By Gene Frenette
For many of the 18 players linked to the Jacksonville area, a shortened major league baseball season and severe injury cases have made it difficult to meet overall production standards.
With COVID-19 cutting nearly 4 months of the season, many struggled to reach career numbers, even though several pitchers were in the same smart form as ever. A dozen players play in groups that will be in the MLB playoffs. about how Jacksonville-area players behaved in 2020:
Javy Baez (Arlington Country Day), IF, Chicago Cubs – AArray270 race hitter at the start of the season, Baez struggled to make contact when he batted 73 times in 222 at-bats and averaged Array203 in the career lows in 58 games. Array238 base percentage incredibly low. However, Báez hit eight home runs with 24 RBIs, so strength can make it something important in the Cubs playoffs.
Mike Clevinger (Wolfson), P, San Diego Padres – It’s been a tough season for Clevinger, who was one of the first to get it for the Cleveland Indians before off his teammates by violating COVID-19 protocols and not recognizing him in the first place. He finally publicly apologized. The wrong move brought the San Diego Padres to their industry on August 31 as a component of a nine-player deal. On the mound, Clevinger finished 3-2 with 3. 02 MPM in 8 starts (40 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings). He came out of the setting on his last outing after an entry due to a problem in his right biceps, which called into question his prestige for the National League ranking circular. It was originally scheduled to begin Wednesday’s first playoff game as opposed to the St. John Louis cardinals.
Dane Dunning (Clay), P, Chicago White Sox – After missing the 2019 season due to Tommy John’s surgery, the 6-foot-4-inch right-hander was activated through the White Sox and made his MLB debut on August 19 against the Detroit Tigers. . . The University of Florida product made seven openings for Chicago, with a 2-0 mark with 3. 97 MPMs in 34 innings (35 strikeouts, thirteen goals).
Ben Gamel (Bishop Kenny), OF, Milwaukee Brewers – Brewers finished gamel’s normal season on September 20 by hitting him on the disabled list with a tenacity in the left quadriceps. Gamel hit Array237 with 3 home runs and 10 RBIs. He went from 0 out of 20 to mid-August, which damaged his numbers. Gamel is back on the team’s 25-man list for the National League wildcard series opposed to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Austin Hays (Jacksonville U. ), OF, Baltimore Orioles – It’s been a season of ups and downs for Ju. Hays, the central defense of the Orioles on the opening day, however, started with 3 out of 30 on the plate. missed a whole month with a damaged rib, then batted 0. 377 (20 out of 53) in the last two weeks of the season. He finished in Array279 with four home runs and 10 RBIs.
Howie Kendrick (West Nassau), 1B, Washington Nationals – First baseman/designate hitter entered the disabled list on September 6 with a left corva tendon de-escalation and was eventually arrested for the season. Kendrick, 37, admitted a month ago that he intended to retire after the 2020 season until the COVID-19 pandemic was reconsidered. He played in just 25 games, achieving Array275 with 2 home runs and 14 RBIs. The 2019 NLCS Most Valuable Player and the Nationals World Series hero are expected to make a resolution about their long off-season.
Walker Lockett (Providence), P, Seattle Mariners – The 26-year-old right decided to be assigned through the New York Mets on August 28 after making only two reliever appearances. The Seattle Mariners asked Lockett for an exemption on September 1. , who went on to play five more games. He finished the season 1-0 with 4. 96 MPM.
Nate Lowe (St. John’s River SC), 1B, Tampa Rays – Summoned through the Rays in early September and played in 21 games. Lowe started 1 of 14 before connecting two home runs with four RBIs on September 11 in an 11-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Lowe hit Array224 with four home runs and 11 RBIs. He’s on the Rays’ playoff list for the American League wildcard circular opposite the Toronto Blue Jays.
Alex McRae (JU), P, Chicago White Sox – After signing with the White Sox as a loose agent, McRae called on September 5 and made two relief appearances. He pitched 3 blank innings. McRae is on Chicago’s 40-player playoff list for the playoffs.
Daniel Murphy (Englewood, JU), 1B, Colorado Rockies: Any hope the Rockies had that Murphy would maintain his own production collapsed when he reached a career low of Array236 (60 numbers below average) with 3 home runs and 16 RBIs. at the bank for much of September, when he scored 2 out of 25. With the expiration of his two-year, $24 million contract, Murphy, 35, will probably have to locate the team in 2021.
Brian Navarreto (Arlington Country Day), C, Miami Marlins – called from the Marlins’ alterlocal practice site on August 23 and made his MLB debut that night against the Washington Nationals, with a score of 2 out of 3. a Puerto Rico local, played another game two days later and was sent back to educational facilities on September 3. The 6-foot 4-inch, 220-pound catcher is on the Marlins’ playoff list for the National League wild card series opposite the Chicago Cubs.
Darren O’Day (Bishop Kenny), P, Atlanta Braves – Although they missed 14 months with a tear in the hamrus tendon until their return in September 2019, the Braves re-signed O’Day on a one-year contract and it was worth it. The right-hander of the submarine went 4-0 with 1. 10 MPM, launching 16,0. 33 innings. O’Day, who will turn 38 on October 22, never ceded a house run until Sunday, when Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox joined. him, taking his effectiveness from the part to about 0. 59 to 1. 10. He’ll be a situational reliever again in the Braves wildcard series behind the Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta has a one-year option on O-Day in 2021 to $3. 5 million.
Roberto Pérez (Lake City CC), C, Cleveland Indians – After his top production season in 2019 (. 239, 24 HR, 63 RBIs), Perez has reached the career low in Array165 in 32 games, but his price is as a defensive catcher. Pérez, winner of the Golden Glove last year, had his offensive game on September 1 with three hits, adding a three-run home run against the Kansas City Royal. Perez also wasted time after injuring his right shoulder in the first game of the season. Receiver opener for the American League wildcard series on Tuesday opposite the New York Yankees.
Sean Reid-Foley (Sandalwood), P, Toronto Blue Jays – After making thirteen openings with Toronto in the last two seasons, Reid-Foley called from the team’s chosen education site on August 2 and used only as an intermediate reliever, the next two weeks, appearing in just five games, 1-0 with 1. 35 MPM. His last appearance on September 9 against the New York Yankees before being sent back to the education facility. Reid-Foley is a member of the Blue Jays ’40 – a group of players, but his prestige as a playoff player is uncertain.
Austin Slater (Bolles), OF, San Francisco Giants – A fourth season with the Giants, tied his Career Batting Average at Array282 and seamlessly surpassed scores with an Array408 base percentage and a slugging percentage of 0. 506. In 31 games, Slater also stole 8 goals Slater had a memorable game on August 8 when he became the first Giants player to connect two home runs in a game opposed to the Los Angeles Dodgers ace. Clayton Kershaw.
DJ Stewart (Bolles), OF, Baltimore Orioles – No one has had a more difficult season than Stewart. He was 0 out of 16, then switched a switch, 10-20 in a week, where he hit six home runs in six games. part of them at Yankee Stadium. He averaged a respectable Array265, however, he was four in 39 in his last 12 games. Stewart finished the year batting Array193 with seven home runs and 15 RBIs.
Myles Straw (St. John’s River SC), OF/IF, Houston Astros – He is the fourth/fifth Astros outfielder, with 19 openings in 33 games and hitArray207 with no home runs and 8 RBIs. Bradenton, a 12-round selection of Houston in 2015 and is on the Astros playoffs list for the American League wildcard series opposite the Minnesota Twins.
Adam Wainwright (Glynn Academy, Georgia), P, St. Louis Cardinals: despite uncertainty about whether St. Louis sought out Wainwright in 2020, leading the team in wins and strikeouts (54 in 65 2/3 innings). The native, in his fifteenth season with the Cardinals, had a 5-3 record with 3. 15 MPMs. Even more impressive, it kept rival hitters on an Array171 average with runners in the purpose position. opposite the San Diego Padres, he has just turned 39 and says he needs to pitch for the Cardinals in 2021.