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…
The 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals had a lot of firsts. We will sum them up for you. This year’s World Series had the first player whose family name started with a Z, to hit a home run (Ryan Zimmerman). Zimmerman was also the first player to homer for…
After the Potomac Nationals played their last game at Pfitzner Stadium, the club prepared for the move to Fredericksburg, where a brand new ballpark was built for them. Today, the “new” Carolina League club presented its name and logos. Fredericksburg is located 54 miles south of Washington DC, the location of the Fredericksburg Nationals namesake….
After spending a season with the Harrisburg Senators (AA, Eastern League), Spencer Kieboom was called up by the Washington Nationals yesterday. As expected for a late-season call-up, he didn’t get playing time in his first game. After leaving a good impression last year, as he spent about half of the season with the Nats, Spencer…
According to multiple sources, the Washington Nationals have called up top farmhand Carter Kieboom for Friday’s home game vs the San Diego Padres. So far this season, Carter spent time with the AAA Fresno Grizzlies and put up some nice numbers. Thanks to handling a good bat, Kieboom is slashing .379/.506/.636 with three homers and…
In the second year of a new ownership, the Fresno Grizzlies have changed their looks. The new look is built upon the Growlifornia look, the club used during themed days in the past few seasons. The new look contains new colors, new logos and new uniforms. The scarlet, black, gold and beige scheme will be…
Yesterday it was announced that Free Agent outfielder Bryce Harper has turned down a $300 million offer by the Washington Nationals. One can only wonder why someone turns down a record-setting offer (at least for the Nats that is). Perhaps it was the lack of an opt-out clause. Perhaps Harper simply doesn’t want to play…
The Washington Nationals, who were forced out Syracuse, will place their AAA team at the other side of the United States. The club signed a two-year deal with the Fresno Grizzlies. A surprising move by the Texas Rangers, who were expected to sign with the AAA San Antonio Missions. After the New York Mets bought…
In the past few days, there have been several extensions of Player Development Contracts. The Kansas City Royals extended their PDC with two clubs, so did the Astros and the Nationals and the Yankees extended their PDC with their AAA farm team. The Kansas City Royals extended the PDC with their Advanced Rookie affiliate, the…
