Nick Renault
3-6, 6.69 ERA
Jim Magrane
4-7, 6.26 ERA
When the Barnstormers return to Clipper Magazine Stadium for their big series against York Friday night, they’ll have a new pitcher in their rotation. His name is Erik Dessau. He’s a 6-3, 212-pound righthander who has been acquired from the Frontier League’s Gateway Grizzlies in exchange for future considerations.
Dessau, [...]
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Jason Scobie
1-0, 2.45 ERA
Brian Adams
7-5, 5.50 ERA
As you might expect in the Atlantic League, winning streaks are usually built on offense. The Barnstormers’ five-gamer is the product of a torrid hitting stretch. The team is batting .351 and has scored 40 runs on 61 hits during its sweep of Newark and win over Somerset Tuesday [...]
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Eric Ackerman
4-6, 4.54 ERA
Josh Brey
5-0, 3.83 ERA
The off day came at an opportune time for the Barnstormers. After losing Josh Hall and Judd Songster in a two-day span, the team’s pitching staff was depleted and overworked. The bullpen in particular needed a rest.
Monday was Hall’s turn to start. Manager Von Hayes decided to skip that [...]
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The Barnstormers are 16 games into the second half and alone in first place. They’re 9-7 and one game ahead of York in the crowded Freedom Division. Lancaster’s four-game sweep of Newark gave everyone reason to believe the home team might stay in this race.
Here are five reasons the Barnstormers may contend followed by five [...]
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Shane Youman
3-2, 5.65 ERA
Jose Garcia
4-2, 5.16 ERA
The Barnstormers have won four of their last five games and are alone in first place in the Freedom Division. It’s not a coincidence that this recent hot streak has been accompanied by a huge boost in run production. The team has scored 36 runs in its last [...]
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Nick Renault
3-6, 6.72 ERA
Pat Stanley
9-3, 3.79 ERA
Josh Hall is the quintessential Atlantic League story. The righthander came to the Barnstormers at a low point in his career. His confidence was down. His results with Double-A Harrisburg were terrible. He was in desperate need of a fresh start.
It happened in Lancaster. While many players decide [...]
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Jason Scobie
0-0, 2.16 ERA
Benito Baez
4-3, 4.32 ERA
The Barnstormers went back to their familiar top-of-the-lineup formula Thursday night. That meant Mike Woods in the leadoff spot and Danny Gonzalez hitting second. The decision left only one question: What took so long?
The Woods-Gonzalez combo ranks among the best in the league. Both players are patient hitters [...]
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Eric Ackerman
3-6, 4.70 ERA
Mike Bumstead
10-5, 5.21 ERA
Last week, Newark’s second-half hopes looked like they were heading downhill fast. The Bears had dropped six games in a row. Their offense, once among the most feared in the league, wasn’t the same after OF Val Majewski and OF Cory Aldridge were signed by affiliated teams.
Today, Newark [...]
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Josh Hall
6-2, 4.01 ERA
Tony Peguero
6-1, 4.52 ERA
Camden is going through the same problems that plagued the Barnstormers in the first half. The Riversharks have lost 11 players either to affiliated ball, retirement or injury. There were some stars among that group, including C Jason Phillips, DH Josh Rabe and P Ryan Drese.
Head of baseball operations [...]
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Shane Youman
2-2, 6.00 ERA
Jake Dittler
1-2, 8.64 ERA*
Every player who has made it to the big leagues has his favorite memory. For some, it’s a clutch hit or a key strikeout against one of the game’s greats. For Shane Youman, it’s …
The plane rides.
“That’s one of the things I was in awe about more than anything,” [...]
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