RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
The Hudson Valley Renegades, our Short-Season A affiliate in the New York-Penn League, today unveiled their 2009 schedule. The Renegades will host Opening Day on June 19 when they take on the division rival Aberdeen IronBirds (Orioles) in a three-game series. The 2009 season features eight fireworks shows, a road-home series against the Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) June 28-30, a home-road...
Baseball Prospectus (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
The 10th overall selection in the 2008 draft, Jason Castro has quickly established himself as the in the organization. A 21-year-old catcher who played his college ball at Stanford, Castro made his professional debut with Tri-City in the short-season New York-Penn League, where he hit .275/.383/.384. The left-handed-hitting backstop continued to impress in the recently completed Hawaiian...
On the Mets beat (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... was the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox. Luis also was a manager in the Red Sox minor league system for three seasons. He directed Lowell (A) of the New York-Penn League from 2004-2005, Greenville (A) of the South Atlantic League in 2006 and Peoria of the Arizona (A) Fall League, also in 2006 Luis, 43, a native of Santurce, PR, played in the major leagues...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
NEW YORK -- was hired Friday by the to replace Ken Oberkfell as first-base coach.Alicea spent the past two seasons as first-base coach of the after managing Class A Lowell of the New York-Penn League in 2004-05 and Class A Greenville of the South Atlantic League the following year. He spent 13 seasons in the major leagues with St. Louis, Boston, Anaheim, Texas and Kansas...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
was hired Friday by the to replace Ken Oberkfell as first-base coach.Alicea spent the past two seasons as first-base coach of the after managing Class A Lowell of the New York-Penn League in 2004-05 and Class A Greenville of the South Atlantic League the following year. He spent 13 seasons in the major leagues with St. Louis, Boston, Anaheim, Texas and Kansas City.Alicea...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... the past two seasons as first-base coach of the after managing Class A Lowell of the New York-Penn League in 2004-05 and Class A Greenville of the South Atlantic League the following year. He spent 13 seasons in the major leagues with St. Louis, Boston, Anaheim, Texas and Kansas City.Alicea joins newcomers Randy Niemann (bullpen) and Razor Shines (third base), and holdovers...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
There's now a "50-50 chance" that Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik will hold a second round of interviews for the team's managerial job.Zduriencik is also considering whether to expand his current list of candidates, having been contacted by two former major-league managers and a third person with major-league coaching experience. Two final candidates from his initial list of...
Fish Chunks (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
(Hat tip to weird vic over at FishStripes ) Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports that Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham are going to the Nationals for second-baseman Emilio Bonifacio (watch out, Danny) and two guys from the New York-Penn League.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... to improve its right-side defense. Dean went 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA in 10 starts in the Gulf Coast League last season while Smolinski hit .306 in the New York-Penn League. Peter Gammons covers baseball for ESPN. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.Related Topics: , , , , , More MLB Headlines Inside MLB ESPN.com: | | | | | | | | ©2008 ESPN Internet...
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
The Florida Marlins have already changed the location of their Triple-A and Double-A clubs, but their Short-A is holding strong . General Manager Matt Drayer has announced that the Florida Marlins will be the Jamestown Jammers' parent team for the next two seasons in the New York-Penn League. The player-development relationship with the Florida Marlins started during the 2002 season....
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
By now, most fans have heard about the Omaha, N.E. native -- he has a knack for pitching with both arms. And although that's quite an impressive feat, it had nothing to do with him winning a MiLBY for Best Short-Season Reliever. The Creighton University alum finished his rookie campaign 1-0 with an 0.83 ERA and a New York-Penn League-leading 23 saves, allowing just three earned runs in...
Baseball Prospectus (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
... in the 13th of the 2004 amateur entry draft, and then sent him to Hudson Valley in the New York-Penn League. He would throw just 27 innings there over six relief appearances and a pair of starts, but he impressed with 24 punchouts against just three free passes. He was promoted to the Sally League, where he would outdo himself, whiffing 42 batters over 31 innings against just...
