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Grand Junction Rockies name Bobby Jenks Manager

After serving as the pitching coach in 2021, Bobby Jenks will assume managerial duties for the Grand Junction Rockies in 2022
March 17, 2022

Grand Junction, Colorado "We are excited to welcome Bobby back for his second season in Grand Junction. We look forward to a terrific season ahead with him as our manager." Team President Mick Ritter said. Jenks replaces Jimmy Johnson, who retired following the season. "This is my first time stepping

Former MLB Manager and Current Billings Manager, Jim Riggleman, to Attend Pioneer League Tryout Camp in Tucson

March 8, 2022

Former Cubs, Nationals, and Mariners manager to address players at April 1-4 tryout camp

From The Big Leagues to Indy Ball

March 4, 2022

Last month the Billings Mustangs welcomed veteran MLB manager and coach Jim Riggleman as their 2022 field manager. The PBL sat down with Jim to discuss the unique and twisting path he’s taken in his baseball career, most recently from the New York Mets all the way to Billings. In

Cory Snyder Announced as Manager of the Northern Colorado Owlz

February 14, 2022

_Former Major League star and Olympian to lead Pioneer League team after managing in USA, Mexico, and Taiwan _

Mustangs Name Jim Riggleman Club Manager

February 9, 2022

Five-Time MLB Manager to Serve as Skipper for the Mustangs

The Pioneer League Partnering with Pecos League for Pre-Season Tryout Camp

February 7, 2022

A Conversation with Pioneer League President and Pecos League Commissioner

Missoula PaddleHeads Pitcher is Stepping up to the Big Leagues

February 4, 2022

The Missoula PaddleHeads are coming off of a pretty strong baseball season - you know, if you consider winning the Pioneer League championship to be a pretty strong season! The PaddleHeads played some great baseball for their debut season, and obviously, somebody in the major leagues is taking notice -

Pioneer Baseball League and TicketSmarter Announce Historic Naming Rights Agreement

January 25, 2022

First-Ever Pro Baseball League to Sell Naming Rights; TicketSmarter Acquires Secondary Ticketing Rights to PBL

Chukars Bring Back Gardner and Milacki

January 25, 2022

The Idaho Falls Chukars announced that manager Billy Gardner Jr. and pitching coach Bob Milacki will return to Idaho Falls for the 2022 Pioneer League season. Gardner and Milacki are tasked with assembling this season’s Chukars team as they were last season. In 2021 they led Idaho Falls to a

White Sox Sign Infielder Jason Matthews to Minor League Deal

January 20, 2022

The lockout hasn’t stopped the White Sox from making minor league moves, and it appears that they’ve made yet another one. This week, the White Sox signed infielder Jason Matthews to a minor league deal. This was first reported by Matthews himself during an appearance on the Auckland Tuatara baseball

Ridge Run Baseball Announces New Team Name

January 18, 2022

Ridge Run Baseball News - As its new stadium begins to take shape in the Flathead Valley, Ridge Run Baseball announces the much-anticipated team brand. Emphasizing the local history, scenery and culture, the Glacier Range Riders will make their debut this spring season. Inspired by early 20th-century outdoorsmen patrolling the

Pioneer League Baseball Making Its Way to the Flathead Valley

January 7, 2022

KALISPELL — Starting in 2022, the Flathead Valley will have a Pioneer League baseball team and tickets are already being sold for this season's home games. "We are accepting the season ticket deposits right now you can get those at Ridgerunbaseball.com and look for our team name, launch branding and

Ridge Run Baseball Signs More Players, Sells First Tickets

December 23, 2021

Until last week, Mike Knell didn’t know the Flathead Valley existed. He’s never been to Montana, and has only heard stories about the Last Best Place from a friend who recently moved to Bozeman. That all changed when he saw his phone flash “Montana” for an unknown number while awaiting

PaddleHeads Retain Schlact as Manager in 6 Year Contract Extension  

December 14, 2021

Missoula, MT. – The Missoula PaddleHeads Professional Baseball Club took on a new challenge during the 2021 season its first season as an independent franchise. It could not have been a more successful first season taking on the new format as the PaddleHeads would take home the 2021 Pioneer League

Holy Cow! Former Missoula Timberjack Jim Kaat Reaches Baseball Hall of Fame

December 8, 2021

Hours after his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame was announced Sunday, Jim Kaat wrote to let me know he's hoping to get his old Missoula manager, Jack McKeon, at the ceremony in July. What a proud, proud moment for Zootown professional baseball. Long before Kaat earned legendary status

Voyagers Ben Norman Singed By Chicago White Sox

November 30, 2021

November 29, 2021 - Voyagers outfielder Ben Norman's contract has been bought by the Chicago White Sox. Norman will participate in Spring Training with the White Sox in 2022 and is the first player to be signed to an MLB team since the Voyagers went independent in 2020. Norman had

Pioneer Baseball League Announces Spring 2022 Tryout Camp

November 23, 2021

April 1-4 Camp in Tucson

Former Billings Mustang Jonathan India National League Rookie of the Year

November 17, 2021

It didn't feel like Randy Arozarena was a rookie this season. Tampa Bay's speedy and powerful outfielder certainly didn't play like one, either. Arozarena won AL Rookie of the Year honors with a superb follow-up to his 2020 postseason heroics while Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India earned NL Rookie

Pioneer League Concludes Annual Meetings

November 15, 2021

Dodgers EVP, Janet Marie Smith, Delivers Keynote Address; Kim Klages Johns named PBL Executive of the Year

PBL Announces Postseason Award Winners

November 10, 2021

All Star Team, Award Winners and Stats Champs Announced

Flathead Valley PBL Team Home Opener is June 14

November 9, 2021

The Pioneer Baseball League released its 96-game schedule Thursday, and the expansion Flathead Valley squad will have its home opener on June 14 against the Billings Mustangs. Ridge Run Baseball, which is operating the fledgling club, is in the process of building a stadium just off McDermott Lane, adjacent to

Construction Underway for Pioneer League Stadium

November 4, 2021

Erik Moore and Chris Kelly, with Ridge Run Baseball, stand atop a berm overlooking the development of a baseball stadium for Kalispell's new Pioneer League team located at the former Montana Raceway Park along Highway 93 on Wednesday, Nov 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

​​Pioneer Baseball League Announces 2022 Schedule

November 3, 2021

MLB Partner League Launches 96 Game Schedule on May 23rd, Two New Teams Added

Stories from the Pioneer League: Robbie Baker

November 1, 2021

Interview with former pitcher for the Pioneer Baseball League: Robbie Baker

Cubs Ink INF Alejandro Rivero Out of Pioneer League

October 22, 2021

According to a report from baseball writer and BBWAA member Francys Romero, the Chicago Cubs have signed infielder Alejandro Rivero to a contract. Rivero played three seasons of college baseball at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida and spent the 2021 season with the Boise Hawks of the Pioneer League.