CBN Player of the Week, Week XVII _ Andrew Yerzy

Former Toronto Mets C Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) was promoted from class-A Hillsboro to double-A Amarillo. Yerzy leaves Hillsboro as the career leader in games played, doubles, homers and RBIs. The Hillsboro Hops wished “all the luck in the world to the Mayor of Hillsboro.”

August 27, 2021

By George Farelli

Canadian Baseball Network

It took a little bit of work -- mostly by our resident bloodhound sleuth Kevin Glew -- to get a ball park number on our weekly Canadian Baseball Network reports.

This is the 440th Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Week round up summary we have done. And the only reason we asked for help is to establish what a special week this was.

My first week joining this group was in April of 2003 and my 300th was June 29, 2015. This is all to explain how rare the seven-day period was ... a lot of extra-base hits, wins, losses, saves and home runs have transpired since 2003.

C Andy Yerzy belted five home runs this week for class-A Hillsboro. I’m not 100% certain, yet in my time of submitting these weekly summaries, I can’t recall anyone else ever hitting five homers in a single week.

Not surprisingly, the Diamondbacks promoted Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) -- signed by former Arizona Diamondbacks scout Doug Mathieson (Aldergrove, BC) -- to double-A Amarillo at the end of the week.

How the week that was went for Yerzy, the former Toronto Met:

_ Catching and hitting third, Yerzy homered in a 6-1 Hillsboro loss to the Spokane Indians before 2,779 fans at Avista Stadium. Yerzy broke up the shut out bid leading off the top of the ninth with a line drive to right. It was his 10th homer of the season,

_ Batting clean up and DHing, Yerzy was 2-for-3 with three RBIs as Hillsboro was edged 4-3 by Spokane in front of 3,782 fans at Avista. Yerzy hit a two-run homer to right in the first, his 11th and homered to right-centre in the fourth, his 12th.

_ As the DH and hitting fourth, Yerzy went deep again in an 11-3 loss in front of 4,223 fans. He hit a solo homer to right centre in the eighth, his 13th.

_ Catching and sitting fourth in the lineup, Yerzy was 1-for-3 with a pair of walks in an 8-7 loss to Spokane in 10 innings. He singled to right leading off the second.

_ Didn’t play in an 8-6 loss to Spokane.

_ Playing first and hitting third, he homered again as Hillsboro dropped a 9-2 decision to Spokane in front of 3,518. Yerzy homered to left in the sixth, his 14th.

_ Didn’t play in an 8-2 win over the Vancouver Canadians in front of 1,999 fans at Ron Tonkin Field.

In 61 games at Hillsboro, Yerzy had nine doubles, 14 homers, 39 RBIs, a .229 batting average and a .828 OPS.

Highlight Of The Week: OF Louis-Philippe Pelletier (Montreal, Que.) - Named Player of the Week IND Frontier League, for Aug. 16-23. His numbers for the week: AB-33, R-13, H-14, HR-3, RBI-8, AVG-.424. He was instrumental in Equipe Quebec winning all seven games they played in the Week. (Our week runs from Aug. 17-23.)

Best Offensive Performance

Player/Class/Team AB R H HR RBI AVG

Edouard Julien - Hi A Cedar Rapids 13 4 7 - 2 .538

Andy Yerzy - Hi A Hillsboro 17 6 6 5 6 .353

Owen Caissie - Rkie ACL Cubs 12 1 4 - 1 .333

Jared Young - AAA Iowa 19 4 6 2 6 .316

Denzel Clarke - Rkie ACL Athletics 10 2 3 1 1 .300

T.J. Bennett - IND Chicago 20 6 9 - 1 .450

Jesse Hodges - IND Quebec 26 9 11 1 9 .423

L.P. Pelletier - IND Quebec 38 13 16 3 8 .421

Connor Panas - IND Quebec 29 7 12 1 7 .414

Raphael Gladu - IND Quebec 30 5 12 - 9 .400

Jonathan Lacroix - IND Quebec 32 12 10 1 6 .313

Miles Gordon - IND Evansville 13 1 4 1 3 .308

David Glaude - IND Quebec 30 9 9 1 10 .300

(Minimum 10 ABs)

Best Pitching Performance

MATT BRASH RHP - DOUBLE A ARKANSAS TRAVELERS

APP IP H R ER BB K W-L SV WHIP WK ERA

1 7.0 1 - - 2 11 1-0 - 0.43 0.00

Matt Brash continues to impress as the 21-year-old Kingston, Ont. native had another excellent start this week for the Arkansas Travelers, the Mariners affiliate at Double A-Central. On Aug. 19 in a 3-0 win over Frisco RoughRiders, he pitched seven scoreless innings, gave up one base hit and while striking out 11 Frisco batters, to earn his second win this year at the double-A level. His record with the Travelers in six starts now stands at 2-1 with a 1.91 ERA. His overall record including his earlier stint with Everett Aquasox at High A- West in a total of 16 appearances, is 4-3 with one save and a 2.28 ERA. As well, he has accumulated a total of 110 strikeouts in only 75 1/3 innings pitched thus far in 2021.

Player of the Week

Week I _ Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.) Jersey Shore BlueClaws (Phillies).

Week II _ Otto Lopez (Montreal, Que.) double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Jays) and Trevor Brigden (Toronto, Ont.) class-A Charleston River Dogs (Rays).

Week III _ Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) class-A Hillsboro Hops/class-A Visailia Oaks (Diamondbacks)

Week IV _ Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, BC) class-A Rome Braves (Braves)

Week V _ Edouard Julien (Ancienne-Lorette, Que.) class-A Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels (Twins).

Week VI _ RHP Logan Hofmann (Muenster, Sask.) class-A Bradenton Marauders (Pirates)

Week VII _ INF-OF Otto Lopez (Montreal, Que.) double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Jays).

Week VIII _ RHP Cade Smith (Abbotsford, BC) class-A Lynchburg Hillcats (Cleveland)

Week IX _ RHP Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) double-A Wichita Wind Surge (Twins)

Week X _ C Kole Cottam (Knoxville, Tenn.) class-A East Greenville (Red Sox)

Week XI _ RHP Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) double-A Wichita Wind Surge (Twins)