Mormon Baseball

Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney was great last week — better than any other Mormon in the majors. Barney held his own fireworks show, with his bat this time, on July 2nd and was short of hitting for the cycle by a home run. Barney was 8 for 21 last week (.381) scoring 3 runs and earning an rbi, and in the process raised his average for the season by nearly 25 points to .219—closer to his career norm.

Close on Barney’s heels last week was Adam Rosales, brought up from the minors as a backup infielders for the Rangers. Rosales was 3 for 10 last week with 3 rbis. But given Rosales past performance in the majors, it doesn’t seem likely that he will be able to keep up that average.

Both of the Mormon pitchers active in the majors, Doug Fister and Jeremy Guthrie, had off weeks. Fister was the better of the two, winning his game, but giving up 3 earned runs in 7 innings (3.86 era). Despite those runs, Fister had a 1.00 WHIP, which implies that the outing was actually pretty good. Guthrie, on the other hand, was a disaster, giving up 6 runs in 4 innings (13.50 era) and a sky-high 3.25 WHIP.

Pitchers Josh Johnson and Matt Lindstrom remain on the DL, but Nationals’ slugger Bryce Harper is finally back on the field, if not back performing as expected yet.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 23 stolen bases (5th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Jeremy Guthrie — 116.1 innings pitched (tied 20th); 18 games started (tied 6th)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Chicago Cubs
  8 for 21 (.381), 3 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .219, 18 runs, 16 rbi, 2 hr, 9 bb, 1 sb, 258 so in 183 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Seattle Mariners
  2 for 8 (.250), 0 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .226, 9 runs, 6 rbi, 1 hr, 8 bb, 0 sb, 24 so in 84 at bats.
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• Jacoby Ellsbury — centerfield — New York Yankees
  7 for 26 (.269), 2 runs, 6 rbi, 1 hr, 1 bb, 2 sb, 5 so
  YTD: .284, 41 runs, 40 rbi, 5 hr, 34 bb, 23 sb, 60 so in 324 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth — relief pitcher — Houston Astros
  Released — Free Agent
  YTD: 0-3, era 4.40, 32 hits, 14 er, 15 bb and 18 k in 28.2 innings; 1.64 WHIP
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• Doug Fister — starting pitcher — Washington Nationals
  1-0, 3.86 era, 7 hits, 3 er, 0 bb, and 5 k in 7.0 innings; 1.00 WHIP
  YTD: 7-2, era 2.93, 68 hits, 23 er, 6 bb and 42 k in 70.2 innings; 1.05 WHIP
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  0-1, 13.50 era, 11 hits, 6 er, 2 bb, and 5 k in 4.0 innings; 3.25 WHIP
  YTD: 5-7, era 4.02, 121 hits, 52 er, 29 bb and 73 k in 116.1 innings; 1.29 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  4 for 21 (.190), 2 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 9 so
  YTD: .269, 10 runs, 10 rbi, 1 hr, 10 bb, 1 sb, 30 so in 104 at bats.
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• Elliot Johnson — second base — Cleveland Indians
  Reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: .105, 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 7 so in 19 at bats.
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• Josh Johnson — starting pitcher — San Diego Padres
  Injured, did not pitch (60-day DL — Tommy John Surgery)
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Matt Lindstrom — Chicago White Sox, closer
  Injured, 15-day DL
  YTD: 2-1, era 3.32, 19 hits, 7 er, 9 bb and 11 k in 19.0 innings; 1.47 WHIP
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• Brandon Lyon — relief pitcher — Los Angeles Angels
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Shane Peterson — Oakland As minor league affiliate, infield
  Did not play — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: .000, 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so in 0 at bats.
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• Adam Rosales — Texas Rangers, backup infielder
  3 for 10 (.300), 0 runs, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .300, 0 runs, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 3 so in 10 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  1 for 7 (.143), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .191, 18 runs, 9 rbi, 0 hr, 14 bb, 6 sb, 20 so in 152 at bats.
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