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Jake Brigham To Chicago Cubs
As of this morning, Brigham is now a member of the Cubs organization. (Portrait by Alex Yocum-Beeman)
The Texas Rangers traded RoughRiders’ pitcher Jake Brigham to the Chicago Cubs for catcher Geovany Soto. The trade was announced this morning. With the addition of Soto, Yorvit Torrealba was designated for assignment.
Brigham spent seven years in the Rangers’ organzation. During the 2012 season with Frisco, he had a record of five wins and five losses with an earned run average of 4.28. He has struck out 116 batters this season and 114 last season breaking several records. He sits in third and fourth place for the most strikeouts in a single season and is in second place for the most strikeouts all-time.
Thursday’s News & Notes
It’s finally starting to feel like fall here in Frisco and although hot stove league talk might be a bit premature, there are plenty of things going on right now affecting the RoughRiders and Rangers:
- After winning his third-career Gold Glove on Tuesday, Rangers’ third baseman Adrian Beltre has just won his third ever Silver Slugger Award. Beltre was also honored by the award in 2004 (Los Angeles) and 2010 (Boston), as he becomes just the sixth player (both leagues) since the award’s inception in 1980 to win three times as a third baseman. The only other Texas third baseman to win a Silver Slugger Award was Buddy Bell in 1984.
- According to the Chicago Sun-Times, two names “at or near the top” of Theo Epstein and the Cubs’ list for a new
Will Mike Maddux leave for the Cubs or Red Sox? (Getty Images)
manager are Rangers’ pitching coach Mike Maddux and one-time Milwaukee interim manager Dale Sveum, who interviewed for the Boston Red Sox vacancy on Wednesday. Maddux is also reportedly in the mix for consideration by Boston. (We all remember when the Rangers won the pennant in 2010, the club lost hitting coach Clint Hurdle months later when took over as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The unfortunate cost of winning).
- In minor league news, it’s no surprise that the San Antonio Missions have been named Minor League Team of the Year and Double-A Team of the Year by MiLB.com. The Missions recorded the best record in all of the minors at 94-46 while winning both the first and second halves. Their 94 victories were the most in the league since the advent of the 140-game schedule in 1961 and were the second-most in franchise history, just one less than the 95 victories by the 1908 club. The Missions registered 100 overall wins after going 6-1 in the post-season on their way to capturing the franchise’s 12th Texas League Championship.
- On July 19, Northwest Arkansas’ Will Smith and Kelvin Herrera combined for the Naturals’ first-ever no-hitter. To make things even better, the no-no was helped out by a sixth-inning 5-4-3 triple play. The Naturals edged the Arkansas Travelers 1-0 and, as a result, have also won Double-A Game of the Year from MiLB.com.
- It was announced yesterday that Hickory shortstop, and the Rangers’ No. 2 prospect, Jurickson Profar, has won the Minor League Baseball Yearly Award for Class A Full Season Hitter of the Year. Only 18-years-old, Profar was previously named 2011 Low Class A Player of the Year by Baseball America to go along with winning the South Atlantic League MVP Award and being named to the SAL Annual All-Star Team this past season. I guess this kid is pretty good.
- Starting Friday at 10 a.m., The RoughRiders Foundation will be auctioning off game-used items and autographed memorabilia. Items start at their low reserve price and are open for bidding through November 18, 2011 at 5 p.m. Notable items include game-worn jerseys by Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz during their rehab assignments in Frisco this season. Questions? Contact Michael Davidow at 972-334-1978 or mdavidow@ridersbaseball.com.
Wednesday’s News & Notes
- According to a press release by sent out this morning by the Rangers, the Ballpark in Arlington will be decorated inside and out with signage and other décor to display the arrival of the Fall Classic to Arlington. Today at approximately 11:00 a.m., five large World Series banners with images of the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals logos are scheduled to be installed at each of the Ballpark’s entrances. The first banner will be installed at the third base entrance.
- It was announced shortly ago that Doug Dascenzo, the Texas League Manager of the Year, has accepted a position
in the Atlanta Braves organization as their minor league base running and outfield coordinator. Dascenzo, a former major league teammate of ‘Riders skipper Steve Buechele, spent 13 years in the San Diego system, the last two with the Missions. He played seven seasons in the majors after being drafted in 1985 by the Cubs. Little known fact, he was a Texas Ranger in 1993. Dascenzo began his big league career by playing in a then National League record 241 games without committing an error. I’m sure he’ll continue to do well with Atlanta.
- In other Missions’ news, BallparkDigest.com is reporting that the wheels are in motion in San Antonio for a new ballpark. As aptly stated by the website, “Despite the size of the San Antonio
market (25th largest in the nation, third-largest in Texas), the Missions ranked last this past season in Texas League attendance, drawing just 4,202 fans per game. ” Although the ballpark is not all that old (built in 1994), there’s no doubt it ‘s been beat up. It would be great to see a new ballpark built closer to downtown San Antonio where there is steady tourist activity. San Antonio is a nice city and deserves a great ballpark.
- If you read yesterday’s blog, you learned of my pair of ballpark seats from the old Busch Stadium. This is where I’ll be sitting while watching tonight’s game on TV.
-AG
