Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta
I’ll be taking a weekly look at the top performers in Class A ball, and today seems like as good a day as any. The Netherlands has not been a traditional baseball hotbed. Sure, we’ve had our share here and there – who could forget Sir Sidney Ponson? But there’s one Dutchman in particular who is burning up the Midwest league right now. Check out his line: AVG .409, 4 R, 3 HR, 8...
You can drive all the way to historic McCormick Field in Asheville, North Carolina, but if you’re from Jersey, as I am, it can still feel damn near impossible to shake the Garden State. This night’s offering in the single-A South Atlantic League: The hometown Asheville Tourists, affiliates of the Colorado Rockies, take on the Lakewood (NJ) BlueClaws, 2009′s Sally League champions and minor-league feeders to the Philadelphia Phillies. McCormick is one of those...
While we’re sure you’ve grown to love and cherish our higgledy-piggledy random posting style, this year we got together and decided to present minor-league baseball with a certain regard for structure. That means each guy got a classification or two to focus on throughout the season. That’s in addition to whatever higgledy-piggledy stuff each of us does, because we value our freedom. My focus will be on Low-A and Short-Season A ball. For starters,...
The first “Now Pitching For” in forever, and I’m like four days late on it. That’s how I roll. Jhoulys Chacin burst onto our radar last season when he went a combined 18-3 with a 2.03 ERA and 160 strikeouts in 177.2 innings for Modesto and Asheville. His performance earned him a coveted spot on the Z-Meter last May, and he hasn’t left since. Well, until now, but this is like graduation day, really....
