Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

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Lehigh Valley finished their 8 game road trip with a 7-3 loss in Columbus last evening, losing their final three games of the road trip, finishing 4-4. The ‘Pigs are now 43-33 on the year and in 2nd place of the Northern Division of the International League, 2 games behind division leading Pawtucket. The ‘Pigs open a 12 game homestand tonight with a four game series against Rochester.

Probables: Tuesday: Wright; Wednesday: Cochran; Thursday: Cloyd; Friday: Elarton

‘Pigs Leaders: Kevin Frandsen is 6th in AB’s (277), 7th in hits (78), 3rd in doubles (22); Kyle Hudson is 8th in stolen bases (13); Tyler CLoyd is 3rd in wins (7), leads the league in WHIP (0.92) and  is 2nd in ERA (2.16); Pat Misch leads the league in losses (9),  is 5th in HR allowed (11); is 10th in IP (85) and is 3rd in starts (16); Phillipe Aumont is 9th in saves

Notes: Catcher John Suomi returned to the lineup last Wednesday after missing 14 games with a hip flexor injury. Domonic Brown has now missed the last 11 games with a strained knee, after missing 16 games earlier this year with a hamstring issue.

–Lehigh Valley is 26-9 at home, best in the International League.

—Tyler Cloyd has pitched at least 6 innings in 14 of his 15 starts and is a combined 10-1 with a 2.07 ERA between Reading and Lehigh Valley with a WHIP below 1.

–Pitcher Tom Cochran is 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA in 7 games (5 starts) since coming off of the DL.

–In his last 15 games, Phillipe Aumont’s ERA is approaching 6 and he is averaging a walk per inning.

—Kyle Hudson returned after missing several games with a strained foot and is hitting .375 over his last 10 games.

–Recently acquired OF Jason Pridie has hit in 9 of his last 10 games (.351)

—Brian Sanches has allowed just 1 earned run in 10.1 innings, spanning 7 games.

–Reliever David Purcey has allowed just 1ER in his last 10 outings.

–With JC Ramirez ‘s save last Friday, Lehigh Valley now has 8 relievers with at least one save.

—Scott Elarton has not won a game in over a month and is 0-4 with a 7.39 ERA in his last 8 starts.

–Domonic Brown has now missed two weeks with his latest injury, a strained right knee.

Transactions: P Raul Valdes was called up to Philadelphia.  C Erik Kratz was called up, sent down, and called up again all in the span of the past week.  P BJ Rosenberg was called up and sent back down after an abysmal outing in the 2nd game of the Phils doubleheader on Sunday.

10 thoughts on “Lehigh Valley Weekly Report”

  1. One of the most frustrating things about following minor league baseball is the lack of information available on player injuries and timetables on their return.

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  2. Hopefully Dom isn’t out too much longer; it’s been a real frustrating year for him. Also, this team is a real bore without Brown in the box scores. There is Cloyd every 5 days and Aumont, but even the relief prospects are mostly in the show or hurt. Susdorf has been the most interesting guy since he was called up.

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    1. Ryne Sandberg said today he will be out longer then expected since his knee isn’t coming around the way they had hoped.

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  3. Yeah we gwt more info on the vsl and the dsl today than we did in the old days about the major league team. People are lined up for Utley at 5:00.

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  4. Ryne Sandberg on Tuesday 26 June 2012, on Dom Brown.
    “It’s going a little bit slower than we thought it would initially take,” Sandberg said . “He’s getting evaluated today and again on Thursday. Hopefully, we’ll get him on to baseball activities. Get him going towards getting on the field. “It’s probably also a little bit cautionary as well on the organization’s part, so he can get this behind him and have a number of healthy days down the stretch.”

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  5. Along with an big infusion of younger players be had via necessary trades, an urgency accomplished, there needs to be a change of managers for the big club. Taking nothing away from Cholly’s success over the last several years, we should realize that he is a manager who prefers veterans over climbing younger prospects.

    The ideal man to replace Cholly is Ryne Sandberg whose continuing success at Lehigh Valley with a bunch of retreads and some newbies has been amazing over two seasons. At the very least, Sandberg must be moved up to be part of the coaching staff on the big club…before we lose him to another team as mgr or coach. He is too valuable for the team’s future to allow that to happen!

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      1. Highly unlikely given that he (Theo) had an opening last year and didn’t even interview Sandberg for the job.

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