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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s May, the snow has melted, and my finals week is over, which means it’s time to blow the dust off this bad boy and get back into baseball mode. The Anchorage Bucs have made it easy for me by releasing a full roster. Which means that it’s time to do a preview of the [...]

The Cape Cod Baseball League released its preliminary rosters recently and, not surprisingly, there are a few former Alaska Baseball League players who have been named to the various clubs (check out the PDF of the rosters here). I would hardly expect any of this to be set in stone; though it seems their rosters [...]

3B Stephen Piscotty 2010 Peninsula Oilers Height: 6’3″ – Weight: 195lb Bats: Right – Throws: Right 2010 Level: DI Junior 2010 School: Stanford Draft Eligibility: 2012 (DI Junior) Previous Draft: 2009 – LA Dodgers, round 45 Posts regarding Stephen Piscotty

All the random bits for the past week or so. PG agreed with the league and picked Piscotty to be the #1 prospect of 2010. Hey guys. What a week it’s been; we had three articles posted right off the bat and then I got bogged down in that dang Goldpanners draft eligible list (which [...]

#25 Stephen PiscottyUTIL – Peninsula OilersHeight: 6’3″ – Weight: 190lb Bats: Right – Throws: RightSchool: StanfordYear: FreshmanHometown: Pleasanton, CaliforniaMore articles regarding Stephen Piscotty Hailing from the most pleasant town in California (Pleasanton) comes Stephen Piscotty, the big right-handed play-anywhere (including pitcher) guy who has been turning heads all summer in the ABL. Believe it or [...]

The Kenai River: legendary fishing destination for touristsand Oilers baseball players alike.Photo credit: CC/Frank K. Late last night I posted the Glacier Pilots’ Players to Watch. I figured, what the heck, why not rally and whip out the Oilers’ PTW while I’m at it? So I did. The following is the list of players who [...]