Panthers In The Pros

Sept. 1, 2014

Panthers In the Pros is a new weekly feature that will take a look at how former Pitt baseball players are doing in the professional ranks. Check back every Monday throughout the regular season to see how your favorite Panther Pros are performing. Click on each player to be directed to their pro bio page.

Corey Baker (Palm Beach Cardinals - Class A Advanced | Florida State League): In the final week of the regular season, Baker was promoted back up to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A level. He started his second straight game, however produced similar results to his prior appearance with Palm Beach. In four innings, he surrendered three runs on six hits while striking out four. Baker didn't earn a decision in the game.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
SPR	5.68	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	12.2	18	8/8	3	5	.353
PMB	2.33	5-2	30	4	0	0	2	77.1	61	21/20	14	57	.214
2014	2.80	5-2	36	5	0	0	2	90.0	79	29/28	17	62	.235

Raymond Black (San Jose Giants - Class A | California League): Black continued to pitch well since his recent call up to San Jose. He pitched in two games, tossing an inning in each. The first outing was a scoreless inning while despite giving up a run in his second, Black struck out three batters.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
AUG	3.73	1-3	33	0	0	0	1	31.1	16	15/13	14	64	.147
SJG	3.00	1-0	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1/1	1	5	.111
2014	3.67	5-2	36	0	0	0	1	34.1	17	16/14	15	69	.144

David Chester: (Portland Sea Dogs - Double-A | Eastern League): Chester only had one day off last week, playing is six of the Sea Dogs' games. He batted .211 (4-19) with two RBIs and two runs scored. Chester hit his 10th homer of the year in the series opener against Reading, and in the finale, had a multi-hit game

Statistics
	*AVG.*	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	*RBI*	BB	SO	*SB-A*	*OBP*	*SLG*
POR	.236	60	208	21	49	9	0	7	31	18	67	0-2	.303	.380
SAL	.220	22	82	11	18	3	2	3	15	13	18	0-0	.323	.415
2014	.231	82	290	32	67	12	2	10	46	31	85	0-2	.309	.390

Luke Curtis (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - Class A | Midwest League): Curtis continues to pitch well with Wisconisn, lowering his ERA all the way down to 3.86 from 14.73 just a month and a half ago. In two relief appearances lasting 4.2 innings, Curtis went 1-0 with three strikeouts.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
WIS	3.86	1-0	11	0	0	0	1	23.1	17	14/10	7	21	.207
HEL	4.15	0-2	5	0	0	0	2	4.1	4	2/2	1	5	.250
2014	3.90	1-2	16	0	0	0	3	27.2	21	16/12	8	26	.214

Adam Dian (AZL Rangers - Rookie | Arizona League): Dian made two appearances last week, struggling in one, but boucing back for a soild performance in the second. After allowing two runs on two hits in just 0.2 innings earlier in the week, Dian gave up just one hit in 1.1 innings on Sunday

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
RAN	5.06	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	3/3	6	7	.278

Joe Harvey (Staten Island Yankees - Class A Short Season | New York-Penn League): In his only appearance last week, Harvey struck out two and yielded just two hits in two innings of work. Harvey lowered his ERA for the seventh consecutive game, dropping to a measley 1.96 on the year with Staten Island.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
SI	1.96	0-2	13	0	0	0	1	18.1	16	5/4	3	16	.229
YAN	0.00	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2.1	2	0/0	2	3	.250
2014	1.74	0-2	15	1	0	0	2	20.2	18	5/4	5	19	.231

Matt Iannazzo (Bridgeport Bluefish - Independent League): Iannazzo dropped his fifth straight decision on Thursday, giving up four runs on six hits in six inning to Lancaster.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
BDG	4.34	3-8	28	15	0	0	0	97.1	119	58/47	28	52	.311

Joe Leonard (Gwinnett Braves - Triple-A | International League): Leonard hit safely in both of the games he played in last week, going a combined 3-for-7. He closed out the regular season batting .405 (17-42) in the month of August to raise his average from .184 to .256

Statistics
	*AVG.*	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	*RBI*	BB	SO	*SB-A*	*OBP*	*SLG*
GWN	.256	40	129	12	33	5	1	1	14	11	29	0-0	.312	.341
MIS	.246	36	114	11	28	3	0	0	7	10	25	2-3	.304	.272
2014	.251	76	243	23	61	8	1	1	21	21	54	2-3	.308	.309

Ethan Mildren (Fort Myers Miracle - Class A Advanced | Florida State League): Mildren returned to the winning column last week, pitching seven innings of three-hit, scoreless ball to grab the win against Jupiter.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
FTM	3-3	5.47	10	10	0	0	0	52.2	62	34/32	18	29	.292
CR	3-5	4.03	14	13	0	0	0	73.2	78	35/33	16	54	.277
2014	6-8	4.63	24	23	0	0	0	126.1	140	69/65	34	83	.283

Nate Reed (Salem Red Sox - Class A Advanced | Carolina League): Reed made two releif appearances, tossing two innings total and picking up the win to improve to 301 with Salem. He retired all six batters he faced.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
POR	0-1	6.75	6	0	0	0	1	13.1	23	10/10	6	11	.383
SAL	3-1	3.83	20	0	0	0	2	47.0	39	20/20	33	36	.238
2014	3-2	4.48	26	0	0	0	3	60.1	62	30/30	39	47	.277

John Schultz (Evansville Otters | Independent League): In only two games, Shultz was hitless in five at-bats with two walks and a run scored.

Statistics
	*AVG.*	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	*RBI*	BB	SO	*SB-A*	*OBP*	*SLG*
EVN	.281	73	285	47	80	8	4	8	35	43	55	5-10	.374	.421

Kevan Smith (Birmingham Barons - Double-A | Southern League): Smith hit .214 (3-14) in four games last week, hitting safely in three of them. He homered in a 6-3 win against Pensacola and and walked and scored a run two days earlier as well.

Statistics
	*AVG.*	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	*RBI*	BB	SO	*SB-A*	*OBP*	*SLG*
BING	.293	105	386	45	113	21	3	10	48	45	67	1-2	.377	.440

Elvin Soto (Hillsboro Hops - Class A Short Season | Northwest League): Soto cooled down after a hot week, going just 1-for-9 in four games. He added two walks and a run

Statistics
	*AVG.*	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	*RBI*	BB	SO	*SB-A*	*OBP*	*SLG*
HIL	.258	50	178	26	46	10	5	3	23	18	43	2-4	.328	.421

Matt Wotherspoon (Staten Island Yankees - Class A | Short Season New York-Penn League): Following a tough outing where he gave up a run and two hits in 0.1 innings, Wotherspoon went three innings, striking out two and allowing just a hit against Vermont.

Statistics
	*ERA*	*W-L*	*App*	GS	CG	*SHO*	SV	IP	H	*R/ER*	BB	SO	*AVG*
SI	1.97	2-3	17	0	0	0	2	32.0	22	11/7	9	29	.193

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