CBN Player of the Week, Week IV - Indigo Diaz
RHP Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, BC) pitched for North Shore Twins, Coquitlam Reds and Michigan State before being drafted by the Atlanta Braves.
June 4, 2021
By George Farelli
Canadian Baseball Network
It’s true that Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Yet, Indigo Diaz is building the Rome Braves win total at least two games a week.
The word indigo is a greenish dark blue color, but Indigo wears red, white and Rome blue.
How the week that was went for Diaz (North Vancouver, BC) who pitched for the North Shore Twins, Coquitlam Reds and Michigan State Spartan threw …
_ Three scoreless innings and gained the win when Rome scored a walk-off 4-3 win against the Greenville Drive before 1,067 fans at State Mutual Stadium. Davis came on in the eighth with Greenville leading 3-1.
He issued a lead-off walk in the eighth to Kole Cottam, whose roots go back to Burlington, Ont. then went strike out looking, a fly ball out and a swinging strikeout.
He recorded a 1-2-3 ninth with a fly ball, a called third strike and a swinging strikeout.
And in the 10th with a man on second base, he put two more swinging strikeouts, then Cottam swung at a third strike and reached on a wild pitch -- putting men on first and third. He escaped the jam with another strike out.
Diaz allowed one base runner -- a walk -- beside the dropped third strike and fanned eight. He moved his won-loss record to 4-0 and dropped his ERA to 0.73. He threw 44 pitches (64% strikes).
Cottam was 1-for-4 leaving his average at .255.
_ Diaz gained the save as Rome edged the Bowling Green Hot Rods 3-2 in front of 1,372 fans at Bowling Green Balllpark. Diaz was given the ball in the bottom of the ninth, after the Braves scored in the top half.
A fly ball, two strike outs and it was time to warm up the bus as Diaz watched his ERA fall to 0.68 for his third save.
RHP Indigo Diaz
Best Offensive Performances
Player / Class / Team AB R H HR RBI AVG
Jake Sanford - Low A Tampa 19 6 8 2 4 .421
Charles Leblanc - AAA Round Rock 23 3 9 1 9 .391
Adam Hall - High A Aberdeen 15 3 5 - 3 .333
Francisco Hernandez - High A Peoria 25 4 8 - 1 .320
Abraham Toro - AAA Sugar Land 17 3 5 - 2 .294
Matt Warkentin - IND Missoula 11 1 4 3 8 .364
Elliott Curtis - IND Euipe Quebec 16 3 5 1 2 .313
David Glaude - IND Euipe Quebec 17 5 5 2 3 .294
(Minimum 10 ABs)
Best Pitching Performances
Indigo Diaz RHP High-A Rome Braves
APP IP H R ER BB K W-L SV WHIP WK ERA
2 4.0 - - - 1 10 1-0 1 0.25 0.00
This is the second week in a row where Indigo Diaz put up some very good numbers in two appearances for Rome Braves, and they seem to indicate he’s making rapid progress in his development. On May 28 in a 4-3 win over Greenville Drive he pitched three scoreless innings, without allowing a base hits, while striking out eight Greenville batters, to earn his fourth win of the season. He followed that up on June 1 with another fine outing in a 3-2 win over Bowling Green Hot Rots when he threw another scoreless inning without a base hit, while striking out two Bowling Green batters to pick up his third save of the year. His overall record in six appearances with the Braves in High-A Southeast, is now 4-0 with thee saves and a 0.68 ERA.
Adam Macko LHP - Low-A Modesto Nuts
APP IP H R ER BB K W-L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 5.0 4 3 2 3 10 1-0 - 1.40 3.60
Adam Macko is a 20-year-old pitching prospect selected in the seventh round of the 2019 draft by the Seattle Mariners, and is currently in his second pro season. On May 20 this week he made a very good start in a 9-3 win over the Visailia Rawhide when he pitched five innings, gave up four hits and three runs -- two earned -- striking out 10 hitters, to secure the win. His record with Modesto Nuts in four starts now stands at 2-0 with a 4.42 ERA.
Minor Leaguers On 2021 Team Canada Roster
On Leave From Current Teams
POS PLAYER PROV TEAM CLASS
LHP Andrew Albers Sask St. Paul AAA
RHP Trevor Brigden Ont Charleston A
OF Michael Crouse BC Chicago IND
INF Wes Darvill BC Winnipeg IND
C Kellin Deglan BC Scranton AAA
3B Jesse Hodges BC Quebec IND
LHP Ryan Kellogg Ont Tennessee AA
RHP Will McAffer BC Vancouver A
RHP Brendan McGuigan Tx Everett A
LHP Ben Onyshko Man Tacoma AAA
C-1B J.D. Osborne Ont Jacksonville AAA
OF Connor Panas Ont Quebec IND
2B Danny Pinero Ont Toledo AAA
OF Jacob Robson Ont Erie AA
LHP Travis Seabrooke Ont Winnipeg IND
Canadian Baseball Network
Player of the Week
Week I _ Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.) Jersey Shore BlueClaws (Phillies).
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)