With the upcoming Minor League season that will start Tuesday, May 4, the Minor League clubs are looking forward to it, for they will be able to generate some money again, though rather limited. But with the limited access of fans due to the pandemic, the clubs are still in danger especially thanks to additional…
Today, the Kansas City Royals presented the rosters of its farm teams. Curious where one of the biggest Dutch talents will play, yours truly checked them all. Darryl Collins will start the season at Low A. The player that calls Curaçao Neptunus his home in Dutch baseball, will play for the Columbia FireFlies on opening…
The now “independent” Pioneer League has announced a set of rule changes. The most eye catching is the rule that bans extra innings. The first rule change is a “check swing” appeal from the home plate umpire after the base umpire (first or third) has made a call on a check swing appeal by the…
Yours truly doesn’t pay attention to MLB anymore, but in this case, I gladly make an exception. Earlier today, the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted an article about certain MLB clubs forcing their MiLB players at alternate training sites to pay for their housing. Also players are not allowed to stay with host families due to…
The Elizabethton RiverRiders of the Appalachian League has presented its home jersey on Twitter. A basic but very nice jersey. Of course, the jersey is white. The fabric is a kind of mesh. The sleeves are adorned with a blue piping at the bottom but that is about it when it comes to decoration. The…
Yesterday, the Dutch Baseball Hangout posted a blog post of fellow blogger Words Above Replacement on its Facebook page and Twitter account. The blog post emphasizes the vile behaviour of MLB regarding its minor leaguers. Today an article of Baseball America emphasized it a little more. The blog post of Words Above Replacement was about…
Through their Twitter account, the Kansas City Monarchs (former Kansas City T-Bones) presented the home and the road jersey. Little did yours truly know about a third, throwback jersey that team will wear. I had to find out through the Twitter account of Minor League Promos, that the club will sport a throwback jersey as…
The new ballpark that saved the Beloit Snappers for affiliated baseball, will not be ready before the start of the High A season. So the Snappers will start the season at their old ballpark Pohlman Field. The Snappers were one of the 42 clubs that were on the chopping block when MLB first presented its…
With a big wink to the parent club, the new AA farm team of the Yankees have unveiled their new uniforms. Once again, a minor league club wants to look like the parent club. The Somerset Patriots did not only leave their identity behind by joining the new style Minor League Baseball that is now…
In a statement on Twitter, the Vancouver Canadians (High A, Toronto Blue Jays) have announced they will start the season in Hillsboro instead of Vancouver. Due to the corona measures of the Canadian government, which closes the US-Canadian border, the only Canadian team in the Northwest League was forced to look for a home south…
