Minor League Blogs

Melvin Mercedes had 16 saves and a 1.82 ERA in 24 2/3 innings for the GCL Tigers but he’s had a tough time since getting promoted to the Whitecaps.  He made his second appearance yesterday and he gave up (with some help from Tyler Stohr, three runs in the bottom of the eighth and he [...]

Jonah Nickerson improved to 7-6 on the season with a nice start in the SeaWolves 3-2 win over Akron.  He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Brett Jensen got the final five outs with giving up a hit and he struck out two to pick [...]

Jonah Nickerson fell to 4-6 on the season with a rough start in Erie’s 10-5 loss to Harrisburg.  He gave up seven runs on ten hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings.  Reliever Ramon Garcia also had a tough time and he gave up three runs in two innings of relief.
Brennan Boesch [...]

Down 3-0, the Whitecaps rallied for two runs in the ninth inning but it was enough in the 3-2 loss.  Bryan Pounds had the big hit with a double and two RBIs but that was the end of the rally.  Ron Bourqin drew two walks and he scored one of the runs.
A pretty good start [...]

This looks like it would have been a fun game to catch.  The White Caps were pummelled in the first four innings and for at least a half inning, they were down 8-0.  Then they slowly began to chip away at the lead until they stormed back and scored three in the ninth on a [...]

Jared Gayhart gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth that cost the White Caps in a 4-3 loss to Lansing.  This came after a mediocre start by Brandon Hamilton, who gave up three runs on five hits with three strikeouts in six innings.
Jordan Newton went two for four with a homerun and [...]

The White Caps dismanted South Bend 10-4 last night with a lot of solid individual performances.  Ron Bourquin doubled, drove in three and scored a run while Cory Middleton went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run.
Lost in all the offense was a fantastic start by Paul Nardozzi.  The righthander gave [...]

Alfredo Figaro improved to 3-0 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 5-3 win over Beloit.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in six innings of work.  Noah Krol threw a perfect ninth and he picked up his third save of the [...]

The White Caps pulled off a sweep over South Bend and this time it was an 11-5 blowout.  Christopher Carlson led the way and he went four for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Ron Bourquin went three for five with two RBIs and three runs while Audy Ciriaco went [...]

The White Caps made it three straight against South Bend although the games are getting tighter. This time it was 5-4 even though they had more then twice as many hits. Marc McBratney went three for four with a double, two RBIs and a run. Ron Bourquin doubled, walked twice, drove in a run and [...]

Oneonta took care of Tri-City with a 6-3 win as they made a push for a post season berth.  Ron Bourquin led the way at the plate with a double, a solo homerun and two runs.  Jorge Patino went two for four with a solo homer.
Wilton Garcia improved to 1-0 with 2 1/3 innings of [...]

Ron Bourquin led the Tigers at the plate in Oneonta’s 6-1 win over Tri-City as the team entered their final weekend of the season.  He went two for three with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Christopher Carlson went three for four with a double, an RBI and two runs.
Luis Gil improved [...]

Oneonta took two and they got some solid pitching in their doubleheader sweep over Williamsport.  In the first game, Mark Brackman improved to 2-2 and he gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in six innings.  Christopher Carlson singled and drove in three runs while Justin Henry singled twice, [...]

Oneonta took two after a rain out the day before forced a doubleheader with Auburn.  In the first game, Ron Bourquin led the way at the plate with a nice game.  He went two for three with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.  Kody Kaiser went two for three with two RBIs.  Sean Finefrock [...]

Casper Wells and Kody Kaiser hit back to back homers in the top of the eleventh inning to win it for the Tigers in their 4-2 win over Staten Island.  Ron Bourquin and Justin Henry each had three hits in the win.
Erik Crichton improved to 2-0 on the season.  He threw two perfect innings and [...]

Rudy Darrow gave up two runs in the top of the tenth inning as Oneonta lost to Aberdeen 10-8.  He fell to 0-3 on the season and it didn’t help that Sean Finefrock was shelled for six runs in less then four innings of work.
Ron Bourquin went two for four with a homerun and three [...]

Sean Finefrock improved to 2-2 on the season with a great start in Oneonta’s 4-0 win over Mahoning Valley.  He gave up just one hit and a walk with three strikeouts in eight shutout innings.
Ron Bourquin went two for four with a run and an RBI.  Justin Henry went two for three with an RBI.

Jose Fragoso gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth and he blew a one run Tiger lead in Oneonta’s 8-7 loss to Hudson Valley.  The loss drops him to 1-2 on the season.
Ron Bourquin went three for five with two RBIS and two runs.  Devin Thomas went three for five with an [...]

Oneonta lost 5-3 but Kody Kaiser continued to rake the ball after two games without a hit.  He went three for four with a double and two runs.  Ron Bourquin went three for five with an RBI.
Jose Fragoso took the loss.  He gave up a run on two hits with two strikeouts in two innings.

Alfredo Figaro was roughed up by Tri-City and he fell to 0-2 since joining Oneonta in their 6-3 loss.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Ron Bourquin went two for four with a run.  Orlando Rodriguez went just one for four but he drove in [...]

Lakeland lost their first game of the season as Burke Badenhop was outdueled by Yankees top prospect Ian Kennedy.  Badenhop did have a decent start though.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  Freddy Dolsi got it done in relief as he struck [...]

Coming in at number ten in my highly scientific method for rating Tiger prospects is third baseman Ron Bourquin with five prospect points.  Just missing the cut was right handed pitcher Dallas Trahern.  Trahern showed up on more lists then Bourquin did, but Bourquin was the fifth best prospect on Kevin Goldstein’s list so that pushed [...]