JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday (8/29/2010): LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 4/4 with a two-run HR, a walk and 3 runs scored in an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, raising his season batting average to .300 for the first time since June 28….
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday (8/25/2010): No Jewish pitchers played in the majors or minors. Here’s how our batters did: Rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins went 1/3 with a 2-run triple — his first MLB three-bagger — and a walk in a 6-3 defeat…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (8/24/2010): OF Ben Guez of the “AAA” Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit Tigers) went 2/4 with an RBI single in a 7-3 win over the Columbus Clippers. A Houston native who was selected in the 19th round of the 2008 amateur draft, Guez …
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (8/21/2010): The dominant theme? Home runs… LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 2/4 with a solo HR (see video) and a walk in a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres. The homer, his 17th of the season, was his…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday (8/18/2010): 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins singled in the go-ahead run en route to a 7-5 win over the White Sox (see video). The 25-year-old rookie went 1/4 and is batting .331, tops among AL rookies. SS Jake Lemmerman of…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (8/17/2010): 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins went 2/4 with two doubles in a 7-6 win over Chicago White Sox. Valencia is 8/15 over his last four games and batting .333 for the season, tops among AL rookies. SS Jake Lemmerman…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (8/14/2010): LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 3/5 with two doubles and scored the winning run in a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies. A 26-year-old in his fourth major-league season, Braun has hit .394 in his last 10 games,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Monday, Aug. 9, 2010: Batting leadoff, LF Adam Stern of the “AAA” Nashville Sounds went 2/4 with a double, a walk, and one run scored in a 12-2 win over the Las Vegas 51s. The 30-year-old Canadian also threw out a runner who…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Thursday, August 5, 2010: SP Brett Lorin of the “A” West Virginia Power (Pittsburgh Pirates) pitched 5 shutout innings and struck out two in a 5-1 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds. A 23-year-old righty who stands 6’7″ (see Monsters of the Mound), Lorin…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — The best major- or minor-league performances of Sunday, July 25: Jake Lemmerman, “Rookie Pioneer League” Ogden Raptors (Los Angeles Dodgers). The 21-year-old shortstop went 2-for-2 on Sunday with a home run and two walks. The top Jewish pick in the June 2010 amateur draft — 5th round, 172nd overall — Lemmerman ranks among…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — The best major- or minor-league performances of Thurs., July 22: Ryan Lavarnway, “AA” Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox). The 22-year-old catcher continued his hot streak, going 3-for-5 on Thursday with three RBIs. Since his promotion from the “A+” Salem Red Sox, Lavarnway is 12-for-27 with a remarkable 14 RBIs and…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Midway through the 2010 season, Jewish minor leaguers are performing well. The 20 Jewish pitchers have a collective won-loss record of 59-52, a 3.85 ERA and a 2.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio through games played July 14. The 28 position players have a combined batting average of .274 and a walk-to-strikeout ratio of…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — The running count of Jews chosen in last month’s MLB amateur draft has reached 11. Jewish Baseball News last reported that at least six of the 1,500 players selected in the three-day draft were Jewish. Since then, our friends at Jewish Sports Review have identified another five Jews, shown below in…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — The running count of Jews chosen in this month’s MLB amateur draft has reached six. Harrison Fanaroff, a high-school pitcher out of Potomac, Md., was selected by the Washington Nationals in the draft’s 50th and final round (1,496th overall). According to Washington Jewish Week, Fanaroff was thrilled to be picked but,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — At least five Jewish players were selected in this week’s MLB amateur draft, two of them out of Duke University. They include: Jake Lemmerman (Los Angeles Dodgers: 5th round, 172th overall pick). A 6’2″ shortstop who just completed his junior year at Duke (Div. I), Lemmerman led his team in eight…
