By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights for the week of June 3-9, 2019: Hitter of the Week: Ty Kelly (Angels) 2B Ty Kelly (Angels/AAA/Salt Lake Bees) hit .300 (6-for-20) with 3 doubles, 2 triples, an RBI, and a .391 OBP. Pitcher of the Week: Kenny Rosenberg (Rays) Kenny Rosenberg (Rays/AA/Montgomery Biscuits) improved…
By Scott Barancik, Editor The 2019 draft was a strong one. Our colleagues at Jewish Sports Review have identified at least 16 Jewish draftees so far and may yet find more. The class includes 9 pitchers, 4 outfielders, 2 catchers and a shortstop. Three players were selected in the first 5 rounds, all but one…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights for the week of May 27-June 2, 2019: Hitter of the Week: Cody Decker (Diamondbacks) 1B Cody Decker (Diamondbacks/AAA/Reno Aces) hit .346 (9-for-26) with 3 HRs, 2 doubles, 6 RBI, and a .433 on-base percentage. What’s more, Decker’s May 28th round-tripper was his 200th in the…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights for the week of May 20-26, 2019. Because there were no standout performances, Jewish Baseball News is skipping its regular weekly awards. Mazel tov! C Garrett Stubbs (Astros) received his first Major League call-up on May 26, his 26th birthday. Stubbs was in the same draft…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your minor-league highlights for the week of May 13-19, 2019: Hitter of the Week: Scott Manea (Astros) C Scott Manea (Astros/High-A/Fayetteville Woodpeckers) hit .360 (9-for-25) with a home run, 10 RBIs, and a .448 OBP, boosting his batting average by 37 points. He was hit by pitches 4 times,…
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By Sam Brief, correspondent Some observers scoffed when Team Israel competed in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, noting that all but a handful of its players were American citizens. Now, Israel’s baseball dreams are about to get a bit more authentic. This fall, 10 Jewish-American ballplayers will acquire Israeli passports, making them dual American-Israeli citizens…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Now that the minor-league season has ended, we can ask: who were the top Jewish players? Jewish Baseball News sought input from half a dozen Jewish Insiders, including professional ballplayers, scouts, reporters and front-office staff. The result of their collective wisdom is our 2018 Minor-League Awards. To our 11 winners: Mazel…
2018 archives Games played August 27-September 2, 2018 Games played August 20-26, 2018 Games played August 13-19, 2018 Games played August 6-12, 2018 Games played July 30-August 5, 2018 Games played July 23-29, 2018 Games played July 16-22, 2018 Games played July 9-15, 2018 Games played July 2-8, 2018 Games played June 25-July 1, 2018…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Braden Bishop, Jewish Baseball News’ 2017 Minor-League MVP, is a player to watch. Selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 2015 amateur draft, the California native hit .320 in his first season of professional ball. He has continued to impress. In 2017, Bishop was named MVP of…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Cory Jones, a 6-foot-5-inch pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles franchise, is the latest athlete to join the ranks of known Jewish ballplayers. The 26-year-old California native was plucked out of junior college by the St. Louis Cardinals in Round 5 of the 2012 amateur draft and given a $220,000 signing bonus….
2017 archives Games played August 28 — September 3, 2017 Games played August 21-27, 2017 Games played August 14-20, 2017 Games played August 7-13, 2017 Games played July 31-August 6, 2017 Games played July 24-30, 2017 Games played July 17-23, 2017 Games played July 10-16, 2017 Games played July 3-9, 2017 Games played June 26-July 2, 2017 Games played June 19-25, 2017 Games played June…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Sometimes, a player slips through the cracks. And it can take quite a while for us to find them. Thanks to our friends at Jewish Sports Review, we now know about another athlete selected in the 2016 MLB draft: Scott Manea, a 40th-round pick of the New York Mets. (Yes, I…
By Scott Barancik, Editor With 1,215 amateur players chosen in the 2017 MLB draft, it was perhaps inevitable that we’d miss a few. Mea culpa, Tyler Benson. A 21-year-old from New Jersey, Benson hit .377 his junior year at Bloomsburg University, adding 8 HRs, 41 RBIs, 15 stolen bases, and a sweet .505 on-base percentage….
By Scott Barancik, Editor If the 2017 minor-league season were a wine, it would be a good year. Three pitchers — Ryan Sherriff of the St. Louis Cardinals, Brad Goldberg of the Chicago White Sox, and Max Fried of the Atlanta Braves — made their Major League debuts. A number of minor-league players — marked…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Ryan Lavarnway, a 29-year-old catcher who last played Major League ball in 2015, was called-up by the Oakland Athletics today. Lavarnway was hitting .274 with 4 HRs, 20 RBIs and a .362 on-base percentage at Triple-A when he got the news. He is replacing C Josh Phegley, who took a three-day paternity leave,…
By Scott Barancik, Editor The latest athlete to join the ranks of Jewish ballplayers is a 6-foot-4-inch first baseman with prodigious power and a promising future with the Toronto Blue Jays. California native Rowdy Tellez, 21, turned down a roster spot at USC in 2013 when the Blue Jays offered him an $850,000 signing bonus out…
2016 archives Games played August 29 – September 4, 2016 Games played August 22-28, 2016 Games played August 15-21, 2016 Games playedAugust 8-14, 2016 Games played Aug. 1-7, 2016 Games played July 25-31, 2016 Games played July 18-24, 2016 Games played July 11-17, 2016 Games played July 4-10, 2016 Games played June 27-July 3, 2016 Games played June 20-26 Games played June 13-19, 2016 Games played June…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Don’t let the first name fool you. Reliever Ryan Sherriff (St. Louis Cardinals/AAA) is the latest player to join the growing roster of Jewish pro baseball players. The 26-year-old southpaw is enjoying a tremendous season with the Memphis Redbirds. Sherriff is 2-0 with a 1.45 ERA — third-best among Pacific Coast League players with at least 30 innings…
By Scott Barancik, editor Nu, so what’s going on in the Minors? Cody Decker — the San Diego Padres’ all-time minor-league HR leader and a participant in this month’s Triple-A Home Run Derby — has hit three HRs since the All-Star break, including Thursday’s solo shot (7/23/2015). The El Paso Chihuahuhas star has 18 HRs, and he’s hitting them…
