MWL Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps Transactions & Game Information: July 2 at Lake County Captains (Guardians Affiliate)

July 2, 2023 - Midwest League (MWL)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


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

Effective Sunday, July 2, 2023

Infielder Nerwilian Cedeño returned from rehab and reinstated from Fort Wayne 7-Day IL

Effective Saturday, July 1, 2023

Right-handed reliever Edwuin Bencomo transferred from High-A Fort Wayne to Double-A San Antonio

Fort Wayne TinCaps (4-3, 36-37) @ Lake County Captains (2-5, 33-39)

Sunday, July 2 | 7 p.m. | Classic Auto Group Park | Eastlake, OH

LHP Robby Snelling (No. 4 Padres prospect) vs. RHP Reid Johnston

Video: Bally Live app | MiLB.TV | MLB.TV | Radio: 1380 The Fan & 100.9 FM

LAST NIGHT: DH Marcos Castañon hit a 3-run homer, but Lake County came from behind to beat the TinCaps, 5-3, at Classic Auto Group Park.

POWER PERSPECTIVE: As a team, the TinCaps are on pace to hit 123 homers in this 132-game season... The franchise record is 127, set in 2017... If the season was still 140 games long, this year's team would be on track for 130 homers... The TinCaps have homered 20 times in 10 games at Lake County this season.

HOME RUN HISTORY: With Fort Wayne's franchise history dating back to 1993, the record for most home runs in a game is 6 (Aug. 6, 1997 @ Rockford; July 7, 2002 @ Quad City). Prior to Thursday, Fort Wayne last hit 5 homers in a game on Aug. 3, 2005 @ Dayton. Of those, a pair were hit by future big leaguers: Sean Kazmar Jr. and Mike Baxter... The franchise record for grand slams in a season is 6 (2006). This year's team has hit 5 so far.

HOT CAPS: The TinCaps have won 7 of their last 10 games and are 4-0-2 in their last 6 series... Since falling to 10-22, the TinCaps are 26-14 since May 14.

BETTER THAN THEIR RECORD: Based off their +32 run differential for the year, the TinCaps project to have a 40-33 record (4 games better than their actual mark)... Fort Wayne is 12-19 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs this season.

STARTING PITCHING: TinCaps starters have the 5th lowest ERA in the Midwest League (3.33). Fort Wayne relievers have a 4.64 ERA, 3rd highest.

JACKSON MERRILL: MLB.com's highest-ranked prospect in the MWL (No. 12 on Top 100 list)... Selected for the MLB All-Star Futures Game... Since May 5, over 44 games, 5th in the MWL in average (.298)... For season, ranks 5th in R (43) and 6th in H (69)... 6th lowest K% (13%).

JAKOB MARSEE: 22nd birthday Wednesday... Only player in the MWL to appear in all 73 games so far this year... Ranks 1st in runs (58), 2nd in walks (56; 17% BB%), 3rdin OBP (.394), 4th in SB (25)... 2nd best BB/K (1.0) and 4th lowest SwStr% (6%).

NATHAN MARTORELLA: In the MWL, ranks 2nd in HR (12), G (72) and R (47)... 3rd in RBIs (50), 4th in BB (47; 15% BB%) and SLG (.469)... 5th in OPS (.844)... 5th in wRC+ (141)... 7th in H (68) and 5th in BB/K (0.8).

MORE ON MARTORELLA: He's on pace to hit 22 home runs in this 132-game season. Fort Wayne's franchise record for home runs in a season is 21, set by Fernando Tatis Jr. in 2017. Tatis played in 117 games as a TinCap before a promotion to Double-A San Antonio... The schedule was 140-games long through 2019... Martorella's current .844 OPS would rank 6th highest in franchise history for a season. The record is .956, set by Jaff Decker in 2009, followed by Jason Hagerty (2010, .917)... Fernando Tatis Jr. (2017, .910)... Rymer Liriano (2011, .882)... Will Venable (2006, .865)... Over the last 2 seasons at the High-A level, the highest OPS posted by a Fort Wayne player was Agustín Ruiz in 2021 (.809).

MARCOS CASTAÑON: In the MWL, ranks 5th in H (70) and RBIs (45), 8th in G (69) and 10th in AVG (.270)... has reached base in 10 straight games.

ROSTER MOVES: Through the first 69 games of the season, the TinCaps used a total of 40 players (16 position players and 24 pitchers). On June 27, the Padres promoted 7 players from the Single-A Lake Elsinore to Fort Wayne, including left-handed starting pitcher Robby Snelling (San Diego's top lefty pitching prospect).

NEW GUYS: Prior to promotions on Tuesday, Albert Fabian was leading the Cal League with 58 RBIs and 31 XBH. He was also 2nd in 2B (18), 3rd in TB (119), 4th in HR (12) and 6th in SLG (.504)... Graham Pauley ranked 2nd in OBP (.422) and 3B (5), 3rd in H (71) and R (50), 6th in BB (40), 8th in TB (107), 9th in OPS (.887) and 10th in AVG (.309).

INTERIM MANAGER: Manager Jonathan Mathews is off this week. Lukas Ray, manager for the Arizona Complex League Padres, is filling in.

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