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 [...]

The Alaska Baseball League has been jolted with a dosage of high-current power this season. The home runs are flying out of the park at a rate unseen in recent seasons. In 2012, with just 29 games played (as of July 16), Bill Cullen paces the league with 8 homers. Second on the league leaders [...]

Patrick Wisdom, former Alaska League star with the Peninsula Oilers, made his professional debut on Monday and touched the plate twice for the Batavia Muckdogs in their 6-5 loss. Wisdom was drafted in the first compensation round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards were given the opportunity to pick [...]

Day 1 of the MLB Draft — encompassing the first and first “sandwich” (Compensation A) rounds — proved once again that some of the biggest and brightest future stars get their start in the Alaska Baseball League. But so far in this draft, it’s been the St. Louis Cardinals who have corned the market for [...]

In the 2011 MLB draft, the Peninsula Oilers were one of the most well-represented ABL clubs, with players Tyler Grimes, Scott Snodgress, and Kellen Moen taken in the early rounds. This year’s draft class for the team is shaping up to be even better, with at least one player seemingly destined to go in the [...]

The Peninsula Oilers could beat any team…any team, that is, except 1: the Santa Barbara Foresters. With a loss against them last night, they’ve brought their season to a close, and with it the NBC World Series and the Alaska Baseball League post-season. Their loss to the Foresters on Saturday came at an excruciating final [...]

The Peninsula Oilers came out with guns blazing today, stomping the Northwest Honkers by a final score of 14-1. The game — which was delayed from Wednesday night until Thursday morning due to rain — was a five-inning mercy-rule victory for the ABL’s representatives at the National Baseball Congress World Series. All five of those [...]

On Tuesday I made it out to see the Oilers one last time when they came up to play the Miners in Palmer. The Miners ended up taking the game by a score of 5-2. At that time it was an important win for them, and one that must have stung for the Oilers, though [...]

Peninsula Oilers skipper Dennis Machado took the Gatorade shower last night, having successfully led his team to Alaska Baseball League glory, clenching the 2011 ABL league title. The win came on a 10-4 victory over the AIA Fire in the first game of a doubleheader in front of their home town fans. Characteristic of their [...]

We’re about 3/4 through the ABL season and I’ve finally seen the Oilers. This game was a blowout — 12-2 in favor of the Oilers — and I decided to focus most of my attention on pitching. Why? For one thing, there were a lot of scouts in the crowd. Scouts have radar guns. I [...]

In 2010, the Peninsula Oilers were the most improved team in the league (compared to their 2009 finish), giving the Miners and Goldpanners a run for the league title all season long in a three-way race that came down to the last week of play. When the dust settled, the Oilers ended up being the [...]

#21 Patrick Wisdom 3B – 2010/2011 Peninsula Oilers Bats: Right – Throws: Right Height: 6’2″ – Weight: 215lb 2011 school: St. Mary’s College 2011 year: Sophomore Hometown: Murietta, California 2010 batter scouting video All posts regarding Patrick Wisdom The Oilers have yet to reveal their full roster, but as it stands right now there should [...]

3B/1B Patrick Wisdom 2010 Peninsula Oilers Height: 6’2″ – Weight: 215lb Bats: Right – Throws: Right 2010 School: St. Mary’s 2010 Level: DI Freshman Draft Eligibility: 2012 (DI Sophomore) All posts regarding Patrick Wisdom

Alaskans lose opening match 6-3 to the Sluggers Garrett Wittels was successful at the plate, but theOilers couldn’t top the Elite Sluggers on Wednesday. In an opening-round upset, the Wichita Elite Sluggers handed the Peninsula Oilers — the Alaska League’s sole representative at the NBC World Series tournament — a stunning upset defeat, plating six [...]

Patrick Wisdom will find himself herein 2010. Photo Credit: OilersBaseball.com The Anchorage Glacier Pilots and Peninsula Oilers have announced another pair of players who they have chosen to bring up for the 2010 season: Patrick Wisdom will play for the Kenai club while Clay Cederquist will don the blues of Anchorage’s senior organization. Clay Cederquist [...]