CBN POW, Week XV: Dalton Pompey

By George Farelli

Canadian Baseball Network

You have read the name Pompey over the years in this space.

OF Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.), of the Oakville Royals, made his debut in the Canadian Baseball Network’s minors rundown in 2010 with the Rookie-class Gulf Coast Blue Jays.

Pompey has been up and down and all around ... and was joined by his brother OF Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) in 2018 with the Rookie-Class Gulf Coast Marlins.

Dalton Pompey is back where he’s been before ... as Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week for Week XV. Now in the Los Angeles Angels’ system, Dalton led all Canuck hitters by batting .444 (8-for-18) with a pair of RBIs for the triple-A Salt Lake City Bees.

How the week was for Pompey as he

_ Didn’t play in a 10-9 loss to the Las Vegas Aviators before 5,502 fans at the Las Vegas BallPark.

_ Batting sixth and playing left field, he singled in a 5-2 loss to the Sacramento River Cats before 5,436 fans at Smith’s Ballpark. Behind the plate Chad Wallach, the son of former Montreal Expos great Tim Wallach and at first base was Drew Butera, son of former Blue Jays scout Sal Butera, the ex-Minnesota Twin.

_ Playing right field and batting sixth, he went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks in an 11-9 win over Sacramento before 10,487 fans. He doubled to centre in the fifth and singled to short in the eighth.

_ Batting eighth and playing right he went 3-for-5 and knocked in a run in a 9-8 win against Sacramento in front of 7,543 fans at Smith’s Ballpark. He singled to left in the fourth, singled to centre in the eighth and down 8-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth he singled to right cutting the River Cats lead to 8-6. Five hitters later Pompey scored the walk-off winner.

_ Hitting sixth and playing right, he singled in a 4-3 win over Sacramento before 3,094 fans. He singled to centre in the second.

_ Batting eighth and playing right, he doubled as Salt Lake blanked Sacramento 6-0 before 5,693 fans. He doubled on a line drive to left, his second of the season.

Best Offensive Performance

Player/Class/Team AB R H HR RBI AVG

Dalton Pompey - AAA Salt Lake 18 4 8 - 2 .444

David Calabrese - Rkie ACL Angels 12 6 5 - 2 .417

Tanner Kirwer - AA New Hampshire 22 5 8 2 6 .364

Kyle MacDonald - Hi A Hudson Valley 11 2 4 - 2 .364

Jared Young - AAA Iowa 21 2 7 - 4 .333

Jordan Nwogu - Low A Myrtle Beach 20 2 6 - 4 .300

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

Jonathan Lacroix - IND Quebec 23 3 10 - 3 .435

Mike Crouse - IND Chicago 24 8 10 - 5 .417

Connor Panas - IND Quebec 24 4 9 - 2 .375

Wes Darvill - IND Winnipeg 23 2 7 - 2 .304

(Minimum 10 ABs)

Best Pitching Performance

Andrew Albers LHP - TRIPLE A ST. PAUL SAINTS

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

1 8.0 4 - - - 5 1-0 - 0.50 0.00

Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) has been pitching pro ball since 2008, including the past three seasons with Orix Buffaloes in Japan’s Western League. When the opportunity arose to return home, he re-signed with the Minnesota Twins and was assigned to their affiliate St. Paul Saints at triple A-East. This week on Aug. 15, in what most would consider his best outing of the season in an 8-0 win over the Indianapolis Indians, he pitched eight innings gave up only four base hits and zero runs while striking out five to earn his sixth win of the year. His record with St. Paul Saints in 16 Triple A starts, now stands at 6-4 with a 3.86 ERA. For his efforts, he was called up by the Twins on August 20.

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)