Tag Archives: Independent Baseball
Angels sign MVP runner-up Braxton Martinez
An MVP calibre year has earned Braxton Martinez a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels. Since his days at St. Louis University, Martinez has developed into a well-rounded hitter who is driving in runs, hitting the long ball …
Revs’ Nash puts it all together in MVP season
Telvin Nash has finally reached heights that players only dream about. 11 years into his professional baseball career and he’s the best he’s ever been. Nash is in the midst of his fifth season with the York Revolution, and when …
Sean Nolin living up to expectations in Tacoma
The last time we saw Sean Nolin, he was dominating batters in the independent Atlantic League. Since, the former projected ace is looking like the pitcher everyone imagined he could be. On June 7, the Seattle Mariners took notice and …
Can Nava make it happen one more time?
There’s not many journeys I’ve enjoyed more than that of Daniel Nava. Nava hit the national spotlight when he hit a grand slam off Joe Blanton in his first MLB at-bat. This was only the second time in the history …
Retirement short-lived for Chris Colabello
It wasn’t that long ago that I spoke with the Sugar Land Skeeters’, Chris Colabello. In the weeks since, he’s retired. But not for that long. Since retirement or perhaps strategic scenery change, the former Blue Jay fan favorite has …
Like father, like son: Bichette Jr. inks deal with Nationals
Dante Bichette Jr., son of ex-big leaguer Dante Bichette, signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals earlier this month. We’re all familiar with the younger Bichette, Bo. He’s in the early stages of his Toronto Blue Jays career …
A baseball journey like no other: An exclusive interview with Chris Colabello
There really hasn’t been anyone that’s epitomized the trek through independent baseball and minor league baseball like Chris Colabello. Colabello went undrafted after his senior year at Assumption College in Worcester, MA and from there unconventional became commonplace. He spent …
Former Blue Jay Colabello returns to his Indy roots
After spending 2018 in T&A San Marino last year in the Italian Serie A1 League, Chris Colabello is back stateside playing for the Independent Sugar Land Skeeters. Before inking the deal with the Skeeters, the former Blue Jay, who surprised …
To Moneyball, or not to Moneyball, Mazzaro is the question…
Vin Mazzaro was one of the Moneyball originals. Not in the Nick Swisher days, but he did make headlines when the Oakland Athletics drafted him in the 3rd round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft. They diverted away from …
Interview with Peter Kirk: President, Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
The Atlantic League is the preeminent Independent baseball league in North America. It can lay claim to having over 600 players sign with Major League clubs over the course of its 15-year history. According to the Atlantic League website, over 40 …
