Minor League Blogs

Kevin Goldstein recently put out his list of who he things the Tigers top eleven prospects are.  It’s an interesting list because like last year, you have two top players then a steep drop off.  Cameron Maybin checks in at number one for the second straight season and that’s not a surprise.  Yeah Maybin fell [...]

The Mud Hens pursuit of their third straight Governor’s Cup came to an abrupt end as they were swept by the Durham Bulls 3-0.  Aquilino Lopez gave up three ninth inning runs in his second inning of work in a 5-2 loss.  Eulogio De La Cruz had a mixed start.  He gave up just two [...]

There were plenty of hitting stars and plenty of offense in the Hens 12-6 win over the Syracuse Chiefs.  Henry Mateo, Ryan Rayburn and Jack Hannahan all had three hits and Rayburn and Hannahan each drove in three. 
Virgil Vasquez was roughed up but the hitters bailed him out.  He gave up six runs in his [...]

Eulogio De La Cruz made his first appearance for the Hens earlier in the week and it didn’t go very well.  Today he bounced back and threw two shutout innings of relief to pick up his first win for the Hens this season.
Mike Hessman went one for three with two RBIs.  Ryan Rayburn went one [...]

The Mud Hens were blown out by Buffalo this afternoon 9-3 and Jordan Tata was hit hard.  He was tagged for six runs on six hits with two strikeouts in just 2 1/3 innings.  Given an assist to Eulogio De La Cruz, who just got promoted from Double A.  He walked five batters in just [...]

Erie lost 6-3 and all six runs were given up by starter Eulogio De La Cruz. He did it on six hits and a walk and he struck out five in four innings.  Still the righthander has 57 strikeouts in 63 innings and he’s only walked 16.  This would be the kind of guy who, [...]

Erie had a tough time at the plate in their 3-1 loss to Akron.  The lone run of the game for the Seawolves came on a solo homer by Jackson Melian.  The designated hitter also picked up three of the six hits in the game for the Seawolves.
A decent start by Eulogio de la Cruz [...]

Erie entered the ninth inning down 1-0 and nobody was probably more upset then Eulogio de la Cruz, who pitched eight great innings. He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts.
Fortunately, the Sea Wolves got some timely hitting.  Jeff Larish hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of [...]

The Seawolves lost 4-2 and while Eulogio de la Cruz didn’t have his best stuff, it wasn’t a horrible start either.  He gave up four runs on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Jeffrey Larish doubled, scored a run and drew a walk.  He was the only Seawolf to [...]

Eulogio De La Cruz took a hard luck loss today as the Seawolves provided him with only two runs of support.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and he struck out ten without walking a single batter. The loss drops him to 2-2 on the season.
Erie managed just three hits and Brent Dlugach [...]

Jeffrey Larish had a monster game for the Sea Wolves in their 11-6 win over Bowie.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun and six RBIs.  Michael Holliman continued to hit the ball well and he went one for three with a double, two walks, two RBIs and two runs.
Eulogio De La [...]

The Sea Wolves not only shot themselves in the foot with five errors in their 5-1 loss to Akron, but they also just couldn’t hit the ball.  The lone run came on an RBI single by Brent Dlugach and Matthew Joyce doubled and scored a run. The only other hit was a triple by Jeffrey [...]

The SeaWolves blasted Binghamton today 12-4 in a game where just about everyone was a hitting star.  Matthew Joyce singled and drove in four runs while Clete Thomas had three hits and three runs in the win.
Eulogio De la Cruz picked up the win despite a lackluster outing.  He gave up four runs on four [...]

The Tigers number five prospect is Eulogio De la Cruz and he was also across the board amongst the three lists.  John Sickels rated him highest at third but he also finished as low as ninth on Kevin Goldstein’s list (you can find the lists on the left sidebar).  A seventh place finish with Baseball [...]