Edition Two of “Hot or Not” with plenty to talk about. At the dish, Reading had a huge night last evening, influencing numbers and sending Cesar Hernandez and Darin Ruf climbing up the charts.  Leandro Castro has also been consistently ,making things happen. Anthony Hewitt’s “promotion” is not going well early on and the struggles of Jeremy Barnes continue.

Nice to see Brody COlvin breaking through on the hot pitcher list, which included two nice starts by Trevor May.  Jesse Biddle had a rough outing this week, but too early for real concern.  The Lehigh Valley bullpen plays prominently in the Hot Reliever section with two real nice outings by Kenny Giles getting him some “pub”. Continue reading Hot or Not →

An outstanding week for the IronPigs as they have won six consecutive games and now stand at 10-2, in first place of the Northern Division of the International League, 3 games ahead of second place Pawtucket.

‘Pigs Leaders: Remarkably, Lehigh Valley does not have anyone in the top 10 in any hitting category. Pitching: Tom Cochran is 3rd in wins (2); Austin Hyatt is 4th in wins (2), 10th in walks (8); and 7th in IP (16.1); Scott Elarton is 4th in ERA (0.82); Dave Bush is 5th in ERA (0.90); Phillipe Aumont is 6th in games (5) and is tied for the league lead in saves (4); Jake Diekman is 6th in saves (2)and Pat Misch is 6th in HR allowed (3). Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

The first edition of Hot or Not which includes todays afternoon games. Most notable talking points are the hot starts by Jiwan James and Sebastian Valle in Reading, Cameron Rupp in CLearwater and Gauntlett Eldemire in Lakewood. Tyler Cloyd was an excellent opening day story in Allentown, while David Buchanan had a dominant first start in Reading.  None of the baby aces on either list.

Hot Hitters: Darin Ruf, (.450, 3RBI); Jiwan James (.400, 2HR 5RBI, SB), Sebastain Valle (.389); Brian Pointer (.364, 3HR 8 RBI, 2SB); Cameron Rupp (.357, HR 6RBI); Gauntlett Eldemire (.351, 3RBI, 5SB)Pete Lavin (.333, HR).

Not Hot Hitters:Kevin Frandsen (.000); Carlos Alonso (.000); Lou Montanez (.100);  Logan Moore (.111);Tim Kennelly (.143) Jeremy Barnes (.176); Domonic Brown (.178)  

Hot Pitchers: Tyler CLoyd (6IP 0H 0ER 0BB 8K); Scott Elarton (5IP 2H 0ER 3BB 4K); Dave Bush (5IP 2H 0ER 2BB 2K); David Buchanan (7IP 2H 0ER 1BB 9K); Lisalberto Bonilla (4IP 3H 0ER 2BB 5K); Tyler Knigge (3.1IP 2H 0ER 1BB 3K); Ryan Duke (3IP 2H 0ER 1BB 4K 2SV); Mike Cisco (3IP 0ER); Jacob Diekman 2IP 2H oER 3K, SV); Hector Neris (6.1IP 4H 0ER 4BB 4K);

Not Hot Pitchers: Raul Valdes (2.2IP 7H 5ER);  Colton Murray (2.1H 3H 5ER 6BB 0K); Mike Nesseth ((3.2IP 7H 6ER 2BB 3K); Bryan Morgado (3IP 5H 4ER 3BB 2K);Juan Sosa (3IP 4H 4ER 0BB 1K); Frank Gailey (2.1IP 4H 3ER 2BB 5K)