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Alternately titled, “How Sweep It Is” or some sort of Mary Poppins allusion that I can’t quite put my finger on right now.

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This one is a little more cut and dry than the pitchers.  Let’s go over the top 3 hitters at each club by wOBA.  (100 PA required)

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I’ve been absent lately – the day job gets busy during August & September – but that should change soon. In the meantime, the Quad Cities will play for the sweep tonight as they send ace Trevor Rosenthal to the mound.  Rosie’s last start was a 9 inning complete game to shut out Kane County in the Division Championship.

Good luck to the River Bandits as they aim to bring home the organizations second trophy this year!

Since this is Quad Cities week as the team is up 1-0 already in the Midwest League Championship Series, let’s rank some pitchers.  If you were handed a prospect ballot, how would you rank RiverBandits’ starting rotation:

RHP Boone Whiting
LHP Anthony Ferrara
RHP Trevor Rosenthal
RHP Zach Russell
LHP Ryan Copeland

The Midwest League Championship starts today and Derrick Goold has the drop on the pitching match-ups.

Game 1, Wednesday in Lansing:
LHP Sean Nolin (LAN) vs. RHP Boone Whiting (QC)
Game 2, Thursday in Lansing:
LHP Justin Nicolino (LAN) vs. LHP Anthony Ferrara (QC)
Game 3, Saturday in Davenport, Iowa:
RHP Trevor Rosenthal (QC) vs. RHP Marcus Walden (LAN)
Game 4, Sunday in Davenport, Iowa:
RHP Zach Russell (QC) vs. LHP Egan Smith (LAN)
Game 5, Monday in Davenport, Iowa:
LHP Ryan Copeland (QC) vs. RHP Aaron Sanchez (LAN)

Hit the link for dgoold’s short paragraph on each pitcher for the QC.

With the minor league season coming to an end for most teams.  Let’s take a look at the pitching leaders for each team by tRA. (with at least 12 innings pitched)  Numbers courtesy of statcorner.

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The River Bandits will take on the Clinton LumberKings who finished 2.5 games back of them in the standings. The LumberKings, a Mariners affiliate, will be the home team for game one and games two and three, if necessary, will be played at Modern Woodman Park in the Quad Cities.

The River Bandits went 10-5 against the LumberKings including a late season sweep during August 31st – September 2nd.  Expect to see Taijuan Walker, one of the top teenage arms in the minors, get a start during the series against the River Bandits.

As the season rolls through the second half, here’s a quick look at the clubs standings in their divisions.

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From last night’s name at Busch Stadium, here is Carlos Martinez delivering a strikeout inducing fastball. (Please ignore my odd conversation and dulcet tones.  I’m not home, so I can’t strip the audio track out of it.  Sorry!)  After the jump, one pitch from relievers Aiden Lucas and Justin Wright.

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Yesterday we looked at the small sample sizes and the minor league hitters, today let’s look at the pitchers after the jump.

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