Mormon Baseball

The Lansing Lugnut’s Taylor Cole has struggled this season, but seems to be slowly improving, especially in July, given Cole’s  2.52 era for the month. This past week he was even better, earning a 1.64 era over 11 innings, despite winning 1 and losing the other of the two games he pitched. Overall he has a sub-4.00 era and a 5-9 record with 71 strike outs. He must be showing coaches what they want to see because they keep starting him and keeping him in the games—he now is 9th in the league in innings pitched at just over 100, more than his totals in either of his previous two seasons in the Northwest (A short season) league.

Among batters Jaycob Brugman had a strong week, hitting 6 for 19 (.316) while scoring twice and earning a stunning 8 rbis! For the season he is hitting .240 with 18 rbis and a home run. Perhaps this signals that Brugman has become accustomed to the New York-Penn league and will perform at his potential. More amazing is Adam Law, who continues to tear up the Arizona league. Law was 10 for 26 (.385) last week, scoring 6 runs and stealing 6 bags. He now leads the league in both stolen bases and runs scored. And with over 100 at bats, its a little hard to characterize his performance as just a hot streak.

Mitch Maier and Mitch Talbot continue on the DL. Jacob Hannemann returned from the DL and played a couple games in the rookie league before returning to the Boise Hawks (Northwest League – A short season) for a game last week.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Adam Law (Arizona-Rookie) — .356 BA (5th), .866 OPS (10th), .443 OBP (3rd), 24 runs (1st); 18 stolen bases (1st)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Taylor Cole (Midwest-A) — 100.1 IP (9th)
• Nik Turley (Eastern-AA) — 7 wins (tied 9th); 96 strike outs (9th)

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Current Roster Players:

• Jaycob Brugman — outfielder — Vermont Lake Monsters (New York-Penn League A short season) — Oakland As
  6 for 19 (.316) 2 run, 8 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 2 sb, 8 so
  YTD: .240, 7 run, 18 rbi, 1 hr, 4 bb, 3 sb, 28 so in 96 at bats
• Tyson Brummett — relief pitcher (right handed) — New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA Eastern League) — Toronto Blue Jays
  0-0, 0.00 era, 1 hits, 0 er, 7 k, 0 bb in 5.0 innings
  YTD: 1-5, 6.08 era, 68 hits, 43 er, 62 k, 26 bb in 63.2 innings
• Taylor Cole — starting pitcher (right handed) — Lansing Lugnuts (Midwest League A) — Toronto Blue Jays
  1-1, 1.64 era, 5 hits, 2 er, 7 k, 6 bb in 11.0 innings
  YTD: 5-9, 3.95 era, 108 hits, 44 er, 71 k, 49 bb in 100.1 innings
• Jeff Gelalich — outfielder — Dayton Dragons (Midwest League A) — Cincinnati Reds
  4 for 18 (.222) 2 run, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 1 sb, 4 so
  YTD: .269, 49 run, 31 rbi, 0 hr, 42 bb, 17 sb, 65 so in 316 at bats
• Jacob Hannemann — outfielder — Boise Hawks (Northwest Leauge A short season) — Chicago Cubs
• 3 for 11 (.273) 3 run, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 3 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .279, 8 run, 5 rbi, 1 hr, 2 bb, 4 sb, 7 so in 61 at bats
• Bryan Harper — relief pitcher (left handed) — Hagerstown Suns (South Atlantic League – A) — Washington Nationals
  0-0, 4.50 era, 1 hits, 1 er, 2 k, 0 bb in 1.0 innings
  YTD: 5-1, 4.93 era, 27 hits, 19 er, 33 k, 24 bb in 34.2 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
  10 for 26 (.385) 6 run, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 6 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .356, 24 run, 11 rbi, 0 hr, 12 bb, 18 sb, 18 so in 104 at bats
• Marcus Littlewood — catcher — Clinton LumberKings (Midwest League – A) — Seattle Mariners
  1 for 10 (.100) 1 run, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .239, 20 run, 11 rbi, 3 hr, 19 bb, 1 sb, 36 so in 134 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) — Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Midwest League – A) — Milwaukee Brewers
  0-1, 2.45 era, 3 hits, 1 er, 3 k, 2 bb in 3.2 innings
  YTD: 2-6, 3.45 era, 44 hits, 17 er, 43 k, 15 bb in 44.1 innings
• Adam Miller — pitcher (right-handed) — Missoula Osprey (Pioneer League – Rookie) — Arizona Diamondbacks
  0-0, 4.15 era, 11 hits, 4 er, 8 k, 3 bb in 8.2 innings
  YTD: 0-0, 4.79 era, 23 hits, 11 er, 17 k, 4 bb in 20.2 innings
• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher (right handed) — Pawtucket Red Sox (International League – AAA) — Boston Red Sox
  1-0, 2.08 era, 3 hits, 1 er, 4 k, 4 bb in 4.1 innings
  YTD: 1-0, 3.07 era, 12 hits, 5 er, 14 k, 12 bb in 14.2 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
  0-0, 4.50 era, 5 hits, 1 er, 0 k, 1 bb in 2.0 innings
  YTD: 3-5, 4.57 era, 99 hits, 43 er, 73 k, 25 bb in 84.2 innings
• Stephen Parker — 3rd base — Nashville Sounds (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Milwaukee Brewers
  0 for 4 (.000) 0 run, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .210, 26 run, 25 rbi, 6 hr, 33 bb, 2 sb, 77 so in 291 at bats
• Shane Peterson — outfielder — Sacramento River Cats (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Oakland A’s (40-man MLB roster)
  6 for 27 (.222) 4 run, 6 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 2 sb, 9 so
  YTD: .232, 46 run, 51 rbi, 6 hr, 50 bb, 13 sb, 88 so in 319 at bats
• Adam Rosales — shortstop — Sacramento River Cats (Pacific Coast League – AAA) — Oakland A’s (40-man MLB roster)
  5 for 17 (.294) 3 run, 4 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 4 so
  YTD: .280, 7 run, 7 rbi, 1 hr, 3 bb, 1 sb, 8 so in 50 at bats
• Mitch Talbot — starting pitcher (right handed) — New Orleans Zephyrs (Pacific Coast League – AAA)— Miami Marlins
  On 7-day DL – last pitched April 7th
  YTD: 1-0, 0.00 era, 2 hits, 0 er, 3 k, 2 bb in 5.0 innings
• Nik Turley — starting pitcher (right handed) — Trenton Thunder (Eastern League – AA) — New York Yankees (40-man MLB roster)
  0-0, 5.73 era, 13 hits, 7 er, 6 k, 4 bb in 11.0 innings
  YTD: 7-5, 4.32 era, 87 hits, 48 er, 100 k, 49 bb in 100.0 innings

Foreign Leagues:

• Brandon Duckworth — starting pitcher (right handed) — Rakuten Golden Eagles (Japan)
  Did not pitch
  YTD: 4-4, 3.58 era, 49 hits, 24 er, 38 k, 28 bb in 60.1 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