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Courtesy Winnipeg Goldeyes Media Relations Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced on Friday that the contract of first baseman Jacob Rogers has been purchased by the Texas Rangers’ organization. After playing first base for the majority of his five-year professional career, Rogers will convert into a righthanded pitcher. Rogers was a key contributor to the...Read More

On Tuesday, the editors of Stadium Journey rated CHS Field, home of the St. Paul Saints, #28 in their list of the “Top 100 Stadium Experiences of 2016.” In their reviews, the site’s editors remarked that “there are many different ballparks that open each year in both the affiliated and independent leagues and each and...Read More

Cody Satterwhite, an ultra-effective relief pitcher during a stint in Sioux City back in 2013, has the type of resume worth following now that he has returned from a stint in Japan and has signed a Triple-A contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound righthander will turn 30 later this month, which should be...Read More

Courtesy Winnipeg Goldeyes Media Relations Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced on Wednesday that catcher Tanner Murphy’s contract has been purchased by the Colorado Rockies’ organization. Murphy hit .208 in 59 games played for the Goldeyes last season with one home run and 18 RBI.  The Phoenix native added 10 runs scored, eight doubles, and 13 walks. ...Read More

Caleb Thielbar‘s second stint with the St. Paul Saints has the potential of duplicating his first time around with the American Association team when the southpaw reliever got the equivalent of two full seasons in a major league bullpen. Now at a prime age of 29 and only four months removed from his most recent...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Most major league teams have not revealed the bulk of their non-roster invitees to spring training camps, but IndyBaseballChatter has been busy working through various sources and we can now say with confidence that the number of players who have been in Independent leagues and will train with...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz A new baseball record is probably not the first thing that pops into mind the last week of December. But it could happen any day now in the American Association. Once Laredo catcher Zane Chavez signed with Pittsburgh the Lemurs moved within one sale to a major league...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The contract of Sioux Falls Canaries OF Willie Argo has been purchased by the Seattle Mariners organization, the American Association announced on Friday. Argo had spent 2015 and 2016 with the St. Paul Saints before being traded to Sioux Falls in September. While with the Saints, the native of Edina, Minn., appeared in 155...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The contract of Laredo Lemurs C Zane Chavez has been purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, the American Association announced on Thursday. In his first season with Laredo, Chavez, 29, played in 70 games, tying for the club lead with 17 doubles to go along with a .260 average, six home runs and 38...Read More

Word is getting around.  Quickly. Perhaps it was the emergence of Wichita’s Junior Guerra as a top-flight starter in Milwaukee or maybe the fact the Wingnuts’ James Hoyt broke into the major leagues in Houston and Tim Adleman of Lincoln and El Paso debuted with Cincinnati.  And, maybe it is merely the continued maturation of...Read More