SUMMER BALL

Alan played for the Wareham Gatemen the summer of 2004. I remember they had a night game delay, not for weather, but they had an invasion of skunks came onto the field….

It took some entertaining moments to get the field cleared without “engaging” the critters…

 

Summer Ball makes me feel fine; blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

 

Seeing who's not on the list makes it seem even more apparent that Heyman, Donay, Shelton and Coppola won't be back, don't you think? And what about Kurland? Is he taking the summer off to completely heal or is he moving on as well?

 

I'll be at the Falmouth game this Sunday evening. Interesting to see that Wilson got into the Cape.

 

Thanks - I had forgotten about Clemente.

 

My impression is the top players seldom play in summer leagues as rising seniors and often don't play as rising juniors. It's the summer after frosh year that most is critical for college players and I expect our rising sophss to play somewhere, health permitting.

 

I agree. The Cape I know would have had about 2 or 3 of the kids on that list. Rest would have been in Vally or Alaska.

 

Some of the guys listed are not playing but some early updates on those who are. Cyr went 3-3 Tuesday night and is now 5-11 on the young season. McNeillie makes his debut on the mound with Harwich tonight and both Stripling (0-6) and Yost (1-11) are off to slow starts with Wareham.

 

Man, I have heard the term "skunked" before. I never understood what it really meant. Now I do!

Um, getting "skunked" isn't the same as getting "Skinked", but it is close...

 

Keeping in mind the Cape is a pitchers league and a lot of big names struggle, still some pretty bad numbers for some of our guys currently playing on the Cape:

Hayden Yost .150 (3-20)
Landon Stripling .083 (1-12)
Jaden Bastian .095 (2-21)
Note that Notre Dame transfer catcher Carson Tinney, who everyone (including UF) wanted but chose Texas, is currently hitting .067 (1-15) with eight K’s so again, a lot of hitters struggle up there.

By the way, Ashton Wilson was placed on the inactive list (a common procedure as more players become available) and it looks like Lawson never reported to Brewster despite being on their initial roster. Lastly, Cyr is still hitting .286 and is the only UF hitter putting up decent numbers.

 

Good outings for a couple of Gators on the Cape tonight. Three more hits and two RBI for Cyr and he is currently hitting .345 (currently 4th highest in the Cape). Also, McNeillie threw four hitless innings and currently has a 1.29 ERA giving up just one run in seven innings.

 

Brendan Lawson finally arrived at the Cape and is 5-10 with a HR over his first three games with Brewster. He basically took a roster spot from Blake Cyr, who left Brewster at the end of June but not before hitting .308 and making the mid-season all-star game.

 

Quick update…Brendan Lawson hit another HR last night and despite only arriving on the Cape a couple of weeks ago, leads Brewster with three HRs.

And in a league where Bastian, Yost and Stripling are all hitting well under .200, interesting that Caden McDonald, who is pitching and hitting this summer, is batting .281 with a HR in 32 ABs. Striking out quite a bit but still impressive that he is hitting as well as he is being he was a pitcher only last season at UF and that he is swinging with wood on the Cape. Kid hit double digit HRs as a HS senior and it will be interesting to watch him this fall. As a pitcher, he is struggling with a 6.00 plus ERA so maybe his roll is as an everyday player in 2026.

Finally, Ashton Wilson arrived on the Cape a couple weeks ago also and while off to a cold 4-20 start, hit his first HR last night.

 

So is Cyr getting drafted now? I was hoping for a great senior season from him.