Quinn Priester made his second rehab appearance on Tuesday night for the Indianapolis Indians. Priester threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits, with no walks and six strikeouts.
Priester’s sinker sat 92.9 MPH, with five whiffs on 15 swings. He picked up two whiffs on the slider, three on the changeup, and one each on the curveball and four-seam. He was also throwing four of his pitches for strikes, leading to a 31% called/swinging strike rate or higher on everything but the curveball.
This was the second rehab appearance for Priester. He went four innings last week, allowing two runs on five hits, with no walks and one strikeout. His lone run in this game came off a solo homer in the third inning. He was supported by three home runs from Indianapolis.
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANAPOLIS won 8-2, led by Quinn Priester’s start.
- SS Liover Peguero: 2-for-5, HR, RBI
- DH Seth Beer: 1-for-4, HR, BB
- LF Matt Fraizer: 2-for-3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
- RF Ji Hwan Bae: 3-for-5
- CF Matt Gorski: 2-for-4
Matt Fraizer hit his second homer of the year, knocking in three in the fourth inning to give Indianapolis a 4-1 lead. Seth Beer homered in the second inning to get them on the board. Liover Peguero hit his sixth homer of the year in the eighth, and Fraizer doubled in two more runs, giving him five RBIs on the day. He scored on a Grant Koch single, with Koch picking up two hits total.
STATCAST HEROES
The home run from Peguero traveled 450 feet at 105.9 MPH. Frazier’s home run traveled 105.6 MPH, going 368 feet. He also had a double at 103.3 MPH.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
ALTOONA lost 3-1
- RHP Enmanuel Chapman: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- LF Yoyner Fajardo: 1-for-4
- 3B Charles McAdoo: 1-for-4
- RF Sammy Siani: 1-for-4
- DH Abrahan Gutierrez: 1-for-3, RBI
Enmanuel Chapman made the spot start for Altoona. Chapman was signed by the Pirates this past December out of Cuba. He opened his age-25 season throwing 18 innings with Greensboro, allowing a 3.00 ERA, with a 23:6 K/BB ratio. The 6′ 6″, 255 pounder now has 18 innings in Altoona, with a 5.00 ERA and a 13:4 K/BB. Abrahan Gutierrez has returned to Altoona, ending his rehab assignment.
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
GREENSBORO won 6-1
- LHP Dominic Perachi: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K
- 1B Nick Cimillo: 1-for-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI
- DH Termarr Johnson: 2-for-4, BB
- 2B Jack Brannigan: 1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI
- LF Luke Brown: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, RBI
Nick Cimillo hit his 15th homer of the year, putting him in a tie for the team lead with Shawn Ross. After homering three games in a row, Jack Brannigan was kept in the park in this game, but added his tenth double of the season. Dominic Perachi had a 2.25 ERA in 24 innings with Greensboro last month, building up to a starter role. The 2022 11th rounder continues looking good in the role, and looks like a candidate to move up to Altoona in the second half.
SINGLE-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
BRADENTON lost 6-4
- LF Shalin Polanco: 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI
- SS Javier Rivas: 1-for-4, 2B
- RHP Carlson Reed: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
- RHP Greiber Mendez: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
- LHP Magdiel Cotto: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
The shortened outing from starter Carlson Reed led to a position player throwing two innings. The Pirates called up Greiber Mendez from the FCL prior to the game, and he made his debut at the new level to get the game to the fifth inning. Position player Juan Jerez threw two innings, allowing a run on a walk and two hits. Magdiel Cotto closed out the game with two scoreless innings. Shalin Polanco hit his ninth homer of the year, while Javier Rivas hit his 14th double.
STATCAST HEROES
Juan Jerez threw 26 changeups in his 31 pitches, averaging 74.4 MPH, with one whiff.
ROOKIE: FCL PIRATES
FCL PIRATES lost 4-3
- SS Yerry De Los Santos: 3-for-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
- DH Tony Blanco Jr.: 1-for-3
- RHP Brennan Malone: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
- RHP Clevari Tejada: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- 3B Jhonny Severino: 0-for-2, BB, SB
Yerry De Los Santos led the offense, with three of the four hits on the day. He doubled in a run in the first, then hit a solo homer in the sixth. It was the fourth homer of the year for the 19-year-old, who has a .338/.401/.514 line this year. Brennan Malone opened the game with a scoreless inning.
ROOKIE: DSL PIRATES
Both DSL Pirates games were postponed until next week, due to rain.
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
- Triple-A: Indianapolis, 7:05 PM – RHP Jake Woodford (1-4, 4.43)
- Double-A: Altoona, 7:00 PM – RHP Bubba Chandler (4-5, 4.17)
- High-A: Greensboro, 1:05 PM – RHP Derek Diamond (4-1, 3.83)
- Single-A: Bradenton, 6:30 PM – RHP Hung-Leng Chang (3-5, 3.83)
- The rookie leagues are off on Wednesday.
