By now, the minor league season has started for the Illinois players who were drafted earlier this month. Let’s take a look at how they are doing in their new minor league settings. Well, Brandon Wikoff is off to a hot start for the Tri-City ValleyCats in New York State. …
The Troy Record (NY) welcomes the new guys to the Tri-City Valley Cats. Brandon Wikoff is a new member of the single-A Astros team. Wikoff is a lefthand-hitting shortstop who batted .373 in 228 at-bats for Illinois, with 17 doubles, five triples and four homers, 56 runs and 41 RBIs.…
Bonadonna: Bound for Rookie League As of today, four Illinois draftees have signed pro contracts with their respective teams. Big Ten Network has the info. Brandon Wikoff has signed with the Astros and will report to single-A Tri-City Valley Cats in the New York-Penn League. He’ll start June 23. …
SS Shawn Roof dogging baserunner and brother Eric Roof in a 2007 MSU-ILL game "It’s awesome, it’s the coolest thing ever. He’s worked his tail off, and not too many people get to say they have a brother who plays minor-league baseball as well. Now, he gets to play in…
Looks like Brandon Wikoff has already reached a deal with the Astros. Wikoff and the Houston Astros have agreed to a contract today and he’ll start playing in the minors soon. He’ll be joining the Tri-City Valley Cats in the New York-Penn League.
I just got off the phone with Mike Altobelli, father of Dominic Altobelli. Turns out a representative of the Colorado Rockies will be coming to the Altobelli household tonight so that Dom can sign his first pro contract. Over the weekend, Dominic will be heading to his first assignment…
Former Illini pitcher Tanner Roark is making his way up the ladder in the minors. He was just promoted to Double-A and is now playing for the Frisco Roughriders in the Texas League. He made his debut last night and had a little trouble but nothing awful allowing a run…
Just ran across a nice photo of Kyle Hudson on Flickr presumably taken by a Delmarva Shorebird fan (with a VERY nice camera). …and yes, he’s running.
Former Illinois SS Shawn Roof is really hitting the ball lately in the minors. After starting out with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, he advanced to AA earlier this year and is playing for the Erie Seawolves. Since then, he’s really come on. He went 4 for 5 with two triples…
Hudson in his Illinois days Former Illini and Mattoon, Illinois native Kyle Hudson is hitting the ball well lately while playing for the Delmarva Shorebirds, a team in the Class A South Atlantic League. For those who don’t know (like I didn’t), Delmarva is situated on the peninsula of Maryland. …