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Weekly Roundup: August 12-17
Gelof bros go HR crazy
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- The Gelof brothers went home-run crazy last week, combining for 9 round-trippers. 2B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA) hit 5 HRs from August 12 to August 16, a 5-game stretch that saw him bat .333 (6-for-18) with 7 RBIs, 5 walks, a .478 OBP, and 1.645 OPS. His younger brother, 3B Jake Gelof (Dodgers/High-A), hit 4 HRs over the same period, batting .381 (8-for-21) with a double, 2 walks, 8 RBIs, 2 stolen bases in 3 attempts, a .435 OBP, and 1.435 OPS. Both brothers had a game where they smacked 2 home runs: Jake stroked a pair of 2-run shots in a 7-3 victory over Milwaukee’s affiliate on August 13, and Zack smacked two in an August 15 home game against the Mariners’ affiliate. His first home run in that contest, a 435-foot bomb, put the Las Vegas Aviators up 2-0, and his second one — a 2-run shot in the bottom of the 9th inning, with his team down 9-8 — triggered a 10-9, walk-off win. And how’s this for brotherly: both Gelofs homered on August 14, and both did again the following day (8/18/2025)
- RHP Aaron Davenport (Guardians/AAA) threw 6 no-hit innings and struck out 8 batters in a 2-0, one-hit shutout of Detroit’s affiliate on August 13. The 25-year-old righty allowed 2 consecutive walks in the 1st inning but ended the threat with a double play. He righted things in the 2nd inning by striking out the side (8/18/2025)
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- There wasn’t much to brag about in Texas after the 1st-place Blue Jays bludgeoned the Rangers 14-2 on August 16, but at least they got to see Rangers1B Rowdy Tellez take the mound for the fifth time in the past three MLB seasons. By the time Tellez appeared in the 7th inning, Texas already was down 11-1, and his 2-inning stint didn’t stop the bleeding. The 6-foot-4-inch, 270-pound veteran — one of only four MLB players of his stature to pitch this season — yielded hits to 5 of the 11 batters he faced, including a 3-run home run pounded by LF Davis Schneider, a batter 7 inches shorter and 80 pounds lighter. But it was a fun watch. Of Tellez’s 23 pitches, 22 were so-called eephuses: high-arcing tosses similar in pace and path to a what you might see in a slow-pitch softball game. (Tellez induced a double play the one time he threw a fastball.) They included the 56.1-mph pitch that Schneider hit into the stands, and a 63.9-mph throw that struck All-Star DH George Springer but probably didn’t leave a mark. Fittingly, MLB.com says the word eephus “undoubtedly stems” from the Hebrew word “efes” (אֶפֶס), which can be translated as “zero” or “nothing” (8/18/2025)
- Speaking of Rowdy Tellez, the Rangers first baseman was at the plate August 12 when teammate Joc Pederson — a former baserunning threat in the minors who didn’t have a 7-steal season in the Majors until 2024 — took third base uncontested. “You talk about catching folks by surprise,” said an announcer as Pederson grinned on-screen. “You can’t help but laugh about it.” The loveably chubby father of four hadn’t swiped a base since May 22 (8/182025)
- RHP Dean Kremer (Orioles) was practically untouchable in 2 starts last week, giving up just one earned run on 8 hits and 2 walks over 15 combined innings while striking out 13 batters. Kremer needed an average of just 12.6 pitches per inning in an 8-inning gem on August 12, but Baltimore batters didn’t deliver, and the team lost 1-0 to the Mariners. But the Orioles returned the favor in a 12-0 shutout of the 1st-place Astros on August 17. In that one, Kremer surrendered only 3 hits and a walk over 7 innings while striking out seven (8/18/2025)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Red Sox), who homered in his first game back in Houston on August 11, doubled down the following day with another round-tripper, en route to a 14-1 crushing of the Astros. The 2-run shot was only the second of 16 HRs this season that the pull-heavy slugger had hit to the right of the centerfield line. Bregman finished the game 2-for-5 with a walk, 2 RBIs, 2 double plays, and his 8th error (8/18/2025)
- RHP Max Lazar (Phillies) delivered 2 perfect innings of relief and struck out one batter as 1st-place Philadelphia succumbed 6-1 to the 3rd-place Reds on August 12 (8/18/2025)
Minor-League Bulletin
- Two men who played in the Majors this season before being released in August have caught on with new teams. Oakland claimed White Sox southpaw Jared Shuster off waivers on August 15 and assigned him toTriple-A, where he joined 2B Zack Gelof. Meanwhile, former Miami first baseman Matt Mervis signed a minor-league deal with the Diamondbacks on August 12 (8/18/2025)
- Four Jewish players appeared on Baseball America’s August 13 ranking of each MLB franchise’s Top 30 Prospects. The publication called Toronto’s #12 prospect, left fielder RJ Schreck (High-A), an “intriguing late-bloomer” and praised his “elite swing decisions” and surprising power. Eighteen-year-old pitcher Levi Sterling (Pirates/rookie-league), Pittsburgh’s #16 prospect, was described as a righthander with “advanced pitchability for his age” and notable athleticism. SS Henry Godbout (Red Sox/High-A), Boston’s #21 prospect after picking him in the 2nd round of this season’s MLB Draft, was called a “pesky hitter who’s extremely difficult to strike out” and who possesses a “tremendous feel for the barrel.” Finally, there was the Yankees’ #24 prospect, RHP Eric Reyzelman (Triple-A), who reportedly has “one of the best fastballs in the [franchise’s] system,” throws a sweeper slider that flummoxes batters, and has “the kind of stuff to fit in a big league bullpen” (8/18/2025)
- Talk about your high-leverage situations. The 1st-place Indianapolis Indians (Pirates/AAA) had just scored a go-ahead run and loaded the bases with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning on August 13 when Yankees prospect Harrison Cohen (AAA) came to the mound and struck out 1B Rafael Flores swinging with an 85.3-mph changeup. Cohen then got credit for the win when the RailRiders scored 2 runs in the bottom of the inning to complete a 6-5, walk-off triumph. Earlier in the game, teammate Jake Bird gave up 2 earned runs in 0.2 innings (8/18/2025)
- C Andy Yerzy (Cardinals/AAA) hit a 2-run, go-ahead home run in the 2nd inning of an August 15 game against the White Sox’s affiliate, and his team went on to score 2 runs in the 10th inning to clinch a 7-5 victory. Yerzy ended the day 2-for-3 with a walk but allowed a passed ball and was caught trying to steal second. The home run was his second in 4 games (8/18/2025)
- CF RJ Schreck (Blue Jays/AAA) hit a 2-run double to put his team up 2-0 on August 13, but Philadelphia’s affiliate rallied back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Schreck’s team 9-4. The two teams went head-to-head again on August 14, and this time both Schreck and C Garrett Stubbs (Phillies/AAA) drove in runs. Stubbs went 2-for-4 with a sacrifice fly that put his team up 2-0 in the 1st inning. Schreck went 2-for-5 with a 2-run double in the 6th inning, and his team went on to triumph 10-5 (8/18/2025)
- An RBI double by 3B Chase Strumpf (Cubs/AAA) gave his team the only run it needed in a 1-0 squeaker over Boston’s affiliate on August 13 (8/18/2025)
- LF Zach Levenson (Cardinals/AA) came through strong in his first Double-A game, putting his team up 2-0 with a 2-run HR en route to a 4-2 victory over the Twins’ affiliate on August 12. Levenson’s teammate Noah Mendlinger got in on the fun, going 1-for-2 with 2 walks and his 13th double (8/18/2025)
- RHP Charlie Beilenson (Mariners/AA) tossed a total of 2.1 scoreless innings on August 12 and 15, but both games ended in defeat, The Duke University alum has been dominant since Seattle promoted him to Double-A on June 14, going 2-2 with a 2.04 ERA over a combined 17.2 innings and tallying 15 strikeouts against just one walk. It’s unclear why Beilenson hasn’t had a save opportunity since July 4-11, when he earned saves in three consecutive games (8/18/2025)
- RHP Ben Simon (Mets/AA) pitched a scoreless inning of relief, struck out 3 batters, and earned a hold in his Double-A debut on August 12, a 5-3 win over the Blue Jays’ affiliate. Five days later, he tossed a perfect inning of relief but saw his team lose 3-2 in 10 innings to the same team. In his first 4 games since being promoted, the Princeton, NJ, native has tallied 6 scoreless innings, yielded 4 hits and zero walks, and struck out 7 batters (8/18/2025)
- Teammates Zach Levenson and Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA) combined for 3 RBIs in an 8-1 victory over Minnesota’s affiliate on August 14. LF Levenson went 2-for-4 with a 2-run HR and a double, while 2B Mendlinger went 1-for-4 with an RBI single (8/18/2025)
- Red Sox fans are excited about SS Henry Godbout (Red Sox/High-A), the top Jewish pick in this year’s MLB Draft, but an unspecified injury has abruptly taken him out of the lineup. In his first 5 games as a pro, the U. of Virginia alum — who grew up a Boston fan despite being raised in Brooklyn — hit .313 (5-for-16) with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, one HBP, and 6 walks, which inflated his OBP to an impressive .522. In his 6th game, an August 14 match against the Pirates’ 1st-place affiliate, Godbout doubled in the top of the 1st inning but left the game soon after. Three days later, he was placed on the injured list (8/18/2025)
- RHP Josh Wolf (Giants/High-A) earned his fifth win of the season in his 1st-place team’s 10-3 victory over the Angels’ affiliate on August 16. The 6-foot-3-inch righty came on with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th inning, a man on second base, and the score tied 3-3, but he swiftly ended the opposing team’s rally with a swinging strikeout. Wolf went on to tally 2.1 no-hit innings and 5 strikeouts against one walk (8/18/2025)
Transactions
- Red Sox place SS Henry Godbout (High-A) on the injured list (8/17/2025)
- Athletics claim LHP Jared Shuster off waivers and assign him to Triple-A (8/15/2025)
- Astros option LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A (8/13/2025)
- White Sox designate LHP Jared Shuster (AAA) for assignment (8/13/2025)
- Diamondbacks sign free agent 1B Matt Mervis and assign him to Triple-A (8/12/2025)
- Astros recall LHP Colton Gordon from Triple-A (8/12/2025)
- Cardinals promote OF Zach Levenson to Double-A (8/12/2025)
- Guardians assign LHP Ryan Prager to rookie-league team (8/11/2025)
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Weekly Roundup: August 12-17
Gelof bros go HR crazy
Minor-League Bulletin
- Two men who played in the Majors this season before being released in August have caught on with new teams. Oakland claimed White Sox southpaw Jared Shuster off waivers on August 15 and assigned him toTriple-A, where he joined 2B Zack Gelof. Meanwhile, former Miami first baseman Matt Mervis signed a minor-league deal with the Diamondbacks on August 12 (8/18/2025)
- Four Jewish players appeared on Baseball America’s August 13 ranking of each MLB franchise’s Top 30 Prospects. The publication called Toronto’s #12 prospect, left fielder RJ Schreck (High-A), an “intriguing late-bloomer” and praised his “elite swing decisions” and surprising power. Eighteen-year-old pitcher Levi Sterling (Pirates/rookie-league), Pittsburgh’s #16 prospect, was described as a righthander with “advanced pitchability for his age” and notable athleticism. SS Henry Godbout (Red Sox/High-A), Boston’s #21 prospect after picking him in the 2nd round of this season’s MLB Draft, was called a “pesky hitter who’s extremely difficult to strike out” and who possesses a “tremendous feel for the barrel.” Finally, there was the Yankees’ #24 prospect, RHP Eric Reyzelman (Triple-A), who reportedly has “one of the best fastballs in the [franchise’s] system,” throws a sweeper slider that flummoxes batters, and has “the kind of stuff to fit in a big league bullpen” (8/18/2025)
- Talk about your high-leverage situations. The 1st-place Indianapolis Indians (Pirates/AAA) had just scored a go-ahead run and loaded the bases with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning on August 13 when Yankees prospect Harrison Cohen (AAA) came to the mound and struck out 1B Rafael Flores swinging with an 85.3-mph changeup. Cohen then got credit for the win when the RailRiders scored 2 runs in the bottom of the inning to complete a 6-5, walk-off triumph. Earlier in the game, teammate Jake Bird gave up 2 earned runs in 0.2 innings (8/18/2025)
- C Andy Yerzy (Cardinals/AAA) hit a 2-run, go-ahead home run in the 2nd inning of an August 15 game against the White Sox’s affiliate, and his team went on to score 2 runs in the 10th inning to clinch a 7-5 victory. Yerzy ended the day 2-for-3 with a walk but allowed a passed ball and was caught trying to steal second. The home run was his second in 4 games (8/18/2025)
- CF RJ Schreck (Blue Jays/AAA) hit a 2-run double to put his team up 2-0 on August 13, but Philadelphia’s affiliate rallied back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Schreck’s team 9-4. The two teams went head-to-head again on August 14, and this time both Schreck and C Garrett Stubbs (Phillies/AAA) drove in runs. Stubbs went 2-for-4 with a sacrifice fly that put his team up 2-0 in the 1st inning. Schreck went 2-for-5 with a 2-run double in the 6th inning, and his team went on to triumph 10-5 (8/18/2025)
- An RBI double by 3B Chase Strumpf (Cubs/AAA) gave his team the only run it needed in a 1-0 squeaker over Boston’s affiliate on August 13 (8/18/2025)
- LF Zach Levenson (Cardinals/AA) came through strong in his first Double-A game, putting his team up 2-0 with a 2-run HR en route to a 4-2 victory over the Twins’ affiliate on August 12. Levenson’s teammate Noah Mendlinger got in on the fun, going 1-for-2 with 2 walks and his 13th double (8/18/2025)
- RHP Charlie Beilenson (Mariners/AA) tossed a total of 2.1 scoreless innings on August 12 and 15, but both games ended in defeat, The Duke University alum has been dominant since Seattle promoted him to Double-A on June 14, going 2-2 with a 2.04 ERA over a combined 17.2 innings and tallying 15 strikeouts against just one walk. It’s unclear why Beilenson hasn’t had a save opportunity since July 4-11, when he earned saves in three consecutive games (8/18/2025)
- RHP Ben Simon (Mets/AA) pitched a scoreless inning of relief, struck out 3 batters, and earned a hold in his Double-A debut on August 12, a 5-3 win over the Blue Jays’ affiliate. Five days later, he tossed a perfect inning of relief but saw his team lose 3-2 in 10 innings to the same team. In his first 4 games since being promoted, the Princeton, NJ, native has tallied 6 scoreless innings, yielded 4 hits and zero walks, and struck out 7 batters (8/18/2025)
- Teammates Zach Levenson and Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA) combined for 3 RBIs in an 8-1 victory over Minnesota’s affiliate on August 14. LF Levenson went 2-for-4 with a 2-run HR and a double, while 2B Mendlinger went 1-for-4 with an RBI single (8/18/2025)
- Red Sox fans are excited about SS Henry Godbout (Red Sox/High-A), the top Jewish pick in this year’s MLB Draft, but an unspecified injury has abruptly taken him out of the lineup. In his first 5 games as a pro, the U. of Virginia alum — who grew up a Boston fan despite being raised in Brooklyn — hit .313 (5-for-16) with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, one HBP, and 6 walks, which inflated his OBP to an impressive .522. In his 6th game, an August 14 match against the Pirates’ 1st-place affiliate, Godbout doubled in the top of the 1st inning but left the game soon after. Three days later, he was placed on the injured list (8/18/2025)
- RHP Josh Wolf (Giants/High-A) earned his fifth win of the season in his 1st-place team’s 10-3 victory over the Angels’ affiliate on August 16. The 6-foot-3-inch righty came on with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th inning, a man on second base, and the score tied 3-3, but he swiftly ended the opposing team’s rally with a swinging strikeout. Wolf went on to tally 2.1 no-hit innings and 5 strikeouts against one walk (8/18/2025)
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- The Gelof brothers went home-run crazy last week, combining for 9 round-trippers. 2B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA) hit 5 HRs from August 12 to August 16, a 5-game stretch that saw him bat .333 (6-for-18) with 7 RBIs, 5 walks, a .478 OBP, and 1.645 OPS. His younger brother, 3B Jake Gelof (Dodgers/High-A), hit 4 HRs over the same period, batting .381 (8-for-21) with a double, 2 walks, 8 RBIs, 2 stolen bases in 3 attempts, a .435 OBP, and 1.435 OPS. Both brothers had a game where they smacked 2 home runs: Jake stroked a pair of 2-run shots in a 7-3 victory over Milwaukee’s affiliate on August 13, and Zack smacked two in an August 15 home game against the Mariners’ affiliate. His first home run in that contest, a 435-foot bomb, put the Las Vegas Aviators up 2-0, and his second one — a 2-run shot in the bottom of the 9th inning, with his team down 9-8 — triggered a 10-9, walk-off win. And how’s this for brotherly: both Gelofs homered on August 14, and both did again the following day (8/18/2025)
- RHP Aaron Davenport (Guardians/AAA) threw 6 no-hit innings and struck out 8 batters in a 2-0, one-hit shutout of Detroit’s affiliate on August 13. The 25-year-old righty allowed 2 consecutive walks in the 1st inning but ended the threat with a double play. He righted things in the 2nd inning by striking out the side (8/18/2025)
Transactions
- Red Sox place SS Henry Godbout (High-A) on the injured list (8/17/2025)
- Athletics claim LHP Jared Shuster off waivers and assign him to Triple-A (8/15/2025)
- Astros option LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A (8/13/2025)
- White Sox designate LHP Jared Shuster (AAA) for assignment (8/13/2025)
- Diamondbacks sign free agent 1B Matt Mervis and assign him to Triple-A (8/12/2025)
- Astros recall LHP Colton Gordon from Triple-A (8/12/2025)
- Cardinals promote OF Zach Levenson to Double-A (8/12/2025)
- Guardians assign LHP Ryan Prager to rookie-league team (8/11/2025)
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- There wasn’t much to brag about in Texas after the 1st-place Blue Jays bludgeoned the Rangers 14-2 on August 16, but at least they got to see Rangers1B Rowdy Tellez take the mound for the fifth time in the past three MLB seasons. By the time Tellez appeared in the 7th inning, Texas already was down 11-1, and his 2-inning stint didn’t stop the bleeding. The 6-foot-4-inch, 270-pound veteran — one of only four MLB players of his stature to pitch this season — yielded hits to 5 of the 11 batters he faced, including a 3-run home run pounded by LF Davis Schneider, a batter 7 inches shorter and 80 pounds lighter. But it was a fun watch. Of Tellez’s 23 pitches, 22 were so-called eephuses: high-arcing tosses similar in pace and path to a what you might see in a slow-pitch softball game. (Tellez induced a double play the one time he threw a fastball.) They included the 56.1-mph pitch that Schneider hit into the stands, and a 63.9-mph throw that struck All-Star DH George Springer but probably didn’t leave a mark. Fittingly, MLB.com says the word eephus “undoubtedly stems” from the Hebrew word “efes” (אֶפֶס), which can be translated as “zero” or “nothing” (8/18/2025)
- Speaking of Rowdy Tellez, the Rangers first baseman was at the plate August 12 when teammate Joc Pederson — a former baserunning threat in the minors who didn’t have a 7-steal season in the Majors until 2024 — took third base uncontested. “You talk about catching folks by surprise,” said an announcer as Pederson grinned on-screen. “You can’t help but laugh about it.” The loveably chubby father of four hadn’t swiped a base since May 22 (8/182025)
- RHP Dean Kremer (Orioles) was practically untouchable in 2 starts last week, giving up just one earned run on 8 hits and 2 walks over 15 combined innings while striking out 13 batters. Kremer needed an average of just 12.6 pitches per inning in an 8-inning gem on August 12, but Baltimore batters didn’t deliver, and the team lost 1-0 to the Mariners. But the Orioles returned the favor in a 12-0 shutout of the 1st-place Astros on August 17. In that one, Kremer surrendered only 3 hits and a walk over 7 innings while striking out seven (8/18/2025)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Red Sox), who homered in his first game back in Houston on August 11, doubled down the following day with another round-tripper, en route to a 14-1 crushing of the Astros. The 2-run shot was only the second of 16 HRs this season that the pull-heavy slugger had hit to the right of the centerfield line. Bregman finished the game 2-for-5 with a walk, 2 RBIs, 2 double plays, and his 8th error (8/18/2025)
- RHP Max Lazar (Phillies) delivered 2 perfect innings of relief and struck out one batter as 1st-place Philadelphia succumbed 6-1 to the 3rd-place Reds on August 12 (8/18/2025)
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