Jackson Ferris just put on a show for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets, securing Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week honors after the final week of the minor league regular season. Not only did Ferris grab the award, but his teammate, center fielder Alek Thomas, also snagged PCL Player of the Week, completing a clean sweep of the league’s top weekly accolades for the Comets.
Ferris’s Lights-Out Performance Shakes Up the League
This wasn’t just any start for Ferris; it was easily the best outing by any Dodgers minor league pitcher all season. Last Wednesday, facing off against the El Paso Chihuahuas, an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, Ferris was absolutely unhittable. He retired his first 19 batters faced, piling up an insane 13 strikeouts over 7 2/3 scoreless innings. He allowed only one hit and one walk. Those 13 strikeouts? They’re the most by anyone in the entire Dodgers organization this season, majors or minors. Seriously, think about that for a second! This kid is cooking, and it’s been building.
From Rough Start to Dominant Streak
This Pitcher of the Week award is just the icing on the cake for a crazy good run Ferris has been on over the final five weeks of the season. It’s not just that he notched a six-inning save back on September 9; the dude has allowed zero or one run in six straight outings. That’s a total of just four runs given up over his final 36 innings of the season! He completely flipped his season around, dropping his ERA from a rough 7.15 all the way down to a respectable 5.12 after last week’s gem. Baseball America noticed, too, listing him as the No. 1 prospect on their hot sheet for his recent performance. Josh Norris at Baseball America nailed it, writing, “The outing closed a sizzling stretch that saw Ferris cook the competition in his final six starts. Over the 30-day span, Ferris went 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA and just 22 hits and 11 walks in 36 innings.” He topped it off with 48 strikeouts in that span, the most in all the minor leagues. What a turnaround!
The Comets have been on a roll with individual awards, winning nine PCL Player or Pitcher of the Week honors this season from eight different players, including James Tibbs (twice!), Alex Freeland, Jack Suwinski, Ryder Ryan, Emmet Sheehan, Cole Irvin, and now Alek Thomas and Ferris. This team is loaded with talent, and they’re bringing that momentum into the biggest games of the year. Jackson Ferris is set to start Game 1 of the PCL championship series Tuesday night on the road in Las Vegas. You just know he’s going to be locked in, trying to bring home that title.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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