Mormon Baseball

The standout Mormon in major league baseball last week was clearly Jacoby Ellsbury, who once again showed the best of what he brings to the diamond. Ellsbury was 8 for 23 at the plate (.348), scoring 2 runs and earning 3 rbis with 2 walks. He improved his average for the season to .348 and still maintained 5th place in stolen bases in the majors.

On the mound the standout last week was Jeremy Guthrie, who notched a win in two outings (totalling 14.1 innings) while giving up just 4 earned runs (2.51 era) and striking out 9. The win puts Guthrie one shy of even and gives him a 3.69 era for the season. Last week’s numbers were good, but while Guthrie’s season numbers maybe mediocre, his advantage is his ability to put in a lot of innings — Guthrie is tied for 10th most innings pitched in the majors. Even if the Royals could find a better pitcher to replace him (a questionable  idea), they might be worse off if they needed to use the bullpen more as a result.

Bryce Harper, Josh Johnson and Matt Lindstrom remain on the DL. And Kyle Farnsworth was released from the Houston Astros, and is now a free agent for the second time this year.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 21 stolen bases (tied 5th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Jeremy Guthrie — 112.1 innings pitched (tied 10th); 17 games started (tied 2nd)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Chicago Cubs
  4 for 22 (.182), 1 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .198, 15 runs, 15 rbi, 2 hr, 9 bb, 1 sb, 25 so in 162 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Seattle Mariners
  1 for 7 (.143), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .224, 9 runs, 5 rbi, 1 hr, 8 bb, 0 sb, 21 so in 76 at bats.
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• Jacoby Ellsbury — centerfield — New York Yankees
  8 for 23 (.348), 2 runs, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .285, 39 runs, 34 rbi, 4 hr, 33 bb, 21 sb, 55 so in 298 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth — relief pitcher — Houston Astros
  0-0, 27.00 era, 1 hits, 1 er, 0 bb, and 0 k in 0.1 innings; 3.00 WHIP
  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
  0-0, 4.50 era, 7 hits, 3 er, 0 bb, and 1 k in 6.0 innings; 1.17 WHIP
  YTD: 6-2, era 2.83, 61 hits, 20 er, 6 bb and 37 k in 63.2 innings; 1.05 WHIP
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  1-0, 2.51 era, 15 hits, 4 er, 2 bb, and 9 k in 14.1 innings; 1.19 WHIP
  YTD: 5-6, era 3.69, 110 hits, 46 er, 27 bb and 68 k in 112.1 innings; 1.22 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  Injured, 15-day DL
  YTD: .289, 8 runs, 9 rbi, 1 hr, 8 bb, 1 sb, 21 so in 83 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
  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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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  0 for 2 (.000), 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .193, 18 runs, 9 rbi, 0 hr, 14 bb, 6 sb, 18 so in 145 at bats.
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