When the Batavia MuckDogs did not get an invitation by one of the MLB clubs last month, it was another New York-Penn League whose future was not clear. Today, the city announced it will join the Perfect Game Collegiate League. Former pro hockey player in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League, the 56-year-old…
Today and yesterday, some news was published about new Minor League affiliations of the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals. The news about the first one doesn’t really come as a surprise. Yesterday, the (still) independent Sugarland Skeeters, the club with arguably one of the worst logos in baseball, announced that they will leave the…
The minor league landscape is slowly changing. After the agreement between MLB and MiLB expired, MLB has taken controle and it shows. The other day, the Yankees announced to adopt two new MiLB franchises, leaving their former farm teams in Staten Island , Charleston and Trenton behind. Now it is the turn for the Minnesota…
Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter: R Rancho…
Zander Wiel has received the honor to be added to the Southern League Post Season All-Star team. The son of a Curaçao born father was in the top two of the rankings in two offensive categories. After a decent season at A Advanced last year he got a promotion to AA and he never betrayed…
The Adelaide Bite announced its roster for the new Australian Baseball League season, that will start tomorrow. One of the familiar faces is Loek van Mil. The Dutch right handed pitcher joined the Bite in the course of the 2015/2016 season. Van Mil has quite some experience under his belt. Before he returned to the…
The Minnesota Twins and the Rochester RedWings have extended their Player Development Contract with two more years through the 2018 season. Both clubs are cooperating since 2003 when the Twins took over the affiliation from the Baltimore Orioles. Accoring to the Twins’ interim General Manager Rob Anthony “It’s been a tremendous partnership that we’ve had…
Recently you could read here about a possible move of the Batavia Muckdogs (A Short Season, New York-Penn League) to Waldorf in Maryland, where the team would play in the stadium of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. The team would be the first one owned by an Afro-American since the Savannah Cardinals. The owner group…
In the ever changing landscape of Minor League Baseball, a new move is about to come. The Batavia MuckDogs are about to move to Waldorf MD for the 2017 season. The MuckDogs are operated by the Rochester Redwings but without much of a profit. So the team has been for sale for a couple of…
At the end of last season, Dutch pitcher, Loek van Mil returned to the USA as the Minnesota Twins signed the tall right hander to a contract and placed him at their AAA farm team. In three games his performance was promising as he posted a 0.00 ERA with one strike out and a hit….
