-) — 22 RBIs (tied 9th)
• Adam Law (Arizona-Rookie) — .380 BA (2nd), .453 OBP (2nd), 29 runs (1st); 21 stolen bases (1st)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Taylor Cole (Midwest-A) — 104.1 IP (tied 10th)
• Nik Turley (Eastern-AA) — 8 wins (tied 5th); 104 strike outs (tied 7th)

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Current Roster Players:

• Jaycob Brugman — outfielder — Vermont Lake Monsters (New York-Penn League A short season) — Oakland As
  9 for 27 (.333) 3 run, 4 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 4 so
  YTD: .260, 10 run, 22 rbi, 1 hr, 4 bb, 3 sb, 32 so in 123 at bats
• Tyson Brummett — relief pitcher (right handed) — New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA Eastern League) — Toronto Blue Jays
  0-1, 7.71 era, 8 hits, 4 er, 4 k, 1 bb in 4.2 innings
  YTD: 1-6, 6.19 era, 76 hits, 47 er, 66 k, 27 bb in 68.1 innings
• Taylor Cole — starting pitcher (right handed) — Lansing Lugnuts (Midwest League A) — Toronto Blue Jays
  0-1, 11.25 era, 9 hits, 5 er, 3 k, 2 bb in 4.0 innings
  YTD: 5-10, 4.23 era, 117 hits, 49 er, 74 k, 51 bb in 104.1 innings
• Jeff Gelalich — outfielder — Dayton Dragons (Midwest League A) — Cincinnati Reds
  5 for 20 (.250) 3 run, 1 rbi, 1 hr, 5 bb, 1 sb, 9 so
  YTD: .268, 52 run, 32 rbi, 1 hr, 47 bb, 18 sb, 74 so in 336 at bats
• Jacob Hannemann — outfielder — Boise Hawks (Northwest Leauge A short season) — Chicago Cubs
  2 for 8 (.250) 1 run, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 4 so
  YTD: .268, 9 run, 7 rbi, 1 hr, 2 bb, 4 sb, 12 so in 71 at bats
• Bryan Harper — relief pitcher (left handed) — Hagerstown Suns (South Atlantic League – A) — Washington Nationals
  0-0, 5.40 era, 0 hits, 1 er, 2 k, 1 bb in 1.2 innings
  YTD: 5-1, 4.95 era, 27 hits, 20 er, 36 k, 25 bb in 36.1 innings
• Cale Iorg — Second base — Aberdeen IronBirds (New York-Penn League A short season) — Baltimore Orioles
  Did not play. Reportedly demoted from Bowie Baysox (Eastern League AA)
  YTD: .145, 5 run, 6 rbi, 1 hr, 4 bb, 3 sb, 22 so in 55 at bats
• Adam Law — 3rd base — AZL Dodgers (Arizona Leauge rookie) — LA Dodgers
  9 for 17 (.529) 5 run, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 3 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .380, 29 run, 14 rbi, 0 hr, 12 bb, 21 sb, 19 so in 121 at bats
• Marcus Littlewood — catcher — Clinton LumberKings (Midwest League – A) — Seattle Mariners
  3 for 9 (.333) 1 run, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 3 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .245, 21 run, 11 rbi, 3 hr, 22 bb, 1 sb, 37 so in 143 at bats
• Mitch Maier — outfielder —Pawtucket Red Sox (International League – AAA) — Boston Red Sox
  Did not play. on 7-day DL
  YTD: .315, 31 run, 22 rbi, 3 hr, 23 bb, 3 sb, 25 so in 108 at bats
• Taylor Mangum — relief pitcher (right-handed) — Brevard County Manatees (Florida State League – A+) — Milwaukee Brewers
  0-0, 2.25 era, 4 hits, 1 er, 4 k, 2 bb in 4.0 innings
  YTD: 2-6, 3.35 era, 48 hits, 18 er, 47 k, 17 bb in 48.1 innings
• Adam Miller — pitcher (right-handed) — Missoula Osprey (Pioneer League – Rookie) — Arizona Diamondbacks
  0-1, 0.00 era, 5 hits, 0 er, 6 k, 2 bb in 7.0 innings
  YTD: 0-1, 3.58 era, 28 hits, 11 er, 23 k, 6 bb in 27.2 innings
• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher (right handed) — Pawtucket Red Sox (International League – AAA) — Boston Red Sox
  0-0, 18.00 era, 4 hits, 4 er, 4 k, 0 bb in 2.0 innings
  YTD: 1-0, 4.86 era, 16 hits, 9 er, 18 k, 12 bb in 16.2 innings
  Majors YTD: 1-2, 5.34 era, 32 hits, 18 er, 21 k, 16 bb in 30.1 innings
• Matt Neil — starting pitcher (right handed) — Jacksonville Suns (Southern League – AA) — Miami Marlins
  1-0, 0.00 era, 2 hits, 0 er, 6 k, 2 bb in 6.2 innings
  YTD: 4-5, 4.24 era, 101 hits, 43 er, 79 k, 27 bb in 91.1 innings
• Stephen Parker — 3rd base — Nashville Sounds (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Milwaukee Brewers
  1 for 10 (.100) 1 run, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 1 sb, 6 so
  YTD: .207, 27 run, 25 rbi, 6 hr, 34 bb, 3 sb, 83 so in 300 at bats
• Shane Peterson — outfielder — Sacramento River Cats (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Oakland A’s (40-man MLB roster)
  2 for 16 (.125) 3 run, 3 rbi, 1 hr, 7 bb, 2 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .227, 50 run, 54 rbi, 7 hr, 57 bb, 15 sb, 92 so in 339 at bats
• Adam Rosales — shortstop — Sacramento River Cats (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Oakland A’s (40-man MLB roster)
  Did not play — promoted to the majors
  YTD: .280, 7 run, 7 rbi, 1 hr, 3 bb, 1 sb, 8 so in 50 at bats
• Mitch Talbot — starting pitcher (right handed) — GCL Marlins (Gulf Coast League – Rookie)— Miami Marlins
  Rehab Assignment
  1-0, 0.00 era, 3 hits, 0 er, 3 k, 1 bb in 3.0 innings
  YTD: 2-0, 0.00 era, 5 hits, 0 er, 6 k, 3 bb in 8.0 innings
• Nik Turley — starting pitcher (right handed) — Trenton Thunder (Eastern League – AA) — New York Yankees (40-man MLB roster)
  1-0, 0.00 era, 1 hits, 0 er, 8 k, 5 bb in 6.0 innings
  YTD: 8-5, 4.08 era, 88 hits, 48 er, 108 k, 54 bb in 106.0 innings

Foreign Leagues:

• Brandon Duckworth — starting pitcher (right handed) — Rakuten Golden Eagles (Japan)
  1-0, 1.50 era, 5 hits, 1 er, 4 k, 1 bb in 6.0 innings
  YTD: 5-4, 3.39 era, 62 hits, 25 er, 42 k, 30 bb in 66.1 innings

Last Year’s players released: (could still be picked up by other teams)

• Derek Cone — starting pitcher (right handed) — Los Angeles Dodgers organization Released.
  Cone has returned to school at ASU pursuing a degree in Accounting
• Willie Mays Eyre — starting pitcher (right handed) — Texas Rangers organization
  Retired
• Austin Hall — pitcher (right handed) — AZL Brewers (Arizona Leauge Rookie) — Milwaukee Brewers
• Blaine Howell — relief pitcher (left handed) — unassigned?? (was with Bakersfield Blaze of the California League – A+) — Cincinnati Reds
• Kyle Hurst — relief pitcher (right handed) — Independent
  Released
• Lance Pendleton — starting pitcher (right handed) — Tampa Bay Ray’s organization
  Released
  Now a salesman with Baker Hughes
• Jordan Whatcott — relief pitcher (right handed) — Philadelphia Phillies organization
  Released

Other players who may be Mormon:
[We need to determine if these players are Mormon before publishing further information about them.]

Rick Anton, Jay Brossman, Brian Budrow, Tyler Chism, Dallas Christison, Stephen Fife, Tyler Hanks,Steve Hirschfeld, Zachary Jones, Ryan Khoury, Kam Mickolio (apparently not Mormon, but I don’t have evidence either way), Cole Miles, A. J. Murray, Jordan Taylor Pratt, Tanner Robles, Braeden Schlehuber, Justin Smith, Matt Spring, Brad Thompson

Non-Mormons who may be confused for Mormons

Matt Carson (non-Mormon who went to BYU), Derek Christensen, Egan Smith, Jordan Smith