At this time last week, the Dash were doing alright, winning some, losing some, scoring a ton of runs a few times, giving up a ton of runs some others. At this time this week, looking over the past seven days, the Dash are 1-5, the lone win coming yesterday. Let’s look at what happened here!
For one, the team scored a high of three runs once (the win), two runs three times, and a low of one run twice. Their hit totals by day from June 10: 6, 3, 3, 7, 7, 5. They weren’t really blown out in any games—at worst, they allowed six runs—but nobody was swinging it super well.
Alex Destino is probably leading the pack here, though Yolbert Sánchez also had a decent week. Destino is still trying to regain the hot start he had, going 5-for-17 with a double and three walks over the week, but since May 26—not an arbitrary date at all—he’s batting .217/.308/.420.
This week, Sánchez went 5-for-18 with one double, still lacking that power, and walked twice to four strikeouts. In fact, he had the only three-hit game for the Dash in that span. His overall line is now .276/.351/.336; he still only has five extra-base hits on the season, four doubles and one home run (for comparison, Nick Madrigal was slugging .425 when his hamstring ascended to join Eloy and Robert).
Other than Destino and Sánchez, there was just not a lot going on at the plate this week. The team lost outfielder Ian Dawkins to injury, which was a significant blow; he had been providing much-needed power since his demotion from the Barons, batting .277/.277/.553 with three homers, two doubles, and one triple in 10 games. Luis Curbelo is still an involuntary rider on the struggle bus. Curbelo is 3-for his last-23 with nine strikeouts (zero walks). He still leads the team in home runs with eight, but hasn’t hit one since June 3. After his hot start to the year, he is now batting .167/.228/.278 since May 26.
Evan Skoug is freshly back with the team after about a week and a half and three games in Charlotte, and he’s gone 4-for-9 with a home run and a triple (both in the same game) since his return. Lenyn Sosa was responsible for the other two dingers the team hit over the last six days, making him 6-for his last-22.
None of these players played every day, but Travis Moniot and Lázaro Leal both took 0-fers; Duke Ellis went 2-for-22, Johan Cruz went 1-for-17, and Tyler Osik and AJ Gill both went 1-for-12 (but Gill did walk four times).
As of Wednesday, Yolbert led the team in average with .276, then it was Johan Cruz at .241; everyone else is batting sub-.240. Bryce Bush is still on the Injured List and has not played since May 20.
In better news, though, the pitching this week was very decent. There were no ace-like starting performances as we’ve seen a couple of times this year, but a few that were more than acceptable, including Davis Martin’s 5 7 1 1 2 3 on June 12 and Jerry Burke’s 5 2 1 1 1 3 on June 13. Take out Martin’s first start of the season, when he allowed five runs in just two innings, and he’s got an ERA of 1.38 with 10 walks, 39 strikeouts, and only three home runs allowed over 32.2 IP. He’s striking out 11.2 per 9. Burke, meanwhile, has only been with the Dash for a few weeks, but so far he’s slotted very nicely into their rotation; while he doesn’t overpower, he’s still got a 3.13 ERA, and his WHIP is 1.043 in 23 Dash innings.
Johan Dominguez also pitched two competitive game, allowing two runs over 5.2 innings on June 10, then throwing his third start of the year without allowing an earned run on June 16. He went six innings and allowed only three hits, a walk, and an unearned run attributable to Curbelo’s error.
Luke Shilling, one of the most interesting relievers of the bunch, appeared in two games, throwing 2.2 innings with four strikeouts. It took him 32 pitches to do so. His season numbers: 16 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER (1.13 ERA), 8 BB, 24 K. He has not yet allowed a home run. That’s a 1.063 WHIP and 13.5 K/9. Caleb Freeman, another bullpen arm to watch, also only appeared once; he pitched one inning and allowed a hit, and nothing else exciting.
Trey Jeans got into a couple of games and walked zero while striking out five and allowing one hit (a home run) over 3.1 innings. Brian Glowicki, a Downers Grove native, threw two scoreless, baserunner-less innings and has struck out 12 over 8.1 innings with the Dash (two walks). Pretend that sample sizes don’t matter and neither does previously pitching above A-ball: 0.741 WHIP, 4.4 H/9, 11.1 K/9. Edgar Navarro also was scoreless in both of his outings, spanning four innings; after a bumpy first couple appearances, he’s only allowed one run—earned—in six games since May 23.
The Dash finish up the homestand against the Grasshoppers on June 20, then head out to Asheville for six.
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