By Scott Barancik, Editor

Here are your minor-league highlights for the week of June 17-23, 2019:

 

Stubbs

Stubbs

Hitter of the Week: CJ Stubbs (Astros)

C CJ Stubbs (Astros/A-short-season/Tri-City ValleyCats) homered in his first pro at-bat on June 20…and then homered again the following day. For the week, the younger brother of Astros catcher Garrett Stubbs hit .333 (5-for-15) with 2 HRs, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs, and a .412 OBP.

Kremer

Kremer

Pitcher of the Week: Dean Kremer (Orioles)

Dean Kremer (Orioles/AA/Bowie Baysox) pitched 5 shutout innings on June 22 en route to his second win, yielding 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out 8. After going 0-2 with a 8.38 ERA in May, Kremer is 2-2 with a 2.63 ERA in June.

Mazel tov

  • At least 16 Jewish players were selected in this month’s MLB draft. Of those, at least 13 have signed a contract. Following are the 13 and their signing bonuses:
    • Josh Wolf (Mets/Round 2): $2,150,000
    • Evan Kravetz (Reds/Round 5): $112,500
    • Ben Gross (Ttwins/Round 10): $10,000
    • CJ Stubbs (Astros/Round 10): $85,000
    • David Vinsky (Cardinals/Round 15): $100,000
    • Alex Segal (Braves/Round 22): $125,000
    • Jakob Goldfarb (White Sox/Round 24): $2,500
    • Justin Friedman (White Sox/Round 26): $2,500
    • Kyle Molnar (Angels/Round 26): $122,500
    • Matt Woods (Angels/Round 29): unknown
    • Greg Leban (Braves/Round 31): $5,000
    • Josh Shapiro (Brewers/Round 34): $3,000
    • Keaton Weisz (Angels/Round 36): unknown
  • Kenny Rosenberg (Rays/AA/Montgomery Biscuits) pitched a perfect inning of relief in the Southern League All-Star Game on June 18.
  • Ex-Seattle Mariners prospect Jack Marder recently joined his alma mater, the University of Oregon, as an assistant baseball coach.
  • P Sam Delaplane (Mariners/AA/Arkansas Travelers) was selected to play in the California League All-Star Game. The third-year player out of Eastern Michigan leads all minor leaguers in strikeout rate and is #2 in Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP). He recently was interviewed about analytics and his superb curveball.

Other highlights

  • 1B Cody Decker (Diamondbacks/AAA/Reno Aces) hit .333 (2-for-6) with a home run, double, 2 RBIs, and .500 OBP. Decker, whose 203 career home runs rank #1 among active minor leaguers, is averaging a home run every 14 at-bats this season.
  • 2B Zane Gurwitz (Angels/High-A/Inland Empire 66ers) hit .571 (4-for-7) with a home run, 3 RBIs, and a .625 OBP.
  • C Ryan Gold (Blue Jays/A/Lansing Lugnuts) hit .333 (5-for-15) with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs.
  • SS Keaton Weisz (Angels/Rookie/AZL Angels) went 1-for-4 with a double in his pro debut on June 19.
  • C Jakob Goldfarb (White Sox/Rookie/Great Falls Voyagers) made his pro debut on June 15. For the week, he hit .182 (2-for-11) with a double and a .357 OBP.
  • OF David Vinsky (Cardinals/Rookie/Johnson City Cardinals) made his pro debut on June 19. For the week, he was 0-for-6 with a .250 OBP.
  • P Robert Stock pitched 2 scoreless innings on June 20, yielding a hit and 2 walks while striking out 3.
  • P Sam Delaplane (Mariners/AA/Arkansas Travelers) pitched 2 perfect innings across 2 games, yielding no hits or walks while striking out 2. Since being promoted to Double-A, Delaplane has tossed 8.2 near-perfect innings, yielding a walk and a hit while striking out 18.
  • P Jake Fishman (Blue Jays/AA/New Hampshire Fisher Cats) pitched 4 scoreless innings across 2 games, yielding one hit and no walks while striking out 5.
  • P Rob Kaminsky (Indians/AA/Akron RubberDucks) pitched 4.1 scoreless innings across 3 games, yielding 2 hits and no walks while striking out 3. In 19 games at the Double-A level this season, Kaminsky is 2-1 with a 2.30 ERA and has held opposing batters to a .193 batting average and 0.96 walks/hits per inning.
  • LF Tyler Benson (Padres/A-short-season/Tri-City Dust Devils) hit .250 (3-for-12) with 2 stolen bases and a .438 OBP.
  • P Andy Rohloff (Giants/A-short-season/Salem-Keizer Volcanoes) pitched 2 perfect innings on June 20, yielding no hits  or walks while striking out 2.
  • P Noah Davis (Reds/Rookie/AZL Reds) hadn’t pitched since Cincinnati selected him in the 11th round of the 2018 draft. He finally made his pro debut on June 22, pitching a scoreless inning on one hit and no walks while striking out one.
  • P Evan Kravetz (Reds/Rookie/Greeneville Reds) pitched a perfect inning in his pro debut on June 22.
  • P Justin Friedman (White Sox/Rookie/AZL White Sox) struggled in his pro debut on June 18, yielding 4 earned runs over 2 innings, but he bounced back on June 22 with a 2-inning gem, yielding no hits and a walk while striking out 4.
  • P Alex Segal (Braves/Rookie/Danville Braves) made his MLB debut on June 20, giving up an earned run on 2 hits and a walk over one inning.
  • P Ben Gross (Twins/Rookie/Elizabethton Twins) made his pro debut in a 4-inning start on June 20, yielding 3 earned runs on 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out 2.
  • P Josh Shapiro (Brewers/Rookie/AZL Brewers Gold) pitched 3 innings in his pro debut on June 21, yielding 3 earned runs on 7 hits and no walks while striking out 3.

Transactions

  • P Noah Davis (Reds) was assigned to the AZL Reds (Rookie) on June 22.
  • C Garrett Stubbs (Astros) was reassigned from Houston’s roster to the Rock Round Express (AAA) on June 21.
  • 2B Zane Gurwitz (Angels) was reassigned from the Mobile BayBears (AA) to the Inland Empire 66ers (High-A) on June 21.
  • P Max Lazar (Brewers) was reassigned from the AZL Brewers Blue (Rookie) to the AZL Brewers Gold (Rookie) on June 17.

Free agents

Injured list

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