In this episode of Dutchies around the world we pay attention to Andrelton Simmons, Ademar Rifaela, Ray-Patrick Didder, Kirvin Moesquit, Wladimir Balentien and Kevin Kelly. MLB Andrelton Simmons is still one of the best shortstops in the game. He is capable of the most amazing plays. In the past few years, his fielding percentage was in …
BayBears not long without parent club
After you could read earlier today that the Arizona Diamondbacks had left Mobile to look for greener pastures in Jackson TN, it did not take long before the BayBears announced their new parent club. The new parent club is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The teams signed a two year deal that runs through the …
Alphabetical affiliation news
The O's have extended their player development contract with their A Short Season affiliate, while the M's have embraced a new AA club in the Arkansas Travelers. The Baltimore Orioles and the Aberdeen IronBirds (A Short Season, New York-Penn League) have extended their player development contract with two more years through the 2018 season. The …
Lots of PDC news
Because of my stay at the European Baseball Championship, I have missed quite some moves regarding several extensions of player development contracts. Yesterday, September 11 was the deadline to extend player development contracts, so in the last couple of days there have been a lot of signings at the eleventh hour. Five extensions have been …
More heavenly PDC news
And the PDC news keeps coming. This time it is the Angels, who are announcing the extension of a player development contract. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have extended the PDC with their A Advanced affiliate in the California League, the Inland Empire 66ers, with two years through the 2018 season. Angels General Manager …
Heavenly PDC news
The Anaheim Angels and the Houston Astros have extended the Player Development contract with one of their minor league affiliates. The Angels extended their PDC with their A Full Season affiliate in the Midwest League, the Burlington Bees. The both parties are cooperating since 2013 and this time the contract has been extended through the …
Minor League affiliation news: Another PDC extension
After the previous article on the PDC extension between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New Hampshire FisherCats there is more to tell about PDC extensions. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (gawd I hate that name), have extended the Player Development Contract with the Salt Lake Bees through 2018. The teams have been in …
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Worst World Series ever?
ESPN published this article on the upcoming World Series. According to ESPN the 2014 edition would be the worst World Series ever.... Why? Because there are two Wild Card teams in it and their win-loss record isn't quite something to write home about. Both teams had fewer than 90 wins in the regulars season. Why …
Dutchies in MLB playoffs
This is the translation of a weekly column that I write for the website of the Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). In fact it is a summary of the play off games in which the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands were/are playing. For the first time since 1997 the Orioles clinched a …
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