Slightly Better than Replacement Level
The last time I wrote about Adam Brett Walker II was to celebrate his success in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League playing for the Yomiuri Giants. His 2022 stint in NPB represented his second shot at the major league level. His initial shot had come in Serie del Caribe in 2021 for Caimanes de Barranquilla […]
Background Northwestern Medicine Field was constructed in 1991 and its 10,923-seat capacity is the largest among United States-based unaffiliated teams. The Geneva, Illinois ballpark was originally known as Kane County Events Park, then in 1993 changed its name to Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium, only to change its name yet again in 2012 to Fifth Third […]
Max Murphy is a player I’ve known about for a few years now. He first came to my attention when he was with the, still unaffiliated at the time, St. Paul Saints. It’s not hard to get my attention when you’re a decent power hitter on what was then my favorite team in unaffiliated baseball. […]
Cool things happen all the time in the game of professional baseball. One of the best things about the age we live in is the ability to have most of those things available for all to see. Reading baseball history is great, but there’s something to be said about being able to cue up a […]
To say that Kyle Martin had a breakout 2021-2022 would be an understatement. He went from a good baseball player to one of the most sought-after unaffiliated ballplayers on the planet. It all came about because Martin finally had an uninterrupted entire season of unaffiliated ball. I say that because it’s easy to see that […]