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Independent Baseball Chatter by Bob Wirz聽 The Miami Marlins have been one of the most aggressive organizations at adding players from Independent Baseball ranks in the last year or so, and one of the players who likely will have them continuing this pursuit is right-handed pitcher Omar Bencomo聽(pictured), who only two years ago was putting...Read More

The 2017 American Association season unofficially starts on Sunday, May 7 with the opening of exhibition play. For information on tickets, directions, and Spring Training rosters, please visit the individual club websites. The full list of exhibition games can be found below:   Sunday, May 7 Fargo-Moorhead vs. St. Paul 2:05 PM Wilmar, MN Sioux...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz The seven American Association players on active major league rosters (two more are on disabled lists), including recently-promoted Houston strikeout artist James Hoyt, get most of the attention, but the league stands tall with another 54 of its former players in affiliated minor league systems. American Association alumni...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz As is the case so often, it comes down to pitching.聽 Past, present and future.聽 And we are only talking about American Association hurlers and how they can impact major league planning. Today’s examples are James Paxton, Tim Adleman, Aaron Wilkerson and Tanner Scheppers. Paxton always projected as...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Except for one time two years ago when he was on an injury-rehab stint, Brandon Kintzler has not started a game since back in 2009 when he split his time between the St. Paul Saints and Milwaukee’s Class AA farm club in Huntsville, Ala. Don’t expect that to...Read More

The American Association ended up with an Independent Baseball-leading six of its former players on active major league rosters plus two more on the disabled list when the regular season started although Milwaukee’s Junior Guerra also ended up on the DL after injuring his right calf during the Brewers’ opener. The six active players doubled...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The contract of Lincoln Saltdogs RHP聽Shairon Martis has been purchased by the Baltimore Orioles organization, the American Association announced on Friday. Martis is coming off a noteworthy World Baseball Classic performance for the Kingdom of the Netherlands squad, appearing in four of the team’s seven games and going 1-0 with a 1.50...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz The American Association will once again be well represented when the major league season begins this weekend because of the likes of starting pitchers Max Scherzer (Fort Worth) at Washington, Junior Guerra (Wichita) at Milwaukee and James Paxton (Grand Prairie) at Seattle plus reliever Brandon Kintzler (pictured, St....Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Junior Guerra started out in professional baseball as a catcher.聽 He was only 18 at the time. His checkerboard career has years when he did not even play. And, he has never been an Opening Day starting pitcher. Until now. As one of the American Association’s most distinguished...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The contract of Wichita Wingnuts聽RHP聽Chad Nading has been purchased by the San Diego Padres organization, the American Association announced on Thursday. Nading was dominant out of the Wingnuts’ bullpen in his first season with the club in 2016, assembling a 1.83 ERA in 39.1 innings of work while fanning 30 and limiting...Read More