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By Bob Wirz Call it whatever you want.聽 Threesome.聽 Triumvirate.聽 Triad. Regardless of the choice, it is more than a little bit intriguing to notice that a trio–yes, that number–of former Gary SouthShore RailCats position players have gone on to the Boston Red Sox organization in recent times.聽 All three are drawing some attention, too....Read More

By Bob Wirz While the steady tick of American Association players getting opportunities in major league organizations has been impressive the list has one noticeable omission. Where is Chicago Dogs first baseman Keon Barnum? All the young slugger has done within the last few months is break the league’s home run record with 31 bombs...Read More

Release and photo courtesy Chicago Dogs Rosemont, Ill. 鈥� Chicago Dogs 1B Keon Barnum, the American Association鈥檚 2019 Player of the Year, he has been selected as the top player in all of independent baseball, being named Baseball America鈥檚 Independent Baseball Player of the Year, the outlet announced. In Barnum鈥檚 first season with the Dogs,...Read More

Nearly two dozen current and former American Association players are spending their off-seasons in the Australian Baseball League. The league features a mix of players from Australia and New Zealand, as well as the rest of the baseball world. In his first season in the ABL, C Jeremy Martinez (pictured, St. Paul ’19,), one of...Read More

By Bob Wirz When the subject comes up of trying to pinpoint the next group of American Association players who could join the major league ranks before long one certain indicator is to find those now in Triple-A, the top minor league level. Offseason rosters usually get set before the Winter Meetings, and looking at...Read More

By Bob Wirz Another recent American Association pitcher must feel like he has struck oil, this time in Japan. Tayler Scott, who received considerable attention last summer when he became the first South African native to pitch in the major leagues, has signed to play with the Hiroshima Carp, and NPBTracker.com, which helped announce the...Read More

By Bob Wirz It is not exactly new for a relief pitcher to mature in the American Association and not too much later find himself getting a major league opportunity.聽 Prime examples among current major leaguers include St. Louis’s John Brebbia (Sioux Falls and Laredo), Atlanta’s Chris Martin (Grand Prairie) and Tampa Bay’s Chaz Roe...Read More

By Bob Wirz 聽It is only a bad joke to say that every American Association player should be looking up to Chris Martin these days even if the Atlanta Braves reliever does measure out at a basketball-worthy 6-foot-8. The real reason to use Martin as an example to today’s players comes about because the right-handed...Read More

LINCOLN, NE 鈥� The Lincoln Saltdogs have hired James Frisbie as the team鈥檚 next field manager, the club has announced. Frisbie, 47, takes over for Bobby Brown, who managed the 鈥楧ogs in each of the last four seasons. 鈥淲e are extremely thrilled to welcome James Frisbie (Friz) to the Lincoln Saltdogs organization,鈥� said Saltdogs President/GM...Read More

Dozens of current and former American Association players are spending their off-seasons in the Venezuelan Winter League, highlighted by OF Denis Phipps (pictured, Laredo ’14-’16, Texas ’17), who leads the league with five home runs and 15 RBI for Anzoategui. Two league alumni are managing this season: Margarita’s Alex Nunez (Laredo ’16) and Anzoategui’s Jackson...Read More