In the first game of this Minor League season, Ozhaino Albies went 0 for 4 in a 3-1 loss vs the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. But Ozhaino bounced back in a big way. In the next game he started with a lead off single in the first inning . In his next at bat, in the…
I couldn’t stand it any longer. After a long winter without spending near the diamonds, I had to get out to watch a baseball game, even though it was a practice game. I went to Amsterdam where L&D Amsterdam Pirates hosted Dutch champion Curacao Neptunus. Here is an impression. This guy thought it was cold….
Today Rick van den Hurk had his third start of the season, when the Softbank Hawks took on the Orix Buffaloes, the team that has not homered yet in the 2016 season. Wladimir Balentien and his Yakult Swallows played in Yokohama vs the DeNA BayStars. Rick van den Hurk pitched a stellar game vs the Orix Buffaloes….
Today two Dutchies had their season debut at AAA level. Loek van Mil appeared in one game of a double header for the Rochester RedWings (Minnesota Twins) vs the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees), in an International League matchup. In a Pacific Coast League matchup, Juan Carlos Sulbaran took the mound as a starter for…
Today two Dutchies saw action in the Asian competitions. Two Dutch players call he Japanese NPB their home and one is playing in the Taiwanese CPBL. Today Wladimir Balentien played with the Yakult Swallows. In a close game vs the DeNA BayStars from Yokohama, the Yakult Swallows stayed at the right side of the score. Balentien…
Yesterday it was Opening Day in most of the Minor Leagues. Only at A Short Season level and at Rookie level the season will start later. How did the Dutchies do yesterday? Here is an overview. AAA Jurickson Profar played with the Round Rock Express (Texas Rangers affliate) @ the Iowa Cubs. The Express won…
Today, the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB) held a press conference in the clubhouse of new hoofdklasse club Oosterhout Twins (pronounce Oaster hout) about the upcoming season in the baseball hoofdklasse, Golden League softball, the upcoming European (nations) Cup in Hoofddorp, the upcoming ladies World Cup softball and the cooperation within the Dutch…
Yesterday I wrote about two players from Curacao that would start the season at the same level as last year. Well, this appears to be wrong. I was contacted by someone from Curacao who told me that he has spoken to both players and that both confirmed to be playing at AA instead of A…
Next to Ozhaino Albies, who was assigned to the same club that he played for last season, the Reds decided to let Calten Daal start another year in the A Advanced Florida State League with the Daytona Tortugas. After Calten received an invitation to MLB spring training as well, he had a total of twelve appearances with…
Despite his great performance during MLB Spring Training camp, the Braves have sent Ozhaino Albies to their A Full Season affiliate once agian. Albies spent the entire season with the Rome Braves where he played 98 games and collected 122hits at bats in 394 at bats (.310), 21 doubles and 8 triples. Ozhaino committed 17 errors…
