2005 Kane County Cougars (A)

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Websites
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/a...=milb&cid=t446
http://www.kccougars.com/

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I know for a fact that Kane County didn't win the first half.

2nd half standings
Western W L PCT GB
*Wisconsin 37 32 .536 -
Beloit 36 34 .514 1.5
Kane County 36 34 .514 1.5
Quad Cities 36 34 .514 1.5
Cedar Rapids 35 35 .500 2.5
$Clinton 33 37 .471 4.5
Peoria 33 37 .471 4.5
Burlington 31 39 .443 6.5
* - 1st half division winner
$ - 1st half wild card winner

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http://www.kccougars.com/players/2005/herrera.html

say hello to our future power hitting, base stealing CF; Javier Herrera

here are this year's stats again...with A Kane County and AAA Sacramento

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/a...ilb&pid=464268

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Herrera has replaced Felix Pie of the Cu-hubs on the World Team for the Futures Game.

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Herrera went 1 for 1 with an RBI and a walk in the Futures Game today.

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2 games back now.

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3rd place and 4 games back...

I guess there is no place for Herrera to move up right now because he's stuck here...He's still going strong and hopefully he'll be at AA, maybe AAA, next year...and then with the A's in 2007 at some point

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Travis Buck who was our 1st pick this year is moving up quickly starting at Vancouver and now at Kane County and hitting .338.

Clifton Pennington our 2nd pick this year has 21 SBs in only 55 games at Kane County.

There doesn't appear to be any strong pitchers at Kane County right now as only 1 pitcher has an ERA under 3 and he's only pitched in 12 innings.

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I spoke too soon

Joe Scott almost throws no-no

Joe Scott had Kane County pointed toward its first no-hitter, but ended up settling for an 8-0 shutout of Beloit on Monday night at home. Scott (5-1) no-hit the visiting Snappers through seven innings. He struck out five and walked three, dropping his ERA to 4.02, and was named the MiLB.com Star of the Day.

He was 2 - 0 with a 2.45 ERA at Vancouver before being promoted.

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From ESPN:

The Midwest League named Class A Kane County OF Javier Herrera to the postseason All-Star team.

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There are only 5 games left and I believe the Cougars are 1 game out of winning the Wild Card...they're 1.5 games out of winning the division...

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The season is over and I don't think they made the playoffs.

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http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/a...ilb&pid=464268

Herrera finished with a solid season mostly at Kane County with a week at Sacramento thrown in there.

Not counting his brief AAA stint, he batted .275, OBP .374, SLG .444, OPS .818, 26 SB, 13 homers, 18 doubles, 62 RBIs. 70 runs, 47 walks....the not so good news is 110 k's in 360 ABs...31% of his ABs...hopefully he can cut that down. When he hit the ball he did well. Hopefully he begins at least at AA next year. He is only 20 years old.