ORE-IDA® TATER-TOTS EMOJI SUMMARY OF THE WEEK:
HITTER OF THE WEEK: Ramón Vela - 11-for-26, 3 HR, 6 RBI (.423 AVG, 1.252 OPS)
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Ha!
GAME OF THE WEEK: In a Tater Talk first, this turn for Game of the Week will be a Boise loss, the aforementioned 11-5 defeat to the Surfers on May 26th. After scoring three runs in the top of the first, the Spuds were outscored 11-2, giving up 18 hits and committing two errors. The loss resulted in what has been called "a heated meeting" between coaches and the pitching staff and leading to several roster moves. Will this loss and meeting put the Spuds back on track or is it the lighting of a fuse leading towards a bigger explosion? Only time will tell...
Frick League Frontier Division Standings
TEAM | WINS | LOSES | WIN% | GB | RD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seattle Storm | 29 | 22 | .569 | - | +17 |
Boise Spuds | 27 | 23 | .540 | 1.5 | -7 |
Calgary Pioneers | 25 | 26 | .490 | 4 | -1 |
Edmonton Jackrabbits | 18 | 33 | .353 | 11 | -29 |
Vancouver Mounties | 17 | 32 | .347 | 11 | -60 |
NEWS AND NOTES: Boise made two trades during the week: (1) Spuds sent Claudio Pérez, who was removed as starting catcher two weeks ago, and AAA SP Akihisa Oka to Las Vegas in exchange for Eliseu Satino and minor leaguers Julián Fernández and Sandro Plumey; (2) Spuds sent Jesús Enríquez, expendable with the addition of Satino, to Vancouver for minor league OF/2B Guy Webb...the Spuds will employ a platoon in right field with Satino and Ken Gerhart III...in addition to the two trades, the Spuds made several roster moves: Allan MacHugh was called up to replace Perez as back-up catcher in Boise; Samuel Cant was waived and designated for assignment; Marcos Sánchez was sent down to Triple A Salt Lake City, with plans to stretch him into a full-time starter; António Sánchez returned to Boise after two weeks of rehab assignments in AAA; Mario Contreras was called up from Salt Lake City
DOWN ON THE FARM: Salt Lake City (AAA) went 2-4, dropping to 20-28 on the season...Buffalo (AA) continued an up-and-down season, going 3-3 and remaining 4th in the Colonial Division...Tulsa (A) dropped five of six during the week to fall to 27-22 and remained in 2nd place in the division