Another minor league season comes to an end. It has not been one that will be remembered fondly. Only Vancouver made the playoffs. The other teams were lackluster and it required an injection of new faces at the trade deadline to create some interest in the last two months. Pitchers were falling like flies with most of the best pitching prospects needing Tommy John surgery. The best hitting prospect coming into the season missed time with a drugs ban. And yet the players who did get the call to the major league generally performed decently. And that is the minor leagues, the win/loss record doesn't matter, can you get one or two players a year to become part of your major league team? Fittingly Buffalo lost their last game.
Scranton 8 Buffalo 4
Three Stars
Third Star - Damiano Palmegiani
Second Star - Phil Clarke
First Star - Payton Henry
NOTES
Buffalo hadn't had the lead in a game since Wednesday. So things were looking better when Payton Henry doubled to drive in a run in the first inning. That held up until the fourth when Oswald Peraza homered for Scranton to tie the game. Jake Bloss was on the mound for the Bisons and through four innings he had just allowed the home run. In the fifth a one out bunt single for Scranton was followed by a stolen base and an RBI double. Bloss was pulled, 4.1 innings, three runs on five hits with five K's. He hasn't had a call up yet, unless the Jays give him a look next week.
One of the "on trial" relievers Emmanuel Ramirez came on and didn't impress. Five more runs scored and the Bisons trailed 7-1. The Bisons scored three in the sixth to make the score a little more respectable. Damiano Palmegiani hit a two run home run. That was as close as they got. Payton Henry was 3-4 with two doubles. Phil Clarke had two hits, Orelvis a double.
Hagen Danner pitched a clean inning. In September he has thrown seven innings, five hits, no walks, six strikeouts. It doesn't seem as though the Jays will give him a look. It will be interesting to see if they keep him on the 40 man roster. His fastball was 94 mph in this game, I think it was a little harder last season.
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