Good news for former Illini firstbaseman Mike Rohde. The Gary Southshore Railcats have signed him for the 2010 season. Rohde, who was the league’s 2008 Rookie of the Year, moved to thirdbase last year. And go figure, Rohde got a blogging gig for the Northwest Indiana Times last summer. If…
Within a week of the First-Year Player draft, both Illini players who have been drafted have already signed contracts with their respective teams. According to the Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies signed 27 of the draft picks including catcher Lars Davis who they called an “intriguing catcher from Illinois”. And…
Kudos to a reader of the blog who pays a lot of attention to the transaction logs. He noticed that two days ago, former Illini star Dusty Bensko signed with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League. Here is the roster for the Thunderbolts team. In 2005, his senior…
Former Illini outfielder Ryan Rogowski has committed to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers once he finishes his season with the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League. Rogo has had a bang-up season with the Mallards. He’s led the team in batting average, runs, hits, stolen bases, triples, homeruns, slugging…