Pro Baseball Notebook: Baylor draftees off to strong starts
By David Ash Tribune-Herald staff writer
Baylor’s recent pro baseball signees have all made their debuts.
Willie Kempf, Craig Fritsch, and Shawn Tolleson have yet to allow an earned run in more than 21 innings on the mound.
Kempf is 2-0 as a starter and reliever for the Braves’ Gulf Coast rookie league team with 12 strikeouts.
Fritsch has two relief appearances without an earned run with four strikeouts for Williamsport, a Philadelphia Phillies’ Class A affiliate.
Tolleson has a win and a save in four appearances for Ogden, a rookie league team with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He has eight strikeouts in five innings.
Former battery mate Gregg Glime had his first professional start last Sunday with the Marlins’ Gulf Coast team and produced his first hit. He has seen limited action but has drawn two walks.
Second baseman Raynor Campbell doesn’t appear to have missed a beat from college to Class A. In nine games for the San Francisco Giants’ Salem-Keizer club, Campbell is batting .286. He has reached base and scored in seven of his nine games.
Saccomanno shines
Former Bear Mark Saccomanno led his new team to a 7-0 victory Tuesday as he hit a three-run homer in his first start for Triple-A New Orleans.
The first baseman had been with Double-A Jacksonville in the Florida Marlins’ system earlier in the season before being called up last weekend.
Former MCC star signs
Former McLennan Community College player Cliff Archibald signed a contract this week with Pittsburgh Pirates.
The right-hander was a 36th-round selection in this year’s draft.
Archibald pitched and caught for the Highlanders in his one season in Waco. He is listed as a pitcher for the Pirates’ Gulf Coast rookie league affiliate.
Streak ends for Rhodes
Arthur Rhodes saw his major league record of scoreless appearances end Tuesday.
The former La Vega standout had 33 consecutive appearances without allowing a run.
This season, Rhodes has not allowed a run in 35 of his 37 appearances, hasn’t allowed a hit in 24, and 18 appearances have been perfect.
Rhodes, 40 years old and in his 19th season, has almost three strikeouts for every walk and is averaging just under 92 mph on his fastball.
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CENTRAL TEXAS PRO BASEBALL STATISTICS
PITCHERS
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| Player | Hometown/ school |
Team | Cl | W | L | SV | ERA | Gm | IP | H | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Duke | Midway | Pittsburgh | ML | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5.49 | 14 | 80.1 | 111 | 27 | 50 | |
| Dana Eveland | Hill | Pittsburgh | ML | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.79 | 12 | 54.1 | 72 | 32 | 24 | |
| Craig Fritsch | Baylor | Williamsport (Phillies) | A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Sean Henn | MCC | Las Vegas (Blue Jays) | AAA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.82 | 26 | 49.1 | 45 | 27 | 37 | |
| Willie Kempf | Baylor | GCL (Braves) | RL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 11.0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Johnny Lujan | University | Buffalo (Mets) | AAA | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5.33 | 23 | 27.0 | 33 | 11 | 33 | |
| Binghamton | AA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.89 | 6 | 9.1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||
| Jeff Mandel | Baylor | Syracuse (Nationals) | AAA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.70 | 10 | 53.2 | 65 | 18 | 34 | |
| Harrisburg | AA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.83 | 7 | 40.0 | 37 | 13 | 27 | |||
| Aaron Miller | Baylor | Chattanooga (Dodgers) | AA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 | 11.0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | |
| Inland Empire | A | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.77 | 14 | 74.2 | 53 | 35 | 75 | |||
| Logan Ondrusek | MCC | Cincinnati | ML | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.89 | 21 | 18.1 | 21 | 6 | 11 | |
| Louisville (Reds) | AAA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 14 | 19.2 | 21 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Tommy Rafferty | Crawford | Charlotte (Rays) | A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 | 13 | 21.0 | 10 | 9 | 14 | |
| Arthur Rhodes | La Vega | Cincinnati | ML | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.09 | 37 | 33.0 | 18 | 12 | 32 | |
| Brian Tallet | Hill | Toronto | ML | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.70 | 11 | 36.1 | 37 | 16 | 30 | |
| Shawn Tolleson | Baylor | Ogden (Dodgers) | RL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Mace Thurman | Baylor | Lynchburg (Reds) | A | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.35 | 5 | 5.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Cory VanAllen | Baylor | Potomac (Nationals) | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.94 | 24 | 27.1 | 39 | 5 | 26 | |
| Kendal Volz | Baylor | Greenville (Red Sox) | A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 14 | 65.0 | 69 | 8 | 51 | |
| Abe Woody | Baylor | Mobile (Diamondbacks) | AA | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.71 | 19 | 26.2 | 34 | 6 | 14 | |
POSITION PLAYERS
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| Player | Hometown/ school |
Team | Cl | Avg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
| Raynor Campbell | Baylor | Salem-Keizer (Giants) | A | .286 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Thomas Field | Midway | Modesto (Rockies) | A | .306 | 71 | 255 | 54 | 78 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 8 |
| Seth Fortenberry | Baylor | Jupiter (Marlins) | A | .225 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans | AAA | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joey Gathright | Hill | Norfolk (Orioles) | AAA | .185 | 57 | 205 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| Todd Glaesmann | Midway | Princeton (Rays) | RL | .143 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gregg Glime | Baylor | GCL (Marlins) | RL | .167 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Griffin | Baylor | Louisville (Reds) | AAA | .325 | 30 | 77 | 8 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Carolina | AA | .250 | 18 | 52 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Shaver Hansen | Baylor | High Desert (Mariners) | A | .235 | 23 | 68 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Clinton | A | .167 | 16 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trent Lockwood | Groesbeck | Tampa (Yankees) | A | .289 | 48 | 173 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Ryan Lormand | Midway | Richmond (Giants) | AA | .238 | 26 | 84 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| San Jose | A | .304 | 23 | 79 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Fresno | AAA | .125 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luke Montz | Hill | Binghamton (Mets) | AA | .197 | 17 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| David Murphy | Baylor | Texas | ML | .266 | 69 | 192 | 24 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 3 |
| Brian Myrow | Hill | Indianapolis (Pirates) | AAA | ..238 | 72 | 240 | 36 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 4 |
| Scott Podsednik | West | Kansas City | ML | .293 | 74 | 297 | 39 | 87 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 23 |
| Kevin Russo | Baylor | New York Yankees | ML | .191 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Scranton (Yankees) | AAA | .287 | 33 | 129 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Mark Saccomanno | Baylor | New Orleans (Marlins) | AAA | .400 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacksonville | AA | .245 | 69 | 274 | 30 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Shoppach | Baylor | Tampa Bay | ML | .263 | 19 | 38 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Drew Sutton | Baylor | Louisville (Reds) | AAA | .268 | 62 | 212 | 28 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | ML | .667 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Beamer Weems | Baylor | San Antonio (Padres) | AA | .149 | 30 | 94 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Did we miss someone? If you know a professional baseball player with Central Texas ties not listed here, please e-mail jbarnes@wacotrib.com and dash@wacotrib.com.
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