Former Fireflies Report (July 17)

It's time to take a look at former Fireflies who have moved on to Port St. Lucie. First things first: Tucker Tharp is fully healed and ready for more playing time and has been sent back down here, so he is no longer a former Firefly. At the same time Kevin Kaczmarski was deemed ready to move on so he will be on the report. Alex Palsha finally got promoted while the PSL Mets sent down..... Andrew Church? Apparently a 3.60 ERA wasn't good enough in the roster shuffles, so he was sent down here so I could get another chance to see him. But I didn't want to see a rain delay last night and he pitches the best of any Firefly this season, throwing a complete game 1-hitter. That is obviously of course what happens when I stay home, just haven't had any luck when seeing the Fireflies this year. And now of course that should get Church promoted again, maybe even to AA soon.

Batters

Batter	Level	TB	R	RBI	BB/HBP	SB	CS	0 for 1	SO	Score	AVG	HR	OPS
Vinny Siena	High A	18	7	8	12	1	0	51	13	96	0.239	0	0.619
Kevin Kaczmarski	High A	11	5	1	2	1	0	9	3	80	0.438	0	1.188
David Thompson	High A	10	6	5	5	0	0	26	6	62	0.235	0	0.627

Pitchers

Pitcher	Level	Outs	K	ER	H	BB/HBP	W	S	L	Score	ERA	WHIP	K/9IP
P.J. Conlon	High A	99	23	8	28	6	3	0	0	416	2.18	1.00	6.3
Alex Palsha	High A	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	55	0.00	0.50	0.0

Siena and Thompson have been struggling to make the jump one level up, though Thompson seems to be improving the last few games. Kaczmarski on the other hand has done very well his first few games. I think the Mets timed his promotion very well, as it came when he was performing at his best. Siena was on the other hand on a downward trajectory when he got promoted while Thompson was stabilizing after recovering from an injury. Of course who knows what will happen once everybody gets more games in.

Conlon hasn't been doing as well in High A as Middle A, but he still has had a remarkable season, going 11-1 with a 1.94 ERA between both levels of full season Class A combined. He should be a lock to reach AA, if not this season then next.

Palsha needed just two innings to get half of his Columbia win total at St. Lucie. He didn't strike anybody out, but still his first outing as a PSL Met was a lot better than his first as a Firefly, and he ended up reasonably successful here.