The Rochester Post-Bulletin has a nice writeup on Illini catcher Aaron Johnson who is spending his summer playing for the Rochester Honkers. Haha, I love this bit: “Aaron likes to complain, not in a bad way, but in a loud way,” Honkers manager Jason Plourde said with a grin. “If…
Illini secondbaseman Joe Bonadonna’s summer has been quite tumultuous up north. The weekend after the amateur draft, Joe signed his release waiver from the Duluth Huskies where he’s been a fan favorite for years. Huskies management turned in the waiver and despite that Bonadonna had expressed regrets, there was nothing…
Hudson off to a good start with the Aberdeen Ironbirds The 2008 Illini draftees have made a good impression so far in the minors. If the first couple weeks are any indication, they are in the pros for a while. Former Illini and All-Big Ten centerfielder Kyle Hudson is at…
It looks like Willie Argo who was picked in the 49th round will pitch for Illinois in 2009. The Assumption High School (Davenport, IA) product says that “it’s about 100 percent” that he’ll be wearing the orange and blues. Good news for us Illini fans. No doubt though, Argo will…
Some news regarding Illini draftees: It came out today that Illinois CF Kyle Hudson who went early, the fourth round, has reached a contract agreement with the Baltimore Orioles. He plans to play for their Class A team in Aberdeen, MD by next week. Illini hurler Scott Shaw, drafted by…
The Duluth News Tribune has a rather unfortunate news item regarding Illini secondbaseman Joe Bonadonna who was stationed up in the Minnesota town to play for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League. The upshot of the story: Bonadonna was so disappointed about not being selected in last week’s baseball…
Collegiate Baseball selected Illinois outfielder Casey McMurray as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. McMurray hit .331 for the season and was tied for the team lead in doubles with 12. In addition, Mac was named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 28. He started 48 games all in…
This didn’t get past my radar… Penn State’s closer Drew O’Neil got drafted by the White Sox Thursday. Pretty dang high, too at 120th overall (four picks after Illinois’ Hudson) in the fourth round. Nittany White-Out is pretty excited about it. Speaking of Penn State ballplayers, I’m surprised that catcher…
Shaw facing off against Michigan at the 2008 Big Ten Tournament The scouts must have been paying attention during the Illinois-Michigan game at the Big Ten Tournament because Illinois pitcher Scott Shaw was chosen #404th overall in Friday’s MLB’s first-year player draft. Though Shaw lost that Michigan game, he pitched…
Hudson went in the 4th round today Before I get on to the overall draft, I want to extend congratulations to University of Illinois CF Kyle Hudson. He was chosen 116th overall by the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth round of today’s baseball draft. As a junior, I guess the…