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Millers Raid Farm System in Search of Gold
Following the latest Millers post-season collapse this past October, it was clear something needed to change in Minneapolis. Unfortunately, the team’s best pitcher, Garrett Gooden, would be leaving in free agency in the next few weeks, as would a key veteran slugger, Russell Bell. Making matters worse, the organization was not very excited about the free agency crop in general. “We mostly spent November working on extensions with our own players,” Millers assistant GM Dan Kantrovitz says. “Once it was clear Gooden and Russ weren’t coming back, we felt comfortable being patient.” Kantrovitz wasn’t lying. The Millers would agree to 5-year extensions with Edgardo Cordero, Chris Stranathan and Dieter Kokke, a 4-year extension with Dan Tigue, 3-year ext...
Sources: Millers promoting top prospect Juan Zarzosa
Following last night’s 3-0 win over the Las Vegas Aces, the Minneapolis Millers announced that they have purchased the contract of starting pitching Juan Zarzosa from AAA Columbus. The team designated veteran reliever Eli Clark to make room on the 25-man roster. Zarzosa has emerged as one of the game’s most intriguing pitching prospects this season, as the 23-year-old has simply dominated at both the AA and AAA levels. After going 3-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 9 AA starts, striking out 82 batters in 55 innings, Zarzosa was promoted to AAA Columbus, where he has dominated even more. The 6’2, 195 pounder made 10 starts in Columbus, going 9-1 with a microscopic 1.93 ERA. He added 79 strikeouts in 65 innings. Those numbers were enough to convince the Millers brass that Zarzosa could...
Game Rewind – April 12th,13th,14th
After 9 games Richardson City Blood Ravens look sexy as always at 6 and 3, but big surprise comes from Charlotte Knights who are 7 and 2. April 12th Ed Vincent (VAN) earned the top spot for Gatorade’s “Performance Of The Day” by going 3 for 4, 2 2B,HR, 4 RBI, 2 R and BB. Dan Coveny (ERI) earned the second spot for Gatorade’s “Performance Of The Day” by going 3 for 5 with 2B, HR, 5 RBI and 2 R. Don Sanders (BFE) earned third spot for Gatorade’s “Performance Of The Day” by going 2 for 3 with HR, 3 RBI, 2 R and 2 BB. April 13th Aurelio Rivera from Da Blood Raven’s grabbed the top spot for Gatorade’s “Performance Of The Day” 4 for 5, 2 2B,HR,4 RBI, 3 R and BB. Golden States Big Day Leads to 2 Gatorade awards. Erjan...
