Updated: Monday, September 9
Transactions
- Mets activate RHP Ben Simon (High-A) from injured list (9/8/2024)
- Los Angeles Angels place CF Kevin Pillar on 10-day injured list due to left-thumb sprain (9/7/2024)
College All-Americans
Jewish Draft Tally
Following is final list of 6 known Jewish players selected in 2024 MLB Draft, plus one undrafted free agent who signed minor-league contract:
- 1. RHP Levi Sterling of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA, selected by Pirates (Round 1, #37 overall)
- 2. LHP Ryan Prager of Texas A&M University, selected by Angels (Round 3, #81 overall)
- 3. RHP Charlie Beilenson of Duke University, selected by Mariners (Round 5, #154 overall)
- 4. 3B Michael Snyder of University of Oklahoma, selected by Marlins (Round 10, #304 overall)
- 5. RHP Josh Blum of University of Southern California, selected by Mets (Round 16, #473 overall)
- 6. OF Lyle Miller-Green of Austin Peay State University, selected by White Sox (Round 17, #499 overall)
- 7. RHP Josh Mallitz of University of Missipppi, selected by Padres (undrafted free agent)
This Date in History
- 2018: Rowdy Tellez (Toronto Blue Jays) delivers pinch-hit, RBI double in first MLB at-bat en route to 10-3 win over Tampa Bay Rays. He is replaced in lineup by CF Kevin Pillar, who goes 0-for-1
- 2011: 3B Danny Valencia (Minnesota Twins) leads off 8th inning with double to spoil perfect-game bid by rookie P Zach Stewart (Chicago White Sox). Stewart goes on to earn complete-game, 4-0 win, with Valencia the only Twin to reach base
- 1957: Construction executive Louis E. Wolfson bids $5 million to buy Brooklyn Dodgers and keep team from moving to Los Angeles. He also pledges to spend $2-million on new players and build new stadium, but effort fails, and team reemerges in 1958 as Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1944: Soldiers from Fort Totten, NY, defeat Philadelphia Athletics in exhibition game. Cpl. Sam Nahem delivers both at plate and from mound, hitting 2 HRs with 7 RBIs while limiting Athletics to 2 runs on 5 hits over 6 innings
- 1934: CF Milt Galatzer (Cleveland Indians) goes 5-for-5 with double and 4 runs scored in win over Boston Red Sox
Top Story
- Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays) flexes big power over weekend. On Friday, 26-year-old infielder goes career-best 4-for-5 with 2 HRs, RBI double, and 3 RBIs in 9-5 win over Braves, thus setting franchise record of 11 total bases by a rookie. On Sunday, Horwitz enters game as pinch-hitter in 8th inning and promptly smacks 2-run HR to put Toronto ahead 2-1. Radford University alum ends day 2-for-2, but Atlanta ekes out 4-3 victory in 11 innings. Horwitz now has 12 HRs, which matches his minor-league high. It’s worth noting that since late July, Fox Sports has bumped up Horwitz — seen here in post-game interview Saturday — from #8 to #6 in its ranking of the A.L. Rookie of the Year Award’s most likely winners (9/8/2024)
Jewish Box Score
Games played Tuesday September 10, 2024| Player/Pos | Tm | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. Bader CF | NYM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | A. Bregman 3B | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Z. Gelof 2B | OAK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | S. Horwitz 1B | TOR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | J. Pederson DH | ARI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | G. Stubbs C | PHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | R. Tellez 1B | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Last updated: 09-11-2024 at 3:01 am ET
Season Stats
| Player/Pos | Tm | AB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Bader CF | NYM | 368 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 47 | .242 | .286 | 16 |
| A. Bregman 3B | HOU | 522 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 65 | .257 | .313 | 3 |
| Z. Gelof 2B | OAK | 436 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 45 | .211 | .273 | 23 |
| S. Horwitz 1B | TOR | 277 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .278 | .364 | 0 |
| M. Mervis 1B | CHC | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .115 | .148 | 0 |
| J. Pederson DH | ARI | 330 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 61 | .282 | .404 | 6 |
| K. Pillar CF | CWS | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .160 | .290 | 2 |
| K. Pillar CF | LAA | 235 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 40 | .251 | .299 | 8 |
| G. Stubbs C | PHI | 155 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .206 | .295 | 5 |
| R. Tellez 1B | PIT | 365 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 54 | .252 | .305 | 1 |
| All Jews | 2739 | 134 | 7 | 105 | 364 | .246 | N/A | 64 | |
| Total MLB | .244 | N/A |
| Pitcher | Team | W | L | ERA | G | IP | SV | SO | BB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Bird | COL | 2 | 2 | 5.06 | 29 | 32.0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | |
| S. Effross | NYY | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| M. Fried | ATL | 9 | 8 | 3.37 | 25 | 147.0 | 0 | 138 | 51 | |
| E. Kravetz | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Kremer | BAL | 7 | 9 | 4.27 | 21 | 111.2 | 0 | 106 | 47 | |
| M. Lazar | PHI | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 10 | 11.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| M. Mervis | CHC | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Rosenberg | LAA | 0 | 1 | 6.87 | 4 | 18.1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |
| J. Shuster | CWS | 1 | 4 | 4.80 | 35 | 65.2 | 0 | 49 | 29 | |
| G. Stubbs | PHI | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 53 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| R. Tellez | PIT | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 125 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| All Jews | 19 | 24 | 4.46 | 395.2 | 1 | 338 | 163 | |||
| Total MLB | 4.06 |
Spring Training Totals
- At least 28 Jewish players attended major-league Spring Training in 2024. Check out the highlights (3/29/2024)
Archives
News and Stats
- LHP Jake Miednik (Gastonia Baseball Club) tosses complete-game no-hitter against Hagerstown Flying Boxcars of independent Atlantic League. A former Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners prospect who pitched for Team Israel in 2023 World Baseball Classic, Miednik allows only 2 baserunners and, thanks to a fielding error, one unearned run over 7 innings en route to 3-1 victory. Miednik’s outing marks only the 7th complete-game no-hitter in 26-year-old history of Atlantic League, a professional partner league of MLB. The recent one was a 2023 gem by former Major League southpaw Robert Stock — who pitched, alongside Miednik, for Israel at the 2023 WBC (9/2/2024)
- In rare but not unprecedented moment in Jewish Baseball history, 2 Jewish players pitch for same team in one game. Garrett Stubbs (Phillies), a back-up catcher who is 7-for-14 at the plate over past 4 games, takes mound for 4th time this season, tossing scoreless inning of relief on a mere 8 pitches in 10-1 loss to Marlins. Earlier in game, RHP Max Lazar yields one earned run over 2.2 innings on 2 hits, walk, and 2 strikeouts. That was far better than starter Seth Johnson, who gave up 9 earned runs before being pulled with one out in 3rd inning (9/8/2024)
- CF Harrison Bader (Mets) strokes solo HR in bottom of 6th inning to put New York ahead 1-0 en route to 4-0 win over Reds. He ends day 1-for-3 (9/7/2024)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Pirates) blasts 2-run, pinch-hit HR and later draws walk in 5-3 loss to Nationals. Tellez’s shot leaves bat at blistering 113-mph and travels 443 feet into Allegheny River (9/7/2024)
- RHP Harrison Cohen (Yankees/High-A) continues to scorch South Atlantic League batters, tossing scoreless inning on one hit, no walks, and 2 strikeouts in 9-1 win over Tourists. In 12 appearances and 19.1 total innings since promotion to High-A, undrafted free agent is 3-0 with 0.93 ERA, 0.57 WHIP, and 23 strikeouts against just one walk (9/8/2024)
- Harrison Cohen isn’t only promising pitcher in Yankees’s farm system. Recent article on RHP Eric Reyzelman (AA) describes the 2022 draftee as an “impressive bullpen arm dominating Double-A.” How scary is he to batters? Of all minor-leaguers who have pitched at least 30 innings this season, Reyzelman’s 41.1% strikeout rate ranks #4 (9/6/2024)
- 3B Michael Snyder, a 2024 draftee who batted just .085 in August, goes 3-for-4 with walk and 3 RBIs in 23-8 slaughter of Marlins affiliate (9/8/2024)
- RHP Jacob Steinmetz (Diamondbacks/High-A) allows just 5 baserunners over 5 innings in 3-1 victory over Angels affiliate, striking out 5 batters and yielding one unearned run (9/8/2024)
- LF Dalton Guthrie (Red Sox/AAA) goes 3-for-5 with RBI single in 10th inning en route to 10-inning, 9-7 victory over Nationals affiliate (9/8/2024)
- Bad news in Los Angeles: Angels place CF Kevin Pillar on 10-day injured list due to left-thumb sprain. MLB Trade Rumors says it’s possible Pillar will miss final 3 weeks of season (9/7/2024)
Opening Day Roster
Here are the 10 Jewish players who made it onto an MLB 2024 Opening Day roster
1. CF Harrison Bader (Mets)
2. P Jake Bird (Rockies)
3. 3B Alex Bregman (Astros)
4. P Max Fried (Braves)
5. 2B Zack Gelof (Athletics)
6. P Dean Kremer (Orioles)
7. OF Joc Pederson (Diamondbacks)
8. C Garrett Stubbs (Phillies)
9. 1B Rowdy Tellez (Pirates)
10. OF Kevin Pillar (White Sox)
