Nick Weglarz, CBN POW, Week 11
* OF Nick Weglarz (Stevensville, Ont.) had a four-homer week at double-A Akron in the Cleveland Indians organization ….
2012 Canadians in the Minors
2012 Canadians Drafted
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Brewers will stage open workout camps
By George Farelli
Nick Weglarz has spent enough time — too much time due to injuries — in Akron that he could run for mayor.
And after this week he’d win — in a landslide.
Weglarz hit four homers for double-A Akron in the Cleveland Indians system to win the top honours as the best of the 79 Canadians in the minors.
The top high school player drafted in 2005 in the third round Weglarz made his Akron debut playing 105 games. Then in 2010, he played 37 games before being promoted to triple-A Columbus.
Injuries restricted Weglarz to 41 games in 2011 and this year in 52 games he’s now hit 10 homers in his first 45 games after hitting .294 (10-for-34).
BEST OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES for WEEK XI
Player / Class / Team AB R H HR RBI AVG
Chris Bisson - A Lake Elsinore 11 4 6 – 1 .545
Sammie Starr - A Delmarva 16 3 8 – 2 .500
Lars Davis - AA Tulsa 13 – 5 – 1 .385
Jimmy Van Ostrand - AA Harrisburg 25 3 9 2 7 .360
Tim Smth - AA Mississippi 20 1 6 – 4 .300
Royce Consigli - A Burlington 10 1 3 1 1 .300
Nick Weglarz - AA Akron 34 6 10 4 9 .294
Jeff Helps - IND Quebec 24 5 8 – 5 .333
Josue Peley - IND Quebec 29 4 9 2 7 .310
(Minimum 10 At Bats required.)
BEST PITCHING PERFORMANCES for WEEK XI
ETHAN STEWART RHP – A LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 1-0 - 0.83 1.50
Stewart had a very good outing on June 17, picking up his third win of the year in a 6-1 victory over Hickory Crawdads. He threw six innings giving up three hits and one earned run, while striking out three. After what might be considered a slow start to the 2012 season, the Campbell River native has reeled off three consecutive wins. In his last three games he’s pitched to a 2.50 ERA, surrendering only five earned runs in 18.0 innings, and striking out eleven hitters. His overall record with Lakewood now stands at 3-6 with a 3.76 ERA.
EVAN RUTCKYJ LHP – A CHARLESTON RIVER DOGS
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 5.0 5 - – 2 4 1-0 - 1.40 0.00
Rutckyj had another excellent start on June 15 and the Windsor native earned his third win of the year, in 5-2 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers. He threw five scoreless innings, giving up five hits, while striking out four. The win improved his record with the River Dogs to 3-2 with a 4.50 ERA and soon, after New York moved him to Single-A Staten Island Yankees in the New York-Penn League.
JAMESON TAILLON LHP – A BRADENTON MARAUDERS
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
2 11.2 11 8 8 4 9 1-1 - 1.34 6.43
Taillon had a strange week, with two very contrasting starts, in which he picked up one loss and one win. On June 13, he had a rough outing to say the least, in 4 2/3 Innings he surrendered 10 hits and eight earned runs in an 8-4 Loss to Ft. Myers Miracle. He bounced back strongly on June 15 in a 7-0 victory over the St. Lucie Mets, as he threw seven scoreless innings and gave up only one hit, while striking out five. This “bounce back” performance earned Taillon a spot in this week’s pitching highlights list and the two outings improved his overall record with the Marauders to 4-6, with a 4.10 ERA.
JEFF DUDA RHP – IND QUEBEC CAPITALES
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
2 16.0 9 3 3 2 22 2-0 – 0.69 1.69
Duda had two outstanding starts this week, both against the Worcester Tornadoes, picking up the win in each game. On June 13th the got his third win of the season in a 7-4 victory, tossing seven strong Innings giving up eight hits and three earned runs, while striking out 13. He followed that up June 18 with an even better performance, as he threw a complete game one hitter, in a 6-0 shutout over Worcester. He carried a no hitter into the ninth, but surrendered a single and ended up facing only two batters over the minimum. In this start he gave up one hit, and struck out nine. These two outings improved his overall record with the Capitales to 4-0, 1 Save and a 3.44 ERA.
SHAWN HILL RHP – IND YORK REVOLUTION
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 6.0 4 - – 2 6 1-0 – 1.00 0.00
Hill continued his very strong comback performance with the York Revolution this week, as on June 13th he beat Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 10-0 tossing six scoreless Innings, in which he gave up only four hits striking out six bitters. The win improved his record in the Independent Atlantic League to 2-0 with a 2.43 ERA. In his last five starts, Hill has pitched at a very high level, surrendering zero earned runs in 27 and 2/3 Innings, giving up only 15 hits while striking out 21 batters. This level of performance is no doubt, what prompted the Blue Jays to acqiure his contract from York, and bring him back into their organization.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1 — James Paxton (Ladner, BC)
Week 2 — 1B Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC)
Week 3 — RHP Jameson Taillon (Woodlands, Tx)
Week 4 — LHP Jeff Francis (North Delta, BC)
Week 5 — INF Carter Bell (Courtenay, BC)
Week 6 — RHP Colin Kleven (Kamloops, BC)
Week 7 — INF Jamie Romak (London, Ont.)
Week 8 — RHP Scott Richmond (North Vancouver, BC)
Weeek 9 — INF Wes Darvill (Langley, BC)
Week 10 — RHP Phillippe Aumont (Gatineau, Que.)
