By Scott Barancik, editor With the 2014 Minor League regular season complete, we thought you might want to see how Jewish players did at the plate. The more ambitious among you can download this Excel file and crunch the numbers yourself. For the rest of you, look below. You’ll find a table showing all 31 players…
By Scott Barancik, editor Twenty-three minor-league players were selected in the Triple-A phase of today’s (12/12/2013) Rule 5 draft, and three of them are Jewish. The San Diego Padres acquired St. Louis Cardinals prospect Jake Lemmerman. A 24-year-old shortstop out of Duke University, Lemmerman has hit .273 over his 4-year career with the Cardinals and Los Angeles…
Help keep Jewish Baseball News free! Use our Amazon.com link ———————————————————————— By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News Here are highlights for minor-league games played from April 14-16, 2013: Los Angeles Angels prospect Zach Borenstein is on a power trip. The 22-year-old first baseman hit a HR on Monday (box score) and two more on Tuesday (box score) for a combined five…
Use our Amazon.com link to support Jewish Baseball News ———————————————————————— By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News Here are highlights from minor-league games played on Saturday, April 13: Max Fried, a 19-year-old starter ranked the San Diego Padres’ No. 2 prospect by MLB.com, earned his first professional win, and in dominant fashion. Fried pitched 5 scoreless innings for the Fort…
Going shopping? Please use our Amazon.com link ———————————————————————— By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News Here are highlights from minor-league games played on Monday, April 8: Toronto Blue Jays prospect Kevin Pillar, the 2012 Midwest League MVP, went 1/4 with a single, two walks, one RBI and a run scored (box score). Pillar plays for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats….
Going shopping? Please use our Amazon.com link ———————————————————————— By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News Here are highlights from minor-league games played on Sunday, April 7: Joc Pederson, ranked the Los Angeles Dodgers’ #4 prospect by Baseball America, went a combined 3-for-7 with two HRs, a double, and 3 RBIs. Pederson is an outfielder with the Chattanooga Lookouts (AA). New…
