Indy Leagues
Fort Fragments: TinCaps, Wizards, Baxter, Pickett, Huber, Parker
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009MLB.com takes a look at some of the Padres’ recent draft picks as we near the 2009 Amateur Entry Draft. Those picks include 2009 TinCaps Jaff Decker, Allan Dykstra, Nick Schmidt as well as former Wizards, Matt Antonelli, Wynn Pelzer and Kyle Blanks.
ESPN’s Peter Gammons notes that Jarrod Parker is one of the up and [...]
York Revolution Trying Out “Short” Fort Wayne Native
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009At 3-foot-2, it may seem unlikely that Fort Wayne native, Dave Flood would try out for an independant baseball team. But the York (PA) Revolution’s “experiment” is more than a novelty a la Bill Veeck’s infamous plating of 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel in 1951.
The York Revolution roster also includes former Fort Wayne Wizard, Kennard Jones. [...]
Bonvechio Returning to Camden
Saturday, March 21st, 2009Former Wizard, Brett Bonvechio will return for a second stint with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League.
Last season, he played both first and third base for the team, and compiled a .227 batting average while driving in 39 runs. Mid-season, he signed with the Winston-Salem Dash, the White Sox’s A team in the Carolina League.
Bonvechio [...]
Kennard Jones Resigns with York Revolution
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Former Fort Wayne Wizard outfielder, Kennard Jones has agreed to rejoin the York Revolution of the independant Atlantic League for the 2009 baseball season.
Jones joined the Revolution in June last season, and quickly became the sparkplug in the leadoff spot that helped lead one of the league’s most explosive offenses during the second half run. [...]
Tyler Davis Signs with Southern Illinois Miners of Frontier League
Friday, January 30th, 2009Today, the Southern Illinois Miners announced the signing of former Wizards pitcher, Tyler Davis:
“I am very excited to add Tyler to our bullpen this season,” Miners Manager Mike Pinto said. “He has had great success along the way and has been a very effective ground ball pitcher. It really gives us another strong arm late [...]
Sean Thompson to Evansville of the Frontier League
Saturday, January 10th, 2009Over the last couple days, I have taken note of an increase in visits to the Wizards Where R They? segment I did on Sean Thompson last summer. As is usually the case when something like this happens, Thompson’s named poped up in one of my news feeds. As a result, the following addendum has [...]
Wizards Where R They? – Eddie Pena
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Back in 2006, one of my favorite Wizards was Eddie Pena. He was a sidearmer who came out of the bullpen brimming with excitement and reminding me of J.J. Trujillo.
He appeared in 27 games for the Wizards after spending 2005 in the Can-Am League with the Worchester Tornadoes.
In 2006, he bounced around all levels – [...]
Anthony Contreras: From Indy League to Fort Wayne
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Late in June, the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball announced they had sold the contract of infielder, Anthony Contreras to the San Diego Padres, who assigned him to the Fort Wayne Wizards.
With Lincoln, he hit .312 in 44 games for Lincoln, with 21 RBI and 21 runs scored at the [...]