That’s what folks are saying every time Paul Goldschmidt, currently of the Arizona Diamondbacks and formerly of the Anchorage Bucs, comes to the plate. As of May 19, 2013, Goldschmidt ranks second on the MLB home run leaderboard with 12 bombs. The first baseman is carrying a .333 average and has an OPS of 1.049, [...]

Don’t let the spring (summer?) snow storms fool you, fans of Alaska Baseball. Those sun-soaked, relatively-warm Alaskan summer days are coming our way and with it will come Alaska Baseball League baseball. A while back we previewed the 2013 Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks recruiting roster. Today let’s keep the rally going with a look at the [...]

In 2012, the Alaska Baseball League was well represented in the first round of the MLB amateur draft. If MLB.com’s top 100 draft prospect ranking is any indication, we could likely see a pair of former Anchorage players added to the list of first-round picks with ABL experience. Ranked #13 on the list is 2011/2012 [...]

Tanner Rust is a two-year Alaska Baseball League player, coming up with the Oilers in 2011 before making the move to the Bucs with GM Shawn Maltby for 2012. Rust has served primarily as a catcher in his ABL tenure but has played around the field as well. In 2011 he went to the NBC World Series with the Oilers, where he had a homer and 5 RBIs in 7 games. Check out his scouting video below:

The Arizona Diamondbacks said hello to one former Anchorage player and goodbye to another earlier this month. The club signed former Bucs backstop Tuffy Gosewisch and lost left-handed pitcher Mike Zagurski — once a Glacier Pilot — to free agency. Gosewisch spent the bulk of his pro career, up until 2012, in the Phillies’ farm [...]

As I write this, the 2012 MLB playoffs are moments away from opening, with Atlanta hosting St. Louis for the National League Wildcard one-game playoff match-up. With no margin for error Kris Medlen — the former Goldpanner who has become Atlanta’s unexpected ace in the second half of the season — will get the ball [...]

Former Anchorage Bucs Chris Gimenez (2002) and Tyson Ross (2006) have both been recalled from AAA in the first batch of September call-ups to the big leagues. Both players are getting a look at the Major League level after solid minor-league seasons in 2012. Gimenez, a farmhand in the Tampa Bay system after stints with [...]

It’s kind of a weird feeling, not having a bunch of unwritten game-notes looming over my head, so I’ve got to address the elephant in the room and update the Pro Alumni Database while there’s still some pro ball to be played. This is one of those bigger projects that become very time consuming, so [...]

Mike Ekstrom gets a nastygram from MLB, Weaver is awesome (except when he’s not), Snodgress is pounding away in the Carolina League, and people want to see the Midnight Sun Game. Check out the links to all of these blog posts in the latest blogosphere extravaganza!

While most of the baseball prospect blogs churn out their Top Prospect rankings in the spring, I am bucking the trend and doing it in the fall. Why? Pretty simple: I spend most of my spring and summer preparing for and covering the ABL season and this stuff simply falls to the wayside. But that’s [...]

For the first time in who knows how long, the National Baseball Congress World Series has come to its conclusion, and the Alaska Baseball League was not represented. The Santa Barbara Foresters — who defeated the Oilers in the championship round of the 2011 series — took their second consecutive NBCWS championship. The ABL teams [...]

With the 2012 Alaska League season in the rear view mirror, and the MLB playoff races building momentum, I’m doing some catching up on the professional players with ABL stints in their backgrounds. In order to do that, I have to update my list of who the guys are who are still out there in [...]

Stephen Wadsworth split time behind the plate in 2012 with second-year ABL player Tanner Rust. The right-handed batter has completed his junior year at Holy Cross, a Division I institution in the Patriot League. Upon completion of the 2013 collegiate season the catcher will be eligible for the MLB draft, next spring.

League Recap: At this point the Glacier Pilots look like they’re firmly in command, but it’s not settled yet. There are a lot of games left to play and it’s not out of the question for an epic collapse to occur. However, the Miners, Goldpanners and Chinooks have all been mathematically eliminated, leaving the Bucs [...]

It’s no surprise to hear of Alaska Baseball League alumni leading teams to the World Series, but how about charging their way to the top of the Minor League Baseball Moniker Madness bracket? Well this year there are a few of our former ABL boys in contention, and YOU can help them win. For the [...]