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Great Lakes

Frank Rodriguez hit a home run on Sunday for Great Lakes and continues to wear out the baseball. F-Rod only has 82 at-bats so far this year, but he’s made the most of them. He’s hitting .293 overall between Great Lakes and Tulsa, but is hitting a whopping .441 in 34 at-bats with the Loons. His OPS is 1.342, he has 3 home runs, and 13 RBIs.

Rodriguez is one you root for because he has and always does whatever is asked of him, and is just happy to help in the best way he can. Atta Baby F-Rod!

Josue DePaula had a couple of knocks for High A Great Lakes on Sunday, which was his 18th multi-hit game of the year. DePaula is hitting .269, with an OPS of .842.

DePaula has an identical BB% as he does K% at 19% for both, his on base % is .410, he has 26 stolen bases, and a WRC+ of 141. His career high in stolen bases in 27, which happened last year, so already being at 26 shows how well he’s learning how to run the bases. And he’s doing all this and just turned 20.

Cameron Decker went big fly for the 1st since with an affiliate since returning from his hamate bone injury on June 26th. He started the season with Great Lakes, played 5 games before breaking his Hamate bone, went on the IL, came back with Rancho on June 26th, was with Rancho for 6 games, and has been back with the Loons for 3 games now.

Carson Hobbs was dominant AGAIN in his outing for Great Lakes on Sunday and got the W to move to 5-1 on the year.

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Hobbs has gone scoreless in 8 outings in a row, which spans 10 innings, and in that stretch, he has 14 Ks. His ERA is down to 1.98, his WHIP is just 0.88, and his average against is just .140.

Reynaldo Yean…Atta Baby!

Yean closed the game out on Sunday for the Loons to register his 2nd save of 2025. He gave up 1 hit, but then went zeroes across the board. Yean has 9 outings this year where he has not walked a batter, and he’s gone scoreless in 8 of them. When he is in the zone, he obliterates hitters, as evidenced by the fact that his average against is just .182.

Single A Rancho Cucamonga

Sterling Patick had a good outing for Rancho on Sunday, starting the game and going scoreless in 2 innings.

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Fastball was firm, and he worked both sides of the plate with it, and his secondaries are advanced for someone who is only 20.

Since the beginning of May, Patick has been incredibly good. In fact, in that time, which spans 11 outings, he’s given up just 11 runs in 42 innings (2.35 ERA), and he has 44 Ks.

Patick is one to put somewhere in your Rolodex, then just keep checking in, because he’s so young he has time to continue developing into his best version. But, the “stuff” is great, the mentality is rock solid, and there’s nothing not to be totally excited about.

Domingo Geronimo gave the Quakes a really good “piggyback” outing on Sunday.

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Geronimo is a 20-year-old from Azua, DOM. 4 Seam, Slider, Change, velocity sits low 90s. 2nd scoreless outing in a row for Geronimo, which spans 5.2 innings, and in that span he has 6 Ks, and NO walks.

Well done, Domingo!

Jose Meza had 3 hits for Rancho on Saturday, including the big one in the top of the 10th to give the Quakes the lead, one they expanded on and kept.

Meza has an easy-looking swing, minimal load, no wasted movement, and a very direct path to the ball. Flat when he needs to be, can plane the barrel to match the shape and location of pitches.

His swing type should create consistency because it allows him to track the ball well, use his hands effectively, and duplicate his movements fairly easily.

The calendar has flipped, and he’s hitting .357 so far in July, with an OBP of .571. #dodgers