University of Nebraska infielder
Max Anderson added another honor to his 2021 season on Tuesday, as he was named a Cape Cod League All-Star by a vote of the league managers.
Anderson, a rising sophomore infielder from Omaha, is hitting .313 with a homer and seven RBIs for the Bourne Braves since being activated on June 29. Bourne leads the West Division with an 18-2-3 record through July 19 and is currently riding a seven-game win streak.
During the college baseball season, Anderson was one of the key cogs in Nebraska’s Big Ten Championship team, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year accolades to help the Huskers to a 34-14 record and a regional final appearance. A freshman All-American by nearly every publication, he hit .322 with seven homers and 32 RBI. Anderson ranked second on the team in batting average and hits (61) while also producing 19 multi-hit games in the 2021 campaign.
Jewish Ledger
Team Israel to play in Connecticut before heading to Tokyo Summer Olympics
HARTFORD The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, announced that Team Israel will play two exhibition games on Wednesday, July 14 and Thursday, July 15 at 10:30 a.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts Park.
Team Israel won the 2019 European Baseball Championship and earned the right to participate in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Team Israel, led by four-time MLB All-Star
Ian Kinsler, will play a pair of exhibition games against the Bristol Blues and Ocean State Waves of the NECL (New England Collegiate Baseball League) as part of its Northeast United States tour.
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If there is one overwhelming flaw in the Detroit Tigers attempt to rebuild the franchise, it’s the lack of trade return in the 2017 sell-off. While the Chicago White Sox landed Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease for starter Jose Quintana earlier that summer, the Tigers have yet to see anything from the Justin Verlander deal with the Houston Astros. Catcher Jake Rogers was never the centerpiece of the trade, but there was hope of getting an elite defensive catcher with some power. Unfortunately, on every front, the deal hasn’t gone as planned.