Welcome to awards season at Bus Leagues! Once again, we will have nine to hand out: Full-season, Short-season and Independent League Player, Starter and Reliever of the Year. These players are the best of the best of minor league baseball, except for the short-season starter I forgot to put on the ballot and didn’t realize until it was too late. Voting works like the college football polls. Voters selected five players from a list...
Welcome to awards season at Bus Leagues! Once again, we will have nine to hand out: Full-season, Short-season and Independent League Player, Starter and Reliever of the Year. These players are the best of the best of minor league baseball, except for the short-season starter I forgot to put on the ballot and didn’t realize until it was too late. Voting works like the college football polls. Voters selected five players from a list...
Welcome to awards season at Bus Leagues! Once again, we will have nine to hand out: Full-season, Short-season and Independent League Player, Starter and Reliever of the Year. These players are the best of the best of minor league baseball, except for the short-season starter I forgot to put on the ballot and didn’t realize until it was too late. Voting works like the college football polls. Voters selected five players from a list...
Today, Baseball America released rosters for the 14th annual Futures Game that’ll be held in Kansas City as part of All-Star weekend next month. Last year’s edition in Arizona featured nearly two dozen players that went on to reach the majors, including top prospects like Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Matt Moore. Some more top prospects yet to reach the majors also played, including Tyler Skaggs, Manny Machado and Hak-Ju Lee. This year, the...
Via my Tumblr buddy dynamo9, here’s what he and his colleagues do when the Durham Bulls are on the road: Might I say… nice elevator!
Chris Parmelee was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the first round (20th Overall) 2006 Major League Baseball draft. The 6’1 230 pound first baseman has been making his presence known since his arrival in the Twins organization. In 2010 Parmelee had a breakout year, establishing himself as the prospect that the Twins expected him to be. After starting the year off in Minnesota, Parmelee slowed down a bit, and the team wanted him...
The second ranked prospect in the New York Yankees system, Dellin Betances was an eighth round pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. After struggling in his first couple years in the minors, in 2010 Betances really seemed to figure it out going 8-1 with a 2.11 ERA. In 2011 and 2012 Dellin has struggled a little bit with not only his control but also has been struggling with a high ERA as...
Brad Eldred was the Pittsburgh Pirates 6th round draft pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. He has had an up and down career, traveling through the majors and playing for a variety of teams along the way. However so far this season Eldred is batting .315 with 20 home runs and 57 RBI’s. If there was a favorite for the 2012 International League MVP, the front runner would have to be Brad...
The 5 W’s May 6, 2012 Who: The Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox The Starting pitcher for the Yankees was just some scrub, someone that no one has ever heard of, a 39 year old man that is still pitching in the minor leagues. Andy Pettitte, winner of four World Series championships took the mound on his road back to the majors; the only thing standing in his way...
Who: Rochester Red Wings (AAA, Minnesota Twins) vs. Buffalo Bisons (AAA, New York Mets) Scott Diamond started for the Red Wings against Buffalo’s Dylan Owen. Diamond came into the game at 4-0 with an ERA just over 1.00. The start was Owen’s second of the year after five relief appearances (spoiler alert: he did not hit a homerun). When: 1:05 PM, Sunday, April 29 Where: Coca-Cola Field (Buffalo, NY) This is my second visit...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
