Here are the Brooklyn Cyclone Game Notes for today's game.
LAST TIME OUT: Before Sunday's rainout, Brooklyn fell to 0-2 to start the campaign for the first time in two years, as Hudson Valley captured Saturday afternoon's contest, 8-1...Brooklyn was held to just one run on three hits...RHP Wyatt Hudepohl struggled in his return to the mound…Hudepohl surrendered five runs in the first inning alone in his first professional appearance in 686 days...The Cyclones went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and are now 0-for-19 with runners in scoring position through the first two games of the season...SS Core Jackson led the Renegades offensive onslaught with a three-hit day...Jackson was one of four Renegades to finish with a multi-hit effort...Brooklyn's lone tally came courtesy of an RBI fielder's choice from RF Diego Mosquera.
ROSTER MOVES: The Cyclones announced a series of roster moves earlier today...OF Yonatan Henríquez was placed on the 7-day injured list (retro 4/5)...RHP Tanner Witt is back with Brooklyn after providing Triple-A Syracuse with some great length...Witt tossed 3.0 hitless, scoreless innings on April 3 vs. Toledo, allowing just 2 walks while striking out 1 and hitting a batter...Additionally, RHP Irving Cota has rejoined Brooklyn after a brief stint with Double-A Binghamton, during which he did not appear in a game...Finally, INF Kevin Villavicencio was added to the active roster from Single-A St. Lucie...Villavicencio appeared in 4 games with the Cyclones in 2025 and was 5-for-11 at the plate...The 22-year-old also appeared in 39 games with the Cyclones in 2024.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY: The Cyclones endured their first postponement of the season on Sunday against Hudson Valley, with the game being called due to inclement weather...The 'Clones and 'Gades will make up the contest on a date to-be-determined...Brooklyn experienced just one postponement in April of last season - coincidentally, also against Hudson Valley, on April 11.
LOCK IT DOWN: Although Brooklyn has come up on the short end of the stick in both of its contests, the 'Clones bullpen has been impressive...Through the first two games, Cyclones relievers have allowed just two earned runs through 10 innings of work (1.80 ERA)...Brooklyn relievers have also racked up an impressive 17 strikeouts through the 10 frames...Of note, RHP Bryce Jenkins tossed 1.2 scoreless frames in his High-A debut in Saturday's loss, while RHP Parker Carlson also logged a scoreless effort in his High-A debut on Friday night.
DÍAZ DOMINATION: RHP Joel Díaz projects to take the ball for Brooklyn on Tuesday evening and is hoping to ride the momentum of a strong 2025 into 2026...The righty earned the win with 6.2 innings of shutout ball in Brooklyn's Game 2 North Division Finals clincher at Greensboro...The outing was the longest by a Brooklyn starter in the postseason since RHP Hansel Robles tossed a 9.0-inning complete game shutout in a 4-0 win vs. Hudson Valley in Game 1 of the New York-Penn League Playoffs on September 7, 2012....He was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week on August 25 after tossing a career-high 7.0 innings of 1-hit shutout ball, striking out 6, and earning the win on August 22 at Aberdeen...Díaz finished the year 6th in the SAL in ERA (3.80) and WHIP (1.23), tied for 7th in double plays induced (8), 9th in batting average against (.255), and 10th in innings pitched (106.2).
2025 IN REVIEW: A memorable 2025 saw the Cyclones capture their first-ever South Atlantic League Championship...Brooklyn swept their way through the postseason, compiling a perfect 4-0 record with two-game sweeps over Greensboro in the North Division Finals and Hub City in the South Atlantic League Championship Series...It was just the second time Brooklyn inked a playoff spot as a full-season affiliate, joining the 2022 squad...The Cyclones' first-half record of 46-20 was good enough to earn them the first-half crown...Brooklyn was 26-39 in the 2nd half before running the table in the postseason.
AY J-BAY, AY J-BAY: OF John Bay clobbered his first home run of the 2026 season on Opening Night, taking LHP Pico Kohn deep in the 3rd inning...The 24-year-old was responsible for half of Brooklyn's hits on Friday, finished 2-for-3 at the dish with a solo shot...Bay played 10 games for Brooklyn down the stretch of last season and launched 1 home run while driving in four RBI and scoring five runs...Bay also caught the final out of Game 2 of the SAL Championship Series to clinch the title for Brooklyn...The Shattuck, OK native has always possessed some pop...A non-drafted free agent signee by the Mets after last summer's draft, Bay hammered 46 home runs during his final two collegiate years at Austin Peay.
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