Former Fireflies Report: July 9

Here's a look now at Fireflies who have moved on. All the players who were demoted to Brooklyn have since returned, so only players who have moved up are on this list. First, a look at the batters:

Batter	Level	TB	R	RBI	BB/HBP	SB	CS	0 for 1	SO	Score	Adjusted Score	AVG	HR	OPS
Vinny Siena	High A	14	6	6	9	1	0	41	10	75	150	0.226	0	0.603
Tucker Tharp	High A	13	7	5	4	1	0	34	12	67	134	0.261	0	0.603
David Thompson	High A	1	2	0	3	0	0	7	1	9	18	0.125	0	0.489

Yes, David Thompson is now in High A! He has been replaced by suspended former (hopefully anyway) PED user Eudor Garcia at third base for the Fireflies. Once Garcia is able to settle in and perform without "enhancements" I think he will also head to St. Lucie soon as he's already had a productive season in Class A. Hopefully after Garcia moves on we can get the next set of prospects to come in. Anyway, Thompson hasn't done well so far in PSL, but it's only three games.

Vinny Siena and Tucker Tharp are both somewhat struggling to make the leap so far. Tharp's average is a bit more respectable, but Siena's walk rate is still solid while his strikeout rate is dropping. Right now the edge goes to Siena as Tharp has been on the bench a lot in PSL.

Now the pitchers:

Pitcher	Level	Outs	K	ER	H	BB/HBP	W	S	L	Score	Adjusted Score	ERA	WHIP	K/9IP
Andrew Church	High A	105	22	14	31	18	2	0	1	287	574	3.60	1.286	5.7
P.J. Conlon	High A	65	15	5	18	5	2	0	0	275	550	2.08	1.015	6.2

Both Andrew Church and P.J. Conlon have done well. Church has been far from domiant though, and as a Firefly fan I think he wasn't rushed enough to get here but was then rushed past here after two starts. That was a big blow to the rotation in Columbia. Conlon has also not done as well as he did in Columbia, but that would be hard to pull off. I don't see either pitcher moving up to AA in the immediate future, but they both should at some point. My guess for the current Firefly most likely to join them in PSL soon would be Alex Palsha.