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'Spokane needed a title': Indians snap championship drought

@allisonmast13
September 15, 2024

For the first time since 2008, the Spokane Indians took home the Northwest League title after a back-and-forth Championship Series against the 2023 victors, the Vancouver Canadians. After three one-run games, Game 4 followed the same script. Knotted at 1 after nine innings, Vancouver struck first in the top of

Davis' Springfield introduction a powerful one

@allisonmast13
September 8, 2024

In the words of Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” In the span of approximately 15 months, Davis has called his baseball home: Tucson, Ariz; Palm Beach, Fla.; Peoria, Ill., and now, Springfield, Mo. Five

Former college roommates clash at Triple-A

Pitchers Henry, Kauffmann journey from Ann Arbor to Albuquerque
@allisonmast13
September 4, 2024

College football season officially kicked off on Saturday, and at its Midwest epicenter in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the reigning national-champion Wolverines toppled Fresno State. Fifteen hundred miles away in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a pair of former Michigan athletes celebrated the victory and their own momentous occasion. Tommy Henry and Karl

Mighty Quinn: Springfield southpaw racks up 11 K's

Cardinals' No. 3 prospect reclaims Minor League lead in strikeouts
@allisonmast13
August 18, 2024

For many, a debut professional season played with three teams in three different cities at three different levels would be overwhelming. For Quinn Mathews, it’s the Cardinal way. The 6-foot-5 lefty, who spent four years as part of the Stanford Cardinal, has shot up the St. Louis Cardinals' system since

Chandler's Triple-A debut a smashing success

Bucs' 2021 third-rounder spins seven scoreless in first Indy start
@allisonmast13
August 10, 2024

This season, Indianapolis has been no stranger to fast-rising pitching prospects. Mere months after Paul Skenes' ascension from Indy ace to National League All-Star Game starter to potential Rookie of the Year, another Pirates top prospect was dominant in his Triple-A debut in the form of Bubba Chandler. The righty

Rocker dials it up in Double-A debut for Frisco

Rangers' No. 3 prospect shines in first full-season start in 14 months
@allisonmast13
July 27, 2024

It had been 442 days since Kumar Rocker last pitched in a game for a full-season affiliate. With a layoff of that length, any sort of comeback performance would be deemed an accomplishment. But on Friday night, the Rangers’ No. 3 prospect made a statement, striking out four batters in

Storm coming: De Vries flashes pop, tees off twice

Padres' No. 4 prospect, just 17, posts career-best night at Single-A
@allisonmast13
July 6, 2024

Leo De Vries has perhaps never deserved his nickname of “El Mutante” more than on Friday night when he left the yard twice for the first multihomer game of his very young pro career. But that’s not where his otherworldly abilities end -- the 17-year-old homered from both the right

Wilson presses luck in Vegas, tees off twice

A's top prospect delivers first multihomer performance as a pro
@allisonmast13
June 30, 2024

In a city full of pressing your luck, Jacob Wilson wasn't satisfied with hitting just his first Triple-A home run -- so he hit his second too, giving him his first multihomer game as a pro in one fell swoop. The top Athletics prospect lifted the Aviators to a 12-4

Reno's Lalli honored for selfless organ donation

Aces manager a perfect match for girlfriend's life-saving transplant
@allisonmast13
June 29, 2024

Six times every season, the Reno Aces hold a Home Run for Life game, presented by Donor Network West, to honor a Nevada community member who has been impacted by organ, eye and tissue donation. On Friday night, the event took on even more meaning as the club had an

June 15: Fitzgerald Inside-the-Park Home Run Day?

River Cats' utility man accomplishes rare feat at Triple-A
@allisonmast13
June 16, 2024

Holidays and the traditions that surround them give a comforting predictability to our lives. Every time the calendar flips to a new month, small text or icons indicate the upcoming dates of note. After Saturday night’s unique feat, it would be no surprise if Tyler Fitzgerald had a circle around

Newest Sky Carp Meyer stymies, K's 6 in club debut

Marlins' No. 1 prospect follows in flock path of No. 3 talent, White
@allisonmast13
June 2, 2024

They say it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond, but for the second time in the past two days, one of the top Marlins prospects joined a larger talent pool in the form of High-A Beloit. Noble Meyer, the organization’s top prospect, made his first start

Teel caps red-hot month with clutch homer

Red Sox No. 3 prospect comes through with game-tying clout
@allisonmast13
June 1, 2024

On the first day of the NCAA Regionals last season, Virginia coasted to a 15-1 victory over Army thanks in part to a two-hit performance by Kyle Teel. Fast forward 364 days, and it’s clear that while a lot changes over the course of a year, some things stay the

Band of Horses, RiverDogs unite for unique merch

Rays' Single-A affiliate gets rocking new look in limited line collab
@allisonmast13
May 24, 2024

Every collaboration has a thread that binds two entities or ideas together, and for one iteration of the MiLB x Music Capsule Collection, that theme might be No One’s Gonna Love the Charleston RiverDogs More Than Band of Horses Does. The Charleston-based rock band partnered with Official League on a

Knights' Kuhl makes his most emotional start

Right-hander pitches in honor of his wife on breast cancer night
@allisonmast13
May 24, 2024

In his 11-year professional career, Chad Kuhl has pitched in 239 games, from the lower level of the Minors to the Majors. None of them held the same significance as his May 17 start for the Triple-A Charlotte Knights. Kuhl took the mound for Charlotte against Durham in a pink-sleeved

Shell games: Turtle makes mad dash across outfield

St. Lucie, Bradenton interrupted by curious crawling visitor
@allisonmast13
May 11, 2024

It’s typically the hare that comes up short against the tortoise in fables, but on Saturday night, neither the St. Lucie Mets nor the Bradenton Marauders stood a chance against a turtle. In the top of the second inning at LECOM Park, the Single-A St. Lucie (Mets) were at-bat with

Sugar Land slugger: Loperfido's out of this world

Astros' No. 6 prospect slugs three homers, collects seven RBIs
@allisonmast13
April 13, 2024

Prior to Friday night, Joey Loperfido sat atop professional baseball’s home run leaderboard alongside three-time American League MVP Mike Trout, among others. Just a few hours and three big swings later, the 24-year-old slugger has sole possession of pole position with nine home runs for Triple-A Sugar Land. In Sugar

Price was right after act of faith at Vanderbilt

Five-time All-Star went No. 1 overall after storied college career
@allisonmast13
February 12, 2024

It’s January 2005, and David Price is on the cusp of his freshman season at Vanderbilt. But he’s also a few bad games away from quitting baseball and working at a local McDonald’s. “It was a January or February day. There was a big part of him that was going

Drive steer way to South Atlantic League sweep

Red Sox affiliate rebounds from skid, wins 4 straight in playoffs
@allisonmast13
September 20, 2023

A four-season title drought came to an end for Greenville on Tuesday after an undefeated playoff run. It was a back-and-forth affair in Game 2 of the South Atlantic Championship Series, but the High-A Red Sox affiliate strung together some big hits to defeat Hudson Valley, 7-3, to win the

RiverDogs roll to third straight Carolina crown

Since becoming affiliated with Rays, Charleston just keeps winning
@allisonmast13
September 20, 2023

It was a tale of two halves for Charleston this season. After finishing with the worst record in the Carolina League in the first half, Tampa Bay's Single-A affiliate rode a 39-26 record in the second half en route to its third consecutive league title. The RiverDogs defeated the Down

As the Crow-Armstrong flies, third slam of year

Top Cubs prospect launches first Triple-A HR with bases loaded
@allisonmast13
September 6, 2023

In the Major Leagues, grand slams occur approximately once in every 1,500 at-bats. This season, there's been one every 0.08 percent of at-bats. But for Pete Crow-Armstrong, the feat has not been so elusive, despite the fact that he typically leads off. MLB’s No. 12 prospect hit his third grand

Skenes comes up aces in second Double-A start

Baseball's top pitching prospect strikes out three over two innings
@allisonmast13
September 1, 2023

Just like he made the adjustment to superior competition when transferring from mid-major Air Force to LSU, Paul Skenes appears to be doing the same at Double-A. In his second start since his promotion from Single-A, MLB’s No. 3 prospect threw two innings for Altoona, allowing only one hit while

Lee blesses Saints with first Triple-A homer

No. 2 Twins prospect delivers majestic 445-foot roundtripper
@allisonmast13
August 12, 2023

Brooks Lee capped off his first calendar year in professional baseball with an exclamation point in the form of his first Triple-A home run. The Twins' No. 2 prospect joined St. Paul last Thursday nearly a year to the day after making his pro debut. On Friday, he launched a

Stone continues turnaround with six hitless frames 

Fourth-ranked Dodgers prospect equals season high with 10 K's
@allisonmast13
August 5, 2023

How good was Gavin Stone on Friday night? In a word, unhittable. The No. 4 Dodgers prospect racked up 10 strikeouts over six hitless, scoreless innings in Oklahoma City’s 7-1 win over Round Rock. The 10 whiffs matched a season high set in May, while the six no-hit frames were

Hot-hitting Chourio making noise for Biloxi

Baseball's No. 2 prospect slugs 14th homer, racks up three hits
@allisonmast13
July 22, 2023

As the saying goes, Jackson Chourio is in mid-season form. Since appearing in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on July 8, the top Brewers prospect has collected multiple hits in six of his seven games. The latest was a three-hit game Friday that featured his 14th home run of the

Chourio isn't having any hitting blues with Biloxi

Top Brewers prospect goes yard, collects two doubles in victory
@allisonmast13
July 19, 2023

The only thing that can apparently stop Jackson Chourio this month was his appearance in the Sirius/XM All-Star Futures Game. MLB Pipeline's No. 2 overall prospect went 3-for-5 with a home run and two doubles in Double-A Biloxi's 13-6 win over host Montgomery on Tuesday. It marked Chourio's second consecutive