The Barnstormers are in the market for a shortstop.
Danny Gonzalez’s on-again, off-again courtship with the Mexican league is on again. The Atlantic League All-Star has decided to play south of the border this summer.
Gonzalez is one of the top position players in the Barnstormers’ brief history. He played parts of three seasons in Lancaster, first [...]
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Reggie Taylor is getting another shot. The former Barnstormers outfielder has survived the cut with the Braves and has been assigned to Triple-A Richmond.
It was a long road back for Taylor, who – incredibly – hasn’t played in an affiliated game since Sept. 5, 2005. He spent spring training with the Tigers in 2006 and [...]
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The Mexican League season opened without P Derrick DePriest Wednesday.
The former Barnstormers reliever was released earlier this week. DePriest had an interesting time south of the border. He was signed by the Mexico City Diablos in January, but didn’t last long with that club. During spring training, he was loaned to the Nuevo Laredo [...]
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Former Barnstormers third baseman Jose Ortiz has returned to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Pacific League. You may recall he started last season in Mexico before joining manager Bobby Valentine’s club in the Far East.
Ortiz played mostly second base for Lotte. He batted .284 with seven homers and 39 RBIs in 67 games.
In my [...]
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Add Derrick DePriest’s name to the growing list of former Atlantic Leaguers who have headed for bigger money in Mexico. The Barnstormers’ closer has agreed to terms with the Mexico City Diablos.
“This decision was pretty much about opportunity, and obviously the pay is better, which is nice,” DePriest said in an email. “My agent and [...]
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Next stop … Barnstormers?
Olmecas de Tabasco was eliminated from the Mexican League playoffs Friday night. They lost to Mexico City 15-6 in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series.
That means Reggie Taylor should be headed to the Barnstormers soon. According to head of baseball operations Adam Gladstone, Taylor was expected to join Lancaster a few [...]
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Here are some off day musings …
* Zack Parker was with the team in Newark Sunday and, obviously, will be in uniform when the Barnstormers play the Bears Tuesday. Initially, Parker will be placed in the bullpen.
“In talking with his agent, he made no bones of the fact he’d like to start,” said BASA executive [...]
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Kimberly Ruth of the York Daily Record wrote a feature about Felix Jose in today’s paper.
According to the story, which cites an article published in Diario de Yucatan, Jose was suspended from the Mexican League for 50 games after testing positive for anabolic steroids earlier this season. The outfielder, who started the season in [...]
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The Barnstormers have added two former big leaguers to the roster: infielder Roberto Mejia and relief pitcher Phil Norton.
Mejia, a lifetime .287 hitter, is in his 18th professional season. He started his career with the Dodgers as a nondrafted free agent in 1989. The Dominican native played 133 games in the big leagues with the [...]
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“We lost Quincy,” Barnstormers manager Frank Klebe said. “We’re going to miss him. We love him. He brings a lot to the table for us. It’s going to hurt us until we find somebody to fill that type of role.”
Quincy Foster has left the Barnstormers to join the Yucatan Lions of the Mexican League. Lancaster [...]
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