Page 49 - Draft League News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Even though the Baltimore Orioles ended its affiliation with the team, the Keys are swinging this summer as part of the new MLB Draft League.

First pitch on May 24 is set for 6:35 p.m. Tickets for the game against the Williamsport Crosscutters are Shrewsberry jokingly replied to the announcement on Twitter and said he has a week to “get his throwing arm in shape,” all while poking fun at 50 Cent’s hilariously horrific first pitch back in 2014. Excited to throw out the first pitch for the @SCSpikes Opening Night – I’ve got 1 week to get my arm in shape! https://t.co/wl6hEqGeenpic.twitter.com/DA4ULSQb9W— Micah Shrewsberry (@Coach_Shrews) May 17, 2021 The Spikes join five clubs in the inaugural season of the new MLB Draf...

SUN-GAZETTE FILE PHOTO FROM 2019 The staff of the Williamsport Crosscutters had to throw out many of their preseason plans Tuesday afternoon — but the team’s staff are the first to acknowledge that it’s a great thing. When Gov. Tom Wolf announced beginning on Memorial Day occupancy restrictions were being lifted, the Cutters’ preparation for a limited spectator season was, for the most part, moot. With the governor’s orders, 33 of the Cutters’ 34 home games in the first year of the MLB Draft League will be able to have as many fans as Bowman Field can hold. Only the home opener o...

We've already provided you with a primer for what New Jersey's minor league baseball season will look like as COVID-19 restrictions continue, but there are no limitations on the enthusiasm for something that's never before happened in the history of the sport in the Garden State. On Tuesday night, May 4, as we reported, the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, Somerset Patriots, and Trenton Thunder will all open their seasons, and as far as those teams know, it will mark the first time three teams with Major League Baseball affiliations will be active in New Jersey. While this trio has been around for dec...

Play ball: NJ minor league teams set to return after 2020 hiatus Following a year in which the Major League Baseball schedule was sliced by more than 100 games, with no competitive Minor League games at all, the road to the Majors is opening back up again this spring, and New Jersey will play a key role. It's going to be different for many reasons, most related to COVID-19, but also because the very landscape of New Jersey minor league baseball has shifted since 2019. The New York Yankees have moved their AA affiliation (two steps away from MLB) from the Trenton Thunder, which had been a Yank...