SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

HVR Game Notes - April 24, 2022

Published on April 24, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Brooklyn Cyclones (8-6) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (7-7)

RHP Daison Acosta (0-1, 12.60 ERA) vs. RHP Blane Abeyta (0-1, 3.86 ERA)

| Game 15 | Home Game 6 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, NY | April 24, 2022 | First Pitch 2:05 p.m. |

HOME, SWEET HOME: The Hudson Valley Renegades complete their first home series of the season this afternoon, taking on the Brooklyn Cyclones in game six of the set. The pitching matchup features a reboot of Tuesday's matchup with Hudson Valley sending RHP Blane Abeyta to the mound against Brooklyn righty Daison Acosta. The Renegades have won three of the first five games of the series. Pitching has dominated, with HV throwing both a two-hitter and a one-hitter this week.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT...: Brooklyn leadoff batter Rowdey Jordan singled to right against Edgar Barclay, and the Cyclones never got another hit as three pitchers combined to toss a one-hitter. Barclay was joined by Tanner Myatt and Carson Coleman the near no-no, combining to strike out 15 batters. At one point they combined to retire 12 straight, and 21-of-22 hitters.

STRIKEOUTS STACKING UP: Hudson Valley pitchers combined to strike out 71 Brooklyn batters in the first five games of the current series, setting a new season-high for the staff in each of the first two nights (17 Tuesday, 18 Wednesday). In 2021, the Renegades struck out 17-or-more batters in a game five times, including a season-high of 18 three times. Notably, two of those three games came against Brooklyn (5/22 @ BRK, 9/9 @ HV). With 167 strikeouts through 14 games, Hudson Valley ranks third among all High-A teams in strikeouts, trailing only Aberdeen (176) and Rome (172).

OFF TO THE RACES: Through 14 games, the Hudson Valley Renegades are second among High-A teams in stolen bases with 38.

- Jersey Shore (PHI) has 44 to pace all High-A clubs, while Hillsboro (ARZ) of the Northwest League is the next-closest team, with 29. The Gades has been caught stealing eight times, leading to a success rate of 82.6%.

- Across all levels of the minors, the Renegades have the second-most steals, with Fayetteville (A, HOU) of the Carolina League having stolen 36 bases on their tails.

- The Renegades have stolen the most bases of any team in the Yankees organization, with Somerset (AA) ranking second with 25 swipes.

- With 38 steals through 14 games, the Renegades are stealing an average of 2.71 bases per game, which puts them on pace for 358 on the season, which would obliterate the previous franchise record of 149 in 2021.

- Cooper Bowman leads the team with nine steals, which is third in the SAL. Bowman has stolen multiple bases in a game three times this season. Aldenis Sánchez is fourth in the circuit with eight swipes.

- The Renegades have stolen six bases in a game as a team twice this season.

HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELLS: After a slow start to the season, Austin Wells has put together four straight strong games at the plate. Since Sunday's series finale with Rome, the catcher is 8-for-15 in his last three games, with a double, three walks, two strikeouts and two stolen bases. With the outburst, he has raised his season batting line from .148/.273/.222 to .286/.404/.357, a 266-point jump in OPS. Wells is the Yankees No. 4 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, who also ranks him as the No. 95 prospect in MiLB, and the No. 10 overall catching prospect.

ON THE CLOCK: Last Friday night marked an historic day for the South Atlantic League and across Minor League Baseball as it was the first game in which the new pitch clock rules were enforced. In the first night under the rules, game times across Minor League Baseball plummeted, with nearly 30 minutes shaved off the average game, according to numbers run by J.J. Cooper of Baseball America. Through Tuesday's action, average game times have been cut by approximately 20 minutes, per ESPN's Jeff Passan. However, MLB has temporarily suspended the pitch clock at Dutchess Stadium until further notice. Even without the pitch clock this week, the Gades have played games lasting 2:20 and 2:17 with the Cyclones.

CLOSE CALLS: The Renegades are 0-4 in one-run games this year, but are 3-1 in games decided by two runs.

RUMFIELD'S PINSTRIPED DEBUT: In his first year in the New York Yankees organization, T.J. Rumfield has impressed with his performance on the field. During the season-opening road trip, Rumfield hit .412/.487/.735 with five doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs. He ranks among the top 10 in the South Atlantic League in AVG (7th), SLG (7th), OPS (10th), RBIs (t-7th), XBH (t-4th), TB (8th) H (6th), and 2B (t-3rd). Rumfield was drafted by the Phillies in the 12th round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft out of Virginia Tech, and was traded to the Yankees in a November deal which sent RHP Nick Nelson and C Donny Sands to Philadelphia.

RECORD-SETTING SEASON: To nobody's surprise, the Hudson Valley Renegades set 19 new franchise hitting records during the 2021 season, the first in team history as a full-season affiliate. The team and individual players set 19 new single-season hitting records, and 20 new single-season pitching records. Among the most ludicrous was the single-season mark for most team home runs hit (156 -- previous record, 53 in 1999 and 2002), and most strikeouts recorded by the pitching staff (1,308 -- previous record, 693 in 1998).

BOWMAN STARTING STRONG: Renegades infielder Cooper Bowman had an 11-game on-base streak to start the season snapped on Saturday. The streak was tied for the third-longest by a High-A player this season. In 2021, the Renegades had 10 on-base streaks of 11 games-or-more, with season-best 24-game streaks by Josh Breaux and Ezequiel Duran.

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