The Seattle Mariners have signed two former Alaska Baseball League players, both with Major League experience, to minor league contracts. Chris Gimenez of the 2002 Anchorage Bucs will join 2000 Goldpanner Royce Ring in the Seattle organization. Both have been invited to Major League spring training to begin 2011. Ring — the 6-foot 220 lb [...]

Last spring, I posted up a ranking of the top professional prospects who formerly played in the Alaska Baseball League and spent 2010 working their way up to the majors. Some of them made it and made big-time impacts in 2010. Some others are still working on it. Some made more progress than others. As [...]

Hey there! It’s been a long week for me — finals in school, ugh — but its over. That’s why I’ve totally let the posting slide, although if you’ve noticed, I’ve posted up the new ABL Pro Alumni Database feature which I’m really proud of. Anyhow, I’m headed back to the Last Frontier for the [...]

UTIL Tony Piazza 2010 Anchorage Bucs Height: 6’3″ – Weight: 180lb Bats: Right – Throws: Right 2010 Level: JUCO Freshman 2010 School: Yavapai Draft Eligibility: 2011 (Juco So.) All Posts regarding Tony Piazza

Hey hey! I’ve got some real news today. But I’m supposed to be studying so I’ll get right at it: – On the Goldpanners website, GM Don Dennis has posted a press release that goes over numerous news bits. There’s so much there that if you’re really interested you should check out the release and [...]

Hey guys. The usual apologies for posting this a day late. On the one hand I was still gathering some info for this post when the day ended yesterday, and on the other I just really wasn’t feeling like blogging. So rather than grinding out a half-baked odds & ends just to say I got [...]

Winter is upon us, especially in Alaska where it’s down to like 3 hours of daylight (or so it seems) with snow flying. But for professional players, the stove is definitely hot, and we’ve seen some action regarding ABL alumni in that area. On the Major League front we’ve seen one signing and a couple [...]

The Anchorage Bucs have released the identity of their newly-hired skipper for the 2011 season. Irvine Valley College assistant coach Tony Cappuccilli will become the field manager in black & gold next season and will be tasked with improving the club’s performance after a fourth-place finish in 2010. Cappuccilli has playing background in NCAA DI [...]

Baseball America has released a list of all players who have been granted minor league free agency. Like most contractual rules in pro baseball it’s a little hard to wrap your head around all the details and caveats, but the basic idea is that a player who’s been in the same organization they signed their [...]

Hey folks, seeing how the relatively short winter-league season is about half over (actually, it’s about as long as the Alaska League season) I thought it’d be a good time to check up with some of our former ABL players and see how they’ve handled the extra work. As is often the case with winter [...]

OF/C Eddie Rohan 2010 Anchorage Bucs Height: 6’0″ – Weight: 205lb Bats: Right – Throws: Right 2010 level: DI sophomore 2010 school: Winthrop Draft eligibility: 2011 (DI Junior) Posts regarding Eddie Rohan

Next up in our previews of ABLers in the 2011 draft, we’ve got the big list of draft eligible players who’ve done some time with the Anchorage Bucs. Over the past ten years the Bucs have been one of the top teams in the league at sending players on to success in the professional ranks [...]

Well, folks, we’ve got some Bucs news, some Miners news, and some blog news. I’d like to give you some more little snippets but it’s that time of year where I start trying to stretch what should be little blurbs into full-blown articles. But I’ve got a little bit for you: – As you may [...]

The World Series is over, and that means that the MLB free agency period has begun. The MLBPA has released the complete list of free agents (here it is via Baseball Prospectus), and there are several former Alaska Baseball League players filing. Here’s the ones I’ve identified at a quick glance. I’m sure I missed [...]

Hey, it’s Saturday! Odds & Ends time. We’ve got a lot of news on some of our guys in the Arizona Fall League, the MLB Playoffs, and even some updates on a guy who’s gone on to something else all together… – Michael Taylor, former Mat-Su Miner and last year’s #2 prospect on our Pro [...]