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Durham, N.C. — The San Francisco Giants have purchased the contract of Winnipeg Goldeyes RHP聽Nestor Molina, the American Association announced on Wednesday. Molina was acquired by Winnipeg from the Joplin Blasters earlier in December. In 2015, his first season with Joplin, Molina led the club with 17 games started and 7 wins to go along...Read More

Featured in Independent Baseball Chatter By Bob Wirz American Association grad Mark Hamburger has a major league invitation. The righty is only one year removed from starting for the St. Paul (MN) Saints (6-8, 3.26), and Minnesota obviously liked what it saw in the 27-year-old during his one season, mostly in the bullpen, for their...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider Vol. 12, No. 36,聽 December 18, 2014 By Bob Wirz The American Association had five of its current or former players in this week’s Australian League All-Star Game, led by Aussie strikeout leader Ryan Searle (Grand Prairie ’14,聽40 strikeouts in 32.2 innings to go with a 2.76 ERA), who was the starting...Read More

In Venezuelan Winter League action, 3B Abel Nieves聽(Wichita) rapped a two-run single in the La Guaira Tiburones’ 7-4 victory last night. Nieves, the American Association’s all-star third baseman in 2014, is one of several AA players in the Caribbean winter leagues this season. Others include: Mexico Navojoa: OF Reggie Abercrombie (Winnipeg) Obregon: LHP Cesar Carrillo...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider – Vol. 12, No. 35, December 11, 2014 By Bob Wirz Dennis Raben’s name has been part of this column numerous times the last two years because of his 10 homers in only 23 games for Lincoln in ’13 and 31 dingers and 94 RBI this past season for the Los Angeles...Read More

Australian Baseball League hitters haven’t had much luck against Brisbane Bandits聽RHP聽Ryan Searle聽(pictured, Grand Prairie ’14) so far this season, as he leads the ABL with 31 strikeouts in 25.2 innings pitched so far this season. The native of Canberra, Australia, is 2-0 with one save a 2.81 ERA in six outings for the Bandits, who...Read More

Amarillo, TX 鈥� After public input and careful research, Amarillo Pro Baseball management has opted to change the name of the team to the Amarillo Thunderheads. 鈥淭here were some great submissions from the fans,鈥� said Thunderheads Executive VP and General Manager Stephanie Tucker. In choosing the name Amarillo Thunderheads, Tucker says fans have a name...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The American Association announced on Tuesday that the contract of St. Paul Saints OF聽Carlo Testa was purchased by the Arizona Diamondbacks’ organization. Testa was acquired by the Saints in September after spending the 2014 season with Wichita. Appearing in all 100 of the Wingnuts’ games, Testa had a dynamite season for the...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider – Vol. 12, No. 34, November 20, 2014 By Bob Wirz It seems like a new trend for onetime Independent stars to head off to Japan or Korea for major paydays. Andrew Albers (Quebec 2010) did just that (Korea) last season rather than face the long odds of being in Minnesota’s rotation,...Read More

Durham, N.C. — The American Association announced on Wednesday that Wichita Wingnuts OF Brent Clevlen聽was named the聽Pointstreak 鈥淪tar of Stars鈥� for the 2014 season. The award is given by Pointstreak, the official league statistician, for the best overall statistical performance during the regular season. Clevlen assembled a league-best and career-high聽.372 average for the league champion...Read More