columbia fireflies (9 22) @ charleston riverdogs (18 · molina’s mashing, pt. i: gerson molina...

Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher

Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff

Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes

Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes

Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes

0: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes

Page 11: Season Highs and Lows

Page 12: Transactions

Page 13: Day-by-Day Results

COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2019 GAME NOTES

Columbia Fireflies (9-22) @ Charleston RiverDogs (18-14)

RHP Willy Taveras (2-3, 3.90) vs. RHP Daniel Bies (2-1, 4.07)

Thurs., May 9, 2019 — Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (Charleston, SC) — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 32

Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers

LISTEN: FirefliesLiveStream.com / ColumbiaFireflies.com / TuneIn App WATCH: MiLB.TV

GLOW POINTS

SAL South 1H Standing: 7th (-8.5) Home Record: 5-11 Road Record: 4-11 Day Record: 4-3 Night Record: 5-19 Road Trip: 0-1 Streak: L2 Sunday: 2-2 Monday: 2-2 Tuesday: 0-3 Wednesday: 2-3 Thursday: 1-4 Friday: 0-4 Saturday: 2-4 April: 8-16 May: 1-6 June: July: August: September: Leading after six: 5-0 Tied after six: 1-2 Trailing after six: 3-20 Leading after seven: 5-0 Tied after seven: 2-1 Trailing after seven: 1-19 Leading after eight: 6-0 Tied after eight: 1-0 Trailing after eight: 1-20 Scoring first: 8-6 Opponents score first: 1-16 Shutout Wins/Loses: 1-3 Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 7-20 Fireflies starter 6 or more IP: 2-2 Fireflies starter 7 or more IP: vs. LH starters: 1-4 vs. RH starters: 8-18 Scoring less than three: 2-13 Scoring three or four: 4-7 Scoring five or more: 3-2 One-run games: 4-6 Two-run games: 2-2 5+ run games: 2-9 Extra Innings: 0-1 Walk-Off Wins: 1 Out-hitting opponent: 5-5 Being out-hit: 2-14 Same number of hits: 2-3 Series W-L-T (Home): 1-5-0 Series W-L-T (Road): 1-3-0 Series W-L-T (Total): 2-8-0 Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-2 White Jerseys: Gray Jerseys: 1-6 Yellow Jerseys: 3-4 Navy Jerseys: 4-9 Specialty Jerseys: 1-3 Home crowds of 4,000+: 9 Home crowds of 5,000+: 5 Home crowds of 6,000+: 2 Home crowds of 7,000+: Sellouts at Segra Park:

CONTENTS

LAST TIME OUT: Columbia opened up its three-game series against Charleston with a 7-1 loss on Wednesday. MOLINA’S MASHING, Pt. I: Gerson Molina started again for Columbia in centerfield on Wednesday. The 23-year-old tallied two more hits at the plate and finished 2-for-3 with a double. Molina has posted back-to-back two-hit games in his first two outings as a professional. MOLINA’S MASHING, Pt. I: Molina is now 4-for-7 at the dish in his first two games, but that’s not all. The Cuban has put the ball into play all seven at-bats. He’s yet to strike out or walk. YOU AGAIN: The Fireflies returned to Charleston, South Carolina, to begin a three-game series against the RiverDogs on Wednesday. Columbia recently faced the Yankees’ SAL affiliate from April 25-28. This makes back-to-back road series for Columbia in Charleston. NO-NO: Former Fireflies Harol Gonzalez (2017) and Ryder Ryan (2017) combined to throw a no-hitter on Wednesday for the double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Gonzalez (6.2 IP, 0 H, 6 K) and Ryan (2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 K) blanked the Harrisburg Senators and allowed just two walks. THE OTHER GUYS: Charleston enters Thursday’s game with an 18-14 record and is in first place in the Southern Division. The RiverDogs have seven Yankees prospects on their roster, according to MLB.com: 10. RHP Roansy Contreras 17. RHP Matt Sauer 13. RHP Luis Gil 25. OF Josh Stowers 14. RHP Luis Medina 29. RHP Tanner Myatt 15. C Josh Breaux FOLLOW THE LAW: Keith Law, senior baseball writer at ESPN, ranked Columbia’s roster as the 7th-most “Loaded Roster” in all of Minor League Baseball. Law recognized the fact Columbia’s roster includes the Mets’ third, fourth and fifth-rated prospects (infielders Ronny Mauricio, Mark Vientos and Shervyen Newton, respectively), New York’s past two second-round draft choices (RHP Simeon Woods-Richardson, Vientos) and the system’s ninth-rated prospect, left-hander Thomas Szapucki (drafted in the fifth round in 2015). The roster also features 26th (Baseball America) and 27th-rated prospects Chris Viall and Christian James. The prospect rankings are according to MLB.com unless otherwise noted.

Friday, May 10 @ Charleston 7:05 p.m. RHP Colin Holderman (1-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Luis Gil (1-1, 1.23) Saturday, May 11 vs. Rome 6:05 p.m. RHP Christian James (0-4, 6.00) Sunday, May 12 vs. Rome 12:00 p.m. RHP S. Woods-Richardson (0-3, 3.50) Sunday, May 12 vs. Rome DH, G2 Monday, May 13 vs. Rome 7:05 p.m.

NEWS AND NOTES

Media Contact: Kevin Fitzgerald — [email protected] — 803-888-3040 (Office) — 908-745-9385 (Cell)

#CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES

ColumbiaFireflies.com

@ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies /ColumbiaFireflies Columbia Fireflies

PROSPECTS IN COLUMBIA Columbia’s 2019 roster is filled with plenty of skilled Mets farmhands, including an opening-day record-tying six New York prospects. Here’s the breakdown:

METS PROSPECTS (according to MLB.com & Baseball America)

3. Ronny Mauricio, SS 4. Mark Vientos, 3B 5. Shervyen Newton, INF

7. Simeon Woods-Richardson, RHP 9. Thomas Szapucki, LHP

26. Chris Viall, RHP 27. Christian James, RHP

METS STERLING AWARD WINNERS (5)

Ronny Mauricio (GCL Mets, 2018) Jaison Vilera (GCL Mets, 2017)

Thomas Szapucki (Kingsport, 2016) Wagner Lagrange (DSL Mets, 2015)

Walter Rasquin (DSL Mets, 2014)

TOP 10-ROUND METS DRAFT PICKS (4)

Simeon Woods-Richardson (Kempner HS, 2018 - 2nd round), Mark Vientos (American Heritage HS, 2017 – 2nd), Thomas Szapucki (Dwyer HS, 2015 – 5th), Chris Viall (Stanford, 2016 – 6th)

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

18-year-olds: 2 22-year-olds: 7 19-year-olds: 1 23-year-olds: 8 20-year-olds: 3 24-year-olds: 1 21-year-olds: 2 26-year-olds: 1 Drafted, Signed out of HS: 5 Drafted, Signed out of College: 7 International Signings: 12 Free Agent Signings: 1 States (8) / Countries (6) Represented (14): Ariz., Cal., Fla., Louis., Missouri, Ohio, Tex., Wash., Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Curacao Most of 2018 Season Spent In: COLUMBIA (A) - 4 Brooklyn (Short-A) - 9 Kingsport (Adv-R) - 7 GCL Mets (R) - 3 Frontier League (Ind.) - 1 DNP, NFL - 1

vs. Charleston (2-7, 1-4 Away)

April 4 Home L, 2-1

April 5 Home L, 6-1

April 6 Home W, 3-2

April 7 Home L, 7-2

April 25 Away L, 5-3


April 27 Away W, 7-2


May 8 Away L, 7-1

May 9 Away 7:05 p.m.





May 28 Away 11:05 a.m.

July 12 Home 7:05 p.m.



August 12 Away 7:05 p.m.



https://twitter.com/keithlaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t3705

https://twitter.com/colafireflies

https://www.instagram.com/colafireflies/

https://www.facebook.com/columbiafireflies/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEs40KSfEVu_C0t6loJiXaQ

FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2014 GAME NOTES FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2014 GAME NOTES COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2019 GAME NOTES

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER

START ME UP (2019 STARTERS)

Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Game

RHP Simeon Woods-Richardson 7 0-4 2-5 8 1.1

RHP Jose Butto 6 0-4 0-6 4 0.7

RHP Jaison Vilera 3 1-1 2-1 7 2.3

RHP Christian James 5 0-4 1-4 2 0.4

LHP Thomas Szapucki 2 0-0 1-1 0 0.0

RHP Dedniel Nunez 3 2-1 2-1 10 3.3

RHP Willy Taveras 2 0-2 0-2 1 0.5

RHP Alec Kisena 1 0-1 0-1 0 0.0

RHP Bryce Hutchinson 1 0-1 0-1 0 0.0

RHP Colin Holderman 1 1-0 1-0 3 3.0

40 Willy Taveras

HT: 5-11 WT: 158 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Villa Isabela, Dominican Republic

AGE: 21 BORN: January 20, 19998

OBTAINED: Signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2016

CAREER MARKS

IP H R ER BB K

8.0 (8/8/18 @ Elizabethton) 8 (4/26 @ Charleston) 6, 2x (Last: 4/26 @ Charleston) 6 (4/26 @ Charleston) 4 (6/18/18 vs. GCL Astros) 9 (7/7/18 @ GCL St. Louis)

Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT

5/3 Lexington L 6.0 6 2 2 3 7 L, 5-2

4/26 @ Charleston L 4.0 8 6 6 1 3 L, 8-3

4/20 Hickory L 3.1 4 3 2 2 2 L, 3-2

4/15 @ Rome W 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 W, 3-2

4/10 Rome W 5.0 5 0 0 0 4 W, 2-0

4/4 Charleston - 4.1 1 0 0 2 5 L, 2-1

• Signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in

2016

• In 2017, ranked among the league leaders in the

Dominican Summer League in wins (8, second),

WHIP (0.91, fourth), and lowest walks per 9.0

innings among starters (0.82, second)

• Posted a 5-0 record with a 2.93 ERA in seven

starts with Kingsport last season

• From Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, located on

the northern coastline of the country … Puerto

Plata is also home to Bartolo Colon

• Posted a quality start his last time out against

Lexington (5/3) - 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 7 K

YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA

16 DSL Mets 2-2 3.35 13/5 0 0 37.2 43 18 14 5 26 .291

17 DSL Mets 2 8-3 2.31 15/13 1 1 70.0 58 26 18 6 63 .229

18 GCL Mets 2-1 1.23 4/4 1 0 22.0 15 6 3 8 25 .185

18 Kingsport (Adv-R) 5-0 2.93 7/7 0 0 43.0 37 17 14 6 32 .231

MiLB CAREER (incl. ‘19) 19-8 2.73 44/30 2 1 194.1 175 78 59 31 164 .242

2019 STARTS (*Relief Appearance) NOTES & LINKS

On January 17, 2018, the New York Mets named two-time Eastern League (AA) Manager of

the Year Pedro Lopez the next Fireflies skipper. The 2019 season marks Lopez’s second

season as manager of the Fireflies, his 12th as a skipper in the Mets minor league system and

his 17th overall. Lopez has managed every full-season level of the Mets system and picked up

his 900th career managerial win on June 22, 2018 at home against the Lakewood BlueClaws.

The 2013 Eastern League Manager of the Year has accumulated 929 wins (19th-most among

active MiLB managers) over 17 years as a manager and has guided dozens of future big

leaguers including Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Edinson Volquez. In

fact, Lopez has guided his teams to the playoffs in six of his 11 years in the Mets system.

The 50-year-old led the double-A Binghamton Mets (now Rumble Ponies) to one of the most

prolific stretches in the club’s history from 2012 to 2016. The ’B-Mets’ won the 2014 Eastern

League crown and Lopez was inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine the

following year (2015). The 2013 campaign was stellar as well. The Vega Baja, Puerto Rico,

native guided the B-Mets to a franchise-record 86 victories and a playoff appearance. He is the winningest manager in Binghamton

Mets history.

Lopez enjoyed a lengthy playing career before joining the

coaching ranks. The former catcher and infielder was

drafted in 1988 by the San Diego Padres out of Arizona

Western College in the 21st round. Lopez played 13 years

of Minor League Baseball in the Padres (1988-1994),

Milwaukee Brewers (1995-96) and Houston Astros (1997-

2000) organizations. He tallied 690 hits and 338 RBIs in

909 professional games. Lopez not only coached in the

South Atlantic League (Savannah, 2010 and 2001)

previously, but played in the league as well in 1990 as a

21-year-old for the Charleston Rainbows.

Before joining the Mets organization, Lopez spent seven

seasons (2001-07) managing and coaching in the Texas

Rangers organization.

Lopez and his wife, Gladys, have twins: Leslian Marie and

Laney Marie. They live in Puerto Rico during the winter.

2019 FIREFLIES MANAGER & COACHING STAFF MANAGER PEDRO LOPEZ


Royce Ring (Pitching Coach) - Ring begins his first season as pitching coach in Columbia and his sixth as a coach in the Mets organization. The former Mets pitcher spent the prior two seasons as pitching coach of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Before that he was the pitching coach in Kingsport in 2016 and for GCL Mets in 2014 & 2015. The 38-year-old from Seattle appeared in 99 games in the majors from 2005-2010 for the Mets (2005 & 2006), Padres, Braves and Yankees. Ring was an 18th-round draft choice of the White Sox in 2002 out of San Diego State University. Luis Rivera (Hitting Coach) - Rivera begins his first season as hitting coach in Columbia and his 10th as a manager or coach in the Mets organization. Rivera most recently was the bench coach for the double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies in 2018 and the manager of the Kingsport Mets from 2015-17. Prior to that, the Carolina, Puerto Rico, native coached alongside Pedro Lopez in Binghamton in 2014 (hitting coach). He & Lopez won the Eastern League title in 2014. Rivera played professionally in the Mets and Cubs organizations from 2005-2010. Gilbert Gomez (Bench Coach) - Gomez begins his first season as bench coach in Columbia and his second as a coach in the Mets organization. Gomez was playing in the Mets organization (and at one point for current Fireflies manager Pedro Lopez) as recently as 2015 with the double-A Binghamton Mets. The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, native was a Mets farm-hand from 2009 to 2015, reaching as high as double-A. He played in the South Atlantic League in 2012 for the prior Mets affiliate, the Savannah Sand Gnats. Daichi Arima (Athletic Trainer), from Kumamoto, Japan, begins his first season with Columbia and fifth in the Mets organization Sam Nickelsen (Strength and Conditioning Coach), from Florida, begins his first season with Columbia and third in the Mets organization Nicole Collins (Assistant Athletic Trainer) is in her first season on the Fireflies coaching staff. Dave Williams (Mental Skills Coach) is in his first season on the Fireflies coaching staff.

Coaching Staff

PEDRO LOPEZ’S MANAGERIAL HISTORY

Year Team Record Notes Texas Rangers Org. 2001 Savannah (A) 54-82 Took over as manager in June 2002 Pulaski (R) 34-32 2003 AZL Rangers (R) 38-18 Playoff appearance 2004 AZL Rangers 32-24 2005 AZL Rangers 27-29 2007 AZL Rangers 22-34 New York Mets Org. 2008 Kingsport (R) 33-30 2009 Brooklyn (SS) 45-30 Playoff appearance 2010 Savannah (A) 75-64 Playoff appearance 2011 St. Lucie (A+) 72-68 League Finals appearance 2012 Binghamton (AA) 68-74 2013 Binghamton 86-55 Franchise-record wins; playoffs 2014 Binghamton 83-59 Eastern League champions 2015 Binghamton 77-64 Playoff appearance 2016 Binghamton 63-77 2017 Las Vegas (AAA) 56-86 2018 COLUMBIA 64-70 TOTAL 16 seasons 929-896 *6 playoffs in 11 years w/ Mets


2019 FIREFLIES INDIVIDUAL HITTING NOTES

Last Game: 0-3, BB (Fri, May 3 vs. LEX) Series vs. LEX: 0-3, BB Homestand: 3-14, R, 2 BB, K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 5 (April 15-20)

Notes: • Appeared in 62 games for the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2018 -

.282 (2d on team), 31 runs, 13 doubles (2nd), 32 RBI … every-day left-fielder

• Bashed season-high four hits on July 17, 2018 @ Tri-Cities • Owns a .301 career batting average in 225 career games as a

Mets farm hand … doesn’t strike out a whole lot; 122 in 225 career games

• A one-time Mets Sterling Award winner (2015, DSL Mets) -

award given annually to top Mets prospect at each minor league level

23 - Lagrange, Wagner - OF 6-0, 195, R/R, 23, Las Matas de Farfan, DR

5 - Avant, Chandler - OF 5-11, 170, R/R, 23, Troy, AL

YR TEAM CLASS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS

15 DSL Mets1 Rookie .377 27 106 19 40 5 1 1 15 11 11 1 2

15 DSL Mets2 Rookie .324 32 136 21 44 5 1 0 11 9 17 4 3

16 GCL Mets Rookie .231 46 186 16 43 10 0 1 21 11 25 1 1

17 Kingsport Adv-R .335 45 185 27 62 10 1 4 40 15 18 2 2

17 Brooklyn A-Short .308 13 39 4 12 1 2 0 4 5 8 1 1

18 Brooklyn Short-A .282 62 227 31 64 13 2 0 32 22 43 9 3

MINORS TOTALS .308 163 652 87 201 31 5 6 91 51 79 9 9

2 - Mauricio, Ronny - INF 6-3, 165, S/R, 18, San Pedro de Macoris, DR

Last Game: 0-4 Series @ CHS: 0-4 Road Trip: 0-4 Current Streak: — Long Streak: 8 (April 5-14)

Notes: • 3rd-rated Mets prospect (Baseball America)

• Turned 18 on Opening Day (April 4) … the switch hitter signed with the Mets for $2.1 million in July 2017, at the time, the Mets highest international signing bonus for a player

• “He’s not afraid” - Manager Pedro Lopez on Ronny Mauricio

• Second-highest rated SS in Mets system, only behind 2017 Firefly Andres Gimenez

• Hit .273 in 57 games split between GCL Mets and Kingsport in 2018 … 25 total extra-base hits last year

• Described as very mature for his age


18 GCL Mets Rookie .279 49 197 26 55 13 3 3 31 10 31 1 6

18 Kingsport Adv-R .233 8 30 6 7 3 0 0 4 3 9 1 0

MINORS TOTALS .273 57 227 32 62 16 3 3 35 13 40 2 6

8 - Chambers, Chase - INF 6-1, 250, L/L, 23, Knoxville, TN

Last Game: 0-4, 4 K Series @ CHS: 0-4, 4 K Road Trip: 0-4, 4 K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 2 (May 2-4)

Notes: • Injured List: April 6-April 30 • Spent the 2018 season with the short-A Brooklyn Cyclones after

being drafted by the Mets in the 18th round last year out of Ten-nessee Tech (Cookeville, TN - about 90 minutes east of Nashville)

• Hit .281 (3rd on team) with 34 runs (2nd) 13 doubles (2nd), 3 HR,

30 RBI in 59 games with the Cyclones … • Posted impressive offensive numbers his final two seasons at

Tennessee Tech: .395, 17 HR, 84 RBI in senior year … .299, 18 HR, 61 RBI in junior year … 35 homers, 145 RBI in final two sea-sons (127 total games)

• Finished with 49 career home runs as a Golden Eagle (224 GP) …

2x All-OVC Selection • Led Tenn. Tech to Super Regionals of NCAA tournament in 2018

(L 2 games to 1 @ Texas) … finished ‘18 with a 53-12 record … defeated Ole Miss in back-to-back games in regional to advance to Austin

• Mechanical Engineering major at Tennessee Tech


18 Brooklyn Short-A .281 59 217 34 61 13 1 3 30 21 43 2 0

MINORS TOTALS .281 59 217 34 61 13 1 3 30 21 43 2 0

Last Game: 1-3, RBI Series @ CHS: 1-3, RBI Road Trip: 1-3, RBI Current Streak: 2 (Since Mon., May 6 vs. LEX) Long Streak: 2 (May 6-8)

Notes: • Originally transferred to Columbia on April 6. Transferred to

Brooklyn on April 22 and returned to the Fireflies on May 6 • Drafted by the Mets as an infielder in the 30th round of the

2018 First-Year Player Draft • Hit .246 in 43 games last season with short-season Brooklyn • Batted .295 with 3 HR and 38 RBIs during his senior year at

Alabama (2018)…left the Crimson Tide with the seventh most assists (500) in program history

• Played five years of varsity basketball in high school and was

named an All-Area Starting 5 member after his senior season


18 Brooklyn Short-A .246 43 134 18 33 4 0 1 12 10 16 5 4

MINORS TOTALS .246 43 134 18 33 4 0 1 12 10 16 5 4

https://www.thestate.com/sports/mlb/article229408334.html

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ronny-mauricio-keeps-impressing-in-gcl/

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2018/06/08/super-regionals-chase-chambers-tennessee-tech-texas-new-york-mets-mlb-draft/674608002/



19 - Romero, Yoel - OF 6-3, 170, R/R, 20, Caracas, VZ

Last Game: 0-3, BB, 2 K Series @ CHS: 0-3, BB, 2 K Road Trip: 0-3, BB, 2 K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 1 (May 6)

Notes: • Transferred to Columbia’s roster on April 22 … pronounced

SHAR-vee-en • 5th-rated Mets prospect according to MLB.com • Signed with the Mets for a reported $50,000 signing bonus on

July 2, 2015 … grew up in The Netherlands … moved to Cura-cao at the age of eight

• A switch-hitter who Baseball America says has “wicked bat

speed” … patient hitter • Hit .280 with 23 extra-base hits (16 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR), 41 RBI,

46 BB in 56 games with the Kingsport Mets in 2018 … led the Appalachian League with 16 doubles, second in walks (46) and runs scored (50)

• 118 career walks in 157 games entering the 2019 season

3 - Newton, Shervyen - INF 6-4, 180, S/R, 20, Willemstad, Curacao


16 DSL Mets 2 Rookie .169 35 118 18 20 5 1 0 5 22 32 0 5

17 DSL Mets 2 Rookie .311 66 241 51 75 11 9 1 31 50 57 10 4

18 Kingsport Adv-R .280 56 207 50 58 16 2 5 41 46 84 4 0

MINORS TOTALS .270 157 566 119 153 32 12 6 77 118 173 14 9

Last Game: 0-2, K Series @ CHS: 0-2, K Road Trip: 0-2, K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 3 (April 6-8)

Notes:

• Led Brooklyn with a .299 batting average in 2018 in 40 games … began the season with Columbia … appeared in 13 games: .298, 10 runs, 1 HR, 9 RBI

• Career .306 hitter in 269 games as a Mets farm-hand entering the 2019 season

• Can play the outfield and second and third base as well

• A one-time Mets Sterling award-winner: 2014, DSL Mets

22 - Rasquin, Walter - INF 5-9, 200, R/R, 23, Caucagua, VZ


13 DSL Mets1 Rookie .167 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0

14 DSL Mets2 Rookie .321 58 165 33 53 11 2 1 23 25 22 12 4

15 GCL Mets Rookie .301 36 103 14 31 5 0 1 14 11 21 5 3

16 Kingsport Adv-R .294 49 187 24 55 3 3 2 20 16 31 8 3

17 Brooklyn A-Short .300 63 243 41 73 21 1 1 19 13 40 32 8

18 COLUMBIA Low-A .298 13 47 10 14 3 1 1 9 3 11 3 0

18 GCL Mets Rookie .524 6 21 3 11 1 1 1 8 4 4 5 1

18 Brooklyn Short-A .299 40 144 23 43 9 0 1 16 16 28 8 2

MINORS TOTALS .306 269 922 149 282 53 8 8 109 91 161 74 21

Last Game: 2-3, 2B, R Series @ CHS: 2-3, 2B, R Road Trip: 2-3, 2B, R Current Streak: 2 (Since Mon., May 6 vs. LEX Long Streak: 2 (May 6-8)

Notes:

• Made his professional debut with Columbia on May 6

• Signed with the Mets as an international free agent in August of 2018

• From Ciego de Avila, Cuba...home of former Cincinnati Reds third-baseman and Hall Of Fame member Tony Perez

• Played in 66 games over 4 seasons for the Tigres de Ciego de Avila...Gerson’s hometown team in the Cuban National series. There he hit .231, registering 6 hits in 26 at-bats with 15 runs scored.

12 - Molina, Gerson - OF 6-3, 186, R/R, 23, Ciego de Avila, Cuba

Last Game: 1-3 Series @ CHS: 1-3 Road Trip: 1-3 Current Streak: 2 (Since Mon., May 6 vs. LEX) Long Streak: 2 (May 6-8)

Notes:

• Makes his full-season debut in the Mets system by starting with Columbia in 2019

• Finished the 2018 season with a .265 average, 10 doubles, 4 HR, 38 RBI for Kingsport … 3rd on the team in RBI

• Initially signed with the Mets in July of 2014 … from Caracas, Venezuela

• Caracas has produced dozens of major leaguers: Magglio Or-donez, Andres Galarraga, Freddy Garcia, Omar Vizquel


15 DSL Mets2 Rookie ..028 12 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 2

15 DSL Mets1 Rookie .244 38 119 19 29 8 2 0 11 9 32 3 2

16 DSL Mets2 Rookie .170 49 141` 14 24 4 1 0 11 12 27 8 3

17 DSL Mets2 Rookie .364 67 239 47 87 10 4 2 35 31 32 17 7

18 Kingsport Adv-A .265 53 204 42 54 10 0 4 38 33 41 12 7

MINORS TOTALS .264 219 739 124 195 32 7 6 95 88 143 40 21



Last Game: 0-4, 2 K Series @ CHS: 0-4, 2 K Road Trip: 0-4, 2 K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 3 (April 30-May 2)

Notes: • Spent the 2018 season with Brooklyn after being drafted by

the Mets in the 26th round out of Missouri

• Hit .321 with 8 HR, 39 RBI in 56 games during his junior sea-son (2018) season the Tigers … also pitched: 10 GP, 4 GS, 4-0, 3.38 ERA, 32 IP, 29 K, 10 BB

• Finished his 3-year career in Columbia with an 8-2 record, 3.86 ERA, 38 GP on the mound and a .278 average at the plate in 156 games

• No stranger to Columbia, SC … homered against the Univ. of South Carolina in a series at Founders Park from May 11-13 last year … finished three-game series with 5 hits, 3 RBI

• Described the moment he was drafted as “pure joy”

• Attended Liberty North HS in Columbia … compiled 11 varsity letters in baseball, football and basketball

7 - Sharp, Brian - INF 6-2, 185, L/R, 22, Liberty, MO

13 - Vientos, Mark - INF 6-4, 185, R/R, 19, Pembroke Pines, FL

Last Game: 0-3, K (Mon., May 6 vs. LEX) Series vs. LEX: 4-14, 2 R, 2B, 3 K Homestand: 5-22, 2 R, 2B, 5 K Current Streak: — Long Streak: 4 (April 20-24)

Notes: • 4th-rated Mets prospect (Baseball America)

• Drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round (59th overall) of the 2017 MLB

Draft out of American Heritage HS (Florida) … youngest player selected in 2017 draft (birthday - Dec. 11, 1999)

• One of the top sluggers in the Appalachian League in 2018: 4th in the

league with 11 HR, 3rd with 52 RBI

• .287 average was third-best among 2018 Kingsport hitters … walked 37

times, 2nd on the club … played in 60 games

• A converted SS, Vientos played every game at 3B in 2018

• Wears the number 13 … two of his favorite players, Manny Machado

and Alex Rodriguez, also wore the number 13 during their careers … both were also Miami natives

• From Pembroke Pines, Florida … about 25 miles north of Miami

• Was committed to the University of Miami before signing with the Mets

• Link: Vientos Building Up to Big Time (MiLB)


18 Brooklyn Short-A .250 50 168 20 42 4 2 5 22 25 72 8 2

MINORS TOTALS .250 50 168 20 42 4 2 5 22 25 72 8 2


17 GCL Mets Rookie .259 47 174 22 45 12 0 4 24 14 42 0 2

17 Kingsport Adv-R .294 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0

18 Kingsport Adv-R .287 60 223 32 64 12 0 11 52 37 43 1 0

MINORS TOTALS .275 111 414 55 114 26 0 15 78 52 89 1 2

15 - Senger, Hayden - C 6-1, 210, R/R, 22, Cincinnati, OH

Last Game: 0-4 Series @ CHS: 0-4 Road Trip: 0-4 Current Streak: — Long Streak: 3 (April 15-17)

Notes: • Owns the longest on-base streak this season: 12 (from

April 11-27)

• Hit .301 in his debut season in the Mets organization split between Kingsport and Brooklyn

• Drafted in the 24th round in 2018 out of Miami (Ohio) … hit .344 in 48 games during his junior season for the Redhawks

• Enjoyed a marvelous high school career at Lakota East—lettered four times in baseball and three times in football


18 Kingsport Adv-R .400 10 35 12 14 4 0 1 6 4 8 0 0

18 Brooklyn Short-A .250 22 68 9 17 3 1 0 12 9 23 0 1

MINORS TOTALS .301 32 103 21 31 7 1 1 18 13 31 0 1

Last Game: 2-4, 2 R, K (Mon., May 6 vs. LEX) Series vs. LEX: 2-4, 2 R, K Homestand: 2-4, 2 R, K Current Streak: 1 (Since Mon., May 6 vs. LEX) Long Streak: 1 (May 6)

Notes:

• Played in just one game in 2018: started on opening night vs. Staten Island Yankees … first AB: fouled Matt Sauer pitch off left leg … was removed from game, missed remainder of year (worth noting, Uriarte didn’t finish the at-bat, but was credited with the K after replacement Carlos Sanchez replaced him at the plate and, in turn, struck out)

• Hit an impressive .305 the prior season (2017) with Kingsport

• Has played all but 2 innings (second base) behind the plate during his Mets career entering the 2019 season

• From Los Mochis, Mexico - located directly south of Tucson, AZ (although, it’s 542 miles from Tucson)

17 - Uriarte, Juan - C 6-3, 185, R/R, 21, Los Mochis, MEX


15 DSL Mets 1 Rookie .230 32 113 10 26 5 1 2 18 9 13 0 2

15 DSL Mets 2 Rookie .339 20 59 13 20 6 0 1 16 10 12 1 1

16 GCL Mets Rookie .236 37 123 9 29 5 0 1 13 7 29 3 0

17 Kingsport Adv-R .305 52 200 36 61 13 1 5 36 15 31 0 0

18 Brooklyn Short-A .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

MINORS TOTALS .274 142 496 68 136 29 2 9 83 41 86 4 3

http://www.mycouriertribune.com/sports/eagles-alumnus-sharp-headed-to-mets/article_2bc06e55-de2f-556e-9ed1-6f971b4c8844.html

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/toolshed-new-york-mets-prospect-mark-vientos-maturing/c-302568912


2019 FIREFLIES MISCELLANEOUS HITTING NOTES

MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES LAST HOME RUN INFO

Player Total 2 3 4 5+ Total 2 3 4 5+ Date/Location/Pitcher

Adon, Ranfy

Avant, Chandler

Chambers, Chase 1 1

Dirocie, Anthony 3 3 3 2 1 April 22 v. HIC (RHP Sean Chandler)

Lagrange, Wagner 6 6 1 1 April 23 @ WV (RHP Dayeison Arias)

Marquez, Bradley 3 3

Mauricio, Ronny 6 4 2

Medina, Jose Miguel 1 1

Molina, Gerson 2 2 1 1

Newton, Shervyen 1 1

Rasquin, Walter 4 2 2 2 2

Rheams, Zach 3 3 2 2 April 23 @ WV (RHP Sal Biasi)

Romero, Yoel 1 1

Sanchez, Carlos

Senger, Hayden 5 5 1 1

Sharp, Brian 5 5 1 1 May 5 vs. LEX (RHP Jonathan Bowlan)

Uriarte, Juan 1 1

Vientos, Mark 3 2 1 1 1 April 14 @ LEX (RHP Yerelmy Garcia)

LINEUP BREAKDOWN

Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Adon, Ranfy 2

Avant, Chandler 2 3 6 1

Chambers, Chase 8

Dirocie, Anthony 4 7 11

Lagrange, Wagner 1 9 5 2 2

Marquez, Bradley 5 13

Mauricio, Ronny 24 1 3

Medina, Jose Miguel 3 8 9

Molina, Gerson 1 1

Newton, Shervyen 2 3 5 2

Rasquin, Walter 1 14 1 5 1 1

Rheams, Zach 7 1 1 3 1

Romero, Yoel 4

Sanchez, Carlos 3

Senger, Hayden 15 8 1

Sharp, Brian 9 7 8 1

Uriarte, Juan 2 8 3 3 1

Vientos, Mark 22 1 4

STARTING POSITION BREAKDOWN

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

2

10 1 1

4 4

4 14 4

14 5

6 12

28

1 18 1

2

6 2 2 2

13 6 2 2

5 8

2 2

3

14 10

22 2 1

14 3

27


2019 FIREFLIES BULLPEN NOTES Left Andrew Mitchell

Right Jose Moreno

Darwin Ramos

Bryce Hutchinson

Willy Taveras

Chris Viall

Ezequiel Zabaleta

26 - Moreno, Jose – RHP 6-4, 175, 22 - Santo Domingo, DR

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Mon., May 6 vs. Lexington 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 Wed., May 1 vs. Delmarva 2.2 0 0 0 2 2 Sun., April 28 @ Charleston 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 IR/IRS: 7/4 1st Batters Retired: 5/8 Last Save: Last HR Allowed: Last Win: April 18 vs. Hickory Consecutive Scoreless Inn: —

Notes:

• Signed with the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2014

• Had a 4.12 ERA in 19.2 innings with Kingsport in 2018

• Twin brother Angel currently plays as an outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization (State College Spikes—New York-Penn League)

• From the capital of the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo … population of nearly 1 million … famous players from SD: Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez

2019 SEASON W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB SO

5-4-6 4.20 141.1 131 72 66 43 158

LAST 5 GAMES W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO

Wed., May 8 @ Charleston 0-0-0 5.0 6 2 2 0 7

Mon., May 6 vs. Lexington 0-0-0 7.0 5 2 2 1 11

Sun., May 5 vs. Lexington 0-0-1 2.0 1 0 0 1 3

Sat., May 4 vs. Lexington 0-0-0 6.0 11 9 9 1 4

Fri., May 3 vs. Lexington 0-0-0 3.0 5 3 2 0 7

25 - Mitchell, Andrew – LHP 6-1, 200, 24 - New Orleans, LA

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Wed., May 8 @ Charleston 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Mon., May 6 vs. Lexington 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Fri., May 3 vs. Lexington 1.0 2 2 1 0 4 IR/IRS: 2/0 1st Batters Retired: 5/11 Last Save: April 15 @ Rome Last HR Allowed: Last Win: Consecutive Scoreless Inn: 2.0

Notes:

• THROWS: FB, CV, CH • Selected by the Mets in the 14th round of the 2018

MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Auburn • Posted a 1.17 ERA in 18 games last season between

Kingsport and short-season Brooklyn...struck out 32 batters in 23.0 IP in 2018

• Helped Auburn reach the 2017 and 2018 NCAA baseball tournaments

27 - Hutchinson, Bryce - RHP 6-6, 245, 20 - Port Orange, FL

Last Three Outings: *Start IP H R ER BB SO *Sat., May 4 vs. Lexington 3.0 4 2 2 3 4 Tues., April 30 vs. Delmarva 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Thurs., April 25 @ Charleston 3.0 1 2 2 1 5 IR/IRS: 9/2 1st Batters Retired: 6/8 Last Save: Last HR Allowed: May 4 vs. Lexington Last Win: April 6 vs. CHS Consecutive Scoreless Inn: —

Notes: • Drafted out of high school by the Mets in the 12th round

of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft • Recorded a 2.25 ERA in 20 innings pitched with the

Gulf-Coast League Mets in 2018 • Attended DeLand high school, alma mater of former

MLB players Luke Scott , Gary Glover, and current Arizona Diamondback Luke Weaver

YR TEAM CLASS W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO

18 Kingsport Adv-R 1 2 0.75 10 0 0 2 12.0 11 6 1 3 16

18 Brooklyn A-Short 1 1 1.64 8 0 0 0 11.0 10 5 2 3 16

MINORS TOTALS 2 3 1.17 18 0 0 2 23.0 21 11 3 6 32


14 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 0 0 6.43 5 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 6 5

15 DSL Mets 1 Rookie 2 4 4.35 15 0 0 0 39.1 45 24 19 22 30

16 DNP

17 DSL Mets 1 Rookie 1 1 2.49 5 5 0 0 21.2 17 6 6 9 26

17 GCL Mets Rookie 2 3 3.12 10 5 0 1 40.1 31 18 14 25 36

18 Kingsport Adv-R 3 0 4.12 8 2 0 0 19.2 11 9 9 8 26

MINORS TOTALS 8 8 3.73 43 12 0 1 128.0 113 62 53 70 123


17 GCL Mets Rookie 0 0 4.70 5 2 0 0 7.2 7 7 4 6

18 GCL Mets Rookie 1 2 2.25 9 5 0 0 20 18 12 5 7 13

MINORS TOTALS 1 2 2.93 14 7 0 0 27.2 25 19 9 13 19

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Wed., May 8 @ Charleston 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 Sun., May 5 vs. Lexington 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 Wed., May 1 vs. Delmarva 1.2 5 2 2 0 2 IR/IRS: 4/1 1st Batters Retired: 8/11 Last Save: Last HR Allowed: May 5 vs. Lexington Last Win: Consecutive Scoreless Inn: 2.0 Notes:

• THROWS: FB, CV, CH, SL, 2SFB, CUT

• Entering his 7th season in the Mets organization after being signed as

a non-drafted free agent in 2012

• Has appeared in 49 games for the Fireflies over the last two seasons,

posting a 6-6 record in 113.1 IP

• From Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, the same hometown as MLB All-

Stars Pablo Sandoval and Carlos Zambrano

34 - Ramos, Darwin - RHP 6-2, 210, 23 - Puerto Cabello, VZ


13 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 3 2 3.43 11 11 0 0 42.0 37 17 16 5 40

14 GCL Mets Rookie 2 4 3.96 10 7 0 0 38.2 39 26 17 12 30

15 Kingsport Adv-R 2 4 4.47 10 8 0 0 46.1 47 24 23 20 41

16 Kingsport Adv-R 0 3 5.31 13 5 0 1 39.0 44 33 23 16 42

17 St. Lucie Adv-A 0 0 6.23 5 0 0 0 8.2 9 9 6 5 11

17 Brooklyn A-Short 2 3 3.86 8 6 0 0 32.2 29 19 14 16 37

17 COLUMBIA Low-A 2 3 4.81 12 5 0 0 39.1 47 24 21 19 27

18 COLUMBIA Low-A 4 3 4.74 37 0 0 2 74.0 83 39 39 26 73

MINORS TOTALS 15 22 4.46 106 42 0 3 320.2 335 191 159 119 301


2019 FIREFLIES BULLPEN NOTES

40 Taveras, Willy – RHP 5-11, 155, 21, Villa Isabela, DR

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Fri., May 3 vs. Lexington (L) 6.0 6 2 2 3 7 Sat., April 20 vs. Hickory, DH G1 (L) 3.1 4 3 2 2 2 Mon., April 15 @ Rome (W) 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 IR/IRS: 1/0 1st Batters Retired: 2/5 Last Save: Last HR Allowed: May 3 vs. Lexington Last Win: April 15 @ Rome Consecutive Scoreless Inn: 3.0

Notes:

• Signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2016

• In 2017, ranked among the league leaders in the Dominican

Summer League in wins (8, second), WHIP (0.91, fourth), and

lowest walks per 9.0 innings among starters (0.82, second)

• Posted a 5-0 record with a 2.93 ERA in seven starts with

Kingsport last season

• From Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, located on the

northern coastline of the country … Puerto Plata is also home

to Bartolo Colon

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Mon., May 6 vs. Lexington 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Thurs., May 2 vs. Delmarva 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Tues., April 30 vs. Delmarva 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 IR/IRS: 2/1 1st Batters Retired: 9/11 Last Save: April 8 vs. Rome Last HR Allowed: Last Win: Consecutive Scoreless Inn: 3.0 Notes:

• THROWS: 4SFB, 2SFB, SL, CH

• Drafted by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Stanford

• 26th-rated prospect in the New York Mets’ system by Baseball America

• Posted a 3-7 record with a 4.75 ERA in 15 starts for the Fireflies last season

• Was named an Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a Junior at Stanford in 2016

29 - Viall, Chris - RHP 6-9, 230, 23 - Santa Cruz, CA


16 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 2 2 3.35 13 5 0 2 37.2 43 18 14 5 26

17 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 8 3 2.31 15 13 1 0 70.0 58 26 18 6 63

18 GCL Mets Rookie 2 1 1.23 4 4 1 0 22.0 15 6 3 8 25

18 Kingsport Adv-R 5 0 2.93 7 7 0 0 43.0 37 17 14 6 32

MINORS TOTALS 17 6 2.55 39 29 2 2 172.2 153 67 49 25 146


16 Kingsport Adv-R 0 2 6.75 9 6 0 0 20.0 18 19 15 17 27

17 Brooklyn A-Short 0 3 3.42 9 5 0 0 26.1 17 12 10 14 31

18 COLUMBIA Low-A 3 7 4.75 15 15 0 0 66.1 61 42 35 41 94

MINORS TOTALS 3 12 4.79 33 26 0 0 112.2 96 73 60 72 152

Last Three Outings: IP H R ER BB SO Mon., May 6 vs. Lexington 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Fri., May 3 vs. Lexington 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 Tues., April 30 vs. Delmarva 2.0 1 1 1 0 5 IR/IRS: 1st Batters Retired: 11/13 Last Save: April 17 @ Rome Last HR Allowed: April 30 vs. Delmarva Last Win: Consecutive Scoreless Inn: 1.0 Notes:

• THROWS: 2SFB, CH, SL, 4SFB

• Signed with the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2015

• 0-1 with a 1.47 ERA in 13 appearances with Brooklyn last season

• Was named as a Designated Pitcher on the 2017 Columbian World Baseball Classic Team, but was never activated

4 - Zabaleta, Ezequiel - RHP 6-0, 175, 23 - Maria La Baja, COL


15 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 0 1 4.50 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 3

16 DSL Mets 2 Rookie 2 0 0.60 3 3 0 0 15.0 8 2 1 3 12

16 GCL Mets Rookie 0 2 3.28 9 3 0 1 24.2 23 12 9 2 20

17 Kingsport Adv-R 2 3 6.68 12 12 0 0 62.0 82 51 46 26 40

18 St. Lucie Adv-A 1 0 1.59 3 0 0 1 5.2 3 2 1 1 3

18 Brooklyn Short-A 0 1 1.47 13 0 0 2 18.1 15 5 3 3 16

MINORS TOTALS 5 7 4.30 41 18 0 4 127.2 133 73 61 36 94


THE LAST TIME...

2019 FIREFLIES SCORING BREAKDOWN

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extras Totals

9 10 6 7 9 4 21 13 10 0 90

10 23 27 23 23 7 15 19 4 0 154

-1 -13 -24 -16 -14 -3 +6 -6 +6 -64

COLUMBIA

Opponent

Differential

CRUNCH TIME

2019 FIREFLIES MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

2019 Extra Inning Games (0-1):

1. April 20 v. Hickory (DH, G1) L, 3-2 in 8 *Fireflies tie score at 2-2 in B7...Chris Sease RBI triple in T8...Cola successful sac bunt in B8, but no run

2019 Walk-Off Wins (1): 1. April 18 vs. Hickory (4-3 in 9) *Walter Rasquin single with bases loaded, two out, scores Anthony Dirocie … plate two runs in bottom 9—both with two outs...Bradley Marquez knocks in first run

HISTORY: 2018 2017 2016 - 7-9 in extra-inning games (16) - 5-6 in extra-inning games (11) - 6-5 in extra-inning games (11) - 7 walk-off wins - 6 walk-off wins - 5 walk-off wins

Fireflies Swept 3-Game Series-Home: June 8-10, 2018 vs. Augusta Fireflies Swept 3-Game Series-Road: April 16-18, 2018 @ Greenville Fireflies Swept 4-Game Series-Home: April 6-9, 2017 vs. Augusta Fireflies Swept 4-Game Series-Road: Fireflies Swept *5-Game Series-Home: June 9-12, 2017* vs. Charleston (*Doubleheader on June 10) Fireflies Were Swept 3-Game Series-Home: April 30 - May 2, 2019 vs. Delmarva Fireflies Were Swept 3-Game Series-Road: April 24, 2019 @ West Virginia Fireflies Were Swept 4-Game Series-Home: August 10-13, 2017 vs. Hickory Fireflies Were Swept 4-Game Series-Road: July 7-10, 2016 @ Augusta Fireflies Swept a Doubleheader: June 10, 2017 vs. Charleston - W, 5-3 (7) & W, 4-2 (7) No-Hitter: April 9, 2016 - 9-0 win @ Charleston (Thomas McIlraith 6 IP, Alex Palsha 2 IP, Johnny Magliozzi 1 IP) Got No-Hit: May 6, 2017 - 1-0 loss vs. Lakewood (Nick Fanti 8.2 IP, Trevor Bettencourt 0.1 IP) Complete Game: July 23, 2017 - 3-1 win @ Kannapolis (Harol Gonzalez, 9 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K) Complete Game Shutout: May 24, 2017 - 3-0 win vs. Charleston, Game 1 (Jordan Humphreys, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 10 K) Combined Shutout: April 10, 2018 - 2-0 win vs. Rome (S. Woods-Richardson 3 IP, W. Tavares 5 IP, E. Zabaleta 1 IP) Got Shut Out: May 2, 2019 - 1-0 loss vs. Delmarva Grand Slam: August 18, 2018 @ Hagerstown (Zach Rheams) Allowed Grand Slam: May 1, 2019 vs. Delmarva (Seamus Curran off RHP Simeon Woods-Richardson) Back-to-Back Home Runs: August 23, 2018 - 8-5 win vs. Asheville (Zach Rheams & Jose Brizuela) Two-Homer Game: August 5, 2018 - 11-10 loss @ Asheville (Jose Brizuela & Matt Winaker) Three-Homer Game: Home Run in Consecutive At-Bats (Individual): July 7, 2018 - 6-5 loss vs. Charleston (Jeremy Vasquez) Home Run in Consecutive Games (Individual): August 29-30, 2018 vs. Charleston (Hansel Moreno) Walk-Off Win: April 18, 2019 vs. Hickory Walk-Offs in Consecutive Games: May 3-4, 2018 vs. Lexington and Lakewood Hit for the Cycle: 6-Hit Game: 5-Hit Game: David Miranda (5-for-5), August 13, 2018 vs. Delmarva, W 8-7 Pitcher Batted: Marcel Renteria (0-for-2, 2 K), August 30 vs. Charleston, W 7-3 Position Player Pitched: Brandon Brosher (1.0 IP), August 23, 2017 @ Greenville, L 16-5 Inside-the-Park Home Run: Hansel Moreno @ Augusta (SRP Park), July 28, 2017, W 5-1 Pinch-Hit Home Run:


Team Miscellaneous Longest Winning Streak: 2 (April 17-18) Longest Losing Streak: 7 (April 20-26) Largest Margin of Victory: 7 (April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5) Largest Margin of Defeat: 11 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Largest Shutout Win: 2 runs (April 10 vs. Rome, W 2-0) Largest Shutout Loss: 5 runs (April 22 @ West Virginia, L 5-0) Longest Game, Time (9 inn): 3:25 (May 6 vs. Lexington, L 7-6) Longest Game, Time (10+ inn): Longest Game, Innings: Shortest Game, Time (9 inn): 2:17 (April 24 @ West Virginia, L 2-1) Shortest Game, Time (7 inn): 1:55 (May 5 vs. Lexington, W 3-1 in 7) Largest Crowd, Home: 6,351 (April 10 vs. Rome, W 2-0) Smallest Crowd, Home: 1,303 (April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Largest Crowd, Road: 4,732 (April 26 @ Charleston, L 8-3) Smallest Crowd, Road: 1,037 (April 17 @ Rome, W 2-1) Largest Come-From-Behind Win: 3 runs (April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Largest Blown Lead in a Loss: 3 runs (May 6 vs. Lexington, L 7-6) Most Errors, Game: 3, 7x (Last: May 8 @ Charleston, L 7-1) Most Errors by Opponent: 5, 2x (April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5 and April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Most Double Plays Turned, Game: 3 (April 7 vs. Charleston, L 7-2) Most Left on Base: 15 (April 7 vs. Charleston, 7-2) Warmest First Pitch Temperature: 87° (April 30 vs. Delmarva, L 6-3) Coolest First Pitch Temperature: 52° (April 20 vs. Hickory, L 5-4, DH G2) Team Batting Most Runs, Game: 12 (April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5) Most Runs, Inning: 4, 8th inning (April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5) Most Hits, Game: 17 (April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5) Most Hits, Inning: 4 (MANY) Most Walks, Game: 9 (May 1 vs. Delmarva, L 8-5) Most Doubles, Game: 3 (MANY) Most Triples, Game: 1 (MANY) Most Home Runs, Game: 1 (MANY) Most Consecutive Games With A Home Run: 2 (April 14-15) Most Extra-Base Hits, Game: 4 (MANY) Most Stolen Bases, Game: 4 (April 18 vs. Hickory, W 4-3) Most Strikeouts, 9-Inn Game: 15 (April 12 @ Lexington, L 8-4) Most Strikeouts, All Games: 15 (April 12 @ Lexington, L 8-4) Individual Batting Most Hits: 4, Ronny Mauricio, 2x (April 17 @ Rome, W 2-1 and April 14 @ Lexington, W 12-5) Most Runs: 2 (MANY) Most Extra Base Hits: 2, Anthony Dirocie (April 15 @ Rome, W 3-2) Most Total Bases: 6, 2x (Last: Ronny Mauricio, April 17 @ Rome, W 2-1) Most Doubles: 1 (MANY) Most Triples: 1 (MANY) Most HR: 1 (MANY) Most RBI: 3 (Last: Gerson Molina, May 6 vs. Lexington, L 7-6) Most Walks: 3, 2x (Last: Walter Rasquin, April 27 @ Charleston, W 7-2) Most Strikeouts: 5, Brian Sharp (April 7 vs. Charleston, L 7-2) Most Stolen Bases: 2, Ronny Mauricio (April 18 vs. Hickory, W 4-3) Longest Hitting Streak: 8, Ronny Mauricio (April 5-14) Longest On-Base Streak: 12, Hayden Senger (April 4-27) Team Pitching Most Runs Allowed, Game: 14 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most Runs Allowed, Inning: 7, 8th inning (April 16 @ Rome, L 8-1) Most Hits Allowed, Game: 16 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most Hits Allowed, Inning: 6, 8th inning (April 16 @ Rome, L 8-1) Most Doubles Allowed: 7 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most Triples Allowed, Game: 3 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most HR Allowed, Game: 3 (May 4 vs. Lexington, L 11-1) Most Extra-Base Hits Allowed: 11 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most SB Allowed: 3 (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most Strikeouts, 9 inn Game: 15 (April 25 @ Charleston, L 5-3) Most Strikeouts, All Games: 15 (April 25 @ Charleston, L 5-3) Most Walks Allowed: 6, 2x (Last: May 1 vs. Delmarva, L 8-5) Individual Pitching Most Innings Pitched, Starter: 6.0, 4x (Last: Willy Taveras May 3 vs. Lexington, L 5-2) Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 1.0, Thomas Szapucki (April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Most Innings Pitched, Relief: 5.2, Dedniel Nunez (April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Most Hits Allowed, Starter: 9, Jose Butto (April 11 @ Lexington, L 14-3) Most Hits Allowed, Reliever: 10, Christian James (May 4 vs. Lexington, L 11-1) Most Strikeouts, Starter: 8, Dedniel Nunez, 2x (Last: April 27 @ Charleston, W 7-2) Most Strikeouts, Reliever: 10, Dedniel Nunez (April 8 vs. Rome, W 7-4) Most Walks, Starter: 4, Jaison Vilera (April 23 @ West Virginia, L 10-3) Most Walks, Reliever: 4, Jaison Vilera (April 12 @ Lexington, L 8-4) Most Earned Runs, Starter: 6, 2x (Last: Willy Taveras, April 26 @ Charleston, L 8-3) Most Earned Runs, Reliever: 8, 2x (Last: Christian James, May 4 vs. Lexington, L 11-1)

2019 FIREFLIES HIGHS AND LOWS


2019 OPENING DAY ROSTER (April 4, 2019) P (13): Jose Butto, Christian James, Andrew Mitchell, Dedniel Nunez, Billy Oxford, Darwin Ramos, Luc Rennie, Thomas Szapucki, Willy Taveras, Chris Viall, Jaison Vilera, Simeon Woods-Richardson, Ezequiel Zabaleta C (2 + 1 IL): Carlos Sanchez-IL, Hayden Senger, Juan Uriarte INF (6): Chase Chambers, Ronny Mauricio, Walter Rasquin, Yoel Romero, Brian Sharp, Mark Vientos OF (4): Ranfy Adon, Anthony Dirocie, Wagner Lagrange, Jose Miguel Medina

April 6: OF Ranfy Adon and INF Chase Chambers transferred to Columbia’s Injured List … C Juan Uriarte transferred to Columbia’s temporary inactive list … RHP Luc Rennie transferred to Advanced-A St. Lucie … INF Chandler Avant and OF Zach Rheams transferred to Columbia from Brooklyn … C Jose Mena transferred to Columbia from Kingsport … RHP Bryce Hutchinson transferred to Columbia from GCL Mets

April 8: INF Yoel Romero and RHP Christian James transferred to Brooklyn … OF Bradley Marquez and RHP Garrison Bryant transferred o Columbia from Kingsport

April 10: C Jose Mena transferred to Kingsport … C Juan Uriarte activated from the temporary inactive list

April 13: RHP Garrison Bryant transferred to Brooklyn … RHP Christian James transferred to Columbia from Brooklyn

April 15: LHP Thomas Szapucki transferred to Brooklyn … RHP Jose Moreno transferred to Columbia from Brooklyn

April 22: INF Chandler Avant transferred to Brooklyn … INF Shervyen Newton transferred to Columbia from Kingsport

April 24: RHP Jaison Vilera transferred to Brooklyn … RHP Allan Winans transferred to Columbia from Kingsport

April 28: RHP Dedniel Nunez transferred to Brooklyn … RHP Alec Kisena transferred to Columbia from Kingsport

April 30: C Juan Uriarte transferred to Brooklyn … C Carlos Sanchez activated from Columbia’s injured list

May 1: RHP Allan Winans and OF Zach Rheams transferred to Brooklyn … LHP Thomas Szapucki transferred to Colum-bia from Brooklyn … INF Chase Chambers activated from Columbia’s injured list

May 5: RHP Billy Oxford transferred to Brooklyn … RHP Colin Holderman activated from Columbia’s injured list

May 6: OF Anthony Dirocie, OF Jose Medina, and C Carlos Sanchez transferred to Brooklyn...OF Bradley Marquez placed on the restricted list...OF Chandler Avant, OF Yoel Romero, and C Juan Uriarte transferred to Columbia from Brooklyn...OF Gerson Molina transferred to Columbia from the DSL

2019 FIREFLIES TRANSACTIONS


Date/Opponent Result Record Div. Stand (GB) Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Time/Attendance April 4 vs. CHS, 7:05 L, 2-1 0-1 t2nd (-1.0) Roansy Contreras (1-0) S. Woods-Richardson (0-1) Aaron McGarrity (1) 2:43 / 6,325 April 5 vs. CHS, 7:05 L, 6-1 0-2 t3rd (-2.0) Sean Semple (1-0) Jose Butto (0-1) — 2:58 / 3,753 April 6 vs. CHS, 6:05 W, 3-2 1-2 3rd (-1.0) Bryce Hutchinson (1-0) Jio Orosco (0-1) E. Zabaleta (1) 2:30 / 5,625 April 7 vs. CHS, 2:05 L, 7-2 1-3 t6th (-2.0) Dalton Higgins (1-0) Christian James (0-1) — 3:09 / 4,001 April 8 vs. ROM,7:05 W, 7-4 2-3 6th (-1.5) Dedniel Nunez (1-0) Alan Rangel (0-1) Chris Viall (1) 3:02 / 1,303 April 9 vs. ROM,11:05 PPD, Rain April 10 vs. ROM,11:05 W, 2-0 3-3 t3rd (-0.5) Willy Tavares (1-0) Nolan Kingham (1-1) E. Zabaleta (2) 2:25 / 6,351 April 11 @ LEX, 7:05 L, 14-3 3-4 t4th (-1.0) Zach Haake (1-1) Jose Butto (0-2) Marcelo Martinez (1) 2:43 / 3,237 April 12 @ LEX, 7:05 L, 8-4 3-5 t5th (-2.0) Kris Bubic (1-0) Jaison Vilera (0-1) — 2:52 / 3,426 April 13 @ LEX, 6:35 L, 3-1 3-6 t6th (-3.0) Tyler Gray (1-0) Christian James (0-2) Jonathan Bowlan (1) 2:49 / 3,453 April 14 @ LEX, 2:05 W, 12-5 4-6 t5th (-2.0) Dedniel Nunez (2-0) Austin Cox (0-2) — 3:02 / 1,841 April 15 @ ROM, 7:00 W, 3-2 5-6 t4th (-1.0) Willy Taveras (2-0) Kurt Hoekstra (0-1) Andrew Mitchell (1) 2:31 / 1,620 April 16 @ ROM, 10:30 L, 8-1 5-7 t5th (-2.0) Jose Montilla (1-0) Chris Viall (0-1) — 2:31 / 1,943 April 17 @ ROM, 1:00 W, 2-1 6-7 4th (-2.0) Jaison Vilera (1-1) Jose Olague (1-2) E. Zabaleta (3) 2:44 / 1,037 April 18 vs. HIC, 7:05 W, 4-3 7-7 3rd (-1.0) Jose Moreno (1-0) Scott Engler (1-1) — 3:10 / 4,818 April 19 vs. HIC, 7:05 PPD, Rain April 20 vs. HIC, 5:05 L, 3-2 (8) 7-8 t4th (-3.0) Grant Anderson (1-1) Willy Tavares (2-1) — 2:45 / — April 20 vs. HIC, DH G2 L, 5-4 (7) 7-9 t4th (-3.0) John King (1-1) Dedniel Nunez (2-1) — 2:01 / 4,160 April 21 April 22 @ WV, 7:05 L, 5-0 7-10 t4th (-3.0) Clay Chandler (2-0) Jose Butto (0-3) — 2:36 / 1,399 April 23 @ WV, 7:05 L, 10-3 7-11 t5th (-3.0) Ryne Inman (3-0) Jaison Vilera (1-2) — 3:01 / 1,301 April 24 @ WV, 7:05 L, 2-1 7-12 t5th (-3.0) Damon Casetta-Stubbs (1-0) Christian James (0-3) Nolan Hoffman (2) 2:17 / 1,249 April 25 @ CHS, 7:05 L, 5-3 7-13 t6th (-3.0) Daniel Bies (1-1) S. Woods-Richardson (0-2) Rodney Hutchinson (1) 2:40 / 3,992 April 26 @ CHS, 7:05 L, 8-3 7-14 t6th (-4.0) Luis Gil (1-1) Willy Taveras (2-2) Shawn Semple (3) 2:41 / 4,732 April 27 @ CHS, 6:05 W, 7-2 8-14 6th (-3.0) Dedniel Nunez (3-1) Luis Medina (0-2) — 3:00 / 4,661 April 28 @ CHS, 5:05 L, 3-0 8-15 t6th (-3.0) Alex Vizcaino (2-1) Alec Kisena (0-1) Jhony Brito (1) 2:39 / 3,620 April 29 April 30 vs. DEL, 7:05 L, 6-3 8-16 7th (-4.5) Ofelky Peralta (1-0) Christian James (0-4) — 3:01 / 2,699

May 1 vs. DEL, 11:05 L, 8-5 8-17 7th (-5.5) Hector Guance (1-0) S. Woods-Richardson (0-3) Tim Naughton (5) 3:23 / 4,578 May 2 vs. DEL, 7:05 L, 1-0 8-18 7th (-6.5) Blaine Knight (3-0) Billy Oxford (0-1) Matt De La Rosa (1) 2:31 / 3,913 May 3 vs. LEX, 7:05 L, 5-2 8-19 7th (-6.5) Daniel James (1-0) Willy Taveras (2-3) Kyle Hinton (2) 3:06 / 5,296 May 4 vs. LEX, 6:05 L, 11-1 8-20 7th (-7.5) Tyler Gray (2-2) Bryce Hutchinson (1-1) — 3:01 / 5,543 May 5 vs. LEX, 2:05 W, 3-1 (7) 9-20 7th (-6.5) Colin Holderman (1-0) Jonathan Bowlan (1-2) Alec Kisena (1) 1:55 / 4,341 May 6 vs. LEX, 7:05 L, 7-6 9-21 7th (-7.5) Austin Cox (1-3) S. Woods-Richardson (0-4) Josh Dye (2) 3:25 / 2,152 May 7 May 8 @ CHS, 7:05 L, 7-1 9-22 7th (-8.5) Jio Orozco (3-2) Jose Butto (0-4) — 2:32 / 2,955 May 9 @ CHS, 7:05 May 10 @ CHS, 7:05 May 11 vs. ROM, 6:05 May 12 vs. ROM, 12:05 May 12 vs. ROM, DH G2 May 13 vs. ROM, 7:05 May 14 @ AUG, 7:05 May 15 @ AUG, 7:05 May 16 @ AUG, 7:05 May 17 @ ROM, 7:00 May 18 @ ROM, 6:00 May 19 @ ROM, 2:00 May 20 @ ROM, 1:00 May 21 vs. GVL, 7:05 May 22 vs. GVL, 11:05 May 23 vs. GVL, 7:05 May 24 vs. GVL, 7:05 May 25 @ CHS, 6:05 May 26 @ CHS, 5:05 May 27 @ CHS, 5:05 May 28 @ CHS, 11:05 May 29 May 30 vs. AUG, 7:05

May 31 vs. AUG, 7:05 June 1 vs. AUG, 6:05 June 2 vs. AUG, 2:05 June 3 vs. ROM, 7:05 June 4 vs. ROM, 7;05 June 5 vs. ROM, 7:05 June 6 @ HIC, 7:00 June 7 @ HIC, 7:00 June 8 @ HIC, 6:30 June 9 @ HIC, 3:00 June 10 vs. ASH, 7:05 June 11 vs. ASH, 7:05 June 12 vs. ASH, 7:05 June 13 vs. LEX, 7:05 June 14 vs. LEX, 7:05 June 15 vs. LEX, 6:05 June 16 vs. LEX, 2:05

MAY

2019 FIREFLIES 1st HALF DAY-BY-DAY

APRIL (8-16, .208 BA, 4.17 ERA)

JUNE

columbia fireflies (9 22) @ charleston riverdogs (18 · molina’s mashing, pt. i: gerson molina...

Documents