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By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of June 18-24, 2018: Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Zach Borenstein* LF Zach Borenstein* (Mets/AAA) hit .450 (9-for-20) with a .542 on-base percentage last week. Highlights included a 4-for-5 performance on June 18, when he stroked a home run and 3…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor On a typically quiet Thursday… Ryan Braun received treatment for his chronically sore thumb and did not participate in the Milwaukee Brews’ 11-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. In fact, the Brewers (44-30) sent him to Los Angeles for the treatment on Wednesday when their game with the Pittsburgh…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Alex Bregman hit home run #11 on Wednesday as the Houston Astros beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1. His solo shot came in the middle of a back-to-back-to-back run in the sixth, preceded by a George Springer HR and followed by a Jose Altuve HR. Danny Valencia had a single and a…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Joc Pederson got the LA Dodgers off on the right foot when he knocked the second pitch of their first game of a twinbill with the host Chicago Cubs out of the park for a home run, his ninth of the season and eighth this month. It was his only hit in…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Alex Bregman does it again! He had just one hit in five at-bats on Monday, but he made it count. Bregman’s two-run, walk-off double (#22) with one out in the bottom of the ninth gave the Houston Astros (49-25) their 12th straight win, a come-from-behind, 5-4 decision over the visiting Tampa Bay…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Not quite the fireworks we had last weekend… One of the very few bright spots for the Baltimore Orioles, Richard Bleier, is probably done for the year, the victim of a lat strain he suffered June 13. Here’s wishing him well. But the show must go one. The O’s — with the worst record in…

By Scott Barancik, Editor   Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of June 11-17, 2018:   Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Ryan Lavarnway* C Ryan Lavarnway* (Pirates/AAA) hit .438 (7-for-16) last week with 2 HRs, 3 RBIs and a .526 on-base percentage. He has hit safely in 8 straight games.  …

By Ron Kaplan, contributor In the only MOT player action Thursday, Alex Bregman, batting in the leadoff spot, was 0-for-4 with a walk and a run scored as the Houston Astros (45-25) completed a three-game sweep of the host Oakland As with a 7-3 win. In fact, it was the eighth straight win for Houston….

By Ron Kaplan, contributor That’s just great. Richard Bleier was having a terrific season for the Baltimore Orioles (19-48), perhaps the one bright spot in a disappointing year for the O’s. But in yesterday’s 5-1 loss to the visiting Boston Red Sox, the lefty reliever left the game with an apparent lat injury after retiring the two batters he faced….

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Where have all the home runs gone? Long time asking. After Friday’s glut, only one. On Tuesday, Joc Pederson blasted his 7th home run in the month of June, 5th in his last seven games, and eighth overall.  This time it was a two-run, two-out job off the Ageless Wonder, Bartolo Colon,…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Danny Valencia returned to action after missing Sunday’s game because of illness. His double (#6) in five at-bats was one of five hits for the Baltimore Orioles (19-46) in a 2-0, 12-inning loss to the visiting Boston Red Sox. Richard Bleier struck out two in a scoreless ninth to lower his ERA to…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor What is going on with all these home runs? Not that any JML fan will be complaining… I’ve consulted with my experts, and the consensus is that Friday accounted for the most home runs by different Jews on a single day. A total of five players homered that day, one of…

By Scott Barancik, Editor   Here are your minor-league highlights from the week of June 4-10, 2018:   Jewish Baseball News Hitter of the Week: Rowdy Tellez 1B Rowdy Tellez (Blue Jays/AAA) hit .389 (7-for-18) with a home run, 3 doubles, 3 RBIs and a .421 on-base percentage last week.   Jewish Baseball News Pitcher…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Another home run-happy day for the Hebrews. Joc Pederson remains hot: He began the day with a home run leading off in the first and ended the day with another homer in the eighth as the LA Dodgers (31-31) used nine pitchers to beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7. Pederson also had…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Ian Kinsler‘s sixth home run of the year broke a 1-1 tie as the LA Angels (35-28) held off the visiting KC Royals, 4-3. The two-run shot came in the sixth inning to give the Halos a 3-1 advantage. Kinsler — who has 24 lifetime homers against the Royals — also…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Joc Pederson is on one of those streaks. He hit his third homer in the last three games to help the LA Dodgers shut out the host Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-0. Pederson’s fourth dinger of the year came in the second inning with one man on and was his only hit in four…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor In the only Major League contest with Jewish participation, Ian Kinsler was 0-for-4 with a walk as the LA Angels (33-28) scored three runs in the eighth to break a 6-6 tie and beat the visiting KC Royals, 9-6. The game followed a week in which Kinsler hit .429 with 3 HRs…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor The Hebrews were homer happy over the last few days. Mazel of the weekend goes to Joc Pederson, who went 4-for-5 on Sunday with two solo home runs (three on the year) and a double in the LA Dodgers’ 12-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, 12-4. He was unsuccessful…