SWB Game Notes - June 28

June 28, 2023 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (34-40, 0-0) @ Syracuse Mets (33-41, 0-0)

LHP Tanner Tully (5-1, 3.91) vs RHP Mike Vasil (0-1, 9.45)

FIRST HALF FLEW - Triple-A baseball finished the first half of the season last Sunday. The winner of the International League was the Norfolk Tides with 48 wins. The top team of the Pacific Coast League was the Oklahoma City Dodgers with 50 victories. These two teams will face off against the two champions of the second half in the first round of the playoffs.

ON TOP OF THE ORG - At the half way point of the season, Andres Chaparro leads the Yankees farm system with 69 games total games played and runs batted in with 48.. Estevan Florial has knocked the most homers with 19. Matt Bowman has made the most appearances out as a pitcher with 26 total. Mitch Spence has tossed the most innings with 76.2 frames pitched.

BULLPEN BEST - The RailRiders bullpen has impressed this season with a 3.91 earned run average in 301.1 innings pitched. The staff has totaled 353 strikeouts to just 171 walks. The 'pen was second in the International League with 19 saves led by Greg Weissert's six. Matt Krook impressed out of the pen with a 1.29 ERA in 21.0 innings pitched while Colten Brewer recorded a 1.37 ERA in 19.2 innings.

STACKING UP - At the end of the first half, SWB is middle of the pack in batting average with the team hitting a combined .260. Syracuse is just beneath them with a .255 average. The RailRiders are in the top third in steals in the International League with 87 while the Mets are in the bottom with 49 total snags. On the pitching side, SWB has the third lowest earned run average at 4.61 between starters and relievers. Syracuse has a cumulative 5.51 ERA.

CHAPPY HAPPY - Andres Chaparro hit four homers last week, including his second grand slam of the season. He recorded eight runs batted in for the Lackawanna County player of the week. The righty now has 15 homers this summer with his career high being 20 in 2022.

FIELDING FAUX PAS- The RailRiders have committed a total of 70 errors on the season with four errors last week. This puts them third in the International League in this category two teams at 74. Andres Chaparro has the most with 11. Syracuse has made 53 miscues. Visalia leads all of Minor League Baseball with 104 errors.

HOMER HEAVEN- The RailRiders were the first International League team to hit 100 home runs and they now have 121. Syracuse has 106 as a team, the least amount in all of Triple-A. The New York Yankees have totaled 113. The RailRiders have launched a half a dozen homers in two contests in this season. SWB homered 20 times against Charlotte, topping the 16 they hit last season against Omaha. Estevan Florial leads the team with nineteen.

WHO'S ON FIRST -The RailRiders have had seven different first basemen this season. Andres Chaparro leads the way with 27 starts, while Billy McKinney has made 23 starts there. Mickey Gasper and Jake Bauers have also played their hands at first base this season. Rodolfo Duran and Carlos Narvaez each made their first professional start at the corner this season and now have each defended there a couple of times. Franchy Cordero also played a handful of frames at first.

ATOP THE YANKS FARM - The RailRiders will showcase top prospect outfielder Elijah Dunham (#16 per MLB prospect rankings in the Yankees system) in his first Triple-A season. Will Warren (#7) , Randy Vasquez (#12), and Clayton Beeter (#13) are set to be essential parts of the starting rotation after also making their debuts with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this summer.

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