Delmarva Series Preview

I decided to combine the updated Player Standings with the series preview. What I have done is I calculated my Player Rating score for both teams and compared them to one another. Only players on the respective active rosters are listed.

First we'll look at the hitters. Delmarva generally has much better scores for their hitters than the Fireflies do. There are two reasons for this, the first of which is because the Shorebirds hit better than the Fireflies do. The other is that the Fireflies' lineup has been more in flux with injuries and promotions. Losing Thompson and Siena was basically it for the Fireflies' offense, which has led to the Fireflies averaging just 2.75 runs per game over the past 8 games.

The guys to watch out for on Delmarva are their slugging catchers Yermin Mercedes and Alex Murphy, as well as speedy outfielder Cedric Mullins out of Campbell as well as a top Orioles prospect in SS Ryan Mountcastle. Mercedes' stats are very similar to that of Augusta's catcher Miguel Gomez who has been a real Firefly killer this season.

#	Player	Team	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	AVG	OPS	TB	PA	Score	Round Picked	Home State/Country	College
17	Yermin Mercedes	Delmarva Shorebirds	C	23	284	46	103	10	50	1	1	24	52	2	0.363	978	160	316	949	IFA	Dominican Republic
11	Cedric Mullins	Delmarva Shorebirds	OF	21	320	53	77	7	27	20	5	30	67	1	0.241	721	132	354	775	13	Georgia	Campbell
32	Alex Murphy	Delmarva Shorebirds	C	21	302	39	73	13	46	0	0	29	88	1	0.242	737	129	334	614	6	Maryland
13	J.C. Rodriguez	Columbia Fireflies	3B	23	295	41	71	4	33	14	2	25	50	1	0.241	647	102	324	590	IFA	Dominican Republic
10	Kevin Kaczmarski	Columbia Fireflies	OF	24	258	41	69	2	28	6	5	28	49	4	0.267	766	108	294	589	9	Illinois	Evansville
4	Ryan Mountcastle	Delmarva Shorebirds	SS	19	282	36	84	5	28	3	4	23	60	1	0.298	782	121	308	551	1	Florida
2	Ademar Rifaela	Delmarva Shorebirds	RF	21	208	28	53	6	30	2	2	21	55	2	0.255	747	87	232	439	IFA	Curacao
34	Dash Winningham	Columbia Fireflies	1B	20	281	24	66	4	37	0	1	19	50	2	0.235	651	102	304	393	8	Florida
7	Ricardo Andujar	Delmarva Shorebirds	SS	23	234	28	62	2	16	12	7	18	43	3	0.265	667	80	255	381	IFA	Dominican Republic
9	Drew Turbin	Delmarva Shorebirds	2B	23	210	24	49	4	22	2	1	29	54	5	0.233	692	74	245	341	14	Idaho	Dallas Baptist
16	Natanael Delgado	Delmarva Shorebirds	LF	20	196	24	47	5	27	2	1	16	62	0	0.240	659	71	216	313	IFA	Dominican Republic
22	Joe Tuschak	Columbia Fireflies	LF	23	209	29	45	4	19	2	1	22	47	0	0.215	625	70	231	296	6	Pennsylvania
21	Steve Laurino	Delmarva Shorebirds	1B	23	219	23	47	4	21	0	1	31	55	1	0.215	639	71	252	267	25	New York	Marist
7	Milton Ramos	Columbia Fireflies	SS	20	239	21	54	0	27	3	3	20	57	3	0.226	574	67	263	232	3	Florida
27	Vicente Lupo	Columbia Fireflies	LF	22	116	17	28	1	19	1	7	16	53	2	0.241	722	44	135	200	IFA	Venezuela
18	Gerrion Grim	Delmarva Shorebirds	RF	22	120	12	30	2	13	2	0	13	45	1	0.250	720	47	137	197	14	Missouri	Jefferson JC
21	Tyler Moore	Columbia Fireflies	C	22	137	22	33	1	13	1	1	14	33	0	0.241	625	43	154	196	6	Louisiana	LSU
35	Luis Ortega	Columbia Fireflies	1B	23	136	13	32	4	21	2	3	7	30	2	0.235	621	46	148	194	IFA	Venezuela
9	Enmanuel Zabala	Columbia Fireflies	LF	21	48	6	13	0	2	2	0	2	15	1	0.271	689	18	51	74	IFA	Dominican Republic
30	Natanael Ramos	Columbia Fireflies	C	23	37	3	11	0	3	1	0	4	11	1	0.297	777	15	43	67	IFA	Venezuela
14	Austin Anderson	Delmarva Shorebirds	3B	24	120	8	25	1	11	0	0	6	31	1	0.208	510	31	127	50	9	Florida	Ole Miss
5	Eudor Garcia	Columbia Fireflies	3B	22	23	4	6	0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0.261	624	7	25	36	4	Texas	El Paso CC
1	Alejandro Juvier	Delmarva Shorebirds	2B	20	111	8	22	0	5	2	0	8	34	0	0.198	486	26	119	27	15	Florida
10	Randolph Gassaway	Delmarva Shorebirds	OF	21	37	5	10	0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0.270	578	10	39	25	16	Georgia
4	Dale Burdick	Columbia Fireflies	2B	20	15	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	11	0	0.200	517	4	16	-2	40	Tennessee

Now let's look at the pitchers. The teams are about equal here, mainly because aside from Conlon's promotion and a couple injuries the Fireflies' pitching staff hasn't been in flux as much as the Shorebirds. However generally aside from Canelon and Palsha the Shorebirds appear to have the edge here as well.

#	Player	Team	Age	W	L	ERA	SV	IP	Outs	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	HB	WHIP	Score	Round Picked	Home State/Country	College
39	Cristian Alvarado	Delmarva Shorebirds	21	7	5	3.66	0	91	273	91	38	37	8	19	104	3	7	1.21	909	IFA	Venezuela
3	Kevin Canelon	Columbia Fireflies	22	5	7	3.12	0	97.2	293	90	40	34	9	19	80	5	3	1.11	894	IFA	Venezuela
15	Alex Palsha	Columbia Fireflies	24	2	3	2.57	14	34.2	104	23	11	10	1	12	46	4	0	1.00	842	27	California	Sacramento State
25	Brian Gonzalez	Delmarva Shorebirds	20	5	5	2.93	0	89.1	268	82	36	29	3	35	69	13	3	1.31	808	3	Florida
29	Reid Love	Delmarva Shorebirds	24	6	5	3.49	0	85.1	256	81	39	33	6	25	77	3	2	1.25	800	10	Florida	East Carolina
26	Ofelky Peralta	Delmarva Shorebirds	19	5	4	3.43	0	75.2	227	61	34	29	2	42	75	9	3	1.36	720	IFA	Dominican Republic
47	Christian Turnipseed	Delmarva Shorebirds	24	1	2	2.91	12	34	102	25	14	11	3	13	38	1	1	1.12	707	28	Georgia	North Georgia
40	Francisco Jimenez	Delmarva Shorebirds	21	6	7	4.5	0	83.2	251	68	46	42	7	29	62	8	7	1.15	648	IFA	Dominican Republic
11	Tyler Bashlor	Columbia Fireflies	23	2	1	1.62	3	38.2	116	23	9	7	1	19	44	9	4	1.08	593	11	Georgia	South Georgia State CC
28	Joe Shaw	Columbia Fireflies	22	4	6	4.81	0	85.2	257	102	57	46	9	21	88	4	6	1.43	528	12	Texas	Dallas Baptist
23	Seth Davis	Columbia Fireflies	23	2	2	2.30	1	43.1	130	39	14	11	2	19	45	2	7	1.35	462	29	Colorado	Augustana (IL)
26	Craig Missigman	Columbia Fireflies	22	1	1	2.86	1	44.1	133	37	20	14	2	22	42	2	5	1.34	430	37	North Carolina
31	Jay Flaa	Delmarva Shorebirds	24	3	0	3.66	1	32	96	23	14	13	4	13	34	2	2	1.13	412	6	North Dakota	North Dakota State
45	Johnny Magliozzi	Columbia Fireflies	24	2	3	3.69	3	38.2	116	43	18	16	6	10	30	2	2	1.36	364	17	Massachusetts	Florida
6	Chase Ingram	Columbia Fireflies	21	4	8	5.65	0	78.1	235	90	57	49	7	33	76	9	6	1.58	346	6	Florida	Hillsborough CC
36	Jesus Liranzo	Delmarva Shorebirds	21	0	0	1.44	0	24.2	74	9	5	4	0	10	30	3	2	0.76	339	IFA	Dominican Republic
33	Bryce Beeler	Columbia Fireflies	23	1	0	0.69	0	13.1	40	10	1	1	1	1	10	0	0	0.85	197	19	Tennessee	Memphis
46	Mike Burke	Delmarva Shorebirds	23	0	0	0	0	9.1	28	3	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.67	134	30	Ohio	Buffalo
40	Gaby Almonte	Columbia Fireflies	23	1	2	4.03	0	29	87	38	16	13	5	5	16	0	6	1.48	130	IFA	Dominican Republic
17	Witt Haggard	Columbia Fireflies	24	2	4	3.21	0	13.2	41	14	7	5	2	9	13	0	0	1.64	97	10	Texas	Delta State
27	Robert Strader	Delmarva Shorebirds	22	1	2	7.2	2	25	75	28	22	20	0	24	15	4	1	2.08	65	12	Kentucky	Louisville
35	Lex Rutledge	Delmarva Shorebirds	25	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.33	48	6	Mississippi	Samford
43	Michael Costello	Delmarva Shorebirds	23	0	1	6.65	0	22.2	68	29	19	17	2	5	16	1	3	1.48	34	40	Virginia	Post
20	Nicco Blank	Columbia Fireflies	23	0	0	9.00	0	14.1	43	14	14	14	4	10	19	2	3	1.71	23	25	Arizona	Central Arizona CC
30	Dariel Delgado	Delmarva Shorebirds	22	0	0	4.5	0	2.1	7	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	3	7	29	Florida

Generally there are no players on the Shorebirds of local interest. The Shorebirds appear to have the better players, so we could have more frustration this week on the field. The Fireflies have still yet to play a team in the second half with an overall losing record and that will again be the case until Rome comes to town Friday. Even if we can't break out of our slide here, hope the weather cooperates.