They’ve done it again. Despite a roster decimated by injuries and the promotion of Jackson Jobe, manager Gabe Alvarez led the Erie SeaWolves to the Eastern League championship with a 3-2 victory over the Yankees’ affiliate, the Somerset Patriots, on Tuesday evening. Like their parent club, the SeaWolves relied on a deep pen, good coaching, and creative pitching management to get here, and it carried them in the postseason as well.
The SeaWolves lost top hitting prospect Hao-Yu Lee to an injury in mid-August, just a week after slugging first baseman Jake Holton went down with a season ending injury.