It hasn’t been a good spring for the Barnstormers who made it back to affiliated ball. Rob Henkel is the latest to get released. Henkel was in camp with the Boston Red Sox and was hoping to earn a spot in the starting rotation with their Triple-A affiliate in Pawtucket, R.I.
Henkel, 28, went 7-4 with [...]
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Reggie Taylor didn’t make the cut with the Washington Nationals. He was released earlier in the week.
Taylor found himself in an uphill climb this spring. He wasn’t invited to Nationals camp until two weeks after it started and the organization already had an excess of veteran outfielders.
With the Double-A and Triple-A seasons set to begin [...]
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“I’m looking forward to coming back,” Foster said. “I loved my time in Lancaster and I’m anxious to move back and hopefully I can be a part of a championship this season—especially since I was playing in Connecticut when the guys won it last year.”
Quincy Foster has officially returned to the Barnstormers. He’s one of [...]
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The Bluefish finally got around to announcing their first player acquisitions.
Among the 11 under contract is catcher John Nathans, who played part of 2005 with the Barnstormers. Nathans batted .215 with one homer and 11 RBIs in 52 games with the Bluefish and Newark Bears last season.
The marquee name in this group is pitcherAlbie Lopez, [...]
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Posted in Atlantic League, Bridgeport Bluefish, Lancaster Barnstormers, Long Island Ducks, MLB, Newark Bears, Pennsylvania, Road Warriors, Sports, baseball, minor leagues on March 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Rob Blackstien forwarded me this article he wrote about Norm Hutchins.
The former Barnstormer was a second-round draft pick by the Angels in 1994. His best season came in 1998, when he posted an .831 OPS with 32 stolen bases in 89 games in Double-A. As Blackstien noted, a lack of plate discipline doomed Hutchins, who [...]
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It turns out Reggie Taylor is in minor-league camp with the Washington Nationals. The former Barnstormers outfielder has been in Melbourne, Fla. for the past two weeks trying to earn a spot with the Nationals’ Double-A or Triple-A affiliate.
Taylor said he’s having a good spring and he’s cautiously optimistic about his prospects of landing a [...]
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From Adam Gladstone:
“From what I understand, his agent has called and has talked with us. We’re going to talk with him and see if it benefits him to come back to Lancaster. We’d like to provide him that opportunity.”
This is a move that makes sense for everyone involved.
Foster obviously still wants to play. He’s a [...]
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Posted in Atlantic City Surf, Atlantic League, Bridgeport Bluefish, Camden Riversharks, Lancaster Barnstormers, Long Island Ducks, Newark Bears, Pennsylvania, Road Warriors, Sports, baseball, minor leagues on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One fact is slowly becoming evident as teams around the Atlantic League build their rosters: The South Division will again be stronger than the North.
This is good news for Long Island, the league’s glamour franchise. The Ducks have the luxury of competing against the Road Warriors, who are almost certain to have a losing [...]
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Over at AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com, a fan pointed out in the comments section that Gustavo Martinez’s birthdate is listed as 11/9/75 in an old program. That would make him 31, not 26 as was suggested at thebaseballcube.com. I double-checked with the Howe database and it also lists Martinez as 31.
Poor Gustavo. He’s aged 13 years in the [...]
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The Barnstormers are in an enviable position. With a month to go until camp, they already have five starting pitchers in place. Even better, all five of them have pitched in Triple-A.
This is Adam Gladstone’s stamp on the roster. While manager Frank Klebe played a strong role in bringing back so many of last year’s [...]
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