MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

LHP Joey Cantillo transferred from Arizona League Padres2 to Fort Wayne

Published on August 29, 2018 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


The San Diego Padres have made the following Minor League transactions:

Effective Tuesday, August 28, 2018

- LHP Joey Cantillo transferred from the Arizona League Padres2 to Fort Wayne (uniform: #26)

* pronounced: Can-till-OH

- RHP Nick Kuzia transferred from Short-Season Tri-City to Fort Wayne (uniform: #25)

* pronounced: KOO-juh

- RHP Luis Patiño transferred from Fort Wayne to the Arizona League Padres

- RHP Dylan Coleman transferred from Fort Wayne to the Arizona League Padres

Luis Patiño made his TinCaps debut on May 16. Across 17 starts in 83.1 innings, he was arguably the best pitcher in the Midwest League during his time. Though he didn't log enough innings to qualify among the official league leaders, here's how he stacked up...

Midwest League pitchers from May 16-Aug. 27:

- 1.07 WHIP (1st)

- 2.16 ERA (2nd to only teammate Osvaldo Hernandez)

- 98 Strikeouts (tied 2nd)

- .220 AVG (3rd)

Midwest League pitchers with 80+ IP in 2018:

- 2.33 FIP (1st)

- 29.7% K% (1st)

- 22.4% K-BB% (1st)

- 0.11 HR/9 (1st)

- 1.07 WHIP (1st)

- 16.0% Swing & Miss% (2nd)

- 2.92 xFIP (2nd)

- 2.16 ERA (3rd)

- 10.58 K/9 (3rd)

- .220 AVG (5th)

- 4.08 K/BB (8th)

Patiño is healthy, but has reached his innings limit as an 18-year-old. The only active pitcher in the Midwest League who's younger than Patiño (who doesn't turn 19 until Oct. 26) is TinCaps pitcher Ryan Weathers.

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