Last week the Atlantic League made baseball headlines when the Wild Health Genomes selected Alexis Hopkins with the eighth pick of the 2022 ALPB Player Draft. What made the selection headlines is that Alexis Hopkins is a woman. That fact led to a lot of headlines, and while well-intentioned most of those headlines buried two […]
Tag: unaffiliated baseball
The Frontier League Flos Backward
The world of steaming is ever-changing, this is especially true when the streaming in question is associated with unaffiliated baseball. One of the best developments last year was that the Frontier League, FRON, finally went and developed a streaming service of their own. For $50 fans gained access to every single game, including the playoffs. […]
Transaction Analysis: The Milkmen Make a Major Move
Milwaukee Milkmen signed 1B/DH-L Keon Barnum to an unknown contract When the Milkmen traded David Washington for a nowhere near equitable return I had doubts as to what the organization was doing in regards to their lineup. Couple this with the loss of Adam Brett Walker II to the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball’s […]
Transaction Analysis: The Guardians Power Up
Fubon Guardians signed 1B/LF-R Xavier Batista to an unknown contract A couple of years ago Xavier Batista was on the fast track to success. He had returned to professional baseball after having left the affiliated ranks in 2013. Following a three-year hiatus, he signed a developmental deal with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional […]
Transaction Analysis: Telvin Nash is Taiwan Bound
Wei Chuan Dragons signed 1B/DH-R Telvin Nash to an unknown contract Telvin Nash did not play baseball in 2021, at least not as far as I can tell. Perhaps he played somewhere and I missed it, but he didn’t pop up in any of my research. I also can’t find out why he didn’t play […]