Zander Wiel (with Curacao roots) has been named Player of the Month of the Midwest League as MiLB.com announced today. Zander is the son of Randy Wiel, a former basketball player from Curacao, who played in the Dutch basketball league and was assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers during the days of Shaquille O’Neal and…
The Brooklyn Cyclones will have another promotional night with which they will wear specialized jerseys and hats. Tonight’s theme will be Ren and Stimpy, the 90s cartoon of Nickelodeon. As far as I can remember it, the cartoon was rather gross at times. The Ren and Stimpy jersey will feature the face of Stimpy with…
After only two games at GCL level, Stijn van der Meer was promoted to the Greenville Astros (high Rookie, Appalachian League). After debuting with a single out of three at bats in his first game on Monday, the former shortstop of Curacao Neptunus and Lamar University went 3 for 3 in his second game with a triple…
Dodgers extend PDC with Dodgers…. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But it is true. The Los Angeles Dodgers have extended the Player Development Contract with their AAA affiliate, the Oklahoma City Dodgers. After the Los Angeles Dodgers left Albuquerque after the 2014 season, the team moved its AAA farm team to Oklahoma City. Instead of keeping…
Thanks to his relatives I learned that Dutch pitcher Misja Harcksen was promoted by the Los Angeles Dodgers. But unlike earlier expectations, Misja has been promoted to the Ogden Raptors (high Rookie, Pioneer League). Just like last year, Misja spent most of the season in Glendale AZ with the AZL Dodgers. With the AZL Dodgers,…
Dutch shortstop Stijn van der Meer has made his professional debut in the organization of the Houston Astros. Unlike the recent announcement on this blog that he would be playing with the Tri-City ValleyCats, Stijn debuted with the Gulf Coast League Astros, the low rookie team of the Houston based MLB club. The intention is…
The Brevard County Manatees, Advanced A affiliate of the of the Milwaukee Brewers, will leave Space Coast Stadium which is the Spring Training home of Washington Nationals. The team will leave for Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee FL, soon to be the former home of the Houston Astros. The owners of the Manatees have struck…
With the Colorado Springs Sky Sox not even gone yet, it remains to be seen if they will leave any time soon, the city of Colorado Springs and Dave Elmore, owner of the Sky Sox, are discussing the possibility to keep minor league baseball in the city with a downtown ballpark. But this downtown ballpark will not…
In 2014 a lawsuit was filed in California to fight the ridiculous low wages in Minor League Baseball. For decades minor league players are getting paid poverty wages and do only get pay during the season. During Spring Training and during instructional leagues they are not paid. A federal magistrate has granted preliminary class-action status. This means that…
In the meantime this is kinda old news as it was published on the Facebook page of Curacao Neptunus, but I totally missed it. The Dutch shortstop Stijn van der Meer, who was drafted in the 34h round of this year’s amateur draft, has signed a deal with the Houston Astros. According to the article…
