Mormon Baseball

Yes, Jacoby Ellsbury is good. Even in the “off year” he has had this season, Ellsbury has been well above the average major league player. But this past week his performance was stunning — moving him substantially closer to his career average. Last week Ellsbury was 12 for 23 (.522) with 4 home runs (bringing his season total to 14), 2 stolen bases, 6 runs scored and a stunning 9 rbis. And he only struck out once last week. Ellsbury may finish the season very hot, and with the Yankees just 3 games out of the wild card, that could make a big difference.

Also strong last week was the Nationals’ Bryce Harper, who was 6 for 20 (.300), built mainly on three home runs. Harper’s average for the year is now up to .268 and he has finally reached double digits in home runs.

On the mound, Carlos Torres managed another strong week in relief, giving up just 1 hit and striking out 2 in 1 2/3rds innings. His season era is down to 3.30 with 86 strike outs over 79 innings pitched. Also strong in relief was the White Sox’ Matt Lindstrom, who also shut out his opponents last week in 2.2 innings of relief.

Josh Johnson remains on the 60-day disabled list. While there haven’t been any other transactions, it is likely we will see some this coming week as major league rosters expand from 25 to 40. In particular, it seems likely that Shane Peterson will join the Oakland As from the AAA Sacramento River Cats. Next week we will include all those who join the expanded major league rosters.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 37 stolen bases (5th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Jeremy Guthrie — 1 complete game (tied 21st); 27 games started (tied 25th)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Los Angeles Dodgers
  1 for 5 (.200), 0 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .230, 19 runs, 20 rbi, 2 hr, 11 bb, 1 sb, 33 so in 222 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Los Angeles Angeles
  Signed with Angels – Did not play — assigned to the minors
  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
  12 for 23 (.522), 6 runs, 9 rbi, 4 hr, 0 bb, 2 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .288, 64 runs, 64 rbi, 14 hr, 47 bb, 37 sb, 84 so in 504 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
  0-1, era 6.35, 10 hits, 4 er, 1 bb and 3 k in 5.2 innings; 1.94 WHIP
  YTD: 12-5, era 2.55, 128 hits, 37 er, 16 bb and 80 k in 130.1 innings; 1.10 WHIP
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  0-0, era 7.50, 9 hits, 5 er, 2 bb and 5 k in 6.0 innings; 1.83 WHIP
  YTD: 10-10, era 4.43, 185 hits, 85 er, 44 bb and 112 k in 172.2 innings; 1.33 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  6 for 20 (.300), 3 runs, 3 rbi, 3 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 8 so
  YTD: .268, 34 runs, 28 rbi, 10 hr, 30 bb, 1 sb, 85 so in 269 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
  0-0, era 0.00, 4 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 3 k in 2.2 innings; 1.50 WHIP
  YTD: 2-2, era 4.56, 30 hits, 13 er, 10 bb and 17 k in 25.2 innings; 1.56 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
  5 for 20 (.250), 3 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 5 so
  YTD: .321, 14 runs, 15 rbi, 3 hr, 7 bb, 1 sb, 19 so in 78 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  4 for 17 (.235), 1 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .218, 35 runs, 18 rbi, 1 hr, 29 bb, 10 sb, 30 so in 239 at bats.
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• Carlos Torres — New York Mets, relief pitcher
  0-0, era 0.00, 1 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 2 k in 1.2 innings; 0.60 WHIP
  YTD: 5-5, era 3.30, 78 hits, 29 er, 30 bb and 86 k in 79.0 innings; 1.37 WHIP
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