ALTOONA CURVE
(20-19)
VS
AKRON RUBBERDUCKS
(25-14)
ADVANCE INFORMATION REPORT
5/19/2025
CLUBHOUSE REPORT
TEAM OVERVIEW
Akron was on the road last week to face the Chesapeake BaySox. They finished the week 4-2 and lost Sunday’s game 10-1. The Rubberducks are 25-14 in the 2025 season and are tid for 1st place in the Eastern League Southwest Division. They are posting a +52 run differential, scoring 192 runs while allowing 140. At home, Akron has a 13-5 record, while on the road they have a record of 12-9.
LAST SERIES LINEUPS
REHAB ASSIGNMENTS
DH – David Fry
INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS/DEV LIST/INACTIVE LIST
RHP – Rorik Maltrud - 7-Day IL
STARTING ROTATION (PROJECTED)
Tuesday: LHP Rodney Boone
Wednesday: RHP Tommy Mace
Thursday: RHP Austin Peterson
Friday: RHP Carter Spivey
Saturday: RHP Trent Denholm
Sunday: LHP Rodney Boone
KEY RELIEVERS - BULLPEN
RHR Ross Carver
RHR Zane Morehouse
RHR Jake Miller
TOP PERFORMERS - POSITION PLAYERS (LAST SERIES)
CF – Jorge Burgos
(9 for 24, 5 1B, 2 2B, 2HR, 3BB, 10RBI)
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3B – Dayan Frias
(5 for 17, 3 1B, 2HR, 8BB, 3RBI)
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TOP PERFORMERS - PITCHERS (LAST SERIES)
RHP – Tommy Mace (5.2 IP, 3H, 0ER, 3BB, 7K)
RHP – Zane Morehouse (3.0 IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 7K)
TEAM OFFENSIVE IDENTITY & HITTERS TENDENCIES
TEAM LEAGUE RANKINGS & OFFENSIVE IDENTITY
- K%: 8th (26.7%)
- BB%: 1st (12.7%)
- IZMiss%: 8th (22.4%)
- Chase%: 3rd (23.0%)
- Swing%: 10th (44.8%)
- GB%: 4th (39.0%)
- HR%: 11th (1.8%)
IDENTITY
- Low HR%
- High K%
- High BB%
- Low Swing%
- Low Chase%
HITTERS STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES BUCKETS
STRENGTHS
POWER
- Jorge Burgos
- Kahlil Watson
- Cooper Ingle
CONTACT
- Tyresse Turner
- Travis Bazzana
- Kyle Dernedde
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- Jorge Burgos
- Justin Boyd
SINK
- Kahlil Watson
- Dayan Frias
- Travis Bazzana
RIDE
- Jusitn Boyd
- Kahlil Watson
- Cooper Ingle
WEAKNESSES
MISS
- Jorge Burgos (4S)
- Tyresse Turner (SL/SI)
- Cameron Barstad (SL/CT/SI/CH)
- Alex Mooney (CT/SL)
- Justin Boyd (SL/CH)
CHASE
- Tyresse Turner (SI)
- Jorge Burgos (CT/SL)
- Kahlil Watson (CT/SP)
- Jake Fox (CB)
RUN PREVENTION
RUNNERS
Akron is 2nd in the league in stolen base attempts with 69, 2nd in stolen bases with 56, and 2nd in stolen base success rate with a success rate of 81.2%. The team is 49 for 60 (82%) when stealing 2B and 7 for 9 (78%) when stealing 3B this season.
- RUNNERS:
Dayan Frias (10 for 12) Will Steal 3rd
Tyresse Turner (10 for 11) Will Steal 3rd
BUNTERS
Akron is 8th in the league in bunt attempts with 25 total attempts and have a bunt in play success rate of 40% on bunt attempts.
- BUNTERS:
Alex Mooney is the only player of note in this section with 4 bunt
attempts in the 2025 season.
Opponent CRG
Overview
Akron is the second best team in the Eastern League at CRG. They allow the second least amount of stolen base attempts (35), fourth least successful stolen bases (31), but highest stolen base percentage (88.6%).
ROSTER & RECENT TRANSACTIONS
TOP 30 PROSPECTS ON ROSTER
2B – Travis Bazzana – #1
C – Cooper Ingle – #8
RHP – Austin
Peterson – #29
PREVIOUS SERIES POSITIVES/NEGATIVES
POSITIVES
Opp. SLG
- The pitching staff allowed the least homeruns this past series with just 2.
BB
- The pitching staff allowed the least walks in the Eastern League this past series with just 12. Our opponent this week allowed double with 24 walks.
NEGATIVES
Chase%
- The team created the third worst chase rate of only 22% this past series.
IZMiss%
- The pitching staff induced an in zone miss percentage of just 15.9%, the third lowest in the Eastern league for the past series.