Mike Hessman has been tabbed as the real-life Crash Davis, who was played by Kevin Costner in the 1988 hit movie Bull Durham. On Monday the 37-year-old Hessman set a new all-time minor league home run record when he hit his 433rd career homer in the seventh inning of a game against the Lehigh Valley […]

On Monday, July 27, Pioneer Baseball League President Jim McCurdy released the Pioneer League’s roster for the inaugural interleague All-Star Game featuring the best players from both the Pioneer Baseball League and the Northwest League. The game is to be played on August 4th at the home of the Spokane Indians of the Northwest League. […]

Great Lakes Loons third baseman Matt Beaty is enjoying his first season of professional baseball simply doing what he loves to do. Beaty was born in Dresden, Tennessee and played four years of baseball with the Dresden High School Lions. In each of his four seasons with the team he led the Lions in home runs, batting […]

Right-hander Isaac Anderson made his debut with the Great Lakes Loons of the Class-A Midwest League on Thursday, July 23 in match up with the South Bend Cubs. The 21-year old native of Boise, Idaho attended high school in neighboring Meridian, Idaho leading Rocky Mountain High School to a district and state championship in 2012. […]

In early July the Dodgers acquired right-handed pitcher Chase De Jong from the Toronto Blue Jays as part of a trade in which the they gave up three international signing slots to the Jays. Since then De Jong has been starting for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League. Meanwhile, 22-year-old first baseman Scott […]

Center fielder Alex of the Great Lakes Loons was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2014 First Year Player Draft. His teammate, right-handed pitcher Grant Holmes, was selected in the first round of that draft by the Dodgers. Verdugo was considered by many to be the best two-way player available in the […]

On July 2nd the Dodgers dove head first into the international pool coming up with several intriguing signings. In addition to their foray behind the lines on the international scene, they traded four international slots for established minor league players. In a transaction with the Toronto Blue Jays the Dodgers came away with right-handed pitcher […]

Right-handed pitcher Shea Spitzbarth openly shares his disappointment at not being selected in the 2015 First Year Player Draft and why wouldn’t he? While 1,215 high school and college players were picked by the 30 MLB teams, Spitzbarth was overlooked. Amid his disappointment the 20-year-old native of Staten Island, New York concluded that MLB teams […]

Right-hander Tommy Bergjans was selected by the Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2015 First Year Player Draft. His selection on the second day of the draft was perhaps a bit of a surprise to many but not to Bergjans. The surprising part of his selection so early in the draft was that he […]

The roller coaster ride that is Erisbel Arruebarrena took another step in the right direction on Thursday night when the 25-year-old Cienfuegos, Cuba native was informed that he had been promoted from the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to the Dodgers Double-A Tulsa Drillers. The move came after Arruebarrena had a huge night with the Quakes going 2 for […]